It was a big success in America, in terms of the critics. It would have been a huge box...
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Self - Director: [referring to "Nuns on the Run"] It was a big success in America, in terms of the critics. It would have been a huge box office success, but, for one thing that nobody reckoned on. We had a limited opening for two weeks on a few screens with amazing reviews. And then they said we're going to expand it to a large number of screens next week. And I said, "Oh, great! What are we competing against?" They said, "Nothing. Nothing at all. There's just a children's film called 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' Nobody's going to go see that." Unfortunately, *everybody* went to see that. It was a colossal hit. So, we didn't do so well when we expanded
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It was a big success in America
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in terms of the critics
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and it would've been a huge box office success
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but for one thing that nobody reckoned on
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We had a limited opening for two weeks
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and a few screens and amazing reviews
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And then they said
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We're going to expand it to a large
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number of screens next week
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And I said Oh great what are we competing against
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They said Nothing nothing at all
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there's just this children's film called
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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nobody's gonna go see that
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Unfortunately everybody went to see that
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It was a colossal hit
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So we didn't do so well when we expanded
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Movie Summary
Charts the early years of HandMade Films, seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
