''Room Full of Spoons'' is a 2016 Canadian

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by Rick Harper about the 2003 cult film ''

The Room ''The Room'' is a 2003 American drama film written, produced, executive produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau, who stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero. The film centers on a melodramatic love triangle between amiable ...

''.

Synopsis

Rick Harper, "Canadian documentary maker and ''The Room'' superfan", a longtime associate of Tommy Wiseau, director of the infamous 2003 film ''The Room'', explores the story behind the film's troubled production and researches Wiseau's mysterious background, concluding that he is Polish and originally from the city of

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Cast

* Rick Harper *

Juliette Danielle Juliette Danielle Worden (born December 8, 1980) is an American actress best known for portraying Lisa, the love interest of Johnny in the 2003 film ''The Room''. Career ''The Room'' Danielle was the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's cult film ''The ...

* Philip Haldiman * Carolyn Minnott * Robyn Paris * Scott Holmes *

Dan Janjigian Daniel Armen Janjigian ( arm, Դանիէլ Ջանջիգյան; born April 30, 1972) is an Armenian-American former bobsledder, former actor, and political candidate. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, representing Armenia. He earned 33rd pl ...

* Kyle Vogt * Sandy Schklair * Michael Rousselet * Doug Walker * Alan Bagh

Production

Ottawa filmmaker Rick Harper, with Fernando Forero, Martin Racicot and Richard Towns, formed Rockhaven Pictures.

Release

On February 10, 2016, Rick Harper introduced ''Room Full of Spoons'' at

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, with questions and answers with Ryan Finnigan, author of ''The Room: The Definitive Guide''.

Legal issues

After a brief theatrical run in April 2016, the documentary was quickly pulled when independent theaters reported receiving legal notices of copyright infringement from Tommy Wiseau, the director, writer, producer, and star of ''The Room''. Another attempt to release the film in 2017 to capitalize on the film '' The Disaster Artist'' was stymied by Wiseau, who filed an injunction in Ontario courts, preventing a

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release of the film and setting up a lengthy legal battle. After a final trial in January 2020, the

Ontario Superior Court of Justice The Superior Court of Justice (French: ''Cour supérieure de justice'') is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. ...

judge

Paul Schabas Paul B. Schabas is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was senior litigation partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto and was one of Canada's leading barristers. In addition to ...

ruled in favour of the makers of ''Room Full of Spoons'', therefore allowing the film to be marketed and released. He ordered Wiseau to pay the filmmakers US$550,000 in compensatory damages, CDN$200,000 in punitive damages and defendants' court costs. * *https://ehr56679t2g.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/room-full-of-spoons.pdf Wiseau Studio appealed the Superior Court of Ontario's April 2020 Judgement, and on July 23, 2021, Wiseau's appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. On January 15, 2021, in Wiseau Studio, LLC v. Harper, 2021 ONCA 31, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, for the first time, an Ontario court ordered security for a trial judgment pending appeal.

References

External links

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Leonard J. French, Esq.
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