Peter Bart Quotes


When I was at MGM some years ago, I remember that there was a serious discussion of trying to remake some of the (Spencer) Tracy and (Katharine) Hepburn pictures. And that's a great idea except that they were successful because of Tracy and Hepburn. - Peter Bart


We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making. - Peter Bart


Universal had hoped that 'Meet Joe Black' would be their big summer picture, and they just couldn't get it ready. So the only picture they had left for summer, basically, was 'Out Of Sight.' That was their big summer picture -- George Clooney picture. It didn't really work very well. - Peter Bart


There could be no replacement for Army, and no one will replace him... His niche and talents are very special. - Peter Bart


The temptation to do remakes is simply that, if the picture worked once in the past, why not try it again? - Peter Bart


The presumption is that he never will talk. People who know him say that. - Peter Bart


The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie. - Peter Bart


The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector. - Peter Bart


The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion. - Peter Bart


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