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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 15M

Director : Bill Couturié
Writer : Peter Bart, Bill Couturié

Synopsis

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.

Actors

Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
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Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
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David Brown
David Brown
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George Clooney
George Clooney
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Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
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Robert Evans
Robert Evans
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Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
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Brian Grazer
Brian Grazer
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Peter Guber
Peter Guber
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Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck
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Gloria Katz
Gloria Katz
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Sherry Lansing
Sherry Lansing
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Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall
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Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
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Tom Rothman
Tom Rothman
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John Singleton
John Singleton
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Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
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Nia Vardalos
Nia Vardalos
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Richard D. Zanuck
Richard D. Zanuck
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Crews

Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié
Director
Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Book
Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Screenplay
Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié
Screenplay
Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Executive Producer
Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié
Producer
Alexis Ercoli
Alexis Ercoli
Associate Producer
Timothy M. Gray
Timothy M. Gray
Co-Producer
John Hoffman
John Hoffman
Supervising Producer
Charlie Koones
Charlie Koones
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Anne Sandkuhler
Anne Sandkuhler
Producer

Posters and backgrounds

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