Tag: Waterworld
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The Kevin Costner Funded Film that Tanked at the Box Office
Most people will point to Waterworld when asked to identify Kevin Costner’s biggest box office flop. Those people are not necessarily wrong, either. The 1995 waterlogged disaster cost $175 million to make. That’s more than the annual Gdp for a lot of countries. And though is did earn $264 million, it is widely considered a…
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Nightmare Film Shoots: The Most Grueling Films Ever Made, from ‘Deliverance’ to ‘Mad Max’ to ‘Avatar 2’
Editor’s note: The following list was first published in 2019 and has been updated multiple times since.Sometimes you have to go through hell to make a great movie. Just ask Alexander Skarsgård, who said that the grueling shoot for Robert Eggers’ “The Northman” left him “so exhausted that you want to cry.”Like “Jaws,” “Apocalypse Now,”…
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The Story Behind Waterworld’s Nightmarish Production
In the ’90s, having Kevin Costner in your film was a sure sign of box office success. Audiences loved him. Then came the disaster known as “Waterworld,” which is often described as a “Mad Max” rip-off set on the ocean (let this Honest Trailer explain the film’s plot if you’re unfamiliar). Over time, it has come…
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Hear me out: why Ishtar isn’t a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is an ode to Elaine May’s lambasted 1987 flop starring Warren Beatty and Dustin HoffmanIt’s a rare movie bomb that’s such a catastrophe it becomes a byword for cinematic failure. Ishtar, Elaine May’s 1987 comedy about two musicians who become wrapped up in a CIA…
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Charles Gordon, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘Field of Dreams’ and ‘Die Hard,’ Dies at 73
Charles Gordon, a film producer who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on 1989’s “Field of Dreams,” has died of cancer. He was 73.Gordon’s brother, Lawrence Gordon, who he shared the Oscar nomination with, confirmed his death. “Although he was 11 years younger, he was more like an older brother to me in many…