Also, there is industry all around Athens including a Pepsi plant and caterpillar plant (meaning there are blue - collar workers moving here and they either buy or rent) and because
of the movie business boom in Atlanta we are getting a lot of people moving back to Athens because they are being priced out of homes closer to Atlanta.
READINGS Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice
of the Movie Business by David Mamet, reviewed by Richard Schickel; Cartographic Cinema by Tom Conley, reviewed by José Teodoro; Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl by Steven Bach, reviewed by Andrea Hoag; Abel Ferrara by Nicole Brenez, reviewed by Paul Fileri
I like that Hoblit can only remember Gere starring in Pretty Woman prior to Primal Fear (he refers to it as «Garry's film») and says something along the lines of Gere having taken himself out
of the movie business by choice until returning triumphantly for Primal Fear.
That, of course, includes the many women who are struggling for equal opportunity and recognition in filmmaking and all aspects
of the movie business.
In other words, it's a microcosm — a snow globe —
of the movie business itself, where art and commerce are forever locked in an uneasy embrace.
What the film does that no amount of perusing declassified State Department documents can do is truly get at the heart
of the movie business, and give it a deserved ribbing.
Well, the concept is basically: Can you do what the studios do in a more efficient manner, and can you revitalize a section
of the movie business that has been starved out of existence almost?
The spectacular 22 - year partnership of Walt Disney Co. and producer Jerry Bruckheimer will come to an end next year, signaling the Burbank company's changing priorities and how the shifting sands
of the movie business are affecting A-list producers.
«I think there was a little bit of extra critical hate towards it because it's changing the landscape
of the movie business,» he said, «but I think «Bright» is maybe a movie that needs to be reviewed by public opinion rather than viewed through the highbrow prism of film criticism.»
At the centre of it all is Brolin's Eddie, tempted by a world - beating job offer from Lockheed but still doggedly devoted to the madness
of the movie business, in which he believes passionately.
Fonda emerges as one of the most riveting interviewees in this essential, but too - little - known, survey of a wide swath of actresses who candidly discuss the intractable sexism
of the movie business.
Working about as far as possible from the commercial mainstream
of the movie business, Costa has again made a singular docu - fiction hybrid that defies classification as readily as it reimagines the possibilities of cinema for the post-spectacle, post-theatrical era.
Pomona, NY — Want to learn about the start
of the movie business right here at Kennedy Dells Park, New City's «secret Hollywood?»
DeFrancisco has tried to draw
some of the movie business to Syracuse with no luck.
As this story got some play, even at the highest levels
of the movie business to make it into a feature (we were signed to an option by the guys who did Philadelphia and Silence of the Lambs), one of the fears we had was that someone would turn Lonnie into a homosexual hero (like Harvey Milk).
Not exact matches
The day's announcements included a new version
of the Android OS for the smartphone in your pocket; the new Nexus 7 tablet computer for the couch; a set - top sphere called Nexus Q to pipe music and
movies to your TV; a cloud - computing platform for your
business; and the ultimate in cyber nerd fantasy, Google Glass, a pair
of Android - enabled glasses to stream data directly into your eyeballs.
But the end
of the one -
movie - per - day plan is the big news here, and there are a few possible reads from a
business perspective.
The Journal report said that Comcast could pay as much as $ 3 billion for DreamWorks, and would combine that
business with its existing Universal
movie and TV unit as a way
of taking on Disney in the animation market.
The online
movie and TV service has a vast cache
of business and tech documentaries that anyone with a subscription can watch instantly.
Some
of these
movies have
business lessons while others portray good
business ethics and some are just plain inspirational.
Disney's
movie business generated revenue
of $ 1.81 billion in the quarter, up 1.57 %, missing the average FactSet estimate
of $ 1.84 billion.
After showing footage
of «Alita: Battle Angel» at CinemaCon on Thursday, Rodriguez and producer Jon Landau («Avatar»
movies) sat down with
Business Insider to talk about the evolution
of the project and why this manga won't end up like the big - screen version
of «Ghost in the Shell.»
If you believe pop culture, the top
of the
business world might seem something like the 80s
movie Wall Street — competition is fierce, rivalries are plenty, and greed is good.
One
of the investors, China Media Capital (CMC), is a huge player in the nation's incredibly complex domestic
movie business.
«We should not just let it be about «Oh this man behaved like this» and «This is so shocking,» or all
of that,» Shah Rukh Khan, another top
movie star who's worked in Bollywood for three decades, told
Business Insider.
That then leads you down the path
of a favorite quote
of mine from the
movie RoboCop where executive Dick Jones says, «Good
business is where you find it.»
One
of the greatest
movies ever to look at the
movie industry, Billy Wilder's 1950s - era pop culture noir is timeless for its story
of the struggle in the
business and the effects
of fame when everyone forgets you.
Lions Gate is behind a number
of critically acclaimed
movies, such as Crash in 2005, and also operates a booming television
business that produces Mad Men and Weeds.
Fast - forward a few decades, and the likes
of Microsoft's Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 and Nintendo's Wii have put consoles in one
of every two homes in the U.S. and helped make video games a bigger
business than the entire music industry — and almost as big as the
movie industry.
But the
business models
of most VCs resemble those
of Hollywood
movie studios, wherein a thousand projects get optioned in the hope
of lucking into a single blockbuster.
It's a US$ 400 - billion global
business today, nearly four times the size
of the
movie industry.
Businesses of all kinds are asking customers to do jobs that employees once performed, whether it's using self - service checkout at the supermarket, skipping the box office to print
movie tickets from home, or scheduling everything from salon visits to doctor's appointment via an app.
He learned the
movie business working on the sets
of movies and «Mister Rogers» Neighborhood,» which was shot in Pittsburgh.
The
movie business will also change and shift to something more connected, where people will want to interact a little bit — differently than with games, but they will still want to somehow be part
of what's happening on the screen.
I think the economic model
of the
movie industry is much more challenging than the economic model
of the hotel casino
business.
On Nov. 15 — the release date
of its latest hit — Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot spoke to Canadian
Business staff writer Jeff Beer about how the industry has changed in the past 25 years, where games and
movies will meet and Canada's potential as a video - game powerhouse.
Rather than focusing on the inner workings
of his
business acumen, the HBO
movie will focus on Buffet's relationships and his humble lifestyle.
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Business Insider recently talked to some
of the people who were around Hopper during the making
of «The Last
Movie,» as well as Marin Hopper, daughter
of the legendary actor / filmmaker, who is one
of the trustees
of the Hopper estate and current rights holder
of «The Last
Movie.»
The parent
of the Columbia House music and DVD clubs said Monday it plans to sell its Columbia House DVD Club
business, which sells recorded
movies and TV series directly to consumers, through a bankruptcy auction.
Regarding Disney's decision to end it
movie - output deal with Netflix with 2019 releases, Sarandos said, «We just have to focus on creating content that our members can't live without... Whether or not one
of our partners decides to produce for us or compete with us, that's really a choice that they have to make based on their own
business.»
A few other pieces compared entrepreneurship to the
movie making business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&r
movie making
business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»
business with titles like «How Starting A
Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»
Business Is Like The Making
Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a
Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»
Business is Like Casting a
Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&r
Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A
Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»
Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»»
Both
of those deals gave Disney a massive library
of existing
movie, TV, and other content, which it has been using to fuel not just its
movie business but its theme parks and merchandising
businesses.
Pixar Animations is one
of the most creative
businesses on the planet, and one
of the most successful, with a string
of blockbuster
movies that delight audiences around the globe.
After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part
of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation
business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions
movies — as well as the Universal Pictures
movie studio.
Promoting a fight is an important part
of the gig, just like talking to reporters is part
of the gig for professional athletes, doing press for a
movie is part
of the gig for actors... and chatting with employees is part
of the gig for CEOs and
business owners.
They told
Business Insider that they wanted to balance new and old, and a sense
of adventure reminiscent
of movies like «Jurassic Park» and «Avatar» with a sense
of reality.
Critics suggested the interference was due more to the fact that many
of the files being shared were TV shows and
movies, which the service providers were
of course in the
business of selling.
More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new
movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO
of the National Association
of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the
movie business.»
Not long afterward, Redstone embarked on a series
of acquisitions, guided by his belief that content such as
movies and TV shows would always have value, even if the theater
business started to decline (the Viacom chairman is said to have coined the phrase «Content is king»).