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Quotes by David Mumpower

“Its a film well be seeing on television for 20 years, but its not going to be in black when it leaves theaters.”

“Theyre really a financially conservative company. They are what they are -- they can do relatively small budget films with a nice potential upside.”

“Everyone in California is thinking about him, and thats where the studios are.”

“I do expect a Noahs ark film and a Revelations film down the pike pretty quickly after this. A Ten Commandments remake isnt outside realm of possibility.”

“The moneys just coming in a different part of the release model since most of its from DVD sales. This is still going to be one of the three biggest years in box office receipts, and by the way, theyre bringing in $20 billion more in DVD revenue. So the studios are still getting their money. Its the exhibitors who have a concern.”

“This is nice counter-programming for T3, but with comedy sequels, you never know what youre going to get. If Legally Blonde doesnt come up big, theyre hurting for this year.”

“There is no better way to do this. Theyre taking a page out of Mel Gibsons play book for The Passion of the Christ to let the media coverage sell the movie. All the coverage is better than ads.”