In the highly unlikely event that you become a major Hollywood player (if that even means anything anymore), keep this in mind: net points are for saps. Studio accounting is basically rigged to ensure that blockbusters almost never turn a significant profit. This is because lowly creatives like screenwriters and the authors who wrote the material on which the movie is based would have to get paid, which is anathema to executives.
If you want to get seriously wealthy in the film biz, get your agent to negotiate for gross points. Get that first-dollar windfall before exhibitors and what-have-you get their cut. That's funny money. And that gravy train got chugging down the track but good in 1957 when William Holden and his representation recognized his value to David Lean's big-screen adaptation of Pierre Boulle's World War II novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Holden Has Columbia Over...
If you want to get seriously wealthy in the film biz, get your agent to negotiate for gross points. Get that first-dollar windfall before exhibitors and what-have-you get their cut. That's funny money. And that gravy train got chugging down the track but good in 1957 when William Holden and his representation recognized his value to David Lean's big-screen adaptation of Pierre Boulle's World War II novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Holden Has Columbia Over...
- 11/27/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Chicago – David Lean’s “The Bridge on the River Kwai” is one of the most beloved epics of all time and not only has the film been restored for a massive Blu-ray Collector’s Edition release but a new print will roll at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago starting Friday, November 12th, 2010. If you’ve never seen the 1957 Best Picture winner, there’s never been a better time.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” was a massive hit when it was released in 1957, winning seven Oscars, including Director (David Lean), Actor (Alec Guiness), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Score, Cinematography, and Picture. It beat “12 Angry Men” and “Witness For the Prosecution” for the big prize and has made multiple lists of the best films of all time. When the American Film Institute did their first list of the best 100 films ever made in 1998, “The Bridge on the River Kwai...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” was a massive hit when it was released in 1957, winning seven Oscars, including Director (David Lean), Actor (Alec Guiness), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Score, Cinematography, and Picture. It beat “12 Angry Men” and “Witness For the Prosecution” for the big prize and has made multiple lists of the best films of all time. When the American Film Institute did their first list of the best 100 films ever made in 1998, “The Bridge on the River Kwai...
- 11/9/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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