Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With or without a supersell, Fitzgerald's Gatsby is a masterpiece. I for one expect to see a masterpiece, not because "Ballantine's was there," but because Scott was. If Yablans, Evans, et al., have remained true to Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Paramount will have its blockbuster; if not, no amount of visual beauty can save...
...political and military advantage. One constant concern is that agreements on limiting strategic weapons will eventually work against the U.S. Another is that for the sake of preserving détente, the U.S. has become almost a partner in immorality. Washington, maintaining that peaceful relations with Moscow are paramount and that it has no business interfering in Soviet internal affairs, looks the other way when Moscow expels dissenters like Solzhenitsyn and compels dissatisfied Soviet Jews to remain...
Some movie executives argue that despite his thorough knowledge of marketing, Yablans will not really be tested until he has to run Paramount without benefit of a Godfather-power superhit. Yablans may not stay around to prove himself. He has five more years to go on his contract and is already wondering aloud if he could break it to go into politics. "I'd like to run for elective office," he states with his customary candor. "And there is no sense unless you go all the way. Yes, I'd like to be President of the United States...
...Godfather, ended with a genuine respect for him. Coppola lengthened his final version of the picture perilously because Bob thought "all the humanity and warmth had gone out of it." Evans knew what Coppola had sliced from his film because he watches the daily rushes on all Paramount filming. "Bob forces you to come up with alternatives," says Coppola. "He pushes you until you please him. Ultimately, a mysterious kind of taste comes out; he backs away from bad ideas and accepts good ones...
...interest, was sold. Following such legendary predecessors as Adolph Zukor (furs) and Samuel Goldwyn (gloves), Bob took his share of garment-district profits to reconquer Hollywood as a producer. His aggressive entrance into the packaging market attracted the eye of Charles Bluhdorn, who had just acquired Paramount. He hired Evans and has protected his position ever since. Evans is dead serious about Paramount. "Running a major studio is more difficult than running a country," he says without a trace of irony. "A small country...