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    109: Schwarzegger and Stallone - Big Names and Big Money

    109: Schwarzegger and Stallone - Big Names and Big Money

    FromWho the F*** is Roger Smith?!?

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    109: Schwarzegger and Stallone - Big Names and Big Money

    FromWho the F*** is Roger Smith?!?

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    Length:
    17 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 1, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Roger takes us back to his days at Carolco Pictures, the "little" movie studio behind the Rambo and Terminator movies. He also has tales of a Stallone power grab, how Schwarzegger got his own airplane and the company's founders Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna. Roger also vividly describes movie studio accounting and why you should beware of it, plus dealing with tax lawyers and the likes of Richard Donner and William Peter Blatty. Once you listen you'll feel like a Hollywood insider yourself.
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    Released:
    Jun 1, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    So, who is Roger Smith? He testified at the Menendez trial. He got hit on by Grace Kelly. He worked with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Gerald Ford, George Soros and Beverly Sills. He said opera needs subtitles. And Michael Eisner was heard to say... "Who the F*&% is Roger Smith?" Roger Smith. No, not the one married to Ann Margaret and not the one Michael Moore chased from General Motors. The OTHER one. Writer, marketing whiz, editor, entrepreneur. This Roger Smith sat down with PBS film critic and NPR radio host Bill McCuddy who asks So, who the F _is_ Roger Smith? "My real goal was to have an interesting life surrounded by fascinating people," says Roger Smith. "And at that I succeeded beyond my expectations." Have a listen and we think you'll agree.