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February 8, 2010 2:54 PM

Qaddafi's Son Takes Turn as Hollywood Investor

By
Daniel Carty
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In The News
(AP)
The son of Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi can now add a somewhat unusual title to his resume – Hollywood investor.

Saadi Qaddafi financed his first film - "The Experiment," a remake of a German thriller starring Oscar-winners Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker – according to a Financial Times report.

Qaddafi is the main backer of production company Natural Selection, which plans to invest $100 million on film projects.

With funding suffering from the U.S. financial crisis, the film industry is looking for other investors. Qaddafi is among a several Middle Eastern investors entering the industry, according to the report.

His foray into Hollywood is noteworthy given the tension between Libya and the West.

"It's something that we've talked about very openly," Matty Beckerman, chief executive of Natural Selection, told the Financial Times. "But we're trying to make good commercial product that has nothing to do with politics and more to do with making great movies."


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by cantfiggeritout February 12, 2010 11:10 AM EST
stunned. i can't get over the dishonor to our country and to our dead.Even if Qadaffi's son is 100% innocent of the murderous acts of his father, which I find an impossibiliy,(they bombed innocent civilians out of the sky over Lockerbie, in case you didn't know, and blew up Labelle's Disco in Berlin),those who do business with these people are traitors and do great injury to the American fabric.You should take the Qaddifi's money and give it to those victims and their families that he agreed to pay restitution to. Karma is strongly driven by blatant disrespect for our Elders.
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by davcor2 February 8, 2010 7:50 PM EST
Better to invest in something positive than guns and bombs . . . .
Have fun in La La Land Saadi . . . . .
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by cantfiggeritout June 21, 2010 10:56 PM EDT
I know my last entry was long, but please take the time to read the entire thing. Bombs and movies are not even the issue. It's about honoring our dead and our country. I would say maybe someone should not have given u access to the internet. How can u call yourself an American? If u r not an American, then u r obviously the enemy. And to that I say : U r in La La land.
by cowardlyimbecile February 8, 2010 5:23 PM EST
Hollywood standards are going up. Does Saadi have a teenaged Russian mistress, and does she have a chihuahua? Welcome aboard.
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