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Director Paul Lynch was having difficulty in securing funds for making "Prom Night" (1980) until Jamie Lee Curtis signed on. Once the filming was completed, Paramount expressed interest in distributing the movie, but they only wanted to open it as a limited release in 300 theaters, whereas Avco Embassy...

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According to Dan Aykroyd, many theaters in the Southern states of USA refused to screen "The Blues Brothers" (1980) because they felt that there were too many Black people in it. Dan Aykroyd talking about it: "Interviewer: When the movie came out, it wasn't immediately a huge hit. It had to be kind of carried on a wave into distribution. Aykroyd: It really was—for that time, it was a huge hit. Yeah. The movie opened at the top and then 'Airplane!' (1980) came in. But no, it opened number at top of the box office. It made about $80,000,000. Well, $78-80,000,000 in the gross that summer. So, that's very significant. Interviewer: But you didn't have the distribution that you wanted when the movie opened Aykroyd: Well, we didn't have southern states, because the exhibitors down there didn't want the movie, because there were too many Black people in it. Can you believe that? In 1980. (Sarcastically.) Thank you very much. God bless America. Ho-ly. Interviewer: They literally, explicitly said that. (Dan confirms). That's not you interpreting their actions. Aykroyd: No, no, they refused it. Finally, when the movie did do well in business elsewhere, southern exhibitors took it on. But no, it was a hit. It was a hit that summer. And it made its money back, of course, many times over by now." ("Bullseye with Jesse Thorn" podcast, 2024 & IMDb) P.S: On this day, 46 years ago, "The Blues Brothers" (1980) was released in the USA and Canada.

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The release of "The Long Good Friday" (1980) was delayed due to political fears. Having been made in 1979 for £900,000 with backing from Black Lion, a subsidiary of Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment behemoth, the film hit festivals in 1980, but was delayed when Grade and others balked. There were concerns that the IRA might blow up cinemas that screened it, and another version was prepared with the Irish references and violence heavily excised. Additionally, out of fear that Americans wouldn't understand Bob Hoskins' accent in "The Long Good Friday" (1980) & as they thought Brummie accent would be better, an actor from Wolverhampton had dubbed Bob Hoskins' lines in the movie. Hoskins was incandescent when he found out about it. Hoskins and others members of the crew threatened to sue. A great list of people including Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, and Warren Beatty were ready to stand as expert witnesses. According to John Mackenzie, Grade organisation feared the bad publicity and didn't want to annoy establishment figures like Guinness. So they agreed to sell it to Handmade Films. Because of this fiasco, the released of the film was delayed well over a year. ("Hanging around in the hood: the legacy of The Long Good Friday", The Guardian, 2000 & "The uncanny predictions of The Long Good Friday", Lou Thomas, BFI, 2015) P.S: On this day, 46 years ago, "The Long Good Friday" (1980) premiered in Cannes, France.

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