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? >> Sigh. >> >> >> >> On Apr 16, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Bruce Hershenson < [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Here are four special teaser posters that you likely have never seen >>> before, and you likely will never see them come up for sale, EXCEPT in our >>> set of auctions that begin on April 21st! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>> P.O. Box 874 >>> West Plains, MO 65775 >>> Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take >>> lunch) >>> our site >>> our auctions >>> >>> >>> >>> Complete Buyer Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer >>> beware >>> Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent >>> problems >>> Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer Reviews of >>> our company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own >>> words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different >>> from all others! >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [email protected] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.
