I was one of the few who thought this was an excellent movie. Ken Watanabe was great as always.
But they made a serious blunder at the end, completely negating the cool set-up prior to it (I won't say what it was, because i don't want to give it away, if there is one person left who didn't see this but would like to). And Harry, at least Tom let them put the other actors' name in tiny letters on the posters! On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Harry Caul <[email protected]> wrote: > My reply was in jest... I know how contractual billing works and how > common it is or I wouldn't have mentioned it. > > And while I never said this practice was unique to Tom Cruise, in all > seriousness, I can't recall another example of one actor getting top > billing on every poster in a character set. Maybe a director, but an actor? > I mean the whole reason you are putting out a character set is to > highlight the breadth -- and ideally quality -- of your cast, no? > > > > On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Craig Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know the story behind these posters and why they might > be rare but contractual billing, with the star's name at the top, is > very common and I've never seen exclusions for whether or not > the star is shown on the one-sheet. Yes, I suppose you can call > it an ego thing but it would apply to most every "name" star out > there -- and especially to their agents and managers, who would > have been the ones to ask for it as part of their client's deal. > > There are plenty of reasons to like or not like Tom Cruise but > this seems just an excuse to knock him. > > Craig. > > > At 04:06 PM 4/16/2013, Harry Caul wrote: > > That's probably because the art department realized Tom Cruise's name > somehow ended up on all the posters and they scrapped the print run! > > I mean, his ego couldn't be SO big that he contractually demanded it. > Right? 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