The Weekend Report Archive for December, 2006

Where There’s A Will

By Leonard Klady - Sunday, December 17th, 2006

The Pursuit of Happyness emerged as the top box office draw in a closer than expected race with the sword and fantasy outing Eragon. The Will Smith human comedy grossed an estimated $26.8 million to Eragon’s $23.1 million tally. The fierce rivalry at the top left the latest screen adaptation of Charlotte’s Web a distant…

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By Leonard Klady - Sunday, December 10th, 2006

    Weekend Estimates – December 8-10, 2006 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change Theaters Cume Apocalypto BV 14.3 (5,790) – 2465 14.3 The Holiday Sony 13.3 (5,080) – 2610 13.3 Happy Feet WB 12.9 (3,530) -27% 3650 137.9 Casino Royale Sony 9.0 (2,840) -41% 3161 129.1 Blood Diamond WB 8.4 (4,410) – 1910 8.4…

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“Don’t work with assholes. Ever. No matter what they’re offering, no matter what they bring to the table. If they’re the sort of person where the phone rings at 10 o’clock at night and you wince because you see that it’s them, then don’t do business with them. One asshole will ruin your life. I’ve managed my entire TV and filmmaking career to work with people I like and respect. If the point comes where I don’t like or respect someone, I don’t work with them anymore.”

– Anthony Bourdain

The Atlantic: You saw that the Academy Awards recently held up your 2001 acceptance speech as the Platonic ideal of an Oscar speech. Did you have a reaction?

Soderbergh: Shock and dismay. When that popped up and people started texting me about it, I said, “Oh, it’s too bad I’m not there to tell the story of how that took place.” Well. I was not sober at the time. And I had nothing prepared because I knew I wasn’t going to win [Best Director for Traffic]. I figured Ridley, Ang or Daldry would win. So I was hitting the bar pretty hard, having a great night, feeling super-relaxed because I don’t have to get up there. So the combination of a 0.4 blood alcohol level and lack of preparation resulted in me, in my state of drunkenness crossed with adrenaline surge. I was coherent enough to know that [if I tried to thank everyone], that way lies destruction. So I went the other way. There were some people who appreciated that, and there were some people who really wanted to hear their names said, and I had to apologize to them.
~ Steven Soderbergh