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...part of MGM in 1967 only to sell it two years later at a loss of about $10 million. By that time, his son was reading scripts for producer David Puttnam. Edgar Jr. found a script he loved, and in 1972, at Puttnam's goading, produced the movie, a flop called The Blockhouse. He was 17. With a show-biz dilettante's drive, he invested in Broadway plays, wrote pop songs, married a singer-actress and produced a few other films-notably a Jack Nicholson melodrama, The Border, released in 1982 by MCA-Universal...
...real world, every silver lining has a cloud, and DreamWorks faces a few. The world entertainment market could go limp, from a recession or from software exhaustion. Or the company could make flop movies and records. The HBO deal, which was touted as a billion-dollar windfall for DreamWorks, is tied to box-office performance; if the films are dogs, HBO will pay considerably less. And what if all goes poorly? The team's investors could demand that their money be returned before S, K and G get paid for their two-thirds equity stake...
...years of theatrical tradition doesn't hurt either. Arthur Miller, one of several American playwrights who of late have been more warmly appreciated in England than at home, points out that the London theater allows plays to survive and even flourish in a middle range between hit or flop-the only fates available on Broadway. "Here," he says, "it has to be the Second Coming or it's nothing...
Last month, the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) government of Quebec launched 18 commissions to drum up public support for sovereignty. In what was to have been an explosive first month, the commissions have proven to be the latest flop in a series of failed attempts to kick-start nationalist passions. Only 38.5 percent of Quebecers in a recent survey indicated that they were "paying a lot or some attention" to the commissions. One source reported that in the midst of "many tough questions" on separation, the commissions produced "few clear answers." Support for sovereignty hovers...
...Soul concert was such a flop that thecouncil waited two years before holding anotherlarge show...