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A bare-knuckled fight has broken out among the producers of one of the leading Oscar-nominated movies, ''Crash,'' over two of the things Hollywood cares about most: money and credit. Cathy Schulman, a producer of ''Crash,'' filed a lawsuit that accused Bob Yari, her fellow producer and former partner, of acting from ''greed and ego'' in failing to pay at least $2 million in producing fees to her and her partner, the film's executive producer Tom Nunan. The budget on ''Crash'' was so small, many of the principal people involved -- including the producers, the writers and the director -- took no money during the production of the film, deferring fees until the film saw a profit. Robert Moresco, a co-writer with Mr. Haggis who is nominated for the best-screenplay Oscar, said that 'Crash' has been a great thing in his life, and he expected everyone to act honorably. In the weekend's Academy Awards, a bare-knuckled fight has broken out among the producers of one of the leading Oscar-nominated movies, ''Crash,'' over two of the things Hollywood cares about most that is money and credit. Even as the last Oscar ballots were being cast, Cathy Schulman, a producer of ''Crash,'' filed a lawsuit that accused Bob Yari, her fellow producer and former partner, of acting from ''greed and ego'' in failing to pay at least $2 million in producing fees to her and her partner, the film's executive producer Tom Nunan.