However, his next films, The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), a parody on Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that ended in a dramatic speech criticising the blind following patriotic nationalism, and Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), which criticised war and capitalism, as well as his first European film A King in New York ( 1957 ), which ridiculed the U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee, were more clearly political and caused controversy.

A fan of Philip K. Dick, author of " We Can Remember it For You Wholesale ," the short story upon which the film was based, Cronenberg related ( in the biography / overview of his work, Cronenberg on Cronenberg ) that his dissatisfaction with what he envisioned the film to be and what it ended up being pained him so greatly that for a time, he suffered a migraine just thinking about it, akin to a needle piercing his eye.

It was then he decided to experiment as a serious film director and ended up directing a softcore porn film Tonight for Sure in 1962.

His musical fantasy One from the Heart, although it pioneered the use of video-editing techniques which are standard practice in the film industry today, ended with a disastrous box-office gross of $ 636, 796 against a US $ 26 million budget, far from enough to recoup the costs incurred in the production of the movie, and he was forced to sell his 23-acre Zoetrope Studio in 1983.

Possibly because of this, neorealism effectively ended with that film ; subsequent works turned toward lighter atmospheres, perhaps more coherent with the improving conditions of the country, and this genre has been called pink neorealism.

Some scholars believe film noir never really ended, but continued to transform even as the characteristic noir visual style began to seem dated and changing production conditions led Hollywood in different directions — in this view, post-1950s films in the noir tradition are seen as part of a continuity with classic noir.

Although It's a Wonderful Life and State of the Union were successful shortly after the war ended, Capra's themes were becoming more out of step with changes within the film industry and with the public mood.

Toho had planned to shoot this film on location in Sri Lanka, but had to forgo that ( and scale back on production costs ) because they ended up paying RKO roughly $ 200, 000 ( US ) for the rights to the King Kong character.

Demme ended up renouncing the finished product, and when the film was released in May 1984, it was generally panned by critics and neglected by moviegoers.

A measure of Loach's difficulties gaining broad release for his work is the fact that this film ended up making only £ 12, 000 profit.

Patent royalties to the MPPC ended in September 1913 with the expiration of the last of the patents filed in the mid-1890s at the dawn of commercial film production and exhibition.

Historian Scott Eyman wrote, " As the film ended and applause grew with the houselights, Sam Goldwyn's wife Frances looked around at the celebrities in the crowd.

Harrison Ford, who played Deckard in the film, has said that he did not think Deckard was a replicant, and also states he and the director had discussions that ended in the agreement that the character was human.

Although many film scholars would agree that its classic period had effectively ended by 1942, elements of the genre have persisted, or have been paid homage, in contemporary film.

In 1987, enduring fan interest, partially preserved by the first four installments of the Star Trek film franchise from 1979 to 1986, those films ' popularity led to the development of the Star Trek sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation, which became extremely successful, and led to the later sequels Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and finally Star Trek: Enterprise, which ended in 2005.

The acocryphal tale that the large pearl on Empress Dowager Cixi's crown ended up on Madame Chiang's gala shoes is described in Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor.

Viewer dissatisfaction with the ending of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato prompted the production of a second Yamato TV season which retconned the film and presented a slightly different plot against Zōdah ( Prince Zordar in the Star Blazers dub ) and his Comet Empire, and ended without killing off the Yamato or its primary characters.

The show ended with everybody singing " Can You Feel The Love Tonight ", the song featured in Disney's ( which later acquired ABC ) 1994 film The Lion King.

The film ended its North American theatrical run on June 4, 2000, having grossed $ 130. 1 million.

Italian Neorealism came about as World War II ended and Benito Mussolini's government fell, causing the Italian film industry to lose its center.

The season proper ended in May, but cast members were asked to come back in May and June 1981 to film some additional scenes for the syndicated version of the show ( including re-writes or re-shoots of already-filmed sketches to filter out Ottawa-centric or Canada-centric content ).

She ended up placing rented film editing equipment in her apartment,

Worldwide, the movie grossed $ 210, 409, 945 and was the 18th highest grossing film of 1995.

The movie became a box-office hit, grossing $ 82, 522, 790 domestically, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.

It fared much better overseas grossing $ 133, 339, 902 for a total worldwide gross of $ 215, 862, 692, making it the 9th highest grossing film of the year worldwide.

The historical drama film Jean de Florette ( 1986 ) and its sequel Manon des Sources ( 1986 ) were among the highest grossing French films in history and brought Daniel Auteuil international recognition.

Alice in Wonderland ( 2010 film ) | Alice in Wonderland ( 2010 ), the 3rd highest grossing fantasy film worldwide, deals with the common fantasy themes such as the fantasy world | fantastic world setting and the conflict between good and evil.

The 19th installment in the Godzilla series of films, the film remains the highest grossing film of the entire Godzilla series ( unadjusted for inflation ).

The film was the second highest grossing film in Japan in 1993, second only to the Hollywood film Jurassic Park.

It was the highest grossing film of the Heisei Godzilla series and, unadjusted for inflation, the highest grossing film of the entire franchise.

The fictional British Secret Service agent has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip and video game formats as well as being used in the longest continually running and the second-highest grossing film franchise to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond.

The film was a failure at the box office, grossing $ 339, 379 with a budget of $ 6 million, but critics praised Spacey's direction.

With revenue of $ 783 million worldwide, it was the second highest grossing film in 2004.

Nonetheless, with a total worldwide gross of $ 891 million, it stands as the most commercially successful film in the series and Dunst's highest grossing film to the end of 2008.

The film was a box-office success, grossing fourth-highest of any film in the UK in 1979 and highest of any British film in the United States that year.

This film broke all box office records and remained the highest grossing film ever produced until 1939.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

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However, the film's ambitious scope and its extensive effects work forced Campbell, Raimi and producer Rob Tapert to put up $ 1 million of their collective salaries to shoot a new ending and not film a scene where a possessed woman pushes down some giant pillars.

In addition, Raimi needed $ 3 million to finish his movie, but Universal was not willing to give him the money and delayed its release because they were upset that De Laurentiis would not give them the rights to the Hannibal Lecter character so that they could film a sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs.

In total, the film earned $ 11. 5 million in the US.

The film earned over $ 60 million at the domestic box office, a strong return for a film that cost only $ 5 million to produce.

The film debuted at # 5 at the North American box office and eventually grossed a modest $ 16, 624, 456.

With an insurance of $ 1, 500 promised in case of failure, Sennett also allowed Chaplin to direct his own film.

At a cost of almost $ 1, 000, 000, Chaplin felt it was the best film he had made to that point.

It grossed US $ 128 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history.

An example may be Paul Verhoeven's big budgeted, highly sexualized Showgirls ( 1995 ), initially intended to be a drama film about the rise of a Las Vegas stripper, that flopped both critically and commercially when released theatrically ; afterward, it enjoyed success on the home video market, generating more than $ 100 million from video rentals.

The Screen Actors Guild, a union well known for representing actors and actresses throughout Hollywood reports that the average television and film actor earns less than $ 5000 USD annually.

" Budgeted at US $ 32 million, the film became a moderate financial success at a worldwide box office total of US $ 40 million.

Because of company resistance to his goals, and his cost overruns on the film ( it cost US $ 30, 000 dollars to produce ), Griffith left Biograph.

This led to a commission from one of his fellow students, the wealthy H. Barton Wasserman, who offered him $ 1000 to create a film installation in his home.

Spending $ 478. 28 of that on purchasing the second-hand Bolex camera " of dreams ," Lynch produced a new animated short, but upon getting the film developed, realized that the result was simply a blurred, frameless print.

During its theatrical run the film grossed $ 2. 4 million, currently holds a 100 % positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has developed a cult following.

In Hong Kong, the film grossed HK $ 3, 307, 536 — huge business for the time, but substantially less than Lee's Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon.

However, after spending a little over a month in theatres, the film ultimately grossed $ 5, 923, 044 domestically.