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.
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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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The presumption is that he never will talk. People who know him say that.
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The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people.
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The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion.
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Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals.
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One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.
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Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.
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We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.
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Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.
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That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.
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Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.
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Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.