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Censored films
- Psycho (1960 film)Alfred Hitchcock acquired the rights to Robert Bloch's 1959 novel for $9,500 in 1960. He faced a studio system that refused his usual budget and rejected his…
- A Clockwork Orange (film)Anthony Burgess sold the film rights to his 1962 novel for a modest sum shortly after its publication. The project initially targeted the rock band the…
- Ben-Hur (1959 film)Ben-Hur, the 1959 epic directed by William Wyler, arrived at a moment when Hollywood was fighting for its life. Television had eaten into ticket sales, and…
- HellraiserClive Barker stood in a London studio during the autumn of 1986 with less than one million dollars to make his first feature film.
- Fight ClubFox 2000 Pictures producer Laura Ziskin purchased the rights to Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club for ten thousand dollars in 1996.
- Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerA year after the Battle of Crait, Emperor Palpatine sends a message of revenge to the galaxy. Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to the hidden…
- Paths of GloryStanley Kubrick purchased the film rights to Humphrey Cobb's 1935 novel Paths of Glory for ten thousand dollars. The book itself drew from a real historical…
- Everything Everywhere All at OnceEvelyn Quan Wang stands in a laundromat in Simi Valley, California, staring at an IRS audit notice that threatens to destroy her family's life.
- The Birth of a NationD. W. Griffith began filming on the 4th of July 1914 and finished by October 1914. The production used approximately 150,000 feet of footage to create a…
- Barbie (film)The concept of a live-action Barbie film first emerged in the mid-1980s at Cannon Films, but nothing came to fruition. Renewed development began in September…
- Battleship PotemkinIn June 1905, the battleship Potemkin sat anchored off the island of Tendra. Two sailors named Matyushenko and Vakulinchuk discussed the need for their crew…