Thursday, July 19, 2007

Throwing Money Around

News like this bothers me. I am aware that there were two movies of the butcher de La Cabaña scheduled to be released next year. What I did not know is these two movies combined have a budget of $70 million. Also, Spanish partners have contributed 25% of the total budget. It's nice to see that our "Mother Country" has our back........way back. Thanks.

The part that bothers me the most is that Andy Garcia spent 16 years with the vision of the movie in his heart. None of the big movie companies wanted to back the movie financially. He produced, directed, and starred in his own movie. Now for two movies about the life of the assassin, an easy $70 million can be pulled together. All Gracia needed was $9 million for his "dream" to become reality.

Read the rest of the garbage here.

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