Word: studioful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Michael Collins. Publicist: "I have no clue why this one didn't work." Former studio head: "I loved it, but it didn't do enough business. It's hard to sell any biography. Even Gandhi didn't do business...
Evita. Publicist: "There was Madonna backlash and maybe Andrew Lloyd Webber backlash--and the movie was horrible. This is the second year in a row the Golden Globe-winning actress--last year it was Nicole Kidman--didn't even get a nomination." Former studio head: "I don't think there was a backlash. If anything, I think there was sympathy for the movie. It took a lot of guts to make an all-out musical...
...Crucible. Publicist: "People perceived it as a history lesson, as something more didactic than they were interested in seeing." Former studio head: "Yeah, I didn...
...Evening Star. Publicist: "My sense was that no one cared about a sequel to that movie [1983 Best Picture Terms of Endearment]." Former studio head: "Another half hour of Jack Nicholson might have helped...
...People vs. Larry Flynt. Publicist: "I thought its reputation was inflated, and the backlash hurt. The media were interested in Courtney Love because she hadn't acted before, but she didn't do anything that Valerie Perrine or Candy Clark couldn't do on automatic pilot." Former studio head: "I didn't want to see a picture about Larry Flynt the same way I wouldn't want to see a picture about Hitler...