see antidote films australia . antidote international films inc. type independent film company headquarters new york ny united states owner jeff levy hinte website http www.antidotefilms.com antidote films also known as antidote international films inc. is an independent film production company founded by producer jeff levy hinte based in the hudson square neighborhood of new york city . in 2008 antidote completed several documentaries including soul power and the dungeon masters both of which premiered at the 2008 toronto international film festival . antidote produced roman polanski wanted and desired a documentary directed by marina zenovich which was nominated for the grand jury prize and winner of the documentary editing award at the 2008 sundance film festival the film will be released domestically by hbo and internationally through the weinstein company . 1 2 3 4 prior to this antidote produced several narrative films until the last winter when the company shifted its focus to documentary . other antidiote productions include the eco horror thriller the last winter ; the hawk is dying adapted from harry crews novel and directed by julian goldberger ; mysterious skin directed by greg araki ; and thirteen directed by catherine hardwicke . in 2003 daily variety announced antidote s plans for a film adaptation of the jt leroy novel sarah to be directed by steven shainberg . 5 according to the new york times when shainberg learned that jt leroy was a literary persona and that laura albert was the actual author of sarah he decided to make a meta film a triple layered movie that would blend the novel with the lives of its real and purported authors in a project he took to calling sarah plus . 6 the times also reported that this new project required the rights to laura albert s story rights that she in no uncertain terms refused to grant . 7 in june 2007 antidote sued albert for fraud claiming that a contract signed with jt leroy to make a feature film of sarah was null and void . 8 after a manhattan jury found albert liable in monetary damages for the tort of fraud because she had signed her nom de plume to the movie contract the new york times noted that jeffrey levy hinte said if ms. albert who never made a fortune from her literary works could not afford to pay the judgment he might have to consider laying claim to the rights to her past and future books . 9 levy hinte s chief lawyer insisted neither jeff nor i want to ruin laura albert . we just want her to behave with a little more integrity . 10 after an appeal the damages awarded were reduced by settlement with antidote in 2009 and laura albert retained the rights to her books and her life story . 11 film productions edit the kids are all right 2010 soul power 2008 the dungeon masters 2008 roman polanski wanted and desired 2008 bomb it 2007 the last winter 2006 mysterious skin 2004 chain 2004 thirteen 2003 laurel canyon 2002 american saint 2001 ghosts of attica 2001 limon a life beyond words 2001 wendigo 2001 high art 1998 references edit antidote . antidotefilms.com . retrieved 21 november 2013 . antidote films i us . imdb.com . retrieved 21 november 2013 . antidote films . debate.org . retrieved 21 november 2013 . antidote films i . metacritic.com . retrieved 21 november 2013 . dunkley cathy . antidote taps louiso shainberg . september 5 2003 daily variety . retrieved 2016 9 1 . https www.highbeam.com doc 1g1 109403371.html feuer alan . in writer s trial a conflict over roles of art and money . june 22 2007 new york times . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html res 9900efdf113ff931a feuer alan . judge orders author to pay film company 350 000 in legal fees . august 1 1007 new york times . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http www.nytimes.com 2007 08 01 nyregion 01leroy.html r 0 feuer alan . writer testifies about source of nom de plume . june 20 1007 new york times . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http www.nytimes.com 2007 06 20 nyregion 20cnd writer.html r 0 feuer alan . jury finds jt leroy was fraud . june 23 2007 new york times . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http www.nytimes.com 2007 06 23 nyregion 23writer.html r 0 feuer alan . judge orders author to pay film company 350 000 in legal fees . august 1 1007 new york times . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http www.nytimes.com 2007 08 01 nyregion 01leroy.html r 0 hogan ron . laura albert settles film company s fraud suit . mediabistro.com . retrieved 2016 9 1 . http www.mediabistro.com galleycat laura albert settles film companys fraud suit b10026 external links edit official site antidote films at the internet movie database revisiting antidote films vs laura albert aka jt leroy this article about an american film distributor or production company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title antidote films & oldid 737975625 categories film production companies of the united statescompanies based in new york cityamerican film company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 05 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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