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Strike It All
In 1982 British filmmakerJames Scott had made an Academy Award winning adaptation of a Graham Greene novella. Adapting another Greene novella, this time as a feature length film, seemed like a natural progression of things. He had Greene's blessing to take his novella Loser Takes All and turn into a film that would feature stage star Robert Lindsay and Molly Ringwald. He had every element in place. Almost. The only thing left was getting American distribution. And that was found when a deal was struck with Miramax. All that James Scott had to do in order to get his modest British comedy made was deal with a producer named Harvey Weinstein, who had a lot of ideas on how this film should be made. Links James Scott's Website Sources Rizov, Vadim. The Legend of Harvey Scissorhands. MTV.com, August 9, 2013. https://www.mtv.com/news/zs4qqu/harvey-weinstein-snowpiercer-cuts Ringwald, Molly. All The Other Harvey Weinsteins. The New Yorker, October 17, 2017. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/all-the-other-harveys Robert Lindsay: 'Monster' Weinstein blacklisted me. BBC.com, November 9, 2017. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-41927167 Connelly, Christopher. The Heartbreak Kid. Premiere Magazine, July 1990. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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