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David Levenson/Getty ImagesMichael Lewis, the author behind the book that became the movie The Blind Side, has sounded off to The Washington Post about the controversy that now surrounds it.
As reported, Michael Oher [OR], the formerly homeless former NFL star whose life story made up the book and the film, filed a petition against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, claiming they tricked him into a conservatorship and shorted him millions.
The couple, who were respectively played by Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock in the movie, vehemently denied Oher s claims.
To the paper, Lewis first denied that anyone involved in the film behind the scenes received "millions" from the hit. "Everybody should be mad at the Hollywood studio system,"the author expressed.
"Michael Ohershould join the writers strike. It s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works, but the money is not in the Tuohys pockets," he said.
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David Levenson/Getty ImagesMichael Lewis, the author behind the book that became the movie The Blind Side, has sounded off to The Washington Post about the controversy that now surrounds it.
As reported, Michael Oher [OR], the formerly homeless former NFL star whose life story made up the book and the film, filed a petition against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, claiming they tricked him into a conservatorship and shorted him millions.
The couple, who were respectively played by Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock in the movie, vehemently denied Oher s claims.
To the paper, Lewis first denied that anyone involved in the film behind the scenes received "millions" from the hit. "Everybody should be mad at the Hollywood studio system,"the author expressed.
"Michael Ohershould join the writers strike. It s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works, but the money is not in the Tuohys pockets," he said.
Michael Lewis said the Tuohys have not hoarded profits from The Blind Side movie. Rather, the studio accounting has resulted in very little profit participation. He also says he understands the conservatorship was for convenience not control. ....
What the legal tangle among the subjects of 'The Blind Side' leaves out is what author Michael Lewis omitted: how football exploits Black players from the start. ....