It is the world's most rapidly growing film market, and one that Hollywood is most anxious to break, but is China putting up the shutters, cinematically speaking?
In Robert Zemeckis's "Flight" Mr. Washington, whose stature and skills made him both the new Sidney Poitier and anxious to break the role-model mold, explores his dark side again.
They're doing so with the backing of a handful of private-equity firms that are anxious to break into territory formerly dominated by Coke and Pepsi, and to buy into brands that are achieving sustained growth in a declining market.
He is joined by two close chums: Sam Cooke, the superstar soul singer who has created his own record label, and Jim Brown, a famous Cleveland football player anxious to break into movies.
Anxious to break the domination of the Dutch East India Company over Siam's external trade, his officers including Chinese, Persians, and Englishmen developed trade with Japan and India, and Narai sought to develop contacts with the British East India Company and the French.
"What I've learned from the OWN experience is that our audience overwhelmingly prefers programs featuring people who are willing, even anxious, to break down in front of a camera," said the mega-star.
