The Producers

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

I've been thinking about some of the producers (and production companies) who have been featured repeatedly in the podcast. Many of the movies are just one-off duds produced by companies with an otherwise good track record. But some producers just back terrible product. Obviously there's Cannon (Golan/Globus, particularly), but also Donald De Line (Burlesque, Green Lantern), and Asylum/David Michael Latt (Sharknado).

 

The "bad producers" tend to have low/medium budgets in common, but not all low budget studios generate crap product. Blumhouse gave us "Boy Next Door" but also has two of the better/more successful movies of the year right now. Besides, De Line proves that money doesn't save a bad project. Obviously money helps, but some production companies just seem to have a knack for garbage.

 

So my question is, which of these producers/companies haven't gotten their due from HDTGM yet?

 

I'll go with Sidney J. Furie, who has an almost Golan/Globus track record (Superman IV, the Iron Eagle Franchise, and "The Dependables" -- you can guess what that's a knockoff of).

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

Dino De Laurentiis ... some good, some not so good and some HDTGM movies too. I was doing the DLM challenge a couple of years ago and whenever his name came up at the begining of a movie i had one of those "oh .. here we go again!" thoughts

 

there's more than a few of these that would be HDTGM worthy:

 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/

[Jack Frost 252]

Dino De Laurentiis ... some good, some not so good and some HDTGM movies too. I was doing the DLM challenge a couple of years ago and whenever his name came up at the begining of a movie i had one of those "oh .. here we go again!" thoughts

 

there's more than a few of these that would be HDTGM worthy:

 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/

 

Dino was the first one who sprang to mind. But yeah, he's made some great ones too.

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

I don't know if you guys listen to WTF, but Eugene Levy had a few fun anecdotes about working for Dino De Laurentis (Once Upon a Crime). The relevant bit is around 1 hour (if the cueing doesn't work out).

 

https://youtu.be/CtG0CeN6T70?t=1h8s