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Shirley MacLaine Film Descends Into Chaos as Director Feuds With Financier and Crew Goes Unpaid

A Shirley MacLaine film shooting in New Jersey has spiraled into chaos, as the director and financier are feuding and the crew is owed $245,000.

The director, Brad Furman, came in late, blew off meetings, screamed at people and stalled on cost-reducing cuts to the script, according to five other crew members, many of whom asked not to be identified to avoid being sued. Furman directed “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “The Infiltrator” and “City of Lies.” He recently wrapped “Tin Soldier,” starring Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro. One scene involving a forest fire was replaced with a knife fight in the bed of a moving pickup truck, which crashes into an electrical pole and explodes.

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