Comments on: Harvey Weinstein Considers Dropping ‘Grace Of Monaco’ Before Cannes As Battle Over Final Cut Continues

By: la2000

la2000 — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

Weinstein is a nightmare.

A friend of mine, a director known for the exemplary quality of his work, went 5 years without making a picture for no other reason than he owed Weinstein his next movie. The director felt he was better off doing nothing for half a decade and running out the clock on the obligation than wading in the muck with Harvey.

Weinstein's loss. The director's next picture, already completed, is expected to gross north of $750 million worldwide.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

And as far as producers of Grace being ok with a Weinstein recut, that's not what Pierre Ange Le Pogam (Grace's producer) answered to Le Film Francais (professional magazine) when he abruptly said that while Weinstein was knowledgeable about the american market, he was not producer in Grace.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

That's not really a scoop (nor some weird PR strategy from Weinstein). It was in the french press right after the Cesar ceremony in February. The journalists live-tweeted about Weinstein's sudden burst of anger when one of them asked him about his plan for Grace of Monaco during the red carpet. They went fishing for informations and subsequent articles all said that, unless he changed his mind, Weinstein was not willing to release Grace in the US anymore. That was, of course, before the Cannes selection.

Weinstein also has a feud with JP Jeunet (Jeunet blogged about it). He wants to recut Jeunet's last movie against Jeunet's will. So he is blocking its US release and as he puts hold-back clauses in his distribution contracts, he is also blocking its international on-screen release (outside of France, including presenting the movie in festivals) and its video release (including France). That is until May when the hold-back clause ends.

So if the contract for Grace was signed with the same timing, by May and the Cannes festival, Grace will get an international release free from Weinstein's weight. Weinstein could probably kill the US release though. For Dahan, it's actually a great gift from the Cannes festival to be given such a launching platform because now, there is talks of Weinstein dropping the US rights, not just dropping the US release and keeping the movie in limbo.

By: JS

JS — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

If you hire a director, let a director complete his/her vision. Otherwise, if its filmed with a certain vision – and recut with another less experienced (such as by a producer or a distributor) vision:it will be a mess! Why doesnt Hollywood learn this?

By: ian

ian — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

Weinstein strikes again! Poor Kidman and Dahan.

By: Another flop

Another flop — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

Nicole Kidman, the queen of box office poison, strikes again!!

By: Joao

Joao — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

Harvey sounds like a nightmare.

By: Reini Urban

Reini Urban — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:39:02 +0000

I wouldn't trust Harvey Weinstein at all with his final cut and musical score fights,
as he destroyed a couple of pretty good films already with his added sappiness and string scores.