It’s always amazing to see industry insiders forgeting that it’s moviegoer behavior that runs the business. The documentary sector is suffering a meltdown because insiders like highly-partisan content like anti-Iraq war critique “Fahrenheit 9/11,” ignoring industry wisdom that it’s an outlier from this rule of thumb. Political films with an angry bent have a long history of … [Read more...] about Documentaries in Collapse
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Watchdog Raps Kids Ads For PG-13 Films
An advertising watchdog organization has asked the major studio trade group MPAA to check if ads for Paramount’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” and Warner Bros. “Get Smart” were placed in broadcast TV programs with inappropriately young audiences. The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) made those referrals. CARU monitors marketing of all … [Read more...] about Watchdog Raps Kids Ads For PG-13 Films
‘Expelled’ Docu Rides Lawsuit Publicity
Sued by Yoko Ono for using a piece of John Lennon song, the producers of documentary “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” latched on to the dispute to generate publicity. The PG-rated “Expelled” would go on to gross $7.7 Million in domestic theatrical box office in 2008, which is blockbuster for the documentary category, where over $1 million is a hit. Rocky Mountain Pictures … [Read more...] about ‘Expelled’ Docu Rides Lawsuit Publicity