Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Peter Benton Bart is an American journalist and film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lengthy tenureas the editor in chief of Variety, an entertainment-trade magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth24 July 1932
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.
picture remakes simply temptation worked
The temptation to do remakes is simply that, if the picture worked once in the past, why not try it again?
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There could be no replacement for Army, and no one will replace him, ... His niche and talents are very special.
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We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.
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Universal had hoped that 'Meet Joe Black' would be their big summer picture, and they just couldn't get it ready. So the only picture they had left for summer, basically, was 'Out Of Sight.' That was their big summer picture -- George Clooney picture. It didn't really work very well.
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When I was at MGM some years ago, I remember that there was a serious discussion of trying to remake some of the (Spencer) Tracy and (Katharine) Hepburn pictures. And that's a great idea except that they were successful because of Tracy and Hepburn.