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Leo's "Plum" Plucked by Berlin Fest
Trouble is, you'll have to fly to Berlin for the screening.
Don's Plum, the low-budget film DiCaprio and pal Tobey Maguire fought to keep from ever being released, will unspool as part of the annual Berlin Film Festival in February.
Made for $100,000 and shot over two three-day periods in 1995 by first-time director and former Leo posse member R.D. Robb, Don's Plum focuses on a group of twentysomethings.
The 87-minute, black-and-white film purportedly features improvisational performances by DiCaprio and Maguire as members of a group that meets every Saturday night at a coffee shop for wild banter.
But after the film was in the can, things apparently soured between the filmmakers and his leading men. DiCaprio and Maguire said they did the project as "a favor to a friend" and never would have worked on the project if they had known the flick would be released for distribution.
That ticked off the producer, David Stutman, who in 1998 sued DiCaprio and Maguire for $10 million, claiming the pair conspired to block the release of Don's Plum.
Maguire, worried that the film would damage his rising career (his résumé includes Pleasantville, The Ice Storm, The Cider House Rules and the upcoming sure-thing blockbuster Spider-Man), allegedly convinced DiCaprio to pressure studios not to distribute the film.
According to the suit, "improvisational comments Maguire had made during the film revealed personal experiences or tendencies that would undermine the public image he and his manager were trying to project."
In 1999, the two sides reached a settlement. Financial terms of the deal were kept quiet, but both sides agreed the film would never be sold or released in the United States or Canada.
Last time we checked our Rand McNally, Germany wasn't in the United States or Canada, so Stutman and Robb are apparently free to screen Don's Plum, whether or not DiCaprio and Maguire like it.
For the record, though, we checked in with Leo's rep, who said, "We have no comment whatsoever on the matter."
This is the second bit of bad news to hit the heartthrob in the past week. Last Friday, a New York appeals court gave the go-ahead for a $45 million lawsuit, in which DiCaprio is accused of siccing his goons on Elizabeth Berkley's boyfriend.
Don's Plum will screen in the Berlin Fest's Panorama section, which runs February 7-18.
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