Support the channel and protect yourself online with our sponsor, Aura! You can get two weeks absolutely free, no strings attached, by using my link: https://aura.com/secondthought The Hollywood Accounting Scam – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Follow and Support Second Thought! Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Citations and Further Reading: Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount by Pierce O’Donnell and Dennis McDougal Pierce O’Donnell Interview on Buchwald v. Paramount - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8xa3WWdNU&t=2895s LA Times on Buchwald v. Paramount - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-04-mn-537-story.html Art Buchwald Charlie Rose Interview - https://charlierose.com/videos/20862 Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s (Creative) Accounting Practices by Bill Daniels, David Leedy, Steven D. Sils, Peter Klass The Feature Film Distribution Deal by John Cones Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America by Peter Biskind How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman The Big Picture by Edwad Jay Epstein Amid Ruins of an Empire, a New Hollywood Arises by Eric Hodgins - https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q=&f=false David Prowse Says Lucasfilm Has Told Him Return of the Jedi Hasn’t Made Profit - https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/darth-vader-actor-david-prowse-warns-beware-of-small-print-68bqlvlllrl Lord of the Rings and Hollywood Accounting - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/media-marketing/the-hollywood-shell-game/5XC3CBBH3B6AJZLZJTYOOAFTI4/?c\_id=3&objectid=10693123 Dominic Monaghan Talks Not Receiving Profit Participation on Lord of the Rings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6xeEOLkYY&t=1s Hary Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Hollywood Accounting - https://deadline.com/2010/07/studio-shame-even-harry-potter-pic-loses-money-because-of-warner-bros-phony-baloney-accounting-51886/ Spider-Man: Homecoming Writer Claims Studio Says Movie Made No Profit - https://x.com/JM/_Goldstein/status/1210429047269756929?ref\_src=twsrc^tfw Alien and Hollywood Accounting - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/06/15/the-alien-papers-can-a-100-million-film-lose-money/323f82f9-ff00-488b-ad20-4426669eb882/ Bohemian Rhapsody and Hollywood Accounting - https://deadline.com/2019/04/bohemian-rhapsody-box-office-profit-2018-freddie-mercury-queen-rami-malek-1202586151/ https://deadline.com/2023/11/bohemian-rhapsody-profits-lawsuit-queen-freddie-mercury-writer-anthony-mccarten-fox-1234876595/ Michael Lewis NPR Interview - https://freshairarchive.org/segments/how-few-made-millions-betting-against-market Jack Nicholson’s payday for Batman - https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/jack-nicholson-you-dont-know-jack/ Tom Cruise’s profit participation for Top Gun: Maverick - https://variety.com/2022/film/features/movie-star-salaries-joaquin-phoenix-joker-2-tom-cruise-1235320046/ Christopher Nolan’s profit participation for Oppenheimer - https://variety.com/2024/film/news/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-pay-1235938430/ George Lucas, Steven Spielberg Swap Points on Films - https://www.businessinsider.com/george-lucas-star-wars-bet-made-steven-spielberg-millions-2014-3?op=1 How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’ by Derek Thompson - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/ Hollywood all grossed out by Michael Fleming (Variety article with wild claims) - https://variety.com/2008/film/features/hollywood-all-grossed-out-1117987471/ Pixar and profit-sharing - https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-was-the-hit-pixar-needed-but-the-laid-off-employees-who-crunched-on-it-are-still-hurting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s company Artists Equity - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/ben-affleck-air-production-company-grammys-memes-justice-league-1235353301/ Inside Hollywood’s Visual Effects Crisis - https://defector.com/inside-hollywoods-visual-effects-crisis Working Conditions for Animators - https://nofilmschool.com/artists-working-conditions-spider-verse 2023 Hollywood Labor Disputes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023/_Hollywood/_labor/_disputes Warner Bros. Shelving Movies - https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1214042387/why-warner-bros-has-shelved-another-finished-movie About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
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