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Woody Allen Disses US Filming (Domestic Studios Now Refusing Him Cash & Control For Movies)
NY Post ^ | 5/13/05 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 05/13/2005 9:22:50 AM PDT by gopwinsin04

Geeky director Woody Allen might be a quintessential New Yorker, but he says he is sick of making movies in Manhattan. His latest, 'Match Point' which just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, is set and filmed in England.

'I did the film in England because it is increasingly difficult to get financing in the United States,' said Allen. 'Its become more prevalent for US studios and financiers to participate in a project. They want to have a say in casting and read the script.'

'I can never work like that. I don't let people read the scripts. I want the money in a brown paper bag and to give them the film a few months later, and that is that.' In London that is the way it was. There is no rigamarole from people who want to participate.'

'Match Point' a dark tale set in London high society, stars Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, and Johnathan Rhys Meyers.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: ClearCase_guy
Woody also copped the score for free from an Opera singer he knows to use in 'Match Point.'

This film must have been done on a shoestring budget!

21 posted on 05/13/2005 9:34:14 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

Good grief. He looks lost.


22 posted on 05/13/2005 9:34:55 AM PDT by trisham ("Live Free or Die," General John Stark, July 31, 1809)
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To: fatnotlazy

This is like Peter Bogdonavitch (sp?) in reverse.


23 posted on 05/13/2005 9:35:36 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04
But Woody we love your films! Especially the early, funny ones.
24 posted on 05/13/2005 9:35:43 AM PDT by PMCarey
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To: gopwinsin04

I'm no fan of Woody's recent films, but he's right about this. Scripts are rewritten by hacks in accordance with what's worked for investors in the past. That's why so many movies are boring, predictable and increasingly trashy.


25 posted on 05/13/2005 9:37:30 AM PDT by joylyn
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To: gopwinsin04
"...it is increasingly difficult to get financing in the United States,"

Perhaps that's because none of your movies have been a box office hit since Annie Hall in the late 70's.

26 posted on 05/13/2005 9:40:45 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: gopwinsin04
It's Bush's fault. If Kerry had won, all would have been well!


27 posted on 05/13/2005 9:41:38 AM PDT by drpix
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To: gopwinsin04

Guess I'll be the odd one here: I love Woody Allen films! Just about all of them.

I haven't seen "Melinda and Melinda" yet, but I will, and I'm sure it will be better than "House of Wax" and 90% of the other movies out now. . .


28 posted on 05/13/2005 9:47:49 AM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: gopwinsin04
'I did the film in England because it is increasingly difficult to get financing in the United States

Woody, you haven't made a good movie in decades. Your films suck, get over yourself.

29 posted on 05/13/2005 9:54:40 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: whereasandsoforth
He comes from the old days when artist control overruled every other concern in film making.

Those days never existed. Stories of directors struggling with studios are as old as Hollywood itself. The only directors allowed relative free reign were the ones who consistently delivered financial success, like DeMille. "Red Ink" Allen's arrangements are the exception, rather than the rule, and his refusal to allow the studio to even see the script is unique, as far as I know.

30 posted on 05/13/2005 10:01:00 AM PDT by Luddite Patent Counsel ("Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx)
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To: gopwinsin04

Woody. What did you do with your money?

You don't need OPM (Other People's Money) to create your art. If you do, find a single benefactor to sponsor your projects. But don't cry when they want some say over how their money is spent.

Or you could go to some socialist land in Europe and get State money. But they would probably ask for something in return, like you renounce your citizenship for theirs.


31 posted on 05/13/2005 10:29:40 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: olivia3boys

"House of Wax" is not a movie. It is a star vehicle for the Hollywood entertainment machine.

Completely disposable. Take one old title which has been shot several times, add some people from People, get a song by some flash in the pan artist so you can air the "trailer" (er video) on MTV around the clock...


32 posted on 05/13/2005 10:33:41 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel; whereasandsoforth

"Those days never existed."

Well, briefly. United Artists was founded by filmmakers who want control and money.

Quit using other people's money. Everyone has to make concessions in life otherwise.

Mel Gibson did it "his way".


33 posted on 05/13/2005 10:35:22 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: gopwinsin04

Without Feathers
Sleeper
Bananas
Take The Money And Run
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex

and then I run into a wall


34 posted on 05/13/2005 10:37:00 AM PDT by sully777 (If anyone asks, I'm a monger-monger.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Woody's sick of making movies in Manhattan?

I'm sick of Woody making movies - in Manhattan, Panama, Cincinnati, location's not the problem.


35 posted on 05/13/2005 10:48:45 AM PDT by peacebaby (I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
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To: weegee

Woody. What did you do with your money?

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Child support for his kids with Mia Farrow?


36 posted on 05/13/2005 11:03:04 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

He's STILL supporting one of Mia's kids.


37 posted on 05/13/2005 2:28:27 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: weegee

He's STILL supporting one of Mia's kids.

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But I think Mia did take him to the cleaners, if I remember correctly. Hell hath no fury and all that. Bravo Mia!


38 posted on 05/13/2005 2:52:43 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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