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Long movies, producer credits and price-fixing

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July 16, 2013 Film Industry, Producers, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Transcribed

John and Craig discuss the Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit and its lessons for Hollywood, before segueing to the new credits system for producers. Then: Have movies gotten too long, and would making them shorter really save money?

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LINKS:

  • TidBITS on the Apple eBooks price fixing suit, and Fortune‘s article on the same
  • The New York Times on the PGA’s new mark, and the PGA on what it is and how you get it
  • Why are Hollywood movies so long?
  • Velib bike sharing in Paris
  • Tesla battery swap is worth watching
  • Send us a link to your downloadable Scriptnotes outro
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Matthew Chilelli

You can download the episode here: AAC.

UPDATE 7-19-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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