“It’s impossible to imagine today: a studio greenlights a big-budget fantasy adapted from a popular series of books... Multiple directors come and go on the project, and one of the lead actors is replaced after filming has begun after the demands of the production literally make him sick... The production goes over budget and schedule, goes through reshoots and, after test screenings, is substantially recut. When it’s released, it gets generally warm reviews but fails to turn a profit. A couple of decades later, it’s one of the most iconic movies of all time."
~ Andrew Bemis
Coming tomorrow at 7:00 PM: one of the great outliers of 1930s Hollywood gets the Hall of Fame treatment.
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