Eric Roberts was ROBBED & JOBBED on his Oscar for "Runaway Train" by a (then) dying Don Ameche for that feel good "Cocoon." Blah. I'd be pissed. Since he also got fucked over "Star 80" AND "King Of Marvin Gardens" (though he wasn't nominated for either). Again, how much I hate the Academy.
That being said, this fucker is now cashing in on his name. He will be in...pretty much anything for a low introductory price. You have a low-no budget, this Oscar worthy fella' will be in it. The rumor asking price is about $5,000. This has been batted around the industry so fervently, guess what? His stock has dropped. Dramatically. Since everyone knows he's now a jabroni...the value of your movie means nothing.
I talked to my friend last night about a feature he's doing in November, and...yeah, the word is out. Eric Roberts fucked the system. But...BIG but...it's not as cornball as you think.
When I worked on "Saw" I had no idea how a budget so tiny got Cary Elwes & Danny Glover. It's because they got a percentage of the movie. They made millions off that movie. That's the new system to which we all...is the word "aspire"?...I'm not sure. But, distributors are very specific now to what they will buy (as it weren't bad enough) making content and making a profit is...well, sort of doable, since the advent of digital technology. Not the kind studios use, of course, but you can still make crap and sell it. Except, it's still a shit show out here. Tits and gore use to be the thing. Now...maybe just gore, since tits are so cheap online. How in God's name did they take tits from us? Yeah, sucks.
I mean, even Bruce Willis does straight to video now. Why? He cuts a cut without having to deal with distributors. Content management is the new money. You have a streaming platform, you buy content and you get eyeballs to your site. All is good. Even if Bruno plays on cardboard sets, at least you watched it.
The end of days came when I saw Francis Ford Coppola do video on demand projects. That saddens me to the core. Wait...Orson Welles did a wine ad. I think that may be rock bottom. Show business.
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