Split Screen: S7-E6 Projections: Ted Hope and James Schamus
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Origin story of odd-couple producers Ted Hope and James Schamus, who nurtured many key directors, especially Ang Lee, whose blockbuster CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON opened the week this interview aired. Yet their company Good Machine made squat. Undaunted, Schamus went on to run Focus for a decade and Hope heads film at Amazon Studios. Original air date: 12/11/2000
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