12 ordspråk av Robert Bucksbaum
Robert Bucksbaum
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Fewer films are going to be marketed solely to that audience. The new demographic is the elderly, families and people on dates. I'm heartened to see there are 10 animated movies this year. I think 2006 is going to see the beginning of that shift.
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I detest having to go to a theater and sit through 20 minutes of advertising. But it's definitely the wave of the future.
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I get up in front of audiences and do a drawing. Some days I give away t-shirts. Usually it's $20 cash.
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I'm not worried at all. There's a very good, diverse balance of films this summer. Long term, I'm a bit more worried.
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If you've got the choice between taking the kids out, getting a babysitter, and paying $50 for a movie or paying $3 for a rental or maybe $20 to buy the movie on DVD, why would you rush out to a theater?
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It will have a big effect in the U.S. as well as the Far East, because you are going to be seeing a lot more films with international flavor, instead of geared toward the U.S. and European markets.
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It's more than a gold mine - it's an untapped diamond mine. China is by far the most lucrative frontier for the American film market. Once they open the floodgates, the potential and the growth that we will be seeing in the film business will be enormous.
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petrified of television. They thought it was going to be the end of their industry.
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Phantom Menace, ... disprove the theory that a Memorial Day release is the save-all of the industry.
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They would use any promotion you could think of just to...get people off their couches.
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With some surefire hits in November and December, the slump will be forgotten.
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