Already veterans of Hollywood, the four Independent film stars began to talk of forming their own company to better control their own work as well as their futures.
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15 Facts About Independent film
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Independent film was replaced as president by sales manager Al Lichtman who himself resigned after only a few months.
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Little Fugitive became the first independent film to be nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the American Academy Awards.
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Low-budget Independent film making promised exponentially greater returns if the Independent film could have a successful run in the theaters.
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However, having a film audience-classified is strictly voluntary for independents and there's no legal impediment to releasing movies on an unrated basis.
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Peter Bogdanovich bought back the rights from the studio to his 1980 Independent film and paid for its distribution out of his own pocket, convinced that the picture was better than what the studio believed — he eventually went bankrupt because of this.
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Independent film's pointed out in her NY Times article, its enthusiasts insisting this was "when American movies grew up; when directors did what they wanted (or at least were transformed into brands); when creativity ruled (or at least ran gloriously amok, albeit often on the studio's dime).
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When Lynch's first feature Independent film, Eraserhead, brought Lynch to the attention of producer Mel Brooks, he soon found himself in charge of the $5 million Independent film The Elephant Man (1980) for Paramount.
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The Independent film was a huge commercial success, and earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nods for Lynch.
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Independent film refused the opportunity, stating that he would rather work on his own projects.
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De Laurentiis, furious that the Independent film had been a commercial disaster, was then forced to produce any Independent film Lynch desired.
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Independent film offered Lynch only $6 million in order to minimize the risk if the film had failed to recoup its costs; however, the film, Blue Velvet was a resounding success earning him another Academy Award for Best Director nod.
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Rallying around such institutions as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and Anthology Film Archives, this new generation of independents devoted themselves to the defiance of the now-establishment New Hollywood, proposing that "all film schools be blown up and all boring films never be made again.
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The final class of film consisted of genre and specialty films whose release campaigns were administered by independent producer-distributors with only a few dozen or possibly a few hundred screens in select urban markets.
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Many of the most prestigious Independent film festivals are hosted in various cities around the world.
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