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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 31, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba D8sundayfree March 1996 Caveman books bag big Bucks in Hollywood by Bruce Knecht Wall Street journal when Veteran journalist John Darnton sent a few chapters from his first to several pub Lishers in no one was inter a year random House grudgingly agreed to pay a but Only after a legendary editor pleaded on darn tons then last darn tons agent sent out feelers to Hollywood about the the Story of a modern Day encounter with prehistoric Crea the results Paramount pictures wanted the rights so Tom cruise could Star in the movie Walt Dis Ney wanted it for hot director Tony Scott and Steven Spielberg was anxious to turn it into one of his new studios first feature Spielberg with All three bid Ding More than million what happened next illustrates the powerful and sometimes unsettling influence that Hollywood increasingly holds Over the Book several publishers that had originally declined to offer Darnton even a Token Advance suddenly were willing to pay More than us for the right to pub Lish the paperback the bidding has since reached and May go Hollywood used to wait to see How a Story fared As a Book before acquiring the movie but today studios More frantic than Ever for new blockbusters and con Vinced that books Are the most Reli Able place to look Are unwilling to it was the Good Fortune of darn London Bureau chief of the new York that he had writ ten the novel he did it is in the grip of a precis Tori creature last Petru Popescu sold almost a novel about a Fos Sil Hunt that turns into a meeting with a human like being that was thought to have been extinct for two million to 20th Century Fox for William mor Row and bought the Book rights for million a few Days a and just Disney a acquired the movie rights to Philip kerrs novel about the discovery of the abominable for about Mil while the Book rights have yet to be Hollywood and publish ers Row Are now bracing them selves for an improbable Battle of the the movie Industry frenzy to find hot books is so intense that most major studios have hired new Yor based scouts to ferret out Robert the creative artists agent who sold the movie rights to says the flow of information is so rapid that movie producers hear about promising Book proposals almost immediately after they Are sent to on the positive publishers sell More copies of books that have caught a ride on one of Hollywood powerful hype says Lau rence president of Warner but the bad news is that Holly Wood has deeper pockets than we he and when an author goes to Hollywood and gets a seven figure he comes Back to new York and hits us Over the head with Darnton says he always thought neanderthal might make it to the big although he had no idea Hollywood would have such a pro found Impact on the books com Mercial Golf 39 Manitoba Golf driving ranges for Only the 1996 Golf privilege goes on Sale april at Manitoba lung 629 Mcdermot a limited number Are available on a first serve with the 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to Appeal to string of successes in a film world where even such Meg action stars As Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have had recent flops judge dredd and Russell has run up a string of Suc one of a Surprise 1993 More than Dou bled the earnings of the Kevin Costner version of the Wyatt Earp a Scie Cefic Tion opened at 1 in 1994 and earned and now comes executive which opened at 2 earning a respectable no wonder Russell is pulling Down million to Star in escape from now being the figures Are astonishing for some one who started out in forgettable Disney films such As the adventures of Bullwhip Griffith Back in Call him Hayley Mills with a in executive Russell plays David an american intelligence officer who saves a hijacked Washington bound 747 loaded with a nerve toxin that threatens millions of people on the the film also stars Steven sea but it is russells name that is in bold letters above the six of his last seven movies have opened either first or second at the Box the six films leading up to executive decision have earned an impressive average of nearly million theatrically in North Amer the consensus among Many Stu dents of film is that russells Suc Cess is due in part to his ability to play a gonzo Type with heart and the critic Molly Haskell Calls Russell a thinking mans action hero who appeals to both male and female theres nothing Macho about Haskell there Are not Many actors who can be physically Graceful without being bullies and who can play intellectuals and also Tough Hes Boyish and like Harrison an actor since age Russell has made More than 30 his career started with lightweight fare such As the computer wore Tennis in but during the last 15 years his work has ranged from dramas like with meryl to comedies like with Goldie to action movies such As escape from new his image is the hunk As every Paul the screen writer who reviews film As Libby Gelma Waxner in premiere mag says kurts Charm is that he lacks the career angst of huge action stars who sit for Magazine Kurt seems to be having a blast rather than worrying about his workout regime and whether he should ask for million and 10 so he can be the absolutely highest paid Russell agrees with this assess in not a Magazine he speaking by Telephone from the set of escape from in a movie in a my one responsibility is to give an audience a Good beyond that i dont feel i have any Respo Sibil he Guys like Stallone and Willis Are much More interesting Magazine fare than while the Public discovered Kurt Russell movies years his salary began to Rise Only after that was when Dean who co wrote and produced suggested him to Mem for the Lead As a Soldier in i was told How successful his films were and then we started looking at his films Devlin people thought we were crazy for paying him Mil i was double his Price at the but i think Kurt is the next big action t t Thile Russell int naive about his he expresses no expectations about better roles coming his you make More and that about he his salary is catching up to that of the top Russell received million for escape from according to weekly up from million for and million for executive Deci other actors who command salaries in the million Range in action films Are Val Kilmer and Keanu Stallone and Tom cruise now earn about million a Russell lives in los Angeles with Goldie hawn Between they have four its fun Mak ing a he in Lucky that its not As much fun As my it hurts me that people dont think i care As much about acting As Al Pacino but people will Tell you that nobody works harder than me on the ;