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The Hollywood Accounting Scam – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount by Pierce O’Donnell and Dennis McDougal
Pierce O’Donnell Interview on Buchwald v. Paramount – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8xa3WWdNU&t=2895s
LA Times on Buchwald v. Paramount – https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-04-mn-537-story.html
Art Buchwald Charlie Rose Interview – https://charlierose.com/videos/20862
Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s (Creative) Accounting Practices by Bill Daniels, David Leedy, Steven D. Sils, Peter Klass
The Feature Film Distribution Deal by John Cones
Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind
Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America by Peter Biskind
How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman
The Big Picture by Edwad Jay Epstein
Amid Ruins of an Empire, a New Hollywood Arises by Eric Hodgins – https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false
David Prowse Says Lucasfilm Has Told Him Return of the Jedi Hasn’t Made Profit – https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/darth-vader-actor-david-prowse-warns-beware-of-small-print-68bqlvlllrl
Lord of the Rings and Hollywood Accounting – https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/media-marketing/the-hollywood-shell-game/5XC3CBBH3B6AJZLZJTYOOAFTI4/?c_id=3&objectid=10693123
Dominic Monaghan Talks Not Receiving Profit Participation on Lord of the Rings – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6xeEOLkYY&t=1s
Hary Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Hollywood Accounting – https://deadline.com/2010/07/studio-shame-even-harry-potter-pic-loses-money-because-of-warner-bros-phony-baloney-accounting-51886/
Spider-Man: Homecoming Writer Claims Studio Says Movie Made No Profit – https://x.com/JM_Goldstein/status/1210429047269756929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Alien and Hollywood Accounting – https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/06/15/the-alien-papers-can-a-100-million-film-lose-money/323f82f9-ff00-488b-ad20-4426669eb882/
Bohemian Rhapsody and Hollywood Accounting – https://deadline.com/2019/04/bohemian-rhapsody-box-office-profit-2018-freddie-mercury-queen-rami-malek-1202586151/
https://deadline.com/2023/11/bohemian-rhapsody-profits-lawsuit-queen-freddie-mercury-writer-anthony-mccarten-fox-1234876595/
Michael Lewis NPR Interview – https://freshairarchive.org/segments/how-few-made-millions-betting-against-market
Jack Nicholson’s payday for Batman – https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/jack-nicholson-you-dont-know-jack/
Tom Cruise’s profit participation for Top Gun: Maverick – https://variety.com/2022/film/features/movie-star-salaries-joaquin-phoenix-joker-2-tom-cruise-1235320046/
Christopher Nolan’s profit participation for Oppenheimer – https://variety.com/2024/film/news/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-pay-1235938430/
George Lucas, Steven Spielberg Swap Points on Films – https://www.businessinsider.com/george-lucas-star-wars-bet-made-steven-spielberg-millions-2014-3?op=1
How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’ by Derek Thompson – https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/
Hollywood all grossed out by Michael Fleming (Variety article with wild claims) – https://variety.com/2008/film/features/hollywood-all-grossed-out-1117987471/
Pixar and profit-sharing – https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-was-the-hit-pixar-needed-but-the-laid-off-employees-who-crunched-on-it-are-still-hurting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s company Artists Equity – https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/ben-affleck-air-production-company-grammys-memes-justice-league-1235353301/
Inside Hollywood’s Visual Effects Crisis – https://defector.com/inside-hollywoods-visual-effects-crisis
Working Conditions for Animators – https://nofilmschool.com/artists-working-conditions-spider-verse
2023 Hollywood Labor Disputes – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hollywood_labor_disputes
Warner Bros. Shelving Movies – https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1214042387/why-warner-bros-has-shelved-another-finished-movie
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