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Ramones family row puts the skids on US punk pioneers’ biopic


Removal of director from band’s parent company threatens to derail Netflix adaptation of divisive memoir

Linda Cummings-Ramone, Johnny Ramone’s widow, initially consented to a potential movie but later claimed it was based on a “one-sided recitation” of the band. The movie dispute dates back to 2006, when Cummings-Ramone consented to a potential production but later claimed the film was based on Leigh’s “one-sided recitation” of the band. A small exhibition mounted in 2016 gathered up the essentials – a leather jacket, a guitar, T-shirts, a stack of stage amplifiers and speakers, absentee school attendance reports, and a record deal pitch: “The Ramones all originate from Forest Hills.

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