Aviator Producers

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I was just reading the New York Times, a piece about four Aviator producers crowding on stage at the Globes. If all four producers did produce the film, why is that such a big problem. I realize it all started with "Shakespeare in Love" when there were five producers onstage at the Oscars, but it seems credit should be given where credit is due. Hell, the stage is big enough. Is this an egotripping thing or what?If ten producers supported my work, I'd want them all up there!

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[nq:1]I was just reading the New York Times, a piece about four Aviator producers crowding on stage at the Globes. ... big enough. Is this an egotripping thing or what?If ten producers supported my work, I'd want them all up there![/nq]
Credits are the currency of a lot of Hollywood deals.

There's that line in State and Main:

"Associate Producer is what you give your secretary instead of a raise."

Muhc of the time the credit bears little relationship to the actual contribution made, but say you must have Person A's signature in order to get the participation of Person B, then there's a reasonable chance Person A will manage to wangle a credit of some sort -- with suitable compensation.

It's just the Way Things Work.

PS: I'm credited as Associate Producer on a couple of things. Did absolutely nothing for me.

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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder. --William Faulkner

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[nq:1]I was just reading the New York Times, a piece about four Aviator producers crowding on stage at the Globes. ... big enough. Is this an egotripping thing or what?If ten producers supported my work, I'd want them all up there![/nq]
Setting aside the Academy rules regarding credit splits, there's a point at which the awards are meant to recognize craft, artistry or, in the case of producers, maybe 'vision' is the right word. And it's tough to recognize the vision or artistry of a committee. You get 6 or 8 producers on stage and you have to ask yourself what you're patting them on the back for. Money? Connections? Good taste? Surely they didn't all equally have their hand on the creative rudder, did they?

Alan Brooks ~~ A ******* with an Underwood

-- No one of us is as stupid as all of us.

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