blog.spout.com - 5/12/2008
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....and one reason it may not be.
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... Calderwood, Pact’s vice chair of feature film and topper at Slate Films. “Independent producers put a lot of investment -- of commitment as well as money -- into their films to make them happen, and this will give them the chance to make a proper return on their investment.” The trades and blogs were full this weekend of the now all-too-familiar box-office schadenfreude that occurs when a studio tentpole tanks. Over at her Spout blog, Karina Longworth offers a corrective: Five Reasons Why Speed Racer 's Failure is Bad for Movies. Finally, a few posts ...
Speed Failure
Film Experience Blog —
Spout has an interesting piece by Karina Longworth on why Speed Racer's box office failure ($18 on opening weekend with a $120 budget. OUCH) might be bad for "the cinema" some critics think it's trying to kill. Okay, one critic. That was the attention hording Armond White. I hear what Longworth is saying (and I love Bound too, nice shout out) but... ...defending the Wachowski's under "auteurism" is dangerous ground. Sure they have a point of view but do they make good films? Comparing them to Michael Bay is ...
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contactmusic.com 5/12/2008 — Actor EMILE HIRSCH was left stunned and sickened when he was presented with "pig knuckle" in a German restaurant while he was filming SPEED RACER in Berlin.
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'Iron' stays gold overseas —
Variety.com 5/12/2008
International News: 'Racer' crashes at the foreign box office -- "Iron Man" stayed golden at the international box office, dominating the weekend with $39 million at 7,500 playdates in its second frame while "Speed Racer" crashed out of the gate with ...
'Vegas' passes 'Speed' at box office —
Variety.com 5/12/2008
Front Page: Final tally gives Fox the second spot -- Final box office numbers showed that 20th Century Fox's "What Happens in Vegas" was right in claiming the No. 2 spot at the weekend box office over Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer" by an easy margin.
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