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Apr 15, 2021 · Angered by the deceptive Manning stunt, Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal investigated Sony and eventually settled with the studio for $326,000 in 2002. Sony also had to agree...
TIL In 2000 Sony invented a movie critic by the name of David Manning and used his fictional quotes to promote movies. Sony ended up paying over $1.5m to moviegoers in a class action lawsuit and over $300,000 to the state of Connecticut where Manning supposedly worked at a small weekly paper.
Aug 3, 2005 · A judge has finalised a settlement in which film studio Sony will pay $1.5m (£850,000) to film fans after using a fake critic to praise its movies. In 2001, ads for films including Hollow Man...
On August 3, 2005, Sony made an out-of-court settlement and agreed to refund $5 each to dissatisfied customers who saw Hollow Man, The Animal, The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, or Vertical Limit in American theaters as a result of Manning's reviews.
Aug 3, 2005 · Sony will have to pay $1.5 million to film fans in a settlement over a fake critic the studio invented to praise Sony titles. Settlement, to which Sony agreed late last year, was finalized in...
Mar 24, 2002 · After an investigation by the Connecticut attorney general's office, Sony agreed this month to pay the state $326,000 for the deception. Speaking by mobile phone, Mr. Manning gave his first...
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To me, the interesting thing about the article is that Sony was forced to refund movie-goers for their false advertisement of A Knights Tale, which I personally love, and has a 79% Audience score on rotten tomatoes. If you have to pay out-of-pocket for falsely advertising a terrible movie, it would be nice if it was actually a terrible movie.
