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Article: Motion Picture Projector Maker in Omaha, Neb., Wants Better Times for Industry.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- March 22, 2002
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By John Taylor, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 22--You know you're in a tough business when you're hoping a lot of people will be attracted to a human-vampire warrior trying to save the world from being overrun by those pesky bloodsucking bats.
Or when you're banking on the second coming of a stranded alien botanist to boost your bottom line.
But that's entertainment, folks, as described by the Internet Movie Data Base -- or what passes for it today at the movie theater.
On the success of such new films as the vampire film, "Blade II," and on the reissue of a classic, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," ...