From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationggmail.com> To: Barry Josephson Subject: Re: "Arbitrage" Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:55:50 +0000 thanks„ why does the cast make it a long shot? On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Barry Josephson <I Jeffery, > wrote: Do you want my feedback? The reason Michael Ohoven is wanting Louisiana is most likely because the rebate there is far better than New York, crew rates are less, unions are easier to make deals on the side with, and he may have fund with other financiers to do a certain number of films at a certain price. He's giving Nick the bare minimum I assume that he believes is required for New York exteriors (3 days). Obviously I've not read the screenplay, but that cast makes it a long shot. If the script is remarkable, and his execution is great, the upside is that it does well at festival circuit and sells for a top price. Obviously I know your longstanding important relationship with The Jarecki's , so let me know how I can be helpful to you. Best, Barry1 From: Jeff Epstein <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:56:50 -0800 To: BarryJosephson Subject: Fwd: FW: "Arbitrage" Forwarded message From: Nicholas Jarecki < Date: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:56 AM Subject: FW: "Arbitrage" To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> CONFIDENTIAL Hi Jeffrey, Thanks for your call today; I hope I was amusing even under my current circumstances! Per our talk, enclosed please find a finance plan for Arbitrage, as well as my updated sales figures (now up to 4.4 million sold.) I have also included the plan as an excel file so you can tweak it to your liking;) The numbers aren't perfect but they are within striking distance and I've done a lot of work to vet them and get them here, considering every possible cost and revenue source. Unfortunately, as I mentioned my current equity investor (Michael Ohoven) announced to me yesterday that he will not take any partners and will only shoot the film for 10MM all-in (i