this movie made a fortune
Budget:$22,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA: $598,257, 11 November 1990
Gross USA: $184,208,848
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $424,208,848
Well deserved imo.
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I remember going to the theater to see it with my grandmother. I'm pretty sure there was even an intermission, which would make it the only film I've ever seen theatrically that actually had one.
Yeah, it made a ton of money. I'm glad that it did. It's a great film and the western genre is a great genre. And Kevin Costner is a great director, especially within this genre, as Open Range is also a fantastic western. I have no idea why he hasn't directed another film since 2003.
good point. i don't know why he stopped directing.
shareI saw it twice and both times I didn't remember an intermission.
shareI actually looked something up about this a couple of weeks ago and found some posts on other forums where people said they remembered an intermission while others didn't. Perhaps only certain prints included it or only certain theaters decided to comply.
shareNothing left to say, maybe. Directing a big movie is a ton of work. You gotta be pretty passionate about it.
shareI remember running across this article a while back, but it's from 2017 and I haven't heard a peep about this project since. I wonder if it's still in development.
https://collider.com/kevin-costner-10-hour-western/
I remember hearing about that. He's probably still developing it. Those kinds of projects can gestate for years. Sounds like he does indeed still have stuff to say. Probably get to it when he finally finishes with Yellowstone. I read an an interview where he said he never intended to sign on to a long running series. It just kind of happened.
shareI wonder how exactly that DID happen, him getting involved with Yellowstone that is. I'd like to know the story there and how those conversations went down.
If Kevin is going to make a 10-hour western, he might want to think about getting to it sooner than later. At 66 he's not old, but he's definitely getting older. And if he's saying "I would like to play out the second half of my career directing more" then it sounds like he feels like he's got more than just this one project in him.
Wouldn't it be cool if his secret 10 hour western was an adaption of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"?
shareIt was a passion project for Kevin C. He held the author of the book at his home at ransom until he finished the script - lol - kinda (check the story of how it all came about). He is also the one who produced it. Basically..... Kevin C. made this happen through and through. I mean, without his 'push', the story probably would never have been written to begin with. So, you could say that the stars aligned on this one. The story of how this film came about is nearly as remarkable as the film itself.
When you notice Kevin C. disappear from the spotlight and and there's a strange man at Kevin's home on the typewriter with Kevin watching him, while playing with a gun - that'll be a sign that another film is in the works :)
That sounds pretty interesting! I might have to read up on the film's development and production.
I was just looking at the 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray. It looks like there's a feature-length retrospective on there that is probably quite interesting. I may have to pick the Blu-Ray up.
I can always appreciate it when people have a real passion for a story and aren't just thinking of its commercial appeal. According to Wiki he had difficulty getting funding and several studios turned him down. Imagine that, from no studio wanting to touch it to a Best Picture winner.
It also says that the writer originally wrote it as a script and then Costner suggested that he rewrite it as a novel to improve its chances of being produced.
Interesting stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2S1OkSld4 Kevin's perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mZfVmr30Ac Author's perspective
The movie played forever as well. I think it came out in November of 1990 and I saw it in theaters in May of 1991.
shareWow! Dollar for dollar that’s got to be some kind of record.
Excellent movie by any measure.
I don't know how old you are but movies released at that time played in theaters much longer. Not only did they play forever in first run theaters it would then go to the $1 theaters after that before going to home video.
shareYep it allowed Costner to make some pretty epic flops in the future.
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