![]() Perhaps that’s the reason the grandiosity of William Friedkin, director of Sorcerer and Francis Ford Coppola, who was in the throes of making Apocalypse Now (1979) were entertained across budget and production. Just a couple of years ago, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) had redefined the high-profile summer release but in the interim, when no other film came close to those parameters, many in the trade had thought that the old-fashioned ‘high-budget-star-studded’ extravaganzas would continue to be the norm. The alacrity with the audiences warmed up to Star Wars, which was unlike any summer release ever before considering that even the people involved with the making expected the new-age sci-fi to fail. ![]()
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