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Shawn Levy <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Apr 1994 00:47:59 -0700
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> A blacksploitation film called Hit Man is a remake of Get Carter that was
> not even released when Hit Man was started. Roger Corman owned the rights
> to G.C. and produced Hit Man
>
> -- Ethan Goldstine
 
This reminds me of a story about Martin Scorsese being asked by a
prospective producer if he could make "Mean Streets" as an all-black film
(and thus, presumably, get funding). He writes that he actually thought
about it for a while, then confessed he couldn't imagine it.....
 
       Shawn Levy | "I used to have such sweet, sweet dreams,
  [log in to unmask] | But now it's more like an air raid."

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