Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:22:09 AM
The woman who teamed up with Tom Cruise to try to revive movie studio label United Artists has left the company, saying that she is tired of replacing the furniture in her office after every meeting in which Tom Cruise gets excited.
From the
Associated Press coverage by Solvej Schou, we get this knee-slapper:
The studio flopped on its first production attempt with last year's political thriller "Lions for Lambs," which was estimated to have lost about $30 million. Wagner has said the company took a modest financial risk with the film but its symbolic benefits were invaluable.
Translation: I’m willing to lose my money and that of others on a poorly done film as long as it bashes American efforts to reduce the ability of Islamofascists to commit terrorist acts.