Last updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
PEGG: 'GRINDHOUSE'S POOR RECEPTION IS A TRAGEDY'
British actor/comedian SIMON PEGG has branded GRINDHOUSE's poor success at the U.S. box office 'a tragedy'.
Simon Pegg at 'Hot Fuzz' - UK film premiere held at Vue West End. London, England - 13.01.07
The Hot Fuzz star, who appeared in a spoof advert between the double bill helmed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, is appalled the film is to be split in two for its European release, and believes a "misunderstanding" by U.S. cinema-goers led to the production's cold reception.
He says, "It is f**king ridiculous. It is a brilliant film and it really annoys me that they have kind of got the knives out for him (Tarantino).
"I think there was a slight miseducation of the great American public about what Grindhouse was and what it meant. It is a big cult movie really and because it didn't have a great weekend splash everyone is saying it is a flop.
"In 10 years time no one is going to have Are We Done Yet - the film that was top of the box office that week - in their DVD collection but they will have Grindhouse, because Grindhouse is a classic. So much of this is about box office receipts. It seems to be out of the hands of the artists and more of the hands of the accountants. That is just a tragedy really."
Earlier this month (May07), producer Harvey Weinstein revealed "a revision of U.K. release plans (will) allow audiences the chance to see the films separately."
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Source: WENN
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