Word: studioful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never felt he had a handle on which films would likely gross enough to be teachable. A film that couldn't open, that did only a few mil in business on its way to video, wasn't credible and could get you burned on a field trip. As one studio publicist warned the visiting teachers, better to assign an old pay-per-view Dances with Wolves than send your kids to a dead-on-arrival Welcome to Sarajevo...
Brooks originally wanted Holly Hunter, star of his Broadcast News, to team with Nicholson. When negotiations collapsed over money, the studio forced him to see Hunt. "I was real cranky about it," he says. "She was too young. Frankly, I saw many, if not all, of the great women. Then there was this one who was too young. And she was good. Real good." Now he--all right, like everybody--is a true Helenist. "There are lots of false idols being bowed to in Hollywood today," he says, "but Helen worships the right god. Instead of 'Please make...
...Japan's holiest sites, Zenkoji (Bright Light) Temple was built 1,350 years ago and is such an integral part of the region that CBS asked to set up its temporary studio there. The Buddhist priests have granted permission...
...Oreal cosmetics and Ericcson cellular phones. The "it" is shilling for products with promotional tie-ins to the new James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, which MGM/UA will release Dec. 19. The current 007, wanting more control over his image, is likely to renegotiate a tougher deal with the studio for the next Bond installment. Most A-list actors refuse to do commercials for product tie-ins, but when Brosnan signed on as Bond three years ago, he didn't have the clout to make such demands. According to his spokesman, Dick Guttman, "[Brosnan] has a classical actor's training...
...screenplay itself is wonderfully idiosyncratic. Despite the heavy-handed title (you can hear the studio execs screaming "Do you get it?") and the ridiculous ending, the dialogue is smart, often hysterical and loaded with spectacular monologues. But this is a Matt Damon movie from first to last, and it is his performance that makes the film a success...