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Batman (1989), the bizarre late rewrite, and the turning point for blockbuster cinema

If you didn't live through the Batmania surrounding 1989's Batman, it's hard to overstate just what a seismic shift it felt like in mainstream cinema. But also, it's easy to overlook as well that the journey of the film to the screen took a good decade, with lots of problems in l ... Show more

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The Last Boy Scout (1991), the film nobody seemed to enjoy making, plus Steve Oram

The sale of Shane Black's The Last Boy Scout screenplay for a then-eyewatering $1.75m (and that wasn't even the highest bid!) set Hollywood alight. It also virtually guaranteed at the time that the film would get made.When it did? The reunion of Bruce Willis and Joel Silver seeme ... Show more

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