Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Spinner (A) on April 06, 2008 at 14:13:16

In Reply to: RE: Another- earlier?- $1,000,000 posted by Bambi B on April 06, 2008 at 07:56:04

You know, I read that as well. I remember reading about Connery getting his million as being the first ever paid to an actor and Liz Taylor also getting paid the same amount for her Cleopatra role. I guess the particulars as too why Connery was said to be first and who actually was have to be investigated.

Perhaps it had to do with the profitability of the two films determining when or how they both got paid. Although I doubt it. The three Bond films were overnight success's while Cleopatra was a budget-busting nightmare. Perhaps there's a website where film-star contract information and movie budgets can be examined. Now that would really be a great site- having access to film contracts and budgets sure would make for interesting reading.

Thanks for the response. This is something I will have to look into for more detail. Sometimes learning how actors made-out financially can be more interesting than how the movie they starred in suceeded. This could be one of those times.