I was about 8 years old when I first met Norman Lear.
My dad, Carl Reiner, was working on Sid Caesar’s Show of Shows and Norman was writing for Colgate Comedy Hour, so they were both in New York. In those days, it was a small world of people who trafficked in sketch comedy. Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Dom DeLuise — all these guys and their families would hang out together. My family and Norman’s family used to have summer houses near each other on Fire Island, and Norman had a daughter, Ellen, who was around my age, so we used to play together.
One day Ellen and I were playing jacks — I was teaching her how, explaining the rules, showing her what to do. Norman came over to watch and he started to laugh. Apparently, I was teaching her in a funny way, which he found hysterical. And he...
My dad, Carl Reiner, was working on Sid Caesar’s Show of Shows and Norman was writing for Colgate Comedy Hour, so they were both in New York. In those days, it was a small world of people who trafficked in sketch comedy. Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Dom DeLuise — all these guys and their families would hang out together. My family and Norman’s family used to have summer houses near each other on Fire Island, and Norman had a daughter, Ellen, who was around my age, so we used to play together.
One day Ellen and I were playing jacks — I was teaching her how, explaining the rules, showing her what to do. Norman came over to watch and he started to laugh. Apparently, I was teaching her in a funny way, which he found hysterical. And he...
- 12/11/2023
- by Rob Reiner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-producer-developer Norman Lear, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring, immensely popular early-‘70s sitcoms as “All in the Family” and “Sanford and Son,” died on Tuesday. He was 101.
Lear’s publicist confirmed to Variety that he died at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. A private service for immediate family will be held in the coming days.
“Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather,” Lear’s family said in a statement. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being.”
Lear had already established himself as a top...
Lear’s publicist confirmed to Variety that he died at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. A private service for immediate family will be held in the coming days.
“Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather,” Lear’s family said in a statement. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being.”
Lear had already established himself as a top...
- 12/6/2023
- by Chris Morris
- Variety Film + TV
While a number of executives have left Warner Bros. as the integration with Discovery continues, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav shored up the studio’s transition team today with a veteran who knows the studio maybe better than anyone: former president and chief operating officer Alan Horn.
“I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn, one of the most respected studio executives in the industry, has agreed to assist me in a consultant role during this transition period, starting August 1. No one knows this business better than Alan does. He has had an extraordinary career spanning nearly half a century,” Zaslav announced in a memo today. “Most recently, he served as chairman and later co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, where for a period of nearly 10 years, he oversaw the production of all motion pictures and the integration of Lucasfilm and the Fox film studios,...
“I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn, one of the most respected studio executives in the industry, has agreed to assist me in a consultant role during this transition period, starting August 1. No one knows this business better than Alan does. He has had an extraordinary career spanning nearly half a century,” Zaslav announced in a memo today. “Most recently, he served as chairman and later co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, where for a period of nearly 10 years, he oversaw the production of all motion pictures and the integration of Lucasfilm and the Fox film studios,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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It’s official: Film studio veteran Alan Horn is helping out the new team at Warner Bros. Discovery.
The newly minted company — born when Discovery bought Warners from AT&T — has brought aboard Horn as a consultant during the transition period. Among other duties, he’ll assist Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who have been tapped by Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to run the movie studio (the duo replace Toby Emmerich).
Zaslav has been in talks with Horn for months, according to a staff memo circulated on Thursday. The high-profile hire is a reunion of sorts for Horn, who did a long stint as co-chairman of Warner Bros. prior to joining Disney. He left the Disney gig at the end of last year.
Here is Zaslav’s memo to staff in full:
All,
I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn,...
It’s official: Film studio veteran Alan Horn is helping out the new team at Warner Bros. Discovery.
The newly minted company — born when Discovery bought Warners from AT&T — has brought aboard Horn as a consultant during the transition period. Among other duties, he’ll assist Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who have been tapped by Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to run the movie studio (the duo replace Toby Emmerich).
Zaslav has been in talks with Horn for months, according to a staff memo circulated on Thursday. The high-profile hire is a reunion of sorts for Horn, who did a long stint as co-chairman of Warner Bros. prior to joining Disney. He left the Disney gig at the end of last year.
Here is Zaslav’s memo to staff in full:
All,
I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Pamela McClintock and Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney’s former chief creative officer Alan Horn is joining Warner Bros. Discovery.
Horn, who retired from Disney in 2021 after a decade at the studio, has been hired in a consultant role to help the company’s newly appointed CEO David Zaslav in navigating the film business. He will start on Aug. 1. The formal announcement comes after reports that Horn had been in discussions with Warner Bros. Discovery executives and had been seen on the lot having meetings with top decision makers.
“I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn, one of the most respected studio executives in the industry, has agreed to assist me in a consultant role during this transition period, starting August 1. No one knows this business better than Alan does. He has had an extraordinary career spanning nearly half a century,” Zaslav said in a staff memo. “Most recently, he served as chairman and...
Horn, who retired from Disney in 2021 after a decade at the studio, has been hired in a consultant role to help the company’s newly appointed CEO David Zaslav in navigating the film business. He will start on Aug. 1. The formal announcement comes after reports that Horn had been in discussions with Warner Bros. Discovery executives and had been seen on the lot having meetings with top decision makers.
“I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn, one of the most respected studio executives in the industry, has agreed to assist me in a consultant role during this transition period, starting August 1. No one knows this business better than Alan does. He has had an extraordinary career spanning nearly half a century,” Zaslav said in a staff memo. “Most recently, he served as chairman and...
- 7/28/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Norman Lear Celebrates His 100th Birthday With a New Tribute Set to Air This Fall on ABC (Exclusive)
Television icon Norman Lear is celebrating his 100th birthday on Wednesday with some big news befitting the legend: ABC has revealed plans to celebrate Lear’s centennial with a primetime special this fall. Variety has exclusively learned that ABC will air “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter” on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. Et.
The two-hour special will honor the life and legacy of Lear, including his work as a producer, activist and philanthropist. The list of celebrity guests and musical performances set to appear on the special and pay homage to Lear will be announced at a later date.
The special will come just ten days after the 74th Emmy Awards, which Lear — already the TV Academy’s oldest Emmy nominee and winner ever — plans to attend in person. Lear, who has won two Emmys in recent years for his “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” specials with Jimmy Kimmel on ABC,...
The two-hour special will honor the life and legacy of Lear, including his work as a producer, activist and philanthropist. The list of celebrity guests and musical performances set to appear on the special and pay homage to Lear will be announced at a later date.
The special will come just ten days after the 74th Emmy Awards, which Lear — already the TV Academy’s oldest Emmy nominee and winner ever — plans to attend in person. Lear, who has won two Emmys in recent years for his “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” specials with Jimmy Kimmel on ABC,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
We in the media have known for some time that Alan Horn would be retiring from Disney at year’s end, as Variety has reported. But somehow when Disney officially announced the news this week that indeed the 78-year-old leader would be leaving as of Dec. 31, it really hit me, and made me sad.
I have enjoyed a great working relationship with Horn for so long, especially over these past nine years at Disney and the 12 before that when he headed Warner Bros. Of course, I knew him from his days at Castle Rock Entertainment, which he co-founded in 1987, though less well in his earlier jobs at 20th Century Fox and Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio’s Embassy Communications, where he launched his entertainment career.
I have always said this about Horn: He is the biggest mensch in Hollywood. And that is saying a lot. In a high-stakes, cutthroat business,...
I have enjoyed a great working relationship with Horn for so long, especially over these past nine years at Disney and the 12 before that when he headed Warner Bros. Of course, I knew him from his days at Castle Rock Entertainment, which he co-founded in 1987, though less well in his earlier jobs at 20th Century Fox and Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio’s Embassy Communications, where he launched his entertainment career.
I have always said this about Horn: He is the biggest mensch in Hollywood. And that is saying a lot. In a high-stakes, cutthroat business,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Alyssa Mora
- Variety Film + TV
Robin French, a talent agent who worked with legends including Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and later headed production at Paramount Pictures in the late 1970s, has died. His family said he had been in declining health for the past few months and died September 6 in Palm Desert, CA.
“Dad left knowing that we love him so much, and that we are all safe and secure thanks in large part to his fierce devotion to us,” his children said in a statement. “He was so smart, funny, loyal, friendly, grumpy, opinionated and just a one-of-a-kind guy. We will all miss him forever, but feel so lucky that he was our Dad.”
French began his career as an agent at Chartwell, working with his father, Hugh French — a former actor who become an agent whose clients in the 1950s and ’60s included Brando, Taylor and Richard Burton — and Jerry Perenchio.
During his agenting days,...
“Dad left knowing that we love him so much, and that we are all safe and secure thanks in large part to his fierce devotion to us,” his children said in a statement. “He was so smart, funny, loyal, friendly, grumpy, opinionated and just a one-of-a-kind guy. We will all miss him forever, but feel so lucky that he was our Dad.”
French began his career as an agent at Chartwell, working with his father, Hugh French — a former actor who become an agent whose clients in the 1950s and ’60s included Brando, Taylor and Richard Burton — and Jerry Perenchio.
During his agenting days,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“I have never lived alone. I have never laughed alone. And that has as much with me being here today as anything.”
Wise words from television legend Norman Lear who, at 99, received the Hollywood Foreign Press’s Carol Burnett Award for outstanding contributions to television, both on and off the screen. Lear is one of only three recipients of the honor, the others being Ellen DeGeneres and Burnett herself.
Lear started his acceptance by thanking Burnett before going on to an appreciation of his collaborators throughout the years including Bud Yorkin, Alan Horne, Jerry Perenchio and his current partner, Brent Miller. Lear also saluted Sony Pictures TV, calling it “one of the gustiest, most able group of executives” he’s ever worked with.
The TV legend completed his thank you’s with a batch for wife Lyn Davis Lear and his children and grandchildren.
As he signed off, the Tv...
Wise words from television legend Norman Lear who, at 99, received the Hollywood Foreign Press’s Carol Burnett Award for outstanding contributions to television, both on and off the screen. Lear is one of only three recipients of the honor, the others being Ellen DeGeneres and Burnett herself.
Lear started his acceptance by thanking Burnett before going on to an appreciation of his collaborators throughout the years including Bud Yorkin, Alan Horne, Jerry Perenchio and his current partner, Brent Miller. Lear also saluted Sony Pictures TV, calling it “one of the gustiest, most able group of executives” he’s ever worked with.
The TV legend completed his thank you’s with a batch for wife Lyn Davis Lear and his children and grandchildren.
As he signed off, the Tv...
- 3/1/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Norman Lear accepted the Carol Burnett Award on Sunday’s Golden Globes, and imparted some wisdom on longevity as he prepares to celebrate his 99th birthday this year.
“At close to 99, I can tell you that I have never lived alone,” he said in his acceptance speech. “I have never laughed alone and that has as much to do with my being here today as anything else I know.”
Lear said “there would be an entirely different Norman Lear tonight” without the help of partners throughout his career including Ed Simmons, Bud Yorkin, Alan Horn, Jerry Perenchio and Mark E. Pollack, as well as his current partner overseeing Act III Prods., Brent Miller. Lear also gave thanks to various writers, including “One Day at a Time” executive producers Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce, as well as his wife of 30 years, Lyn Davis Lear, and his children – who range in...
“At close to 99, I can tell you that I have never lived alone,” he said in his acceptance speech. “I have never laughed alone and that has as much to do with my being here today as anything else I know.”
Lear said “there would be an entirely different Norman Lear tonight” without the help of partners throughout his career including Ed Simmons, Bud Yorkin, Alan Horn, Jerry Perenchio and Mark E. Pollack, as well as his current partner overseeing Act III Prods., Brent Miller. Lear also gave thanks to various writers, including “One Day at a Time” executive producers Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce, as well as his wife of 30 years, Lyn Davis Lear, and his children – who range in...
- 3/1/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Studios has promoted Alan Bergman to Chairman, Disney Studios Content, the company announced Monday. Alan Horn will remain as Chief Creative Officer. Both will report to Disney CEO Bob Chapek.
The duo previously served as co-chairmen since May 2019.
“The Walt Disney Studios’ achievements under the leadership of Alan Horn and Alan Bergman have been nothing short of extraordinary. Having worked closely for years with Alan Bergman, an exceptional leader and proven executive, I couldn’t be more pleased to name him as Chairman,” Chapek said in a statement to TheWrap. “And we are incredibly fortunate to have Alan Horn continue as the Studios’ Chief Creative Officer. Our studios are unmatched in their ability to create incredible cinematic experiences, and with this new structure, we are ensuring a vital continuity of leadership.”
As chairman, Bergman will oversee creative, production, marketing and operations for Disney Studios Content, which encompasses Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios,...
The duo previously served as co-chairmen since May 2019.
“The Walt Disney Studios’ achievements under the leadership of Alan Horn and Alan Bergman have been nothing short of extraordinary. Having worked closely for years with Alan Bergman, an exceptional leader and proven executive, I couldn’t be more pleased to name him as Chairman,” Chapek said in a statement to TheWrap. “And we are incredibly fortunate to have Alan Horn continue as the Studios’ Chief Creative Officer. Our studios are unmatched in their ability to create incredible cinematic experiences, and with this new structure, we are ensuring a vital continuity of leadership.”
As chairman, Bergman will oversee creative, production, marketing and operations for Disney Studios Content, which encompasses Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios,...
- 12/21/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The American Film Institute has received a $5 million gift from the Perenchio Foundation, the organization announced Wednesday.
Said to be donated as a way to “fulfill the charitable wishes” of the late Andrew Jerrold ‘Jerry’ Perenchio, the sum will be used for the Perenchio Family Endowed Scholarship to support diverse voices at the AFI Conservatory. The first round of fellows will be announced in the coming months, per AFI.
“Though he was famously anonymous in his philanthropy, Jerry’s generosity knew no bounds,” said Bob Daly, chair of AFI’s board of directors. “Through this endowed scholarship at the ...
Said to be donated as a way to “fulfill the charitable wishes” of the late Andrew Jerrold ‘Jerry’ Perenchio, the sum will be used for the Perenchio Family Endowed Scholarship to support diverse voices at the AFI Conservatory. The first round of fellows will be announced in the coming months, per AFI.
“Though he was famously anonymous in his philanthropy, Jerry’s generosity knew no bounds,” said Bob Daly, chair of AFI’s board of directors. “Through this endowed scholarship at the ...
- 10/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In the wake of releasing the fastest grossing movie to a record $1 billion-plus proportions around the globe, Avengers: Endgame, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Robert Iger announced this morning that Disney 23 year vet and Walt Disney Studios President Alan Bergman is being promoted to Co-Chairman of the Studio Entertainment division.
Bergman will share the title with Alan Horn, however, the latter will expand his duties as and have the additional title of Chief Creative Officer to, continuing to steer the studios’ creative strategy. Bergman has served as President of the Walt Disney Studios since 2005 and is respected by many on the lot as a driving force for the media conglom’s success as an industry powerhouse. He oversaw Pixar and Marvel Studios’ integration into Disney, and with Horn the acquisition of Lucasfilm.
Both will report to Iger and will jointly oversee Disney’s film, music, and theatre groups, as well as global marketing,...
Bergman will share the title with Alan Horn, however, the latter will expand his duties as and have the additional title of Chief Creative Officer to, continuing to steer the studios’ creative strategy. Bergman has served as President of the Walt Disney Studios since 2005 and is respected by many on the lot as a driving force for the media conglom’s success as an industry powerhouse. He oversaw Pixar and Marvel Studios’ integration into Disney, and with Horn the acquisition of Lucasfilm.
Both will report to Iger and will jointly oversee Disney’s film, music, and theatre groups, as well as global marketing,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Walt Disney Studios President Alan Bergman has been promoted to co-chairman of the studio. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Disney CEO Bob Iger and Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn.
Bergman will serve alongside Horn, who will also take on the additional title of chief creative officer. As co-chairmen, Horn and Bergman will report to Iger and jointly oversee Disney’s film, music, and theatre groups, as well as the studio’s global marketing, distribution, communications, and human resources.
“Seven years ago, I had the good fortune of hiring Alan Horn as chairman of our studios, and since then, our studio entertainment group has delivered creative excellence and tremendous box office success,” Iger said in a statement. “Alan Bergman’s leadership has also been key to making our Studios the gold standard of the industry. The new ‘co-chair’ structure formally recognizes the powerful partnership behind one of the...
Bergman will serve alongside Horn, who will also take on the additional title of chief creative officer. As co-chairmen, Horn and Bergman will report to Iger and jointly oversee Disney’s film, music, and theatre groups, as well as the studio’s global marketing, distribution, communications, and human resources.
“Seven years ago, I had the good fortune of hiring Alan Horn as chairman of our studios, and since then, our studio entertainment group has delivered creative excellence and tremendous box office success,” Iger said in a statement. “Alan Bergman’s leadership has also been key to making our Studios the gold standard of the industry. The new ‘co-chair’ structure formally recognizes the powerful partnership behind one of the...
- 5/1/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Media mogul and former Univision CEO Andrew Jerrold Perenchio has died at the age of 86. According to the Los Angeles Times, the billionare died in his home on Tuesday after a five-month battle with lung cancer. Born in Fresno on Dec. 20, 1930, Perenchio’s business savvy lead him to become one of the most influential figures in the media industry as the business partner of legendary TV producer Norman Lear and the former chairman and CEO of Univision Communications. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2017 (Photos) In 1974, Perenchio partnered with Lear to form the company Tat, which was responsible for such.
- 5/24/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Updated with statements from Alan Horn and Norman Lear: Jerry Perenchio, billionaire Hollywood mogul, former Univision Chairman and CEO and ex-business partner of Norman Lear, died Tuesday after a five-month battle with lung cancer, his family told the Los Angeles Times. He was 86. Perenchio began his decades-long career as a talent agent whose firm repped such stars as Andy Williams, Glen Campbell and Henry Mancini. As promoter in the 1970s, he was behind the historic…...
- 5/24/2017
- Deadline TV
Updated with statements from Alan Horn and Norman Lear: Jerry Perenchio, billionaire Hollywood mogul, former Univision Chairman and CEO and ex-business partner of Norman Lear, died Tuesday after a five-month battle with lung cancer, his family told the Los Angeles Times. He was 86. Perenchio began his decades-long career as a talent agent whose firm repped such stars as Andy Williams, Glen Campbell and Henry Mancini. As promoter in the 1970s, he was behind the historic…...
- 5/24/2017
- Deadline
See just how much legendary sitcom writer and producer Norman Lear values creative integrity over monetary gain in this Indiewire exclusive clip. With an $11 million syndication deal with CBS in the balance, Jerry Perenchio, Lear’s former business partner at Tandem Productions and Embassy Television, tells how Lear refused to compromise the integrity of his shows, compared his life’s work to the most famous painting in history: Michelangelo’s “Mona Lisa,” and insisted on consulting his psychiatrist before signing over syndication rights.
The clip is a never-before-seen DVD extra from the first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, “American Masters — Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 pm on PBS. PBS Distribution will release the film, with additional bonus features, on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD the same day.
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The clip is a never-before-seen DVD extra from the first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, “American Masters — Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 pm on PBS. PBS Distribution will release the film, with additional bonus features, on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD the same day.
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- 10/3/2016
- by Alec McPike
- Indiewire
Why waste all those frequent-flier miles? Republican presidential candidates are hitting up Hollywood for cash on Thursday, extending their California visits following the CNN debate on Wednesday to raise funds and schmooze with local politicians before getting back on the campaign trail. The star of the debate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, has a fundraiser on Thursday evening in Los Angeles. Her donors include Univision chairman Jerry Perenchio, who is responsible for nearly half of the money that her super-pac has raised and who, according to Forbes, is worth an eye-popping $2.7 billion. Also Read: CNN Draws Network Record 22.9 Million Viewers.
- 9/17/2015
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Univision has extended President and CEO Randy Falco’s contract through January 2018.
With Falco presiding, Univision Communications Inc. has grown to 16 broadcast, cable and digital networks; 61 TV stations; 67 radio stations; and has content creation facilities in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.
Also Read: 16 Super Bowl Xlix Ads: Watch This Year’s Buzziest Commercials (Video)
It also boasts “an array of online and mobile apps and products,” the company touted in its Thursday announcement.
During his tenure, Falco led Univision’s 50th anniversary celebration by unveiling its new brand logo and tagline, “the Hispanic Heartbeat of America.”
Also Read: Former...
With Falco presiding, Univision Communications Inc. has grown to 16 broadcast, cable and digital networks; 61 TV stations; 67 radio stations; and has content creation facilities in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.
Also Read: 16 Super Bowl Xlix Ads: Watch This Year’s Buzziest Commercials (Video)
It also boasts “an array of online and mobile apps and products,” the company touted in its Thursday announcement.
During his tenure, Falco led Univision’s 50th anniversary celebration by unveiling its new brand logo and tagline, “the Hispanic Heartbeat of America.”
Also Read: Former...
- 1/29/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Ridiely Scott's sci-fi film Blade Runner has become a cult classic since it was first released in 1982, but when it first opened a lot of people weren't sure what to think of it. It didn't get the best reviews either. The movie was just ahead of its time.
Before the movie even officially opened the executives who funded the film, Jerry Perenchio, Bud Yorkin, and Robin French of Tandem Productions gave some notes on the movie revealing that they didn't really care for it. They called it dreadfully dull and confusing, among several other complaints. Many of these are actually pretty funny considering the movie is now such a classic. Check out the full list of Blade Runner insults below. One of my favorites is, "This picture gets duller every time we see it."
Source: /Flim (http://www.slashfilm.com/lol-execs-in-1982-blast-blade-runner-as-deadly-dull-and-confusing/)...
Before the movie even officially opened the executives who funded the film, Jerry Perenchio, Bud Yorkin, and Robin French of Tandem Productions gave some notes on the movie revealing that they didn't really care for it. They called it dreadfully dull and confusing, among several other complaints. Many of these are actually pretty funny considering the movie is now such a classic. Check out the full list of Blade Runner insults below. One of my favorites is, "This picture gets duller every time we see it."
Source: /Flim (http://www.slashfilm.com/lol-execs-in-1982-blast-blade-runner-as-deadly-dull-and-confusing/)...
- 3/17/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
For anyone who has ever seen a behind-the-scene-style film or TV show about the Hollywood filmmaking process, the concept of harsh notes from studio execs should be a familiar enough trope. This was certainly the case for Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner. While the film today is regarded as the standard to which all modern-day science-fiction films are judged against today, certain film execs were, to put it lightly, disappointed with the product in its intial form. /Film recently unearthed (via Reddit user VanTrashcan) a document written by Jerry Perenchio, Bud Yorkin, and Robin French of Tandem...
- 3/16/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Blade Runner is one of those films that ran away with its own future (conveniently perhaps). With less than stunning reviews meeting its release, and more than a few audiences turned off by its strangely dark presentation, the film nevertheless managed to continue to convert fans over several years (amazingly this is the 30th Anniversary release), and now finds itself frequently referred to as the best sci-fi film ever.
The film not only pushed boundaries, and showed us the wild and complex imagination of Ridley Scott in his prime, but kicked off the movie world’s love affair with Phillip K. Dick. Though the screenplay diverges greatly from the source material (as do all films based on his work), the spirit of his story comes through far better than in most efforts.
Blade Runner, which holds up incredibly well today, weaves through surprising complexities, and showcases questions and odd turns enough for multiple viewings.
The film not only pushed boundaries, and showed us the wild and complex imagination of Ridley Scott in his prime, but kicked off the movie world’s love affair with Phillip K. Dick. Though the screenplay diverges greatly from the source material (as do all films based on his work), the spirit of his story comes through far better than in most efforts.
Blade Runner, which holds up incredibly well today, weaves through surprising complexities, and showcases questions and odd turns enough for multiple viewings.
- 11/6/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan watchdog group that collects and makes available digital data it believes promote open government, has cast a rare bit of illumination on the activities of one of Hollywood’s biggest and most secretive political donors -- former Univision chairman Jerry Perenchio. The report by Sunlight analyst Nancy Watzman is part of a series on campaign finance the nonprofit foundation calls “Stealthy Wealthy.” Previous subjects include Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who has given $14 million to conservative candidates and causes over the past year and DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, the entertainment industry’s biggest Democratic donor in
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- 5/16/2012
- by Tina Daunt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Motion Picture Television Fund board member George Clooney this morning announced the launch of a $350 million fundraising drive at the organization over the next three years. During a breakfast at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills, Mptf brass said that $238 million has already been raised in the effort, with key contributions from the likes of Clooney, Steve Bing, Tom Cruise, Barry Diller, Fox Entertaiment Group, David Geffen, Michael Lewis, Jerry Perenchio, Joe Roth, Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, Todd Phillips, Patrick Soon-shiong, Thomas Tull and John Wells, among others. That’s in addition to the $100 million already on hand according to Katzenberg, chairman of the Mptf Foundation. Over the past 20 years, the fund has raised $200 million. Mptf president Bob Beitcher said the fundraising push comes as an 75,000 baby boomers will be retiring from the industry over the next 20 years. “This is a safety net for them,” he said this morning. The...
- 2/23/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday was one of many 2012 presidential campaign trips seeking California cash.
Her most recent visit was met with some resistance because of the industry's desire for more presidential support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, according to the New York Post.
Even so, the tension seemed to have subsided for the evening Beverly Hills fundraiser for the President, which was held at the home of Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer. Quincy Jones, Harvey Weinstein and Berry Gordy were among the 135 guests attending the event, which raised nearly $1 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The donation-raising power of a single night with Hollywood power players is the reason why presidential campaigners from both parties regularly visit our "golden" political donor state. President Obama had made seven trips to California by the end of September 2011, followed by another in October and November.
Her most recent visit was met with some resistance because of the industry's desire for more presidential support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, according to the New York Post.
Even so, the tension seemed to have subsided for the evening Beverly Hills fundraiser for the President, which was held at the home of Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer. Quincy Jones, Harvey Weinstein and Berry Gordy were among the 135 guests attending the event, which raised nearly $1 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The donation-raising power of a single night with Hollywood power players is the reason why presidential campaigners from both parties regularly visit our "golden" political donor state. President Obama had made seven trips to California by the end of September 2011, followed by another in October and November.
- 2/2/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
At the height of their fame, the Monkees teamed up with Jack Nicholson to film the psychedelic classic Head – and destroy their careers in the process. So how do they feel about it now
Davy Jones doesn't really want to talk about Head. The former Monkees heartthrob is happy to talk about his old home in Manchester, his new home in Florida, his racehorses, his theatre career – anything, basically, except the cryptic, psychedelic art movie that, in 1968, marked the end of the Monkees' short tenure as the biggest rock band in America. "We were pawns in something we helped create but had no control over," he says crossly. "We should have made Ghostbusters, Ok?"
Head could never be mistaken for Ghostbusters. It's a fourth-wall-shattering, stream-of-consciousness black comedy that mocks war, America, Hollywood, television, the music business and the Monkees themselves. These days, it is fondly remembered as one of the...
Davy Jones doesn't really want to talk about Head. The former Monkees heartthrob is happy to talk about his old home in Manchester, his new home in Florida, his racehorses, his theatre career – anything, basically, except the cryptic, psychedelic art movie that, in 1968, marked the end of the Monkees' short tenure as the biggest rock band in America. "We were pawns in something we helped create but had no control over," he says crossly. "We should have made Ghostbusters, Ok?"
Head could never be mistaken for Ghostbusters. It's a fourth-wall-shattering, stream-of-consciousness black comedy that mocks war, America, Hollywood, television, the music business and the Monkees themselves. These days, it is fondly remembered as one of the...
- 4/28/2011
- by Dorian Lynskey
- The Guardian - Film News
There is a new, more open dynamic at work at Hispanic powerhouse Univision -- and the change can in large part be attributed to the tone set by CEO Joe Uva.
While No One would ever describe Uva as an over-the-top personality, his hands-on approach and openness with his employees, the media and Wall Street are the opposite of the bunker mentality imposed by his predecessor, Jerry Perenchio.
While Perenchio ran Univision from his Los Angeles office -- a continent away from the network's sales and marketing operation -- and was a courtside regular at Lakers games, Uva is based in New York, where he works right alongside the sales staff, participating in pitches and even spending much of his downtime interacting with clients.
"Joe has been a breath of fresh air," a longtime Univision employee said. "We always had a strong message to tell about our media assets, but we could never talk about it outside the company because of Perenchio's edict to not talk to the press. Under Joe, we've been able to get our message out there. This has gotten us recognition outside and has created a stronger sense of pride inside."
Media buyers also have signaled that they appreciate the new sense of openness and cooperation and the revamped sales structure under the new regime.
Monica Gadsby, CEO of Starcom MediaVest Multicultural, which oversees Hispanic-media decisions for companies including Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Continental Airlines, Heineken and Wal-Mart, says if she ever has an issue to take up with Univision, she never has a problem getting Uva on the phone -- not always the case under Perenchio.
While No One would ever describe Uva as an over-the-top personality, his hands-on approach and openness with his employees, the media and Wall Street are the opposite of the bunker mentality imposed by his predecessor, Jerry Perenchio.
While Perenchio ran Univision from his Los Angeles office -- a continent away from the network's sales and marketing operation -- and was a courtside regular at Lakers games, Uva is based in New York, where he works right alongside the sales staff, participating in pitches and even spending much of his downtime interacting with clients.
"Joe has been a breath of fresh air," a longtime Univision employee said. "We always had a strong message to tell about our media assets, but we could never talk about it outside the company because of Perenchio's edict to not talk to the press. Under Joe, we've been able to get our message out there. This has gotten us recognition outside and has created a stronger sense of pride inside."
Media buyers also have signaled that they appreciate the new sense of openness and cooperation and the revamped sales structure under the new regime.
Monica Gadsby, CEO of Starcom MediaVest Multicultural, which oversees Hispanic-media decisions for companies including Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Continental Airlines, Heineken and Wal-Mart, says if she ever has an issue to take up with Univision, she never has a problem getting Uva on the phone -- not always the case under Perenchio.
- 5/27/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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