King Arthur

[modage]

well like i said, ironically tonite i learned a lot more about a producers job through The Bad and the Beautiful which gave me a greater personal respect for their job.  however, from a moviegoing standpoint, i would never let a producers name being attached sway me to or from a movie i was otherwise interested/disinterested in.  like when THE HOT CHICK comes out and says something like FROM ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF MR. DEEDS like its supposed to mean something?

[ono]

It means if you like Mr. Deeds, you may like The Hot Chick.  That's what it'd mean for the general moviegoing public, like Mac said, where they know movies based on stars and familiar formulas and names (Bruckheimer does have name recognition, as do other comedic producers).  People will be swayed by that if they hear that a new movie is coming out by someone who made another movie they liked.  Just like we are with directors.

[cowboykurtis]

from a moviegoing standpoint, i would never let a producers name being attached sway me to or from a movie

would you go see a movie produced by p t anderson? pt anderson presents... its the same thing.

[El Duderino]

from a moviegoing standpoint, i would never let a producers name being attached sway me to or from a movie

would you go see a movie produced by p t anderson? pt anderson presents... its the same thing.

only if he directed

[cowboykurtis]

from a moviegoing standpoint, i would never let a producers name being attached sway me to or from a movie

would you go see a movie produced by p t anderson? pt anderson presents... its the same thing.

only if he directed

so you wouldnt be interested in a film where he found a script that he loved but felt the material was not suitable for himself to direct and hired another who he thought would execute it properly? a producer is a being of taste. if you like the taste and merit of pt anderson as a creator, id think youd be interested with any project he would be willing to put his time into.

[NEON MERCURY]

i do pay attention to "from the producer of_____"

b/c scorcese produced you can count on me
lynch  produced crumb.......


there are many more but those are top of my head kind of examples......

oh yeah......cameron in solaris.......

maybe these people i mentioned as producers wasn't 100% procued the film/doc....but they helped it out in certian ways......


EDIT: isn't malick  producing DGG's the undertow......?

[modage]

you guys are talking about somethign completely different.  DIRECTORS producing, is different from somebody who is ALWAYS a producer.  name one producer you follow all their works because of their namebrand?

[Stefen]

Lawrence Bender?

[cron]

Lawrence Bender?

Dino. AND Walter Salles

[Ghostboy]

Christine Vachon's name is enough to get me to see a movie. I'm often interested in what Scott Rudin acquires, before a director is even attached.

[SHAFTR]

back to King Arthur...
I think this looks bad.  "The True story behind King Arthur"
Anyone else find it ironic that Bruckheimer brings us the true story in anything?

[modage]

Lawrence Bender?

so you've seen...

Survivors Club, The (2004) (TV) (executive producer)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) (producer)
"Lost in Oz" (2002) TV Series (executive producer)
Nancy Drew (2002) (TV) (executive producer)
Stark Raving Mad (2002) (executive producer)
Knockaround Guys (2001) (producer)
Mexican, The (2001) (producer)
Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001) (TV) (executive producer)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) (executive producer)
Anna and the King (1999) (producer)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) (executive producer)
Price Above Rubies, A (1998) (producer)
Snakeland (1996) (executive producer)

because he produced them?  so how did Dirty Dancing 2 compare to the original?

[Stefen]

the original is better, but havana nights has its moments. Don't try to put me in a corner modernage.

[modage]

i just think its ridiculous to argue this point.  everybody would've seen kill bill regardless of who produced it because of who directed it.  and conversely nobody here wants to see dusk till dawn three or price above rubies regardless of who produced them.  my rant was only inpired in the first place from how big the letters on the poster was on who produced the film.

[MacGuffin]

Hey mod-age, I got a new one for you: In the trailer for Shall We Dance, the voice-over says, "From the studio that brought you Chicago."