Word: flopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exemplary film, an object lesson in how to blend the art of storytelling with the highest levels of technical know-how, planning, cost control and commercial acumen. Most of its relatively low, $20 million budget (half what Michael Cimino was permitted to squander on his out-of-control flop, Heaven's Gate) is, as they say in Hollywood, "on the screen." It will therefore surely make money. The only question is whether it will rival the huge worldwide grosses of Star Wars ($500 million) and The Empire Strikes Back ($300 million...
...entice Faculty members away from their primary academic responsibilities? How would Harvard decide between two similar business proposals from two professors if it only had the inclination on resources to pursue one of the plans? How would the University look if it played midwife in the birth of a flop? These seemingly obvious questions would have to wait; as one source explains it, "None of them had any professional experience with patents or technology transfer, but they thought they could do it better than everybody. People just don't behave rationally around money...
...industry had some major successes in the late 1970s, including Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever and Grease, but Hollywood is now again reeling. The writers have been on strike for almost two months, and the studios last week were bracing for a walkout by directors. The loudest flop has come from Heaven's Gate. The film cost a stunning $43 million to produce, but it has been roasted by critics and ignored by audiences. According to Variety, a new version of the original movie is now earning a combined total of only $1,300 a week...
...more characters filter into the lobby, it becomes increasingly obvious that the Baltimore has turned into a flop house. (The missing "e" in the title shows not only how the neon sign has fared, but also hints at the new raison d'etre of the establishment.) Two or more stock hookers-with-hearts-of-gold wander in, complaining about the hot water and "business." They fare little better than Raiser, particularly Ann Diamond as April, who seems to have been given the role solely for her alarming shock of blond hair. Her arms flailing with almost every line, she demonstrates...
...night's women's basketball game against Providence will swear they saw not one, but two entirely different games in the course of the evening. The cagers left the court with a 77-43 loss, demoting their season record to 1-5 in one of the most remarkable flip-flop matches ever...