In terms of gross, this entry seems to cover just the re-release of this film in one theater, back in may of 1999. The film actually released in 1981 and it enjoyed a national release so I suspect it grossed a lot of money against its budget. As a filmmaker I can state with no exaggeration that I could have produced the entire film to answer print for less than $5,000. It earned more than that in its one-theater re-release in 1999.
At the bottom line, this film is what I believe to be the ultimate reason for the invention of the motion picture.
Summary: two bright men in conversation across a table, inspires, educates, beguiles,intrigues, and entertains all at once. The shocker is that all this is done without a written script, as far as I can determine. The subjects discussed are far ranging and delivered like bullets from a Thompson submachine gun. You can start watching but if you have any level of intellect at all, you cannot stop watching.
The film is a great, novel idea, one unique as far as I know, to the motion picture industry, an industry to which this movie brings no small amount of grace.
At the bottom line, this film is what I believe to be the ultimate reason for the invention of the motion picture.
Summary: two bright men in conversation across a table, inspires, educates, beguiles,intrigues, and entertains all at once. The shocker is that all this is done without a written script, as far as I can determine. The subjects discussed are far ranging and delivered like bullets from a Thompson submachine gun. You can start watching but if you have any level of intellect at all, you cannot stop watching.
The film is a great, novel idea, one unique as far as I know, to the motion picture industry, an industry to which this movie brings no small amount of grace.