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If Coca-Cola accidentally created 100 million cans of faulty Coke, you know for sure the entire 100 million cans would be dropped in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, without a second thought and irrespective of what that did to the year's profits. What do we do with a crappy movie? We double its advertising budget and hope for a big opening weekend. What have we done for the audience as they walk out of the cinema? We've alienated them. We've sold audiences a piece of junk; we just took twelve dollars away from a couple and we think we've done ourselves no long-term damage.
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David Puttnam
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Born:
February 25, 1941
(age 84)
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David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, Kt is a British film producer and educator. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.
Known for:
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Mission (1986)
Midnight Express (1978)
Local Hero (1983)
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