They need to take liberties or else I and most others would walk out or not see it at all. It's Hollywood, it's all make believe and that's what actors get paid for, to play a child's game of make believe.
OT: Michael Oher petitioned a court with allegations that Tuohy Family never adopted him
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I know Denzel wasn't in all of them but Titans is generally considered the best of the three.
Well, that’s what happened with the movie. Once he signed the conservator paperwork, they signed a deal for the movie that paid them and their two kids $250,000 up front and 2.5% of the gross (which was a lot since it was a hit) and Oher revived nothing.
It has been said by people outside the Touhy circle since the movie came out that it totally overplayed how much he was struggling in school, how much he was struggling playing football, and how completely unknown he was in recruiting circles until the Touhy’s “saved” him.
They sound like a family of grifters.
They have been saying all along he was their adopted son, so when he said they were great parents he believed it.
Recently finding out they never even bothered to adopt him seems to be driving this, because he would have known about some of the money things years earlier.
Somehow I had never seen this until today. Pretty well done.
lots of kids don't know because they never were told .
This time the adopdee was told and a movie about him and the parents that claimed to have adopted him was made..
They could be great parents while they took care of him, but once hebecame an item to make a [profit from , he was a great source of income for them and it seems they didn't shsre what they were making with the person they told they adopted , but seemed to have lied about that.
He could have had access to top laters, but not used them because he didn't know he was being used.
The questio you should be asking yourself , is why did they tell him that he was their adopted son when they never adopted him, but took credit for it in a movie about their relationship..
( taken from article) "Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys."
Brother was on barstool he said he got like 60k total so far. Said it will all be public record soon
He had a book come out yesterday. Timed with the release of the lawsuit
I am sure that’s what the Tuoh’s attorney will file to answer the complaint with.
They are all good and entertaining movies. Rudy was another good movie that embellished .
Sports movies that didn’t sugarcoat things were Blue Chips and The Program. Those movies gave a realistic look of college sports and guess what they weren’t popular movies. Although, they were good if you want to be an informed fan
they better have more than that as a defense or it wouldn’t be a long proceeding.
Tuoy dad sold fast food restaurants for $200mm. Family says they didn’t make much off of the movie and shared it with Oher. Father also explained they couldn’t technically adopt because he was already 18 years. If that’s all true there was no grift, etc. No allegation they touched any of his football money, etc. Oher didn’t like how he was portrayed in the movie and decided to now sue. Anyway you view it, the situation is sad.
Things maybe starting to make sense now. Scottie Pippen went completely off the rails to to draw attention to himself when his book came out.
I don’t know MS law, but in most of the country there is no age limit on adoption. Even that wouldn’t explain why they have publicly claimed he is their adopted son for 15 years.
The actual movie contract will be very telling.
His “new” book just dropped.
. What drives sales? Controversial things.
Even though he ended up at Ole Miss, as they were alums too, weren’t they living in Tennessee during this period?
This is it. And he is done with the NFL now, right? At 37?His “new” book just dropped.
$250K last 2.5% of something from the movie.. which is what they negotiated for their part in the movie. Maybe Michael should have gotten a piece of that.. I don't know. But he was making millions in the NFL.. that he isn't happy for the family that took him in.. whose support helped him get to college and the NFL... that is not a good look.
But maybe it is as you say, chaos sells. I hope it is just that.
Not sure if it actually happened here, but if so, it’s kinda scummy.
Bottom line, parents should not be taking or withholding or cutting out money from their kids. Forgetting about the paperwork, from what I heard, all sides concerned him part of the family. If my family did that to me, I’d be pretty upset.
That said, maybe Oher knew about it and agreed to it, but is ”forgetting” that part, for different reasons. Regardless, it should never have been on the table. Even if it was ALL Oher’s idea that the family gets the money and he doesn’t. The parents should have done the right thing, for ALL their kids…
If they signed a contract that gave them and their biological kids money while cutting him out, it isn’t an “I don’t know” dilemma, it would be pretty obvious they are scummy.
Also their “support” has always been questioned since the book and movie came out, because people said they overplayed how much help he needed and how much support they gave.
FWIW, it's very unlikely that the Tuohy family made much money from the film - that's not how these things typically work. They probably got a lump sum of money for the rights to their story but it would be almost unheard of for the subject of a film, not appearing in the film, to get residuals.
Based on what I've read, Oher is claiming that they profited off his name in the years subsequent to the movie - certainly Leigh Anne Tuohy has made a career out of it.
Based on what I've read, Oher is claiming that they profited off his name in the years subsequent to the movie - certainly Leigh Anne Tuohy has made a career out of it.
I doubt they made much money off the story. I’m betting they didn’t get residuals. 250k each sounds pretty high. We also don’t know if he really didn’t get a cut. I bet we never know and it’s settled out of court.
What do you mean? The whole situation is ugly and we don't know who is at fault here - but whether he made a mint or not in a totally separate transaction doesn't mean he's necessarily honest or dishonest. It's not relevant.
He has been complaining about that since day 1.
I think he is having money problems. He just got married and it is tough to support a new wife and 12 siblings with no job.
They made 70k off the book. They made 200M before they met Oher. Who is the golden goose? Oher was broke before he met the Toueys. Do you think his 12 siblings without the conservatorship were better off?