Jeff Blake
Jeff Blake
Jeff Bertrand Coleman Blakeis a retired American football quarterback who played in the National Football League. Although he finished his career with the Chicago Bears, he was formerly a quarterback for the New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Jets out of East Carolina University. His only Pro Bowl appearance came with the Bengals, when he was selected...
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Paul has been my chief lieutenant in managing the day-to-day administration of the international division for quite some time, and there is no one better prepared to take on the challenges and opportunities presented by this division. He has built a strong relationship with key personnel in all of our international offices, and he has earned their confidence and respect by demonstrating his skill as a business leader with a great inside understanding of Sony's global marketing and distribution apparatus.
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We've got a trailer for 'S.W.A.T.' (the Samuel L. Jackson/Colin Farrell action adventure) attached to 'Bad Boys' that played great this weekend, ... So we're certainly looking forward to its opening Aug. 8. Hopefully, everybody who's seeing 'Bad Boys' (is also) getting excited about 'S.W.A.T.'
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It does feel that there is going to be a sea change in the business, that there isn't going to be a hit every week of the summer. It's a concern, and the bar for the movies that are going to do well seems to have been raised this summer. I don't think anyone wants to live in a world where you have to have one of the biggest movie stars, with one of the biggest directors with a giant concept like aliens invading earth, as your criteria for a hit. It's a pretty high place to put the bar.
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I think if you look at the whole year in reflection, some of the ones that looked good on paper did not turn out that way.
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That was the message that was heard loud and clear by Hollywood. Why not get everyone if you can? There's great value in having a picture that can appeal to everyone.
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Unlike the trend of sequels this summer, this movie will exceed the total of the original at the end of week one,
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We got the message loud and clear that moviegoing isn't necessarily going to happen in the summer season every week unless there is something motivating the audience.
It's not about speed, it's about making plays,
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I'm glad that the organization gave me this opportunity because they could have brought somebody else in, ... They could have brought a number of guys in that are out there, but they decided to bring me in. I just appreciate the opportunity.
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It's not going to be smooth sailing all the time. But sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad, learn from it and just move on.
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Everyone feels confident about the movies they've got going in. But I admit, there is little margin for error. Our big movies are going to have to come through if it's going to add up for the studios and the industry this year.
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Everybody was saying they're gonna go with what they have. That was the word we were getting. But I wasn't worried about it. If it's my time to go, it's my time to go. I have my kids and would love to see them play.
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Any time you have a high volume of releases like we do, and the middle films stop working, that kind of hits us worse than anybody else.
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Summer is when audiences expect us to deliver excitement. Some movies just didn't fulfill that promise.