Robert Evans credited as playing...
Narrator
- Robert Evans: There are three sides to every story: Your side, my side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each differently.
- Robert Evans: [1970; Evans is introducing a clips package to Paramount Pictures' board of directors] Good afternoon. My name is Robert Evans and I'm senior vice president of Paramount Pictures. By the way, this is not my office. We tried to shoot this scene in my office. We brought the cameras up, but my office is too small to get the cameras in. I came down to the studio to borrow a set from "The Young Lawyers" and that's where we are now. As a matter of fact, I don't even have offices at the studio anymore. Last year, we packed up our gear, cut down our staff, tightened our belts, moved into small quarters at little offices in Beverly Hills. They're good enough for us. These past few years have been rough for Hollywood. We've made a lot of mistakes. Some people have learned from them and some people haven't. We have. Money we spend is not gonna be through extravagances. It's gonna be on the screen. And speaking of the screen, I think maybe that's the reason we're here today. I'd like to have the opportunity of showing you some of our product for 1970. Right now, we're approaching Christmas. And Paramount's Christmas gift to the world is "Love Story". I think "Love Story" is gonna start a new trend in movies. A trend towards the romantic, towards love, towards people. Towards telling a story about how it feels, rather than where it's at. I think "Love Story" is going to bring the people back into the theater in droves... . I wanna bring up one project. And that's "The Godfather". I bring it up for several reasons. One, that it's starting production next month. Two, that it's gonna be our next Christmas' picture. And three, to bring up the similarity between "The Godfather" and "Love Story" which are the two biggest books of the last decade. Paramount owns them both. But Paramount has more than just owning them both. We didn't sit back in our plush chairs and write a check for a million dollars for the books, which happens so often in our industry. We developed both of these books. If it weren't for Paramount, "Love Story" would never have been written. "The Godfather" would never have been written. We were in there in the beginning, spurring the writers on, working closely with them to make these books the bestsellers they are and the great movies they're going to be. We at Paramount don't look at ourselves as passive backers of film. We look at ourselves as a creative force unto ourself. And that is why Paramount is going to be paramount in the industry in the '70s. I promise you that.