Page 65 - RICHERT VS. SORKIN THEFT OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE WEST WING

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November 16, 1995
David Evans, Esq.
1541 Ocean Avenue Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: screen credit Determination/The
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we acknowledge receipt of your recent separate correspondence on behalf of your respective clients, Bill Richert & Kyle Monis. You each requested that the Guild conduct another arbitration of the credits for 'The American president.,,
We believe that the Guild's system of writers determining writing credits has worked. your ctients' positions were carefully considered at all three stagel of th! process - in the pre-arbitration hearing, in the arbitration committee's analysis of thJ written material and in greir aplear before the Policy Review Board. The arbiters received and analyzed all of the story and screenplay materials sequenced in chronological order. Aaron Sorkinis access to the earlier materialwas presumed as set forth in the Screen Credits Manual. An arbitration committee of screenwriters concluded that screen authorship of 'The American Presidenf' should be 'Written by Aaron
credit determination process.
This credit determination must be considered final as of the date of the Review Board,s decision on October 3, 1995.
Direct Diat (310) 20&2526 By Messenger
Lee J. Kolligian, Esq.
2040 Ave. of the Stars, Ste 400 Los Angeles, CA 90067
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Sorkin'" A Review Board aldressed your clients' appeal with regarct
Special Committee and concluded to the decisions of the
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that no violation of Guild rules or policy occuned in the WGA
Sincerely,
Wz*@ Doreen Braverman General Counsel
How can the committee possibly analyze material they were never given?
The entire process was bogus.