Any movies you like which bombed at the Cinema? I can think of a few films I love that fall under this heading: Blade Runner Dune Waterworld Heaven's Gate Ragtime Fight Club The Fifth Element John Carter The Wizard of Oz It's a Wonderful Life Citizen Kane The Thing 1941 Big Trouble in Little China Any more?
Was Citizen Kane a flop? One of cinema's finest moments. The directing of Welles was ground breaking.
Frankie Coppola's Rumblefish. please log in to view this image Probably Micky Rourke's best performance. An object lesson on how to turn a childrens book into an art house movie. Straight to video, but a cracking little movie.
Like ST I'm not a great fan of Copeland despite the fact he's a pretty decent drummer. I have to say that the music works really well.
[video=youtube;j5EmCKbWS6c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5EmCKbWS6c[/video] Withnail and I. I always thought Lebowski was to the 90's what it was to the 80's if that makes sense.
I was only joking. I don't mind Copeland. Sting? I would happily pour petrol down his throat then throw a lit match down it.
It was indeed a flop, only became a success when it was released on Video through word of mouth. I can remember my Sister in Law telling me about it.
I don't know if it was a complete flop the way some of the others were. I went to see it when it came out and remember the cinema being mobbed. The film was oscar nominated and then released a few months later and more folk went to see it. It still is a film that has grown in stature via the video market as you said Dev. It is possibly more of a cult film than a flop. Though there is a huge element of crossover between cult and flop. Glasgow's funny like that with cinema. I saw Blade Runner twice when it first came out and I remember seeing Ridley Scott interviewed and he actually mentioned the city by name saying that this was one of the main places that popularised the film. It was shown here for a long time over a number of years. This is not the case with Shawshank, but I remember when it came out it being well watched here.