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...Crumley doesn't doubt he's going down. But, he adds, "what will fascinate people is the image of a terrorist with all these gadgets, who could shoot his way out of trouble, had access to the apartments of young women all over Europe, and who, despite being the most wanted man in the world, appeared to be able to move in and out of Western countries at will." The anti-James Bond, in other words...
...drive the cost of production down, and to offer tax breaks to companies that do the same. But such measures would have to get past a hostile Congress. Americans proved during the oil-price shocks of the 1970s that they can get interested in energy efficiency when prices shoot up; if anything can curb greenhouse-gas emissions, it is the free market. Unfortunately, the price of oil in constant dollars is close to what it was in the car-happy 1950s, and prices are likely to keep falling...
...money back? Aren't the studios in business to turn a profit? Normally, yes. But nothing about Titanic is normal. After an arduous shoot during which Mechanic fought bitterly with Cameron and even more bitterly with Paramount Pictures, Fox's partner on the film, Mechanic admits to spending a smidgen less than $200 million. (That's without the additional millions it will cost to market it.) The picture will have to gross about $350 million for Fox to break even...
FALSE. A yeller, maybe. Working with hundreds of extras day after day for months makes yelling a way of life. Almost never was there anger in it. In the darkest depths of the shoot, when responsibility for the budget overruns was a crushing burden, I was prone to some frustrated outbursts. I think I'm a good director, but I never claimed to have the best personality for directing. It brings out the worst in me, and it's the aspect of the work I hate the most. It should be noted that I am never negative with the actors...
...Julia remained his first love. And earlier this year he started a company in Pittsburgh, Pa., called Virtual Personalities Inc., that will transplant Julia's artificial intelligence into other onscreen beings. He wants to build online games that even girls will play. "Boys like video games because they can shoot things," says Mauldin. "Girls want games they can talk to." To that end, Mauldin this month is releasing a free, downloadable demo of his newest chatterbot, Sylvie, a computer-generated redhead whose lips move when she talks. He's working on a new version of Sylvie that can change facial...