“We don’t put a television actor in a movie”: 47 years ago, no one in this movie John Travolta wanted

For 99.9% of people, Barry Dealer’s name is absolutely not distinguished. Today is 83 years old, he has just published his memories in the United States called Who knew. And this is a frustration to say that the dealer gained heavy weight in the film industry. At the age of 32, in 1974, he was appointed Chairman of the ruling Board of Paramount Pictures and was head of the studio for ten years.

Under his leadership, the studio has presented important television successes such as Cheers (1982), as well as films such as The The Condor (1975), La Fuve Maudit (1984), Tender Passions (1983)

“John Travolta’s problem …”

Defined do not New York Post He has just published several (short) removed from his memoirs, showing delicious anecdotes on some films, including Saturday evening fever. While reviewing the film, which was held in Los Angeles, at the famous Chinese Theater, a publicist came to see him, along with his ear. “John Travolta It’s a problem. He is a boy on TV. You don’t put someone on the movie. The baby will not complement the seats. “ The purpose of the purpose, when television and cinema were still well distributed and cheerfully wrestled …

The film was released throughout the country two weeks later, which became a huge success at night. “There were huge rows in all the cinema in America”Writes the dealer. Paramount, who was falling in the fifth place among the main studios after the arrival of the dealer, became the number one again.

“Saturday evening fever has changed the way to shoot a movie” He tells a dealer who recalls that this scenario was not presented as a project designed for a predetermined show. “No stars, no heritage, nor a pack. Nothing – just a good idea.” Even director John Badham, who came from the world of television and who had not yet been confirmed, was in danger.

The dealer admits that he always had a hollow nose. As for FatThat he found absolutely catastrophic and that he had not seen John Travolta, despite the success of the fever on Saturday evening. In the sense that the actress forced her to take American Gigolo role. But Travolta performed and the main role of Paul Schader’s film came to Richard Gere. Again, fat will be a massive success for the studio.

“It will take twenty years before he made another movie”

This time another sympathetic anecdote is supplied with Terrence Malik. Paramount Studio fell behind his crop production from the sky; Criticized pure masterpiece. Due to the release of the film, in 1978, Barry Dealer released a film director for $ 500,000 (today equivalent to $ 2.5 million) so he can “Just experiment with things”. Real Carte Blanche.

But the dealer touched his fingers. In four or five months he called the director to ask him for news and received nothing other than the wave “I’m progressing.” From time to time, Malik gave a vague idea about his next movie as “I have an idea to follow the paraplain when running new-Mexico”Carefully not to indicate the slightest details, explain it to you “Secret”. Moon … Surprised, Dealer finished cutting food. “It will take twenty years before he made another movie” Writes the dealer. The name of the movie? A certain red line …