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From the producers of

  • 03-06-2007 5:26pm
    #1
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭


    Producers have no creative input into films so why are most films advertised as "From the producers of"

    who won best producer at last years oscars ? oh yea there was none lol


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  • #2
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Producers are the people who decide to get the film made. So if I enjoyed a film, and heard that a new film was by the same producers, I might just be tempted to check it out, knowing that they had decided to make a good film in the past, the chances are they'll make a good movie again.

    And the Best Picture Oscar goes to the producers only, so there is a category for them.


  • #3
    qwertplaywert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭qwertplaywert


    i would be careful of going to see a movie because it was from the producers of something else you liked, because some producers are just studio lackeys


  • #4
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    every day's a schoolday :)


  • #5
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I think that "From the producers of" is just as valid a way of promoting interest as anything else. For example, if I see a film that Luc Besson has produced, I think I know what to expect. Likewise with Michael Bay.


  • #6
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,680 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    MooseJam wrote:
    Producers have no creative input into films

    Not true at all. In most cases the producer chooses the director, which is a creative choice in itself. If the director and producer don't see eye to eye, they hire someone else.

    Look at Armageddon, Con Air, Crimson Tide, The Rock, all clearly produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Even Black Hawk Down (directed by Ridley Scott) has the Bruckheimer stamp on it.

    Don't make the mistake of believing the director has total creative control over the film, as unless he's he's Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, etc, he doesn't. Unless he takes a producer/executive producer credit then he's probably just a hired hand, doing what he's told.

    The popularity of the auteur theory means that the studios want everyone to think the director has total control over the film but it's rarely the case. Hell, even Scorsese gets his films f**ked with, but he never comes out says it because it would hurt his reputation with the studios. Gilliam almost ruined his career by going to the press about Brazil.


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  • #7
    Bounty Hunter
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,840 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    MooseJam wrote:
    Producers have no creative input into films

    thats usually executive producers i.e the money men


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