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This is the closest I could find. You should be able to extrapolate that anything with a a returns ratio of less than 1 was a bomb... http://www.boxofficereport.com/atbon/budget.shtml Hope this helps.

Anyone see a little flick called Pay It Forward? :angry: :thumbsdown: At the time that I first saw it in the theater the abruptness of The Empire Strikes Back's ending really bugged me, but not so much anymore -- probably because I now know what happens next! :)

I'll line up right alongside everyone praising Penn's talent, but I doubt I'll see this movie. Watching the trailer was about as much fun as pokng myself in the eye with a fork...

Yeah, I take it as an ironic statement on the ultimate futility of her criminal act.

[Never mind, I sorted it out! :)] [Edited last by Dave White on November 18, 2001 at 04:58 PM]

Alex, Five or six viewings and you still can't remember that the protagonist's name is Leonard? Maybe you need to start getting some tattoos. :)

The 1963 Anchor Books edition translated by Robert Fitzgerald has the first seven lines thus: Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy...

You would think, huh? Your points are nicely stated, by the way. That's the kind of historical perspective that screenings of Birth of a Nation could instill if people were more rational.

I'm a little surprised there's not more interest in this thread, considering the epic extents to which the "Spike Lee Slam Dunks 'The Patriot'" thread grew. Oh well. I do think it is a shame that film lovers and students were deprived of the rare opportunity to see the film.

Probably. But that's no reason at all to squelch the film. We don't have to celebrate anything that the contents of the film may advocate, but in order that future generations may assess what is often regarded as a cinematic landmark, Birth of a Nation must continue to be shown. The audience...