AP: Hollywood producer's offer came down to mere pennies

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Hollywood producer's offer came down to mere pennies

ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 24, 2004

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While on location last month shooting a new series for Paramount Network, producer Ronald L. Schwary's location team asked Stefanie and Myron Roth to halt the trimming because the noise was interfering with the production. The Roths agreed on the condition that they be paid $1,000.

Schwary, who won a best picture Oscar for the 1980 film "Ordinary People," waited several weeks before having 100,000 pennies delivered to the Roths.

Myron Roth, the retired president of a small entertainment company that produced the TV hit "Baywatch," said he was initially baffled, but when he and his wife finally understood what had happened, they were outraged and threatened to sue.

Paramount responded with a letter apologizing for "any inconvenience" and agreed to pay the Roths $1,000 and donate $1,000 to a favorite charity.

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[henslee]

1. Doesn't add up. Any guy that was in the "biz" would demand payment on the

spot from the movie company.