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Another One Bites The Dust - Miramax Studios To Close

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Is this the result of the recession and less entertainment dollars to go around, or is this the result of bad management and bad films?  Miramax Studios the home of "Pulp Fiction" is set to shut down.

The New York and Los Angeles offices of the arthouse movie studio owned by Disney will close.

Eighty people will lose their jobs. The six movies waiting distribution -- "Last Night," "The Debt," "The Tempest” among them -- will be shelved, to gather dust, or win a tepid release...

Over 31 years, the movie company that for most of its existence was led by founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein brought the public enduring stories that plumbed the depths of human emotion (“My Left Foot”) and pushed the boundaries of cultural barriers (“Reservoir Dogs”).

When we think of the movies that defined the latter part of the 20th century -- the movies that mattered, that stories that hit pop culture like a hammer and left a dent -- more often than not they came from Miramax.

“The Piano.” “Pulp Fiction.” “Sex, Lies and Videotape.” “Clerks.” “The English Patient.”

Now that Miramax will be retired, the choices for movie goers will get smaller.  I guess that means more of The Rock in a tutu and wings.  Sigh.

 

 

 

 

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