Yet the kind of mid-budget, actor-showcasing films that mint stars — "Bull Durham" for Kevin Costner; "L.A. Confidential" for Russell Crowe; "Pretty Woman" for Julia Roberts — are now rare.
"It's a drag when your reviews are bad," she said, "and you go to your corner deli for coffee, and the guy says, 'Ahh, flatter than a matzo!' " Meanwhile, she has been in more than 40 low-budget, actor-driven films, like "The Daytrippers" and "The Anniversary Party".
The Sundance Film Festival, which opens on Thursday, will feature its usual mixture of thoughtful documentaries, introspective dramas, and lots of big-budget actors in small-budget films.
By Tim Wu January 15 , 2014The Sundance Film Festival, which opens on Thursday, will feature its usual mixture of thoughtful documentaries, introspective dramas, and lots of big-budget actors in small-budget films.
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison has been presenting outdoor Shakespeare for more years, with a bigger budget for actors, scenery, costumes and other effects, and for a fee.
As the writer and director, Mr. Fernandez certainly gave himself the best parts — Speed Racer and Racer X — but the small budget (three actors at $125 each per episode) almost made that necessary.
This dark ensemble drama about Los Angeles police officers was renewed by NBC after a short but well-reviewed run last spring, then canceled in October before a single new episode had been shown, a victim of its traditional budget (real actors!) and the super-sizing of Jay Leno's 10 p.m. show.
Magnotta, a 32-year-old low-budget porn actor, is on trial for the 2012 slaying of Lin.
Cops in Canada are also searching for a low-budget porn actor who allegedly killed a young man with an ice pick, dismembered the body and then raped and ate flesh from the corpse.
Police in Montreal, believe the 29-year-old, low-budget porn actor carried out a brutal murder on or about May 25, which he allegedly recorded and uploaded to the Internet.
Will it be short 15-300 minutes), longer, (45- 60 minutes) longer than that (60- 110 minutes) Think of the budget (editing, actors, and scenery).
