A Michigan woman has reportedly filed a lawsuit against FilmDistrict, the distributor of Drive, claiming that the film’s trailer promised Fast and Furious-style thrills and failed to deliver.
Sarah Deming has filed a lawsuit against FilmDistrict claiming that the distributors, “promoted the film Drive as very similar to the Fast and Furious, or similar, series of movies.”
I don’t know what she’s suing for, but getting those two hours of her life back may require petitioning God to slow her type-2 diabetes and extra episode of American Idol.
“Drive bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film… having very little driving in the motion picture,” the suit continues. “Drive was a motion picture that substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith.
Deming is seeking a refund for her movie ticket, in addition to halting the production of “misleading movie trailers” in the future. The plaintiff intends to turn her individual case into a class action lawsuit, thereby allowing fellow movie-goers an opportunity to share in the settlement. [THR - and here's the local news story from Detroit, in case you wanted to see misspelled title cards and hear what some random people on the street think about this]
I saw Drive, and I actually had to do some Googling to understand what the hell she was even talking about with the Jewish racism thing. Apparently she means Ron Perlman’s character, who had violence done against him and also happened to be Jewish. Which is a real shame. It’s too bad Drive couldn’t be more of an empowering story of Hebrew identity, like, say The Fast and the Furious. Why, hardly a day goes by that I don’t see a gang of Jews driving by in their tricked-out Toyota Supras making a terrible racket. “Oy, Hoischel, get a load of this meshugganah Honda with his farkakte ground effects,” you’ll often hear them say. Typical Jews, always living their lives a quarter mile at a time.
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Typical Jews, always living their lives a quarter mile at a time.
Only a quarter? I thought they were supposed to be good at bargaining!
This bitch better keep outta the green room.
More like a quarter moyle at a time, amirite?
Hey girl, I would never make an antisemitic film, except for maybe that time I played a Jewish Nazi
This just went from Mission: Impossible, to Mission: jolly adorable!
Guy’cha! When put through the universal translator, the claim she files reads thus:
I being hostile to cook which secret methods forced my consideration of a film formed well in the place of a pile without dumb value of the delays. I would not sell my temples of food stamps, to pay attention this one movie I known.
*considers translation…kicks machine*
The Mighty Feklahr presumes she is just mad because she wanted to see a shitty movie but instead saw a good one.
Just to clarify…..this woman is from Oakland, Michigan.
/Al Davis was a hero.
Hey girl, I know you wanted more car wrestling, but the only thing I want to wrestle is you.
Huh. So we can sue over high expectations now?
*sues ex for not being more like Ryan Reynolds*
Ah, thanks, Bubb, that makes a lot more sense.
Having seen the movie and enjoyed it I’m glad I didn’t pay too much attention to the trailer beforehand because that may be the most spoilerific trailer I’ve ever seen since the Titanic trailer showed the ship sinking.
Hey girl, let’s get married so we can put an unleavened bun in your oven.
Pretty sure she’s just pissed that Vin Diesel didn’t make out with Baby Goose on screen. If that’s the basis of the lawsuit, I would like to join in.
Jew? I thought Perlman was Cro Magnon.
*smash cut to trial*
“Your Honor, please. Mr. Gosling should not be allowed to bring a kitten onto the witness stand.”
“…I’ll allow it.”
“But he even put a tiny little scorpion jacket on it!”
*bangs gavel*
“CASE DISMISSED.”
I’m going to sue your mom. Because of her trailer I figured there would be meth.
I’d watch a nazi robot boxing movie.
LET’S GET READY TO ROMMEL!
Wait, causing extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith?
I think she’s confusing Drive with
Albert Brooks stand-up act!Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World!!*rimshot*
You know what else makes me mad at Jews? Ron Perlman’s FACE!!!
*sprays seltzer everywhere*
Ron Perlman playing a human being for once is obviously anti-semitic propaganda.
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Ten will get you one that this bitch has a half read twilight book in her duplex.
Now I want to see a buddy comedy starring Baby Goose and Lars von Trier.
I think I just Prussian blue myself.
substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence
Filmdrunk.com?
She’s also suing Gone In 60 Seconds for being longer than a minute.
I always figured that Ron Pearlman explained what happened to the Neanderthals.
She also complained about the temperature; “It’s like an oven in here.”
True story btw, the Borders I worked at was near the Jewish enclave in my city so we had lots of Jewish customers. Our AC broke down in May and the company wouldn’t pay to fix it so we had only half of the AC system working during the summer and obviously when the liquidation started, they weren’t going to fix it. Everyday, people complained about the heat so we started a game of counting how many times you’d overhear a Jewish person say “it’s like an oven in here.”
Typical Jews, always living their lives a quarter mile at a time.
Always with the doing burnouts in the intersection with their Rugelach Rockets
Typical Jews, always living their lives a quarter mile at a time.
They also like to do bagels in empty parking lots.
Typical Jews, always taking land from the Palestinians a quarter mile at a time.
I would think she’d be more offended by the Fast and Furious’ excessive gas usage.
Actually, movie producers whose movies too much resemble Fast and the Furious should receive the death penalty, or at least be sentenced to being a stuntman on a Michael Bay movie.
Hey girl, I hope you take czechs, because I just annexed you the Sudetenland.
She expressed severe disappointment that Gong in 60 Seconds wasn’t a laugh a minute.
I was similarly offended by the violence depicted against well endowed redheads and nameless thugs with easily collapsible skulls.
I wish I could sue all the critics who hated Freddy Got Fingered for proving that I have a marijuana addiction.
substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence
Never mind that the exact same Jew who was supposedly “dehumanized” in this film is famous for playing a satanic demon-monster summoned to earth from hell by Nazi occultists…
Baby Goose’s courtroom kitten:
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“Oy, Hoischel, get a load of this meshugganah Honda with his farkakte ground effects,” Tommy.
I find the lack of any “Hey, goy” pun disappointing. Get it together.
And when my cousin Schtuckus won that fehstinkin race, I was so happy my shpunkus was filled with shpoikem
[feministryangosling.tumblr.com] what is going on here? they are taking “hey girl” to an abusive level. and i dont like it. someone put on some electronic synth music and give me a toothpick… i’m angry.
Ron Perlman himself said he wanted to play a “Jewish guy who wants to be an Italian mobster, which is exactly what I am a Jewish kid from New York.”
Excellent verk team Filmdrunk. Now hit ze showers
heheheheheheheh I love Courtroom Kitten.
@ Cal – I respect your gangster – ditto