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Alexander Murphy Jr.

Esquire, LLC
912 Adams Way
West Chester, PA 19382
Telephone: 610/399-9033
Facsimile: 610/399-4417
e-mail: amurphylaw@comcast.net

Affiliate Office
Of Counsel
Peter M. Thall, Esq.
New York City

6 May 2009

Gabor P. Koltai
Filmsziget Ltd./EuroCo-Productions, Ltd.
Apostol str. 6, 1023 Budapest, Hungary

Re: “Magic Boys”/Atlantic Alliance Pictures, LLC-Harris Salomon

Dear Mr. Koltai:

I have been retained by Atlantic Alliance Pictures, LLC and Harris Salomon to protect
their interests in this matter.

As you are well aware, Mr. Salomon and Abi Sirokh are the principal owners of Atlantic
Alliance Pictures, LLC dba Alliance Overseas Pictures (“AOP”). It has come to my client’s’
attention that you, through one of your companies, Filmsziget Ltd., are a producer of a motion-
picture entitled “Magic Boys”, which is also being produced by Abi Sirokh and his company,
Sirokh Fenn Ltd., without AOP’s or Mr. Salomon’ involvement.

As you also know, Mr. Salomon was the contact person for you to AOP and, in fact,
introduced you to Mr. Sirokh, after which there were innumerable and ongoing discussions and
understandings with you regarding the joint financing and/or co-producing of several named
pictures along with a possible slate of films. Mr. Salomon continued to introduce you to various
parties in the industry, including financiers, writers, distributors and others all based on the above
understanding. In fact, a writer for “Magic Boys”, Ivo Marloh, was my client’s contact.

Further, based on your and my client’s agreement, my client spent a great deal of time
working with you, traveling, meeting with other individuals to interest them in the projects,
researching, and proceeding with the development of and seeking financing for the projects, all
with your encouragement, consent and knowledge, which he justifiably relied on. This list of
activities is not exhaustive. He also incurred personal expenses and expenses for the projects.
You now apparently have entered into a business relationship directly with Mr. Sirokh
and used my client’s contacts for your own personal gain without AOP’s participation. It is my
client’s position that your activities as outlined above, and your refusal to do business with Mr.
Salomon and AOP will support a claim for breach of agreement, unjust enrichment,
misappropriation of company property and other related claims. Further, Mr. Salomon justifiably
relied on your agreement and may have been fraudulently induced to continue to work on the
projects, all to his detriment. But for your continuing conduct and representations, my client
would not have done so.

Further, my client spoke with and represented to many individuals the fact of your and
AOP developing projects. Your not going forward with my client as agreed upon has caused him
embarrassment with potential financiers, distributors, and others with whom he spoke and will
possibly negatively affect my client’s reputation.

As a result of your actions or inactions, my client has suffered the above-described


damages. In an effort to amicably resolve this matter and not proceed with litigation, which
would certainly result in negative publicity for you and the picture, my client is prepared to settle
this matter and terminate all agreements of any kind entered into between the two of you for an
immediate, lump-sum payment equal to ten (10%) percent of the amount of the total production
budget of the picture, “Magic Boys”, plus a single card “executive producer” credit and an AOP
singe card company “presentation” credit, both credits accorded in the main titles of the picture
and in all advertising.

Please be assured that, if we are not able to amicably resolve this matter, my clients will
be forced to take any and all steps necessary to protect their interests, including an action for
compensatory damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees allowed by law, and the seeking
of an injunction to prevent the above picture from going forward without AOP’s participation, if
necessary. Additionally, since it appears such breach was intentional, with knowledge and
vexatious, we believe your actions or inactions will support a claim for punitive damages. We
also believe that there was sufficient business activity between the parties which will allow
litigation to be instituted in New York with respect to this matter.

Lastly, with Cannes upcoming, Mr. Salomon has been contacted by industry trades
inquiring of the status of “Fences” and other projects and activities concerning AOP and
EuroCo-Productions, Ltd. To date, he has not shared with them the current circumstances. Mr.
Salomon will be attending Cannes and if I do not hear from you by the end of the day on Friday,
May 8, 2009 to amicably resolve this matter, Mr. Salomon will be forced to make his position
and this dispute known to the film industry. We trust such action won’t be necessary. May I
please hear from you. Thank-you.

Very truly yours,

/s/

Alexander Murphy Jr.


emc: Harris Salomon

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