As they are dishonest businessmen, you should think twice before you invest on a film with Marc…read moreErlbaum, J. Andrew Greenblatt, or David Magerman of Nationlight Productions. These scam artists who take advantage of small business owners have colluded to withhold documents from investors in their films. And further, they have withheld paying sums rightly due to investors.
In 2009, I entered into a production agreement with Nationlight Productions on a Jennifer Love Hewitt movie called "Cafe":
http://www.nationlightproductions.com
I agreed to provide these three people with the following:
a. Production Equipment Services, including:
1. Dual RED Camera package, $11,250;
2. DIT Service Equipment, $3,750;
3. On-Set DIT for Three (3) Weeks, $7,500;
b. Assembly Edit Services, including:
1. RED Editorial System, $15,000;
2. Assembly Editorial and Rendering Services;
3. An editor for six (6) weeks, or two hundred and forty (240) hours, $30,000;
c. Re-Conform and Color Services, including: 1. SCRATCH system
2. Conform, Color, DPX, and Rendering
3. An editor for two (2) weeks, or eighty (80) hours, $36,000;
d. Additional Post-Production Services, including:
1. Final LTO Backup, $3,000
2. An editor for one (1) week for Titling and Masters, $10,000;
Total cost of $116,500 in services and equipment. As it was never listed as confidential, you can see the original deal memo here:
https://copy.com/D7rYm8FVbFayxHxP
Nationlight was responsible for procuring and supplying quarterly financial statements for the first year and bi-annually for subsequent years:
"...shall have reasonable direct accounting and audit rights, which may be exercised on a quarterly basis in the first year and on a bi-annual basis thereafter..."
This has never been done and they are in breach of contract on that aspect. ANY documents supplied are minimal and have only been done so at the behest of myself or my attorney.
At last report, this was the amount of money collected on "Cafe":
https://copy.com/r2ShYribSpfzvtdm
No other quarterly document was ever volunteered again by Nationlight.
This was the letter supplied by my attorney to demand some sort of accountability from them:
https://copy.com/r2ShYribSpfzvtdm
The response we got was that Nationlight's distributor Maya Entertainment had gone bankrupt and disappeared with the funds collected. To date, I have no fiduciary proof of this. Maya Entertainment filed for bankruptcy, but without documentation I can only assume Nationlight did received compensation and was misleading investors about receipts.
This movie is still for rent:
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Cafe/70135629
http://bit.ly/1KuyHYs
And it can also be purchased, too:
http://www.amazon.com/Café-Jennifer-Love-Hewitt/dp/B004V2S4V0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/CAFE-Erlbaum-Jennifer-Hewitt-Daniel/dp/B00BE48CF6
Where is this money going if not to investors?
David Magerman is still an active part of Nationlight Productions:
http://www.nationlightproductions.com/magerman.html
As a hedge fund multimillionaire...Magerman is either imcompetent or incapable of paying what is owed.
http://www.phillymag.com/articles/controversial-david-magerman/
He has plenty of money, he just won't compensate for services rendered. The man who stated "...he's given $50 million total to Jewish causes globally..." is incapable of making good on a contract to a small business owner.
Marc Erlbaum, son of "...Main Line mega-donor Gary Erlbaum..." is equally still part of Nationlight:
http://www.nationlightproductions.com/nationlightteam.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2267617/
Marc is evidently doing well, because he founded a new company in the film industry:
http://eflixir.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/eflixir
and he continues to write for the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-erlbaum/
J. Andrew Greenblatt, Esq. of Greenblatt Associates LP is also still an active member of Nationlight Productions:
http://www.nationlightproductions.com/greenblatt.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1597794/
Apparently, Mr. Greenblatt is also doing well since he started production on two features in 2014 and 2015. Please see his IMDB.
Nationlight Productions is still an active production company, as referenced by their continually updated Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nationlightproductions
So where is the money going? Apparently, if you are a charity in the Philadelphia area and you have received a donation from Magerman, congratulations...it was taken from funds owed to others. Or the money is funding Erlbaum's new film venture. Or Greenblatt's new pictures. But it isn't being paid to the people its owed to.
For someone who apparently wanted to turn a new leaf as a figure who supports religious causes, Magerman's a sham phony who speaks with his checkbook instead of doing the right thing.
Note: if you are an attorney in the Philly area reading this and feel like you could take this case on contingency, please contact me