Your Honour, I Object! is a 1987 British documentary about the legal dispute between Ken Russell and Bob Guccione over an aborted attempt to film Moll Flanders.The rehabilitation of an old grey lag Russell, Ken. The Guardian 12 May 1992: 34.
Russell wanted to make a version of Flanders with an unknown, Janice Flanders, in the lead.The talent to abuse Russell, Ken. The Guardian 7 Sep 1985: 8. The film was to be financed by Bob Guccione. Russell wrote a script but Guccione rewrote it and Russell pulled out of the project. Guccione sued Russell for a million dollars, and the director hired lawyer Richard Golub to defend him in exchange for Russell directing a video clip starring Golub. Russell won and kept his fee of $125,000.The penthouse petulance: Nancy Banks-Smith watches Bob and Ken's unseemly court-room brawl over Doll Flanders Banks-Smith, Nancy. The Guardian 28 Nov 1987: 12. The incident was turned into a documentary.High farce and low comedy Glacken, Brendan. The Irish Times 1 Dec 1987: 12.
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