Michael Barker
Michael Barker
attracted audience gives mainstream posterity profile
It's very important for a film like 'Capote.' It gives real posterity to a film. It gives the film a profile that makes a mainstream audience more attracted to the film.
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It occurred as a result of stress and terror.
gains good great movies rules stories wrong
It's helpful. The stories say it's wrong because it's one of the year's great movies. So the story is not about the arcane rules of the Academy, but about how good a film 'Cache' is. That gains traction with the audience.
films happen plenty public strong time turn
It will turn around. These are strong films that happen to be small. But the public still has plenty of time to find them.
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It's obvious the film has strong staying power in urban and suburban areas.
longer value
The longer you keep a film in the theaters, the more value it'll have down the line.
cities country five hanging million
Boy, that 'Cache' is hanging in there. That's really something. Just think, we're going to be over $1 million on just five cities and we have the whole country to go. The film is going to do great.
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We did our job and the jury did theirs. I suspect the jury never could get past the statement he made to the police.
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(Toronto) is one of the best places, if not the best place in North America, to launch films. Journalists from all over are there, and it?s the most responsive audience you can wish for. That can be a liability when making an acquisition call but not a liability when you are launching a film and want to show it in the best possible context.
becoming business
We're becoming more and more selective. There is long-term business in foreign-language films, but it's still very tough.