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Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In 1970 Warner Brothers had a surprise hit on its hands when they released the documentary/concert film Woodstock. Though the studio spent less than a million dollars on it, the film would eventually gross $50 million at the box office. Warner Bros. had caught lightning in a bottle. The question for the suits was: How do we make lightning strike twice? The answer was the Medicine Ball Caravan. But the lightning fizzled. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Nov 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
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