AVATAR: The (Inflatable) 3D Box-Office Effect
Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver in James Cameron’s Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox)
AVATAR: #26 at the Domestic Box Office (Inflation Adjusted)
If 3D/IMAX premium surcharges were factored in, Avatar would be way further down Box Office Mojo’s inflation-adjusted chart. As I’ve already explained in the comments section of a previous Avatar post, the 3D/IMAX surcharges can add quite a bit to Avatar’s overall take: somewhere between 25-30 and 40 percent. Other movies, including the vast majority of recent releases, didn’t (and still don’t) have that sort of advantage — certainly not to Avatar’s extent (80% of its domestic gross has come from 3D and/or IMAX screenings).
So, even if you go for the lower [...]
by Michelle Hutton | January 29, 2010
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Tags: Avatar, Box Office, Burt Reynolds, Finding Nemo, Grace Kelly, House of Wax, James Cameron, Rear Window, Sigourney Weaver, Smokey and the Bandit
National Film Registry 2008: A FACE IN THE CROWD, JOHNNY GUITAR
2008 National Film Registry
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner in The Killers
National Film Registry 2008 Article
Film information from the National Film Registry press release
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston’s brilliant crime drama contains the recipe for a meticulously planned robbery, but the cast of criminal characters features one too many bad apples. Sam Jaffe, as the twisted mastermind, uses cash from corrupt attorney Emmerich (Louis Calhern) to assemble a group of skilled thugs to pull off a jewel heist. All goes as planned — until an alert night watchman and a corrupt cop enter the picture. Marilyn Monroe has a memorable bit part as Emmerich’s "niece."
Deliverance (1972)
Four Atlanta professionals (Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronnie Cox and [...]
by Andre Soares | December 30, 2008
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Tags: Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Burt Reynolds, Classic Movies, Deliverance, Flower Drum Song, Hallelujah, Johnny Guitar, National Film Registry, The Killers
Kathleen Turner’s Autobiography SEND YOURSELF ROSES
Below are excerpts from Kathleen Turner’s upcoming autobiography Send Yourself Roses, as reported in several online venues.
On William Hurt, her co-star in Lawrence Kasdan’s atmospheric 1981 neo-noir (in color) Body Heat (right):
"In those days, he was pretty wild. He drank a great deal and took a lot of recreational drugs — he loved those magic mushrooms. He loved women, too; I don’t know how many he went through during filming. Bill always wanted to stay in character . . . [He] thought I wasn’t taking my acting seriously enough."
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Regarding Nicolas Cage on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1986 hit Peggy Sue Got Married, for which Turner received a best actress Oscar nomination:
"Everything Francis wanted him to do, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 23, 2008
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Tags: Body Heat, Books, Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Peggy Sue Got Married, Send Yourself Roses