Hey, Harry Sloan, Show Us MGM’s Money

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• If MGM rebrands itself to equity partners as the “place where you won’t get screwed” they should be able to attract some money. But that would take a major overhaul of how a studio does business right down to the core of the business model. A lot of the investment folks are casting a hairy eyeball askance at most of the major companies lately.

  Or he’s going to get it from India like Dreamworks. To paraphrase Ned Beatty’s preaching in “Network”- They have taken billions of dollars out of this country and now they must put it back. It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity, it is ecological balance.

  Comment by Furious D — Monday August 4, 2008 @ 5:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

• give it a rest, will you.

  Comment by to furious d — Tuesday August 5, 2008 @ 8:17am PDT  Reply to this post

• What this company needs most is a brand new line-up of fresh and original movies and not the usual watered-down remakes of classics from its catalogue. And one or two franchises.

  I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a movie from MGM except on DVD or on our french cultural TV channel (CASINO what?) That’s unfortunate, as a movie buff and film journalist, I’ve some kind affection for the name and for Leo.

  Comment by Thierry Attard — Tuesday August 5, 2008 @ 8:55am PDT  Reply to this post

• Lol, I like the first comment, so true!!!

  Comment by http://www.gimme4free.net/ — Tuesday August 5, 2008 @ 5:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• why are you so concerned about where the money is coming from? the thing to focus on is that they are taking a company that was previously nothing more than a library and bringing life back into it…and i’d say the success of their tv division, not to mention the hire of mary parent, is not a bad start for sloan

  Comment by jack — Tuesday August 5, 2008 @ 8:45pm PDT  Reply to this post