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...that list, add foreign centers of operation. Stringer got his chance because Sony's American operations have been one of the company's few bright spots. He presided over the rebound of Sony Pictures, where the Spider-Man franchise is raking in profits, cut costs ahead of company-wide schedules, merged Sony Music with the music division of Bertelsmann AG, and, last year, led a consortium that bought MGM and its valuable film library. In the first three quarters of 2004, Sony's U.S. operations kicked in 30% of the company's revenue. "Stringer got this job with the expectations...
...Industry, for which he champions Asia as the promised land of cinema. "With the rise of Asian consumerism, in a decade 70% of all movie revenues will come from Asia," Kapur declares. "Asian culture will become the international norm. It's reverse cultural colonization. Hollywood will still be making Spider-Man movies, but when Spider-Man takes off his mask, he'll be Chinese...
...This is no idle theory for Kapur. He's backing it with money, having persuaded New Age guru Deepak Chopra to help him set up Gotham Studios Asia, a business that will bring comic-book heroes such as Spider-Man and Batman to India, with new story lines in which brown-skinned superheroes battle figures from Indian myths in places like Calcutta. Kapur says he sold Chopra on the idea by telling him "that in five years we will notice a cultural change in the world, where Western pop culture will start to stagnate and a hybrid form of culture...
...core business, however, Stringer's operations in the U.S. became one of the company's few bright spots. He cut costs while completing the acquisition of MGM Pictures and a joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group. He also presided over Sony Pictures' rebound, thanks to its new blockbuster Spider-Man franchise. Last year the division kicked in 40% of the company's operating profits...
...despite its Old Hollywood narcissism and jumpy narrative, The Aviator stands as one of the best cinematic achievements of 2004. Left high and dry by the stunted Alexander and kitschy Spider-Man 2, audiences were desperate for a reminder of why they go to movies in the first place. Scorsese delivered, creating lovingly detailed sets, momentous speeches, and an electric dynamic between star Leonardo DiCaprio and scene-stealer Cate Blanchett, who resurrects Katharine Hepburn onscreen...