Bill speaks the truth about the vast distance between someone buying the movie rights to a book and actually making a movie. Reminds me of when Hollywood producer Bernard Schwartz bought the rights to Shibumi and contacted me about being a technical consultant for the caving scenes (Shibumi's writer Trevanian, aka UT Austin film prof Rod Whitaker, borrowed heavily from the accounts of Marcel Louben's death in Pierre St. Martin). Six months later, however, Bernie's scriptwriter wrote the caving part out of the screen play--replacing it with the hero being trapped in the basement of a skyscraper. Just as well that the movie never got made! Bernard Schwartz, however, went on to produce Coal Miners Daughter, Psycho II, and St. Elmos Fire. -Frank
On 5/26/11 1:59 PM, "Mixon Bill" <[email protected]> wrote: > What the press release actually says is that the rights to make a > movie based on the book have been bought. That's _very_ different from > a movie actually being made, as any number of disappointed authors can > attest, and so can the fact that the rights had been purchased once > before. > > Considering that the book is nonfiction, I wonder how much the rights > are really worth. After all, things like the plot, the names of the > characters, etc. are all in the public domain. I'd guess the would-be > producer just paid some small amount to avoid hassles. > --Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > Q: Why is the universe here? A: Where else could it be? > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
