Ben Affleck and Matt Damon disapprove of using Air’s monologue in Trump’s campaign

Saturday, Donald Trump posted a fundraising video on his Truth Social account in which a monologue from a character from Matt Damontaken from movie Air From Ben Affleckhas been edited with imagesex-president.

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As part of the Mar-a-Lago investigation into the secret documents, Donald Trump said he did not intend to abandon the 2024 presidential race, even if he is found guilty.

Meanwhile, however, Shares of artistsfilm production company Air co-founder of Damon and Affleck, she said she disapproved of the use of a monologue for Trump’s statement.

“We were not aware of, did not consent to, or endorsed or endorsed any Air footage or audio repurposed by the Trump campaign as political advertising or for any other use: says in the statement – In particular, with respect to all rights available to us under U.S. copyright and intellectual property law, we hereby inform you that in the event of any use of Air materials in the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, such consent will not be granted. .

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Air was released earlier this year by Amazon Studios and tells the story of the Nike executives they created with Michael Jordan sponsorship agreement for Air Jordan notes. Affleck directed the film in which Damon played Sonny Vaccaro, a key Nike executive.

The nearly two-and-a-half-minute Trump campaign trailer is based entirely on a specific monologue from the film. “Money can buy almost anything, but it can’t buy immortality.Damon’s voice says as Trump walks from his helicopter to the camera. The Trump campaign also used the ad to ask supporters for donations.

In other cases, Trump has already abused Hollywood intellectual property in his campaigns. As president, he used photos, music and videos from Game of Thrones

And him The Dark Knight in tweets and other content. However, with advertising Air the first time an entire monologue from a film has been taken and re-proposed for an advertising campaign.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter.