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...BOB: We have one and two picture deals with filmmakers we like. Rob Zombie is doing a remake of Halloween for us, and we?ve signed to do a second picture with Mikael Hafstrom called 1408, which based on a Stephen King short story...
Independent film fans need no introduction to Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax and its sister company, Dimension. From small, intimate films like sex, lies and videotape and The Crying Game to flashy game-changers including Pulp Fiction and the $300 million-grossing Chicago, the Weinsteins proved smart little pictures (as well as smart big ones) could find a wide audience if promoted properly. After leaving longtime corporate parent The Walt Disney Co. last year, the provocative pair have struck out on their own once more with a new boutique media concern simply called The Weinstein Company...
...BOB WEINSTEIN: We got to see how they did it, and we learned a lot from their executives. We built a library during that time, and that was something we always wanted to do.... Look, we had autonomy when we were at Disney, and operated as our own company even when we were within the Disney sphere. Other than some instances where they didn?t release our films, such as Dogma and Fahrenheit 9/11, we were given freedom...
...BOB: What?s giving us a new feeling now is the acquisition of companies and the opportunity to be broader-based in what we do in media. We?re being introduced to a lot of people we didn?t have access to when we were at Disney...
...director whose 1972 movie The Harder They Come, the first-ever Jamaican-produced feature film, introduced reggae to a global audience; in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. The movie, featuring songs like You Can Get It If You Really Want and Many Rivers to Cross, helped pave the way for Bob Marley's international breakthrough and launched the career of singer Jimmy Cliff...