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Article: Mudslinging memoir massacres Miramax.
- Article from:
- Video Age International
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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Picture the scene: Fresh out of film school, brimming with ingenuity, one writes the script of which dreams are made.
Then, one borrows some cash from Uncle Joe and scours the Internet for undiscovered talent willing to work hard only for art's sake. Filming commences. It is perfect. It could be the next big thing. The kids at the film company catch wind of the masterpiece. Just when the vision of making a deal with a distributor becomes a near-reality, one is awakened by the sound of a cackling executive thundering: "You'll never work in this town again, but we'll call it even." Welcome to the making of independent films--Hollywood style. It ain't pretty.
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