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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: GOONIES
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:52:22 EDT
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 >A lot of reviews and comments have been written about this
 >movie.  One thing that seems apparent in may of them, is
 >that no distinction is made between Spielberg's role of
 >Producer and Story originator, Donner's role as director,
 >and Columbus's role as script writer.  Most criticism (sp?)
 >seems directed at Spielberg, but I feel this it is very
 >unfair to blame him for the Director's decisions or
 >Screenplay flaws.

For most producers this would be true and, in fact, Spielberg probably
should be given more of the benefit of the doubt in my review,
particularly.  I will point out that when Spielberg produces he doesn't
leave it at just producing.  The case in point was POLTERGEIST.
Nominally he was the producer and screenwriter.  Tobe Hooper was
nominally the director.  There is a persistant rumor that Spielberg
threw out everything Hooper did and directed the film himself.  Later
he implied to reporters that he had done that, Hooper complained and
for the record Spielberg retracted the statement.  It is widely assumed
that the rumor is true, however.  Even when Spielberg only produces, he
retains a very tight control and the film is more a product of the
producer's vision than of the director's.

				Mark Leeper
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