'Fifty Dead Men' still a go for Toronto

August 26, 2008 Despite a legal threat from the spy drama's main subject, the world premiere of Kari Skogland's "Fifty Dead Men Walking" at the Toronto International Film Festival will go ahead as planned, the film's British co-producers said Tuesday. "In response to reports in The Hollywood Reporter, the film's partners have confirmed that any queries relating to the legitimacy of the film are unfounded and that due process has been followed throughout the production," London-based Future Films and HandMade Films International said in a joint statement. The films' producers said that, while they optioned McGartland's autobiography and "Dead Men" is based on his life story, it "is not a representation of Mr. McGartland's life."

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