Movies that were made simply for actors/actresses to make $$?
12-03-05, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Infidel
I wouldn't call Charlize an A-list actress just because she won an Oscar. If she were to have had top billing in a string of highly successful, blockbuster-type movies, then yes.
12-04-05, 12:00 AM
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Mel Ferrer is in 2 low-budget Italian exploitation films that I have on DVD. Nightmare City and Eaten Alive. I can't really imagine him being seriously interested in making these films.
12-04-05, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by nightmaster
I'd call any actress who has a 'best actress' Oscar an A-list actress because there are only, what, seventy-some of them?
12-04-05, 12:47 AM
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Premiere also still thinks that Libby Gelman Waxner column is still funny. I wouldn't trust everything they say.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-m.../27/10.00.film
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/bio
Charlize signed on for "Aeon Flux" because she wanted to work with Karyn Kusama, who had previously directed "Girlfight". Charlize signed onto "North Country" because she wanted to work with Niki Caro, who directed the acclaimed "Whale Rider". Now Charlize did sign up for "North Country" in March 2004 after winning her Oscar, but she'd already been considering the role before winning her Oscar.
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12-04-05, 01:23 AM
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After making Malcolm X, Philadelphia and The Pelican Brief, Denzel Washington made Virtuosity because it was his first-ever eight figure payday --$10 million.
How do I know it's true? He said so in a CNN interview when he was promoting the movie. I'll never forget it because it was the only time I've ever heard an actor admit that they just made the movie for the paycheck.
12-04-05, 01:58 AM
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I think I read somewhere that Morgan Freeman said that the only reason he did Batman Begins was for the dinero.
12-04-05, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jaeufraser
John Malkovich for Con-Air. I remember reading an interview where he openly said "it's for the money".
In another interview, Malkovich was talking about all the movies he made and how few of them he liked. He said Con Air would be one he'd probably like, but he never saw it.
12-04-05, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Cardiac161
Bruce Willis in Hudson Hawk
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero
Jim Carey in The Cable Guy
Sylvester Stallone in Rambo 3
All were big budget flops. And the reason for these actors to make them was to further boost their egos.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero
Jim Carey in The Cable Guy
Sylvester Stallone in Rambo 3
All were big budget flops. And the reason for these actors to make them was to further boost their egos.
12-04-05, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Infidel
I wouldn't call Charlize an A-list actress just because she won an Oscar. If she were to have had top billing in a string of highly successful, blockbuster-type movies, then yes.
12-04-05, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by nightmaster
Exactly. And I'll be damned if I can see or understand why people have a problem with that.
Actors are workers/people who are looking to earn money. I'll be the first person to say that the top of the heap actors are vastly overpaid, but if I could get a job and be vastly overpaid for what I do, I would JUMP on that job regardless of what someone else's opinion is. I fix machines for a living. I don't want to take a huge cut in pay to do that for someplace where some other company needs me more than the one in which I work. If she can take a 'meaningful little film with a deep story' and make $1 million, or take a sci-fi throwaway and make 10 times that, why do people think she's doing something awful for taking $10 million??? She has an Oscar for best actress to her credit, and she's able to use that notoriety to make more money than most of us can ever see in our lifetime. In short she's taking care of herself and her loved ones; that's what most all of us do, for the most money we can make.
Actors are workers/people who are looking to earn money. I'll be the first person to say that the top of the heap actors are vastly overpaid, but if I could get a job and be vastly overpaid for what I do, I would JUMP on that job regardless of what someone else's opinion is. I fix machines for a living. I don't want to take a huge cut in pay to do that for someplace where some other company needs me more than the one in which I work. If she can take a 'meaningful little film with a deep story' and make $1 million, or take a sci-fi throwaway and make 10 times that, why do people think she's doing something awful for taking $10 million??? She has an Oscar for best actress to her credit, and she's able to use that notoriety to make more money than most of us can ever see in our lifetime. In short she's taking care of herself and her loved ones; that's what most all of us do, for the most money we can make.
12-04-05, 02:15 PM
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Dont know about doing just for money, but Edward Norton did The Italian Job to finish his Paramount contract. He wasn't just playing pissed off in the film.
And I doubt Gwyneth Paltrow wanted to do View from the Top, I think it was To fulfill her miramax contract.
And I doubt Gwyneth Paltrow wanted to do View from the Top, I think it was To fulfill her miramax contract.
12-04-05, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Count Dooku
After making Malcolm X, Philadelphia and The Pelican Brief, Denzel Washington made Virtuosity because it was his first-ever eight figure payday --$10 million.
How do I know it's true? He said so in a CNN interview when he was promoting the movie. I'll never forget it because it was the only time I've ever heard an actor admit that they just made the movie for the paycheck.
Either or, the movie sucked. Though his co-star has gotten practically bigger than he is.
12-04-05, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
But unfortunately for you, your conjecture that Charlize was offered the role by Paramount after she won the Oscar is wrong. She won the Oscar on February 29th, 2004, but had signed on to do Aeon Flux a few days earlier.
12-04-05, 03:15 PM
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Well, actors have to buy groceries too.
While i dont know how someone can get paid 10 million and need *more* (what the hell do they buy?)...but if someone wants to give me 10 million to find out....
While i dont know how someone can get paid 10 million and need *more* (what the hell do they buy?)...but if someone wants to give me 10 million to find out....
12-04-05, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
But unfortunately for you, your conjecture that Charlize was offered the role by Paramount after she won the Oscar is wrong. She won the Oscar on February 29th, 2004, but had signed on to do Aeon Flux a few days earlier.
12-04-05, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lmwong1977
Dont know about doing just for money, but Edward Norton did The Italian Job to finish his Paramount contract. He wasn't just playing pissed off in the film.
12-04-05, 09:02 PM
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steve harris said that if you work in hollywood almost all the work you do is for a paycheck and is not very artistic. He said if you make the a-list than you will get funding for artsy movies that you want to make for your own personal enjoyment or to expose the audience to something you think is important. Like that movie he did about that artist last year.
12-04-05, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
Was it that they were forcing him to make Job instead of letting him pick another Paramount movie? Or that he wanted Wahlberg's role instead?
This is from the New York Observer (register to read it in their archives or here :
According to sources familiar with the situation, Mr. Norton has agreed to do the movie only to avoid being sued by Paramount Pictures, the studio that gave him his start.
Mr. Norton’s appearance in Mr. Gray’s film marks the culmination of a quiet but corrosive five-year contractual dispute between the actor and Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group chairman Sherry Lansing that recalls days when a more powerful studio system held its actors in choke holds.
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Mr. Norton’s relationship with Paramount began in 1995 when the actor made his screen debut in the courtroom drama Primal Fear, which the studio produced. The actor’s contract stipulated that he would be obligated to make two future movies for Paramount following the release of Primal Fear. He would be paid $75,000 for the first and approximately $125,000 for the second. Such stipulations are common in the film industry and ensure that a studio taking a chance on unproven talent will have the opportunity to cash in later should the actor connect with movie audiences.
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Though the clock stopped whenever Mr. Norton took on another project, time continued to tick away on the Paramount deal, with neither Mr. Norton nor the studio able to find a mutually satisfactory project on which to collaborate. When Mr. Norton began to negotiate with Fox to appear in David Fincher’s Fight Club in early 1997, sources familiar with the situation said that the actor believed his Paramount option had expired.
But Paramount disagreed. According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the studio contended that Mr. Norton was contractually obligated to appear in a project called Twenty Billion that conflicted with the Fight Club production schedule. Those same sources said Paramount also sent a "preemption letter" to Fox explaining the situation. In response, Fox told Mr. Norton that it was unwilling to take on a legal battle with another studio, and that if he did not resolve his differences with Paramount, he would not be cast in Fight Club.
Sources close to Mr. Norton said that co-starring in Fight Club was so important to him that he decided to make peace with Paramount rather than fight the studio. Mr. Norton and his then-agent Ed Limato agreed to a settlement that would extend the terms of Mr. Norton’s contract with Paramount.
Under the new terms of his agreement, Mr. Norton was obligated to do only one future movie for Paramount, for which he would be paid $1 million. After Fight Club wrapped, Mr. Norton and Paramount had 18 months to find a project they both liked. If they couldn’t come to an agreement, the studio got another 24 months to assign Mr. Norton a project of their choice.
[...]
In the spring of 2002 Paramount offered Mr. Norton a part in The Italian Job, which is about a group of criminals who create an enormous traffic jam so that they can get away in their Mini Coopers. Mr. Gray’s previous features include 1996’s Set It Off and 1998’s The Negotiator. Mr. Norton, who had just completed Red Dragon and was about to begin shooting The 25th Hour, told Paramount no.
But in late April, Mr. Norton received a letter informing him that he didn’t have a choice, and that the studio was exercising its option to force him to do a project. Sources close to the situation said that Mr. Norton got on the phone with Ms. Lansing to express his anger at the situation and remind her of her promise. The phone call did not make a difference.
Mr. Norton’s appearance in Mr. Gray’s film marks the culmination of a quiet but corrosive five-year contractual dispute between the actor and Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group chairman Sherry Lansing that recalls days when a more powerful studio system held its actors in choke holds.
[...]
Mr. Norton’s relationship with Paramount began in 1995 when the actor made his screen debut in the courtroom drama Primal Fear, which the studio produced. The actor’s contract stipulated that he would be obligated to make two future movies for Paramount following the release of Primal Fear. He would be paid $75,000 for the first and approximately $125,000 for the second. Such stipulations are common in the film industry and ensure that a studio taking a chance on unproven talent will have the opportunity to cash in later should the actor connect with movie audiences.
[...]
Though the clock stopped whenever Mr. Norton took on another project, time continued to tick away on the Paramount deal, with neither Mr. Norton nor the studio able to find a mutually satisfactory project on which to collaborate. When Mr. Norton began to negotiate with Fox to appear in David Fincher’s Fight Club in early 1997, sources familiar with the situation said that the actor believed his Paramount option had expired.
But Paramount disagreed. According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the studio contended that Mr. Norton was contractually obligated to appear in a project called Twenty Billion that conflicted with the Fight Club production schedule. Those same sources said Paramount also sent a "preemption letter" to Fox explaining the situation. In response, Fox told Mr. Norton that it was unwilling to take on a legal battle with another studio, and that if he did not resolve his differences with Paramount, he would not be cast in Fight Club.
Sources close to Mr. Norton said that co-starring in Fight Club was so important to him that he decided to make peace with Paramount rather than fight the studio. Mr. Norton and his then-agent Ed Limato agreed to a settlement that would extend the terms of Mr. Norton’s contract with Paramount.
Under the new terms of his agreement, Mr. Norton was obligated to do only one future movie for Paramount, for which he would be paid $1 million. After Fight Club wrapped, Mr. Norton and Paramount had 18 months to find a project they both liked. If they couldn’t come to an agreement, the studio got another 24 months to assign Mr. Norton a project of their choice.
[...]
In the spring of 2002 Paramount offered Mr. Norton a part in The Italian Job, which is about a group of criminals who create an enormous traffic jam so that they can get away in their Mini Coopers. Mr. Gray’s previous features include 1996’s Set It Off and 1998’s The Negotiator. Mr. Norton, who had just completed Red Dragon and was about to begin shooting The 25th Hour, told Paramount no.
But in late April, Mr. Norton received a letter informing him that he didn’t have a choice, and that the studio was exercising its option to force him to do a project. Sources close to the situation said that Mr. Norton got on the phone with Ms. Lansing to express his anger at the situation and remind her of her promise. The phone call did not make a difference.
12-05-05, 12:49 AM
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And I doubt Gwyneth Paltrow wanted to do View from the Top, I think it was To fulfill her miramax contract
It was Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein who stepped in and insisted that they cast Paltrow and pay her $10 million.
Then when the film was completed --and it sucked, it wasn't just a little low budget comedy that Miramax could dump on the market. It was an Oscar-winner Paltrow vehicle that they had to pour more millions into marketing, and the movie just became a money sinkhole.
12-05-05, 09:18 AM
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The first movie I thought of was Americas Sweethearts. Not because the actors did it just to make money, but because the studio just wanted to make money. I think that's worse than an actor doing it to make money. There was no artistic integrety to that movie.
12-05-05, 08:52 PM
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Not sure if it is exactly what the OP is looking for, but it's widely recognized that in the first Superman, Marlon Brando appeared as Jor-El strictly and completely to get out of debt.
12-05-05, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sernov
Not sure if it is exactly what the OP is looking for, but it's widely recognized that in the first Superman, Marlon Brando appeared as Jor-El strictly and completely to get out of debt.
Brando's taste for paydays would require an entire thread of its own.
12-06-05, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TracerBullet
Do actors get one paycheck for their entire salary for a movie?
