Yari Film Group

Yari Film Group, the producer of such films as "Crash" and "The Illusionist," said it had put its movie releasing division into Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The Westwood-based producer and distributor, founded by financier Bob Yari, said it was compelled to file for involuntary bankruptcy as the result of a court order "prompted by the actions of four creditors with disputed debts." The company would not provide further information.

WHEN "Find Me Guilty," director Sidney Lumet's take on the longest mob trial in U.S. history, debuted last March, posters for the movie had all the earmarks of a comedy: The star, Vin Diesel, was slumped in a prison cell, wearing a sad sack expression, a rumpled suit and a bad hairpiece. Now, hoping to woo Oscar voters, two of the producers have come up with another poster that repositions the film as a drama. It shows Diesel looking positively Perry Mason-like in a courtroom.