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To: PBRCat

1944 film was a box-office disaster.

(from IMDB):

Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross:
$2,000,000 (USA)


17 posted on 08/02/2014 6:55:11 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: Blennos
Correct:

"Though a critically acclaimed,[6] Oscar-winning film, Wilson is remembered for being a huge flop at the box office. It was a pet project of Darryl F. Zanuck, who greatly admired Woodrow Wilson, and its failure upset him to the point that for years he forbade his employees from mentioning the film in his presence.[5] The film is sometimes shown on cable television, and was first broadcast on Turner Classic Movies on February 8, 2013. Franklin D. Roosevelt showed the film at the September 1944 Second Quebec Conference with Winston S. Churchill. Churchill was unimpressed, however, leaving in the midst of the film to go to bed."

Source: Wikipedia

21 posted on 08/02/2014 8:56:20 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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