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For instance, remember how Universal Studios demanded Terry Gilliam reduce Brazil's running time to ninety minutes and insert a happier ending, which Gilliam fiercly opposed? I'm looking for incidents similiar to this, where a director wants one thing and the studio wants another.

2006-10-26 06:56:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Movies

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Not quite the same thing, but i remember reading about this in Gene Hackmans IMDB bio.

"Along with Margot Kidder, Hackman was appalled at the way Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind, the producers of the first three Superman films and 1984's Supergirl (1984) film, had treated director Richard Donner, who had directed the first Superman (1978) and most of the second Superman film back-to-back before he was fired by the Salkinds over creative differences. Hackman, who said he only did the first two movies because of Richard Donner's persuasion, was so angry with the Salkinds that he vehemently refused to reprise the role of Lex Luthor in Superman III (1983), while Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane, only appeared in a cameo role. Hackman was later persuaded to reprise the Luthor role in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)."

2006-10-26 07:07:39 · answer #1 · answered by xkatsax 2 · 0 0

The first studio to pick up Lord of the Rings (not New Line) fought with Peter Jackson about how many movies should be made. He wanted to do three, but at first the studio only wanted two.

Also, Disney had major objections to how Johnny Depp wanted to portray Captain Jack Sparrow in the first Pirates movie. He refused to concede, and eventually Disney gave in.

2006-10-26 14:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by Katy 2 · 0 0

American History X was apparently butchered by the studio.
Still a great a film.
The director Tony Kaye tried to have his name removed from the film and wanted use the pseudonym Alan Smithee........but because of his attacks on the film in variety, the Guild wouldn't let him do so.

2006-10-26 14:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 0 0

I have six words for you.

Orson Welles and the Magnificent Ambersons.

2006-10-26 14:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by Theo D 3 · 0 0

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