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Post by ck100 on Nov 30, 2021 0:20:02 GMT
Been 20 years since this movie came out and it's considered one of the biggest box office flops of all-time.
Some stats from IMDB:
-It cost about $90 million dollars to make and only grossed about $6.7 million at the box office total.
-About $40 million dollars alone of the budget was spent on actor and writer salaries for the film.
-It took about 3 years to make starting filming in 1998, ending filming in 1999, reshoots in 2000, and finally being released in 2001.
-It underwent extensive rewrites, production shutdown, recasting, and reshoots over the three years it took to film the movie.
-It made Warren Beatty not act again until 2016. He regularly clashed with the director over the script, visuals, and wanting to do many takes.
-It went through 13 release dates before finally being released.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Town & Country (2001) - 1.5 out of 4 stars
"Two couples celebrate their long-term marriages--just as both relationships start to come apart. A train wreck of a movie that starts out as a romantic comedy, lurches into French farce, then lumbers along to a point beyond comprehension. The cast tries its best. Cowritten by Buck Henry, who appears as a divorce lawyer. Filmed mostly in 1998."
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2021 0:38:57 GMT
The Cutthroat Island of romantic-comedies.
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Post by kolchak92 on Nov 30, 2021 1:24:25 GMT
I've always been kind of curious to see this actually.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Nov 30, 2021 6:38:44 GMT
The Cutthroat Island of romantic-comedies. That distinction it shares with How Do You Know. The movie which made Beatty's longtime friend Jack Nicholson retire for good.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 30, 2021 21:53:55 GMT
3/10 Its a mess.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2021 23:26:35 GMT
The Cutthroat Island of romantic-comedies. That distinction it shares with How Do You Know. The movie which made Beatty's longtime friend Jack Nicholson retire for good. *internet search* jeez that one had a $120 million budget. Found an article about it. TEXT: THR has learned that the film, which centers on a love triangle, cost $120 million to make, though the studio drove that down to about $100 million thanks to tax rebates from Pennsylvania and D.C. One reason for the price tag is old-fashioned salaries for the pic’s talent: Reese Witherspoon ($15 million), Jack Nicholson ($12 million), Owen Wilson ($10 million) and Paul Rudd ($3 million) received their quotes, and Brooks will earn about $10 million plus backend for writing, producing and directing. That’s about $50 million for the major talent alone. The cost also was high because of the time Brooks devoted to production and postproduction and his decision to reshoot the beginning and end of the movie. “He’s slow and meticulous,” a person familiar with the production says. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/price-tag-120-million-50-58410/
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Post by politicidal on Nov 21, 2022 3:53:41 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Nov 22, 2022 1:52:12 GMT
I've always been kind of curious to see this actually. I just watched it yesterday. It seems like they were trying to make a screwball comedy except with the raunchiness of other '90s movies and also with an A-list cast. That could be something funny. Except it simply isn't. Weird that Warren Beatty wanted to do this after he did Bulworth which I did like.
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Post by kolchak92 on Nov 22, 2022 3:03:29 GMT
I've always been kind of curious to see this actually. I just watched it yesterday. It seems like they were trying to make a screwball comedy except with the raunchiness of other '90s movies and also with an A-list cast. That could be something funny. Except it simply isn't. Weird that Warren Beatty wanted to do this after he did Bulworth which I did like. Bulworth was a good picture.
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