Box Office Flops... but brilliant

[DevAdvocate]

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?

 

[DevAdvocate]

Forgot about Troy.

 

[The Raging Oxter]

Believe it or not, 12 Angry Men was a flop at the box office.

The Whicker Man too.

 

[DevAdvocate]

Believe it or not, 12 Angry Men was a flop at the box office.

The Whicker Man too.

Alan?

 

[The Raging Oxter]

Alan?

Watched by boys of a certain age hopeful at the chance of spotting a pair of tits on a nudist beach.

 

[RAVENBLACK]

Was Citizen Kane a flop?

One of cinema's finest moments. The directing of Welles was ground breaking.

 

[DevAdvocate]

Was Citizen Kane a flop?

One of cinema's finest moments. The directing of Welles was ground breaking.

It absolutely bombed, mostly down to the power and influence Hearst had.

 

[Moses]

Frankie Coppola's Rumblefish.

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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.

 

[DevAdvocate]

Frankie Coppola's Rumblefish.

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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.

And Stewart Copeland's first outing on a movie score.

 

[Keith Fit]

Constantine. I loved it for what it was.

 

[The Raging Oxter]

And Stewart Copeland's first outing on a movie score.

That's what put me off watching it.

 

[Moses]

And Stewart Copeland's first outing on a movie score.

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.

 

[Moses]

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The dude abides man.

I love this film.

 

[Moses]

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Withnail and I. I always thought Lebowski was to the 90's what it was to the 80's if that makes sense.

 

[ManDingo 20"/20"]

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The dude abides man.

I love this film.

An all time great in my book.

The entire film is a cinematic masterpiece

 

[The Raging Oxter]

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.

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.

 

[luvgonzo]

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The dude abides man.

I love this film.

My fav film ever.

 

[TigerMarv]

Wasn't Shaw Thank Redemption a flop or is that just a myth

 

[DevAdvocate]

Wasn't Shaw Thank Redemption a flop or is that just a myth

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.

 

[Moses]

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.