When Charley first worked at MGM, Mike Kaplan was his boss. 2001 had opened initially a "Hardware" campagn, it had a good box office but shortly after opening fell off at the box office. Mike convinced Kubrick that they should replace the Hardware campaign with the Star Child campaign. The Star Child campaign was a massive hit, bringing is a huge resurgence at the box office. It was the BO success of 2001 that convinced 20th Century/Fox to fund Star Wars.
2001 huge success is evidenced by these figures -- in Dec. 75, the film broke even. In March, 1976, Kubrick received his first profit sharing residual check. March 1976 was the same month Star Wars started filming After conceiving the Star Child campaign for 2001, Mike Kaplan left MGM and went to work for Kubrick on Clockwork Orange. When Charley was in London working on Star Wars, Mike gave him posters. Any other history on the Pelham poster or its availability would be best to find by googling UK. ________________________________ From: Richard Evans <[email protected]> To: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rich - Pelham poster Thanks Geraldine, no rush. Sent from my iPad On 24 Jun 2012, at 14:15, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote: It's Sunday morning and Charley's still asleep so i can't ask him about the Pelham Clockwork Orange. > > >I'll find out later today and let you know. > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
