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Inside Tommy Wiseau’s Wild, Years-Long Battle to Block a Tell-All Documentary on ‘The Room’

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At various times, Wiseau didn’t show up to court, represented himself, produced strange witnesses, and drove the judge up a wall. He was ordered to pay out over $700,000.

For years, there were several unknowns about Tommy Wiseau, the square-jawed director of the famously demented feature, The Room. Among them were his age, his place of birth, his mysterious funding, and his dedication to wearing two studded belts straight out of Spencer’s.

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