Word: tristar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Movie and TV Studios] Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Television...
After his work at NBC, Sagansky ventured into the movie business. From 1985 to 1989, he was president of production for TriStar Pictures, a start-up at the time rather than the media behemoth it is today. During his time there, the movie house produced films like "Glory," "Look Who's Talking," and "Steel Magnolias...
...people who are at this level are big stars. I'm just not there yet, although I did get a deal with Columbia-TriStar to do an animated half-hour. I've had other deals made. That's the way Hollywood works--you get a deal and they pay you, and you never get to the next level. But this one I think is going fly, [In it,] I'm a flight attendant, so I think that'll be, like, a perfect character. I'm in first class, so I can talk to people, and have guest stars...
...programs. Until three years ago, the networks were limited in the kind of programming they could own, but with the limits lifted, the pressure is on. CBS, which co-owns an unprecedented six of its seven new shows, gave King of Queens a slot on the schedule after COLUMBIA TRISTAR surrendered a share. NewsRadio, a so-so sitcom, was renewed for a fourth season after NBC, considered the most aggressive network, acquired profit participation from the producer, BRILLSTEIN-GREY, which most likely went for the deal in order to prolong the show's life and make it eligible...
Careful not to invoke the name Sony (and thus stir up intra-Japanese competitiveness), Lee asked the Toho board members to think of the pair's model as the "Tristar Godzilla," a line extension of their own "Classic Godzilla" franchise. And most important, he says, "we left the model in the boardroom overnight so they could get used to it." Whether persuaded by all or part of the delegation's arguments, Toho gave its blessing the next day. Says Tatopoulos: "The Japanese told me that the new Godzilla is miles away from the old creature but that I kept...