My Big Fat Greek Lawsuit

Film producer, David E. Kronemyer, alledged that he was not given full credit for his involvement in the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Wishcraft and Stand and be Counted.

Failing to get relief from the studios that produced the movies, he sued IMDb (link) to have his name added to their listings (what a jackass).

Thankfully, the case of Kronemyer v. Internet Movie Data Base (link) went up in flames like a plate of saganaki.

...IMDd asserted that its policy, which appears on the Web site, is that, “with a few exceptions,” credits are listed “exactly as they appear on screen.” The site has a procedure for submission of corrections, which Kronemyer said he availed himself of, but the company says it reserves the right to “reject/delete information at any time for any reason, especially if [IMDb is] unable to verify it. IMDb said that Kronemyer is not credited with the three productions in question because his name does not appear in the credits.

The court ruled that Kronemyer:

...presented no evidence at all as to two of the productions, and his evidence as to “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” was weak.

Kronemyer “attached two documents to his declaration purporting to identify him as an executive producer,” the presiding justice explained. “The first is a ‘Loan and Security Agreement’ dated September 2000 between Big Wedding LLC and The Lewis Horowitz Organization. Page 30 of that document states that the movie would be executive produced by appellant and others. This does not establish that appellant was entitled to be listed as an executive producer on the finished film.”

In addition to NOT getting his name listed on the site, Kronemyer will have to pay IMDb more than $6,000 in attorney fees, plus costs.

O-PA.