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Michael Cinemo was better than this guy...Did this guy have an assistant director during the 70's who went unnoticed?


What a disaster...

Twixz (or whatever it was)

and then this 120 million box office disaster.

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I looked it up:

Fred Roos:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Roos

My God he died just a few months before the opening.

"Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) was an American film producer and casting director. He was best known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement, particularly through his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Godfather: Part II (1974), with a second nomination for Apocalypse Now (1979)"

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