Chilean miners say they were cheated out of profits from Hollywood film
by Jonathan Watts Latin America correspondent from on (#SFJB)
Miners are suing lawyers for bad contracts ahead of release of The 33, which stars Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche and depicts their 69-day ordeal
Nine of the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than two months in 2010 have sued their lawyers for failing to secure an adequate share of the revenue from a new Hollywood film about their 69-day ordeal.
The plaintiffs - many of whom are still suffering from physical and psychological after-affects - say their lawyers offered bad advice and cheated them out of income from books, TV serials and the movie.
