United Artists Quotes

“United Artists had now begun a descent from the magical precedent-setting era of its rebirth in 1951 when Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin acquired the company from Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, to the sad-but-true cliché of a “Hollywood” operation typified by Mike Medavoy’s deceit.”
― David V. Picker, Musts, Maybes, and Nevers: A Book About The Movies

“PAULINE KAEL: "In all probability Michael Cimino could read Steven Bach a lot better than Bach could read Cimino.”
― Steven Bach, Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists

“On March 11, 1980, Steven Bach was given some shocking news: Andy Albeck told him that David Field had handed in his resignation and was going to 20th Century Fox. It was announced in the press as being for the usual boilerplate “personal reasons.” But everyone at Fox soon learned the real reason for his fleeing United Artists (once principle photography had finally wrapped on Heaven’s Gate)…

DAVID FIELD: “Everyone thought it was because of Heaven’s Gate. In fact, it was because I could not go on working with Steven Bach.

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― Steven Bach, Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists