Search Results
Showing results 1 to 19 of 19
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-22-15
Replies: 2
Connery punched out a mobster
Posted By Dimitri001
Connery punched out a mobster

This is from the following article, but you can read this story many places: [had to remove the link] The story is that a gangster named Johnny Stompanato was dating Lana Turner who then had a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-20-15
Replies: 1
Recommendations on tough guy movies
Posted By Dimitri001
Recommendations on tough guy movies

Could you guys recommend some good tough guy movies? What I'm looking for is more naturalistic stuff, not Clint Eastwood or Jason Statham. More things like Mean Steets. Something naturalistic that...
Forum: Movie Questions 09-30-13
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  Why did Anne Rice object to Tom Cruise in Interview w Vampire?
Posted By Dimitri001
Re: Why did Anne Rice object to Tom Cruise in Interview w Vampire?

Did she ever say what specifically about Tom Cruise she thought was incompatible with the character, or what the character was supposed to have that she thought Tom couldn't do?

I found some more...
Forum: Movie Questions 09-28-13
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  Why did Anne Rice object to Tom Cruise in Interview w Vampire?
Posted By Dimitri001
Why did Anne Rice object to Tom Cruise in Interview w Vampire?

I find a quote where she says he's not what she had in mind and the quote where she later changed her mind, but I can't find why she initially didn't like Cruise for the role. Does anyone know?
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-17-13
Replies: 11
How did Woody Allen get complete control?
Posted By Dimitri001
I saw that documentary and I heard him say what...

I saw that documentary and I heard him say what you say, but, at the time, he was just a standup comedian, so you'd think if he made such an ultimatum people would tell him no. Seems like quite an...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-13-13
Replies: 11
How did Woody Allen get complete control?
Posted By Dimitri001
How did Woody Allen get complete control?

I remember watching a show called Scene By Scene where this critic/director interviews filmmakers and in the episode with Woody Allen he mentions that Woody is one of, I think, three directors in...
Replies: 13
Smaller movies better investment
Posted By Dimitri001
Smaller movies better investment

By the end of this past weekend's box office Fruitvale Station made 6.3 million on a budget of 900 000

The Way Way Back made 8.9 on a budget of 4.6 million.

So that's a profit of approx 5...
Replies: 6
How much of the gross do theaters get?
Posted By Dimitri001
Re: How much of hte gross do theaters get?

Yes, but the point is for us to know how well the movie did generally, not just at the box office, that's what we're all really curious about. The trades should be reporting those numbers.
Replies: 6
How much of the gross do theaters get?
Posted By Dimitri001
Re: How much of hte gross do theaters get?

Thanks, guys!

Incidentally, I just read a THR article from 6.6. (again, I can't link) about how Superman made 170 or 180 million dollars from promotional partners (people who will make action...
Replies: 6
How much of the gross do theaters get?
Posted By Dimitri001
How much of the gross do theaters get?

This is something I've been wondering about recently, and this article from THR (I can't link to it I don't have enough posts) which lists how much this summer's blockbusters cost with marketing and...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-27-13
Replies: 2
Full Oscar broadcast online?
Posted By Dimitri001
Re: Full Oscar broadcast online?

Good point, that hadn't occured to me. Thanks!
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-26-13
Replies: 2
Full Oscar broadcast online?
Posted By Dimitri001
Full Oscar broadcast online?

Is there a place to watch the full broadcast online?

It's been announced recently (today or yesterday, I think) that you can watch it somewhere online from the 25th to I think 27th, but I can't...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-02-13
Replies: 1
Quote from Soderbergh
Posted By Dimitri001
Quote from Soderbergh

I can't post a link but there's an interview with Soderbergh on youtube (you can find it if you search for "Director Steven Soderbergh talks the Film Business, Matt Damon, The Informant, Contagion &...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 01-13-13
Replies: 3
LA Times Directors Roundtable
Posted By Dimitri001
Re: LA Times Directors Roundtable

I don't have enough posts yet.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 12-23-12
Replies: 3
LA Times Directors Roundtable
Posted By Dimitri001
LA Times Directors Roundtable

LA Times has got their annual directors roundtable up. I can't post a link since I got to few posts but you can find it by going to their website, then click on entertainment -> awards: the envelope...
Replies: 1
Residential areas on studio lots?
Posted By Dimitri001
Residential areas on studio lots?

I was reading the recent story about the big time producer Joe Silver (is that his name?) getting axed, and how one of his perks was a "corner bungalow" on the studio lot at WB.

Presumably this...
Forum: Movie Questions 09-23-12
Replies: 0
Unanswered:  Where to see Disney short "Paperman"
Posted By Dimitri001
Where to see Disney short "Paperman"

I understand they were showing it before screenings of certain movies, but is it possible to see it somewhere else, online or on some DVD?

This is a short that combines traditional and computer...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-23-12
Replies: 8
Looking for cold war spying movies/series
Posted By Dimitri001
Thanks for the recommendations, everyone!

Thanks for the recommendations, everyone!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-16-12
Replies: 8
Looking for cold war spying movies/series
Posted By Dimitri001
Looking for cold war spying movies/series

I'm looking for series or movies (preferably series) about spying (in particular during the cold war). I just saw the miniseries The Company, so I'm looking for something like that.

Can anyone...