Word: filming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...massacred. A female rebel is raped by a vigilante commandant; when the commandant is killed, his lieutenant carves open the dead man's chest and eats his flesh. These horrifying events might seem the stuff of slasher movies, but according to Filipino director Lino Brocka, they are real. His film, based in part on testimony collected by Amnesty International, charges that human rights violations are more widespread under President Corazon Aquino than they were during the Marcos regime, which Brocka had long criticized. Fight for Us is a cry for justice, from a man out of breath, for a nation...
Since a typical feature film is a $20 million roll of the dice, Hollywood always wants to improve its odds. That's why studios are so willing to pay breathtaking sums to surefire stars. Now Hollywood's obsession with the talented few is fueling a billion-dollar personnel tug-of-war that pits Warner Bros. against Sony for the services of the two hottest movie producers to come along since Samuel Goldwyn met Louis B. Mayer...
...Warner has asked the court for a permanent injunction, on which the court is expected to rule this week, to prevent Guber and Peters from working for anyone else. Warner contends that Guber and Peters are responsible for more than 50 of the studio's current projects, including the film version of Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities. Sony and the two producers are countersuing for $100 million, charging Warner with fraudulently denying that it had an oral arrangement to release Guber and Peters from their contract and with trying to sabotage Sony's Hollywood ventures...
...center of this colossal custody fight is the most unlikely pair of partners in the film world. Guber, 47, an erudite native of Boston, holds a law degree from New York University. In 1968, while working on his M.B.A., he landed a job in the casting department at Columbia Pictures. Guber quickly became chief of production and, by the time he left in 1976, his credits included The Way We Were and Shampoo. Peters, 44, an Angeleno who spent a year in reform school, broke into the movie industry using a hairbrush and a blow dryer. After coiffing Barbra Streisand...
Guber and Peters joined forces in 1980 to form a film-production company. Guber's nose for good script ideas and his flair for deal making meshed with Peters' hustle and tenacity. After several hits, including Missing and Flashdance, the partners signed their first, allegedly exclusive production contract with Warner...