39 Quotes by Peter Bart

We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.

Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.

Universal had hoped that 'Meet Joe Black' would be their big summer picture, and they just couldn't get it ready. So the only picture they had left for summer, basically, was 'Out Of Sight.' That was their big summer picture -- George Clooney picture. It didn't really work very well.

When I was at MGM some years ago, I remember that there was a serious discussion of trying to remake some of the (Spencer) Tracy and (Katharine) Hepburn pictures. And that's a great idea except that they were successful because of Tracy and Hepburn.

Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.

The presumption is that he never will talk. People who know him say that.

There could be no replacement for Army, and no one will replace him, ... His niche and talents are very special.

The temptation to do remakes is simply that, if the picture worked once in the past, why not try it again?

something delicious about Warren Beatty, a well-known womanizer, making his debut in front of a bunch of nurses.