Actor signs release, acts, dies.

Chris Santucci

Chris Santucci

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Anyone have any idea if a release signed by a deceased actor is still legal?

I used a non-actor for a non-speaking bit part in a film that isn't released yet and I just found out today that he has expired.

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If the film had already been released, this would not have made a difference. So why should it in pre-release? The contract rests with the holder.

Perhaps more important are the feelings of his survivors.
 
The feelings of his survivors are meaningless. He agreed to be in the film. Clearly he wanted to be. Even if his family doesn't want him to be, that doesn't supersede his decisions just because he made it in the past.
 
The release is generally a contract that binds the signer from the moment of his signature. This contract is good for as long as period agreed on in the release or contract.
 
Yes, it's legal.

I was working on an industrial video years back and the narrator passed away without finishing the last little bit we needed for the piece.

I spent the next 3 weeks piecing together words from all the other takes to form the final bit we needed.

....and that was before NLE...just me, reels of tape, a razor blade & a bottle of vodka!
Ah yes, good times.
 
ZazaCast said:
Yes, it's legal.

I was working on an industrial video years back and the narrator passed away without finishing the last little bit we needed for the piece.

I spent the next 3 weeks piecing together words from all the other takes to form the final bit we needed.

....and that was before NLE...just me, reels of tape, a razor blade & a bottle of vodka!
Ah yes, good times.
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There's a project that clearly could not have been done without the vodka -- the most essential element ;)
 
Chris Santucci said:
Anyone have any idea if a release signed by a deceased actor is still legal?

I used a non-actor for a non-speaking bit part in a film that isn't released yet and I just found out today that he has expired.

.
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This film wasn't a collaboration with Huy Vu, was it?
 
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