And UA simply let him do it instead of telling him to look stateside. After reading Final Cut, you really do understand that UA was mostly at fault here. They wanted a Cimino picture, and they got one. EVERY red flag that came up to give them pause was dismissed as “Nah, It’ll be fine” ( YouTube watchers will…

If you read Final Cut, or watch the documentary, you can tell that UA really didn’t want to let Cimino to shoot it as the movie was already millions over budget. However, they simply convinced themselves it might be - or it WILL be - another Deer Hunter. During the entire length of production, everything UA initially…

Cimino was only able to shoot the opening by FINALLY picking up the glacial pace of shooting and staying within his enforced budget. Though set at Harvard, they refused to allow the production to shoot there so they went to England and use Oxford as a substitute so that added a big chunk to the budget and cost them…

This is likely the documentary you saw. It’s based on Steven Bach’s book about the making of Heaven’s Gate and the Fall of United Artists, Final Cut

The mob makes the vig one way or the other.

Not sure we can pass such laws, or that we should if we could as government edicts have so many unintended consequences never dreamed up at the time of initial passage. However there has to be some sort of ethical leadership he should have offered up a portion of that $200 million go to either not laying people off in…

At least a few survived. Sort of like the EV1, except GM said they weren’t going to crush them when that was exactly what they were doing. Most people do not realize just home many cars automakers crush every years either because of canceled projects like this, or test and development models that we never see but if…

They also said the rapid loss of pressure would render them unconscious almost immediately. However at least two of them had time to activate their pressure suits IIRC. I cannot imagine the hell for them. I don’t think NASA ever said who they were.

Wow. What a...duh.

I think one thing about Landis lost on modern audiences is that he directs with a specific type of farce that lost favor by the mid 1940's. Into The Night is similar to The Blues Brothers in that it has large set pieces with a lot of the popular stars of the day in smaller or simply cameo rolls. (Who would have…

I think he is, have you seen the housing prices in CA lately?

Agreed, but they can charge more for it so it was an easy decision.

I must sadly admit that due to my failing brain I completely forgot about the Fleischer’s. For that I must be forced to watch 90's DIC cartoons on loop for 24 hours. Their work is almost unmatched in it’s fluidity and quality -which is why they were not long for this earth.. It is even worse as I have the Fleischer’s S…

I think the simple answer lies right at the top. If you don’t have decision makers that understand and/or appreciate animation for what is is and isn’t, and lead the charge, it will never make it. That was how Disney dug themselves out of near bankruptcy with the Eisner/ Katzenberg run of movies. They got it, whatever…

That must be some crappy electrical system to want manual windows and door locks. The one thing I hate about my Ranger EV is the manual crack poking me in the leg. I will be converting it over to electric whenever I find the time to work on it again.

I am not so sure where this article is going. Dylan’s exercise while recuperating was just playing with his friends with little to no thought to any commercial aspirations. Compare that to Beyonce’s work which was in itself a purely commercial exercise so what was behind the music - I think - sort of makes a…

I’d find the owner of the farm and offer to haul the scrap away for $50. After this long it can be considered abandoned.

Yep. That’s what happens when you lose control of your creation.

She went far because she was cute and became somewhat of a better actor over time. Nothing to knock the house down but she was good in Mortal Thoughts and Disclosure. Striptease was just look how hot I am. The hype for it at the time would make many scratch their heads today and the big nah that much met it on release…

I suspect her Ghost Oscar was a make up for her missing out on the Color Purple.