Dursts aim to block alleged defamatory film

Douglas Durst and the Durst Organization are threatening legal action against film distributor Magnolia Pictures, according Deadline New York, in an effort to block the release of “All Good Things,” a film purportedly based on Douglas Durst’s brother Robert Durst, and the 1982 disappearance of his wife (see trailer above). Durst attorney Richard Emery wrote to Magnolia last month that “the current version of the film defames the Durst[s] and the Durst Organization” and that his clients will “file the action after the film has been released and run its course so that our lawsuit will not aid the film’s promotion.” The film falsely depicts the Dursts and Durst Organization as “criminal collaborators in the prostitution and drug rings that plagued Time Square in the 1970s” Emery said. [Deadline New York]