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  • 80 min | Documentary
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
80 min | Documentary
Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.
Director
Bill Couturié
Writers
Peter Bart (book "Boffo!: How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb") (screenplay) | Bill Couturié (screenplay)
Producers
Bill Couturié (producer) | Anne Sandkuhler (producer)
Composer
Todd Boekelheide
Cinematographer
Stephen Lighthill
Editor
Mark Brewer
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 19, 2006
Release date
Jun 13, 2006 (United States)
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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