Word: spielbergism
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...Arthur Golden's hugely successful 1997 novel, Memoirs of a Geisha. Now she has published her story?which she characterizes as the real memoirs of a geisha. Golden's glimpse into the mysterious geisha world delighted readers and was bought by Hollywood for big bucks. (At one point, Steven Spielberg planned to direct the film version.) But that book?despite the "memoirs of" moniker?was fiction. Geisha, a Life, written by Iwasaki with Rande Brown, is supposed to be all that Golden's book wasn't: the geisha's life story, straight from her mouth...
...Laurie MacDonald, a production boss for Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks, saw the film last year and quickly bought remake rights for $1 million?just a bit less than the original movie's budget. Her instinct proved sharp. The new Ring is the rare Hollywood horror movie that earned more money in its third weekend ($18 million) than its first ($15 million)?a testament to enthusiastic word of mouth. The film may generate its own sequel. Insiders are already whispering the sacred word "franchise...
...bestseller charts in 1992 with Band of Brothers, the first in a string of hugely successful patriotic histories. Ambrose, whose reputation was tarnished earlier this year by the discovery of plagiarized passages in several of his books, also served as an adviser on numerous Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan...
...Stanley Kubrick project directed by Steven Spielberg, A.I. is a loose update of Pinocchio. This time it's a robot that wants to become...
...Stanley Kubrick project directed by Steven Spielberg, A.I. is a loose update of Pinocchio. This time it's a robot that wants to become...