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...this was a rock concert film capped by a live performance, because Moore was in the house! And he couldn't find a more receptive crowd than Toronto. The audience at the public screening I attended was every bit as rapturous as the ones in the movie; and when Harvey Weinstein, the indie mogul titan who's made a few enemies over the years, stood up, he too was greeted with all cheers, no boos. For Moore's part, he's given the love back to Canadians at least since 1995, when he made his only fiction film...
...Jackie Chan pic Armour of God, the brothers excised a narrative back story that had served to explain the tension between Chan's character and a love interest. Fearing such treatment when the Weinsteins acquired the award-winning Japanese animé feature Princess Mononoke, the film's producer mailed Harvey a katana - a Japanese long sword - with a note that read "No cuts...
...Harvey Weinstein and his quieter brother Bob are among the last old-fashioned film moguls, known in the business for their flash and their foresight. After building their studio, Miramax, from the ground up, they proceeded to make bold, unexpected choices - such as producing Quentin Tarantino's edgy Pulp Fiction in 1994 and bringing Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai to American screens in 1996 - that have inspired packs of copycats...
...Industry eyes were therefore watching closely last month when Harvey announced that the brothers' new venture, the Weinstein Company (TWC), would oversee a $285 million fund for the production and distribution of roughly 30 "Asian films" in total - that is, movies made in Asia, by Asian filmmakers, or about Asian subjects. The move is expected to help the Weinsteins make important savings at a time when North American box-office takings are flattening out and production costs are on the rise. (The Weinsteins' five-month-old Grindhouse cost $53 million to make, according to the brothers, but has earned just...
...with Asian productions. In fact, if you name an Asian hit in the West, the brothers are probably responsible in some way. Chungking Express, Farewell My Concubine, and half of the eight highest-grossing American showings of Asian pics, including Zhang Yimou's Hero, were released under their auspices. Harvey Weinstein also claims a genuine penchant for Asian films, picked up, he says, through his friendship with kung fu-movie fan Quentin Tarantino...