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a METRIC SHITLOAD of coke
Wow, that's, like, Eurotrash levels.
I figure Jonathan Demme isn't quite as notable Ron Howard
I am outraged on behalf of Mr. Demme.
when you consider the kind of work they were producing.
I like that lefty ol' John Sayles got his start writing Piranha and Battle Beyond the Stars for Corman. Edit - just writing, not directing.
Sayles still does a lot of uncredited (by his own choice) rewrites on lots of different things, to fund his own independant filmmaking.
I am outraged on behalf of Mr. Demme.
Oh, so am I. I'm just talking in terms of who would make the general public go "aha!" if they heard their name.
Though I guess that would be more "famous" than "notable". 'Cause I'll personally take Demme or Hellman over Howard any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Howard had something briefly in the '80s, call it maybe the ability to start with real life and segue it into a fairy tale. Splash and Cocoon do that very well. Unfortunately, he decided to stop doing small-scale gems and make big-budget spectacles that didn't work half as well.
I do love Apollo 13, but think that could have been done by any number of competent directors.
One of John Sayles big rewrite jobs was on Apollo 13, for Ron Howard.
I did enjoy NIGHT SHIFT back in the day, but Demme's just got so many films I love.
Unfortunately, he seems to have been hit by the Oscar curse after SILENCE OF THE LAMBS where he's mostly been doing "serious and important" movies or fun but seriously unnecessary remakes (some interesting documentaries aside).
But:
Melvin and Howard
Something Wild
Married to the Mob
Stop Making Sense
SotL
Love!
If you finished with time to spare and budget left over, you made another one with what was left over.
This is (kind of) how Little Shop of Horrors - the original - was made. The movie, not the musical. Except it was 3 days and a bet. Corman went from no script and no actors to a fully shot and edited move in 72 hours. And this was Nicholson's first-ish role as the masochistic dental patient, later played by Bill Murray.
From ita's What If casting link:
Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf because he didn't want to film down in New Zealand for 18 months, and could not understand the novels.
Pshaw. He turned it down because there weren't enough women in the cast for him to knock about.