Drop Dead Gorgeous

[WaitForIt]

I loved this movie in high school. Now it's almost old enough to drive. Solid article looking back on the cult classic:

"Jesus Loves Winners-: How "Drop Dead Gorgeous- Found Cult Success As A Flop

For Matt Malloy, being recognized is always a bit of a mixed blessing. He played pageant judge John Dough, whose interest in the girls he's judging crosses the line into inappropriate fixation when he follows them around with a video camera.

"Six times in my life I have been in a public setting - once in a mall, once in a bakery, each time with a lot of people around - and a teenage girl has turned and yelled, 'You're the pervert!'- he said. "And I put my hands up and say, 'In a movie. In a movie. Finish the sentence.' But there's this moment where the whole ****ing place turns, and it's just like, Oh, you're hanging by your balls, kid. That still happens.-

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This part is interesting:

The lack of studio support for Drop Dead Gorgeous ended up hurting its box-office numbers, though Polone insisted that had less to do with New Line’s disapproval of the film and more with its attempts to escape production unscathed. In July 1999, the studio had had a few recent successes, including June’s Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. But Drop Dead Gorgeous was far from being a surefire hit, especially with the disappointing tracking numbers.

Polone suggested that having already sold the international rights, New Line had little interest in investing further.

“You could either spend the money and go forth and try to see if you could make some money,” Polone said, “or spend very little money and know that, because of what you’ve already received from international, because we made the movie on such a small budget, and because of what you know you’re going to get from your pay cable deals and home video deals … you can for sure get it out with a single versus a home run and not have to worry about losing money on the movie.”

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That's funny because I was just talking to my writing partner an hour ago about how pissed I was because this movie is so hard to find.

You'd think someone would revisit distribution by now. Get a digital file over to iTunes and make some money. They have to have one, it's been making the rounds on cable lately.

[WaitForIt]

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That's funny because I was just talking to my writing partner an hour ago about how pissed I was because this movie is so hard to find.

You'd think someone would revisit distribution by now. Get a digital file over to iTunes and make some money. They have to have one, it's been making the rounds on cable lately.

Seriously, if it's on cable it can be on Prime or something.