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Big Kerry Contributor Takes A Financial Bath On "Polar Express"
Wall Street Journal
| 11-15-2004
| Merissa Marr
Posted on 11/15/2004 6:33:49 AM PST by FrankRepublican
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BTW - Tom Hanks and Time Warner are major liberals. I know he did Saving Private Ryan but that was for the $$$. Spielberg, which directed the film, is a big fan of Castro.
Avoid Polar Express. We want Mr. Bing to lose big on this one.
To: FrankRepublican
No problem avoiding this one. Every time I see the trailers, it looks worse.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:36:49 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(I am the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.)
To: FrankRepublican
How about everybody go buy a Mel Gibson DVD instead?
To: FrankRepublican
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:37:52 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Give someone enough EU-ROPE and they will hang themselves......out of pure frustration......)
To: FrankRepublican
The Polar Express is a great children's book, that takes fifteen minutes tops to read. How you can stretch that out into a feature film is baffling. It will slink out of theaters soon.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:38:32 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: FrankRepublican
Thanks for confirming my suspicions...the PE trailer doesn't impress. Bet Hallmark (among others) is wishing it hadn't gone so heavily for the merchandizing on this.
To: FrankRepublican
They would've done much better if they'd released it in December anyway. Duh.
To: Rummyfan
The Polar Express is a great children's book, that takes fifteen minutes tops to read. How you can stretch that out into a feature film is baffling.I said the same thing about "The Grinch." Good thing Dr. Seuss wasn't alive to see it.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:40:18 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: FrankRepublican
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:41:28 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(I'm from North Dakota and I'm all FOR Global Warming! Bring it ON!)
To: FrankRepublican
RIGHT ON!I won't even watch it on HBO!!
To: FrankRepublican
This will still not take the swelling out of Hanks head. He has been made out to be more of an actor than he really is for years.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:41:33 AM PST
by
debboo
(Stop socialism, vote conservative)
To: Dick Bachert
Ya know what I'm thinking? Mel should run for the Senate. Does he reside in California? If so, he might be able to oust one of CA's resident ultra-liberal Senators!
Mel's kind of a Buchananite but overall a decent guy.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:43:31 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(The Left's train of thought has derailed.)
To: FrankRepublican
Time Warner was lucky that they offloaded half of the project's marketing and production budget ($62.5 million) on Steven Bing. Apparently, Steve was a virgin in the arena of feature films. A Bing Cherry. Now, he's been screwed.
To: FrankRepublican
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:44:26 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: FrankRepublican
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:45:55 AM PST
by
bourbon
To: BibChr
Absolutely.
In an interview this weekend, Hanks said that the film was about "one aspect of the Christmas myth."
I thought to myself, "Well you've just talked yourself out of a few million customers."
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:53:07 AM PST
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: FrankRepublican
Bing is a multi-millioanire and real estate heir.Also the guy who (for all intents and purposes) treated poor Elizabeth Hurley like a five dollar fraternity gang "date," if memory serves.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:53:17 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: FrankRepublican
It will probably start disappearing from the theaters soon.LOL! The Christmas movie season hasn't yet started. I'm sure this movie will do well.
I don't put Tom Hanks in the same category as Michael Moore and Sean Penn; he's always been supportive of the folks in uniform. I'm planning to see the movie, and in 3-D, no less!! I loved the book, though I have never been able to read it all the way through with my kids because I always get fahklempt at the last couple of pages.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:54:09 AM PST
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
To: FrankRepublican
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:55:36 AM PST
by
bourbon
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
he 37-year-old "Austin Powers" actress and model, who has always maintained that Bing is the father, could now receive millions of dollars in child support. The 35-year-old California film producer is believed to be heir to a $400 million property fortune.
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posted on
11/15/2004 6:55:55 AM PST
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
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