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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 02/21/2006 : 12:24:25 AM
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I read the sample pages and the table of contents.
[url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0471691593/ref=sib_rdr_toc/104-7212365-1426303?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S007&j=0#reader-page"]Table of Contents[/url]
[url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0471691593/ref=sib_rdr_ex/104-7212365-1426303?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00P&j=0#reader-page"]Excerpt of Cleopatra[/url]
I might be interested in reading about Last Action Hero.
The book definately answers why a studio would march down a road to folly.
Does the book take about the fallout after these films are made?
"Ward, the Beaver blew up the 7-11 again."
"I'll have a talk with him Dear" |
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2006 : 3:37:18 PM
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Looks like a number of these films (Ishtar, Town & Country, Kevin Costner) failed because of falling star power. "Last Action Hero," for example, came at the end of a huge number of successes for Ahnuld. (I think his previous film was Terminator 2 which sold a ton of tickets.)
So one can see where spending more money on an Ahnuld picture would be seen as risk-free, since the film itself would (in theory) be a big success. Pity it takes more than money to make a good film. |
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