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This wasn't an indie right?

posted 18 years ago by dark_sence_of_humor
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I doubt this will even get answered because so few people post here to begin with but it just strikes me as odd that any studio would honestly back a movie like this. I first saw this at about five am one night when I was up working late and using writer's block as an excuse to watch tv. I was flipping through and stopped because of the name alone. I love, not like but love this movie but I am a bit of an art house brat though and not for a second does anything about this movie seem like something that could be marketed to a mass audience with the exception of the tag that it has Spade and Peci in it. It said that it opened to about 15 hundred screens and that's just mind blowing to me.

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[–] devilsreject1981-1 18 years ago

It had a budget of 3 million dollars and made about 4 million in total at theaters. It opened in more than 1500 screens and within two weeks, it was only in 128 theaters.

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[–] scotbpens 15 years ago

It opened in more than 1500 screens and within two weeks, it was only in 128 theaters.

So, in other words, it came and went like s--t through a goose. Well, that's what cable, DVD and Netflix are for.

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[–] beckysegal 18 years ago

It was produced by a group called The Motion Picture Corporation of America, which I believe still exists and made its money from early Farrelly Brothers movies. The studio Orion distributed the film, but Orion no longer exists. In other words, it wasn't a Sundance-style D.I.Y. indie, but it wasn't a MAJOR studio pic. The writer/director, Tom Schulman, won an Oscar for writing "Dead Poet's Society."

[–] pacino_status 18 years ago

I thought the movie was pretty entertaining.

[–] tanzeer-hamid 18 years ago

hi where can i get this movie in Australia? Has anyone seen in Australia?

[–] marcusman48 12 years ago

8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG was a "mainstream" film insofar as it was reviewed on SISKEL & EBERT (where both men gave it a thumbs-down). But I think you have a point. I only very vaguely remember it being in theaters, and I didn't see it until it was released on VHS.