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Forget About It
Forget About It
	Movie poster
Directed by	BJ Davis
Screenplay by	Julian Davis
Produced by	Anthony Falco; Kimberley Kates; Michael Manasseri; John D. Schofield
Starring	Burt Reynolds; Robert Loggia; Charles Durning; Raquel Welch; Richard Grieco
Cinematography	Mark Trengove
Edited by	Stephen Eckelberry; Michael Manasseri
Production; companies	Big Screen Entertainment Group; The Rock Entertainment
Release date	October 14, 2006;
Running time	88 minutes

Forget About It is a 2006 American comedy film directed by BJ Davis^[2] starring Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Raquel Welch, Richard Grieco and Kimberley Kates.

Plot edit

A trio of retired military servicemen find a suitcase of money near their Arizona trailer park. Little do they know it belongs to a mobster in the witness protection program. The old men's neighbor is played by Raquel Welch.

Cast edit

Main edit

Burt Reynolds as Sam LeFleur
Robert Loggia as Carl Campobasso
Charles Durning as Eddie O'Brien
Raquel Welch as Christine DeLee
Richard Grieco as Anthony Amato
Kimberley Kates as Michelle Winchester
Phil Amato as Vito
Tim Thomerson as Arizona Al
Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Hertzberg
Michael Paloma as Peter Nitti / Don Antonio Giovanni
David Zappone as Manuel Rios
Wayne Crawford as Marshal Cimino
Natalie Roth as Becky Rami
Joanna Pacula as Talia Nitti
Elena Sahagun as Connie Wang
Byron Browne as Bodyguard

Supporting edit

Barbara Barron as Biker Babe
Towie Bixby as Newspaper Girl
Will Bribiescas as Cop
Christopher Eliot Bridges as Courthouse Husband
Tori Bridges as FBI Agent
James Brown as Strip Club Patron
Anthony Casanova as Gangster
Bryan Terrell Clark as Bodyguard (Credited as Bryan Clark)
Dusty Dukatz as Mrs. Hertzberg's boy toy
Timothy Gossman as US Marshal Agent
Steve Gresser as Strip Club Patron
Todd C. Guzze as Mobster
Michael LeDesma as Eddie's Grandson
Roderick LeDesma as Restaurant patron
Lynn Melton as stripper in strip club
Jennifer McLeod as Dinner Date
Elena Muia as Bank girl
Bruce Nelson as FBI Agent
Anthony Perrego as Mobster
Kevin Quick as Cab Driver
Marc Alan Waugh as Police Officer
Garriden Wolff as Man in Audience

Cameo/Uncredited edit

Bob Huff as Airport Traveler
Elaine Huff as Airport Traveler
Mark Jacobson as Dinner Guest
Alonso Parra as Casino Gambler
Jennifer E. Rio as Waitress
Scott Lee Scarborough as Club DJ
Tatyana Ryan
Gloria Ware

Awards and nominations edit

Forget About It was screened at the New Jersey Film Festival in May 2006, where it won Best Film. It premiered in Waterbury, Connecticut and Phoenix, Arizona on October 27, 2006.

Controversy edit

In 2008, Gregory Conley posted that he received legal warnings from BJ Davis and Julia Davis regarding a negative review of Forget About It. On January 13, Gregory posted that he'd received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaint from Julia Davis, and on January 14 posted an explanation attributed to Stephen Eckelberry of Big Screen Entertainment.^[3] There were some outraged posts made to websites such as Wired News^[4] and Techdirt.^[5]

Release edit

Forget About It is owned by Big Screen Entertainment Group and was released January 8, 2008 in the United States by Allumination Filmworks.

References edit

^ Forget About It movie website – credit.gif archived by Internet Archive Waybacked Machine. Retrieved 2012 January 3.
^ "Forget About It movie website". Internet Archive. February 7, 2006. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ Conley, Gregory (January 2008). "Filmmaker suing me over bad review". yourvideostoreshelf.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
^ Beschizza, Rob (January 14, 2008). "DMCA Used To Try And Silence Movie Reviewer". Wired.com.
^ Masnick, Mike (Jan 14, 2008). "DMCA Misuse: Trying To Take Down A Negative Movie Review". Techdirt.