Stone blames failure of 'Alexander' on 'fundamentalism'
From
CBC News:
bq. Often-controversial director Oliver Stone has blamed the failure of his epic film Alexander on the "raging fundamentalism" in the U.S. South.
bq. The film, which stars Irish actor Colin Farrell in the story of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, was greeted with derisive reviews.
bq. Colin Farrell plays the title role in 'Alexander.' (AP photo)
It was also a failure at the box office. Budgeted at roughly $150 million U.S., it has pulled in only $34 million so far.
Hey Oliver -- how about this: It was a bad movie and nobody wanted to see it.
The critics panned it and it closed early in the theaters. I would think that if there was a hue and cry from raging fundamentalists, that would have driven people to see the movie to see for themselves what the controversy was. In your case though, nobody went. Yawn...
Posted by DaveH at January 6, 2005 5:05 PM