Shame the lead actors got underpaid.

Rating: 5/10 (16 February 2009)

I enjoyed the movie,..but shame to hear the film makers only paid the three young lead kids in the film from the slums were paid USD 700.00 only and not proper USA SAG or Brit guild wages.They are still living in the slums.This is why my vote is 5.5 for a good movie, minus 5 for bad form.Even though the film makers state that they have taken care of their schooling..fact is..any other lead actor in a movie gets greater entitlements than that.They usually would get enough to pay for their schooling and to keep some for better living.SAG minimum is about 2000 USD per week for a speaking role..maybe much much more as they were the lead roles...these kids must have worked on it for several weeks. They should have been paid USD 25 000- USD 50 000????.Maybe less ,maybe more.That would have been fair.Hollywood needs to wake up when filming overseas.