Quote Originally Posted by Tyrant View Post
Hollywood accounting is a very real thing, but I would think outright money laundering from big names would be a pretty bold move. Smaller studios, I could see it. If Joe Bob Briggs is to be believed and I am remembering his comments correctly, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was paid for with mob money and made way more money than anyone publicly realized. But that was the early 70s and possibly just the one movie. I would think the whole operation is too public to risk that, but greed can overwhelm common sense so maybe. I have heard that Uwe Boll was able to be bankrolled by German investors due to German tax law. The investors expected the movies to fail. A set up similar to The Producers essentially.
It's not that they need to fail but because of a tax loop hole in German law (now closed) money invested in his movies automatically got 50% back from the government. So the movies could lose money but investors would still profit thanks to the tax refunds