October 11, 2011

A Michigan woman is reportedly suing the distributor of the movie Drive, claiming the Ryan Gosling  indie hit wasn't enough like The Fast and the Furious.

Though critics have been raving about the film's noir atmosphere and stunning performances, Sarah Deming claims the promotional campaign for the movie was intentionally misleading.

According to a report on Detroit's WDIV-TV, Deming claims in a suit filed under the Michigan consumer protection act that distributors FilmDistrict and Emagine theatres "promoted the film Drive as very similar to the Fast and Furious, or similar, series of movies" – which, she says, isn't true.

"Drive bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film... having very little driving in the motion picture," says the suit. Another issue for Deming? She also claims the movie is anti-Semitic.

"Drive was a motion picture that substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith," she says "And thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith."

The story of a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as the driver of a get-away car for crooks, Drive is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year.

Nonetheless, Deming wants her money back – and wants Hollywood to cease and desist making "misleading" movie trailers. Deming also intends to turn the suit into a class action.

Emagine theatres reportedly tells WDIV-TV the lawsuit is 'extremely frivolous.'

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