Posted on 10/27/2008 2:16:40 PM PDT by DogBarkTree
If recent trends continue Hollywood may be looking for a government handout. A surge of liberal style patriotism has gripped the movers and shakers in Hollywood, they have produced movie after movie critical of the war in Iraq. Every one a box office dud. The red ink flowing faster than the blood of Al Qaeda in Iraq as our brave troops hunt them down in every corner of the country.
Hollywood reporters seem perplexed -- why isn't the public interested in Iraq war movies? Could it be the clear majority of Americans who consider themselves conservative -- According to this article in Newsweek nearly twice as many people call themselves conservatives as liberals (40 percent to 20 percent) -- are tired of seeing America and our armed forces vilified. For proof look at Vantage Point, that little pro-American thriller cost $40m to produce and made $73m here and $78m overseas.
And now we have W. Oliver Stone's vision of the Bush presidency. Nikki Finke reports on the latest egg laid by Hollywood: There's been tremendous interest by the public in the box office fate of Oliver Stone's W. for its second weekend in release. Well, it ran out of steam. QED International/Lionsgate's Bush biopic sank 58% to No. 7 with a $5.3M weekend from 2,050 dates and new cume of $18.7M. The $30M negative cost film should end up with $23M domestic box office gross by the end of its North American run. That means, with a $25M P&A investment and Lionsgate's distribution fees, the film won't recoup.
He’ll just jump on the bailout train.
bttt
It would be amusing to see him holding a sign that reads “Will Direct for Food”.
It looks like “W” is sinking like a....Stone.
The Overseas crowd will make up the difference.
They already got one:
Bailout Bill Packs Pork for Hollywood (Newsmax 10-27-08 James Hirsen)
But did folks really know it included ham for Hollywood? Buried deep in the pages of the $700 billion package are some gift-wrapped goodies for the entertainment industry.The legislation eliminates a budget cap on the existing tax deduction, which had been limited to flicks costing less than $15 million. Big studio movies that have budgets exceeding $100 million now qualify.
In addition, films shot in the U.S. now qualify for a tax deduction that was given to domestic manufacturers in 2004, which capped the top tax rate at 32 percent instead of 35 percent.
For Hollywood’s portion of the bailout, according to a report published by the Joint Committee on Taxation, taxpayers will be footing the bill for $358 million in 2009 and $470 million by 2018.
Ah... the meltdown of liberal media.
I hope they go broke.
Did anyone see that American Carol? I so want to go spend money. I think I am going to go by 10 tickets just to show support for the movie.
Too bad the international audience will eat it up.
“It would be amusing to see him holding a sign that reads “Will Direct for Food”.”
Yeah, but as dumb as he is I’m sure he’s smart enough not to use his own money for these propaganda vehicles. I just wonder who the stupid people are who do finanace this crap.
I watched it online already, just to see.
It’s real choppy and doesn’t go anywhere.
The Liberals are very disappointed with it...:)
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/w_stone
You beat me to it.
Hollywood will get fed $ to produce cr@p that no one wants to watch. Just like the USSR. They’ve already shown they will produce the “approved” material. Now they just need the money.
Yes, plus DVD distribution later — and eventually sales of TV rights.
Sinking just like all of the other anti-President Bush movies. Good!
JoMa
Not that I dont respect George Bush but I dare say the world is already very Bush fatigued. Paying money to go see a movie based on him isnt something many people would want to do.
I’m so happy that a really bad chihuahua movie beat his trash film.
Liberal Hollywood studios received a tax cut? They should donate their windfall back to the government as a show of solidarity. I mean, hey, it isn’t as if they “need” the money... /sarc
OK, did anyone here actually see “W”? I did and thought it was quite good. And I’m a fairly big Bush fan (the dozen or so who are left). I think history will judge him pretty well.
Anyway, the movie was exactly like his biography, which I read—at least the stuff pre-2000, which the biography was.
Give it a look. I liked it. It’s a biopic and the Bush family is an interesting one.
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