How Michael Bay’s Signature Shot Saved Bad Boys From Sony

For a 19 million movie, there was a lot riding on Michael Bay’s “Boys-1995-movie-posters/”>Bad Boys.”The action-comedy marked the official return of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the ultimate style-over-substance duo, who, after knocking out era-defining blockbusters in “Flashdance,” “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Top Gun,” flamed out in 1990 when the wildly excessive “Days of Thunder” fell woefully short of box-office expectations.

Rather than stake their comeback on one film, Simpson and Bruckheimer managed their risk via three modestly budgeted 1995 releases: “Bad Boys,” “Crimson Tide” and “Dangerous Minds.” But while they didn’t need Bay’s film to break the bank, the optics of…The post How Michael Bay’s Signature Shot Saved Bad Boys From Sony appeared first on /Film.

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