Screen Gems Stands on "Moral Grounds"

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Screen Gems is about to develop a big screen feature based on Robby Kushner's 2006 documentary flick "On Moral Grounds."

April 3, 2007

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Putting a portion of attention to drama genre this time, Screen Gems is on the move to set up a film feature entitled "On Moral Grounds" at its pit, Variety has learned.

The second project from the company based on a real court case after "The Burial", pic will be made based on the 2006 documentary of the same name about a lawyer who took on a large insurance company for stiffing Holocaust survivors. It is reported that the studio will also distribute the original, which was directed and produced by Robby Kushner.

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Shot on location in Eastern Europe and in the courtrooms of the United States, the documentary follows a lawyer named Lisa Stern as she joined forces with attorney William Shernoff to wage a long-shot battle against insurance company Generali. The result paved the way for a $5.2 billion fund that German companies established to pay reparations to Holocaust survivors.

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