- Theodore Rex (film)
Infobox Film
name = Theodore Rex
caption = "Theodore Rex" DVD cover
director = Jonathan Betuel
producer =Richard Gilbert Abramson
Sue Baden-Powell
writer = Jonathan Betuel
starring =Whoopi Goldberg Armin Mueller-Stahl
music =Robert Folk
cinematography =David Tattersall
editing = Steve MirkovichRick Shaine
distributor =New Line Cinema
released =United States :1996 -07-06 United Kingdom :1996 -08-23
runtime = 92 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget = $33,500,000cite news|last=Love|first=Dennis|title='Rex' Headed for Extinction?|date=1996 -04-04 |work=People|publisher=UPI Newswire|accessdate=2008-06-28] cite news|title=Whoopi's Dino Disaster; Test Audiences Reject $ 33.5 Million Family Comedy|last=Dutka|first=Elaine|date=1996 -04-11 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |pages=33|accessdate=2008-06-28]
amg_id = 1:136198
imdb_id = 0114658"Theodore Rex", also known as "T. Rex", [cite news|title=FILMING IN THE U.S.|date=
1994 -11-18 |work=Daily Variety |accessdate=2008-06-28] cite news|title=Reading Whoopi Goldberg like a `Book'|last=Griffin|first=Gil|date=1997 -10-23 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |page=E-1|accessdate=2008-06-28] is a1996 buddy cop/science fiction/family film starringWhoopi Goldberg . Though originally intended for theatrical release, the film wentdirect-to-video , and consequently became the most expensive direct-to-video film ever made at the time of its release.cite news|title=New Line's dino pic extinct from bigscreen|last=Cox|first=Dan|date=1996-04-08|work=Daily Variety |page=9|accessdate=2008-06-27] [cite news|last=Hubert|first=Andrea|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/features/story/0,,2285470,00.html|title=The incredible sulk|date=2008-06-14|work=The Guardian |accessdate=2008-06-27] cite news|title=What's new on the home video scene|last=Wilkinson|first=Jack|date=1996 -07-27 |publisher=United Press International |accessdate=2008-06-28]The film was not well-received, [cite news|title=Direct hits: Lucrative video arena attracting first-run, first-rate|last=Meyers|first=Randy|date=
1999 -02-02 |work=Contra Costa Times |accessdate=2008-06-28] and was nominated for the 1996Golden Raspberry Awards . [cite news|last=Scott|first=Vernon|title=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1997 -01-23 |publisher=UPI Newswire|accessdate=2008-06-28] Despite this, it was listed on the Billboard "Top Video Rentals" list for three weeks in August 1996, peaking at #34. [cite news|title=Top Video Rentals|date=1996 -08-10 |work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-06-28] [cite news|title=Top Video Rentals|date=1996 -08-17 |work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-06-28] [cite news|title=Top Video Rentals|date=1996 -08-24 |work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-06-28]Cast
Goldberg lawsuit
Though Whoopi Goldberg had made a verbal agreement to star in the film in
1993 , she attempted to back out. Abramson filed a US$20 million lawsuit against Goldberg, which they settled very quickly. Goldberg agreed to star in the film for $7 million, $2 million more than the originally agreed-upon amount.One of the attorneys on the case described this as being similar to the legal battle of
Kim Basinger when she tried to back out of the film "Boxing Helena ".Distribution
While the film was originally intended for theatrical release,
New Line Cinema decided that it was in their best interests to release the filmdirect-to-video . This decision came as a result of failed test screenings in Las Vegas, Memphis, Portland and Providence.cite news|title=Theodore Rex|last=Klady|first=Leonard|date=1996 -07-01 |work=Daily Variety |accessdate=2008-06-28|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905390.html]The film's $33.5 million budget made it the most expensive direct-to-video release at that time.
See also
* "Howard the Duck" (film)
* "Turner & Hooch "Notes
External links
*imdb title|id=0114658|title=Theodore Rex
*amg movie|id=1:136198|title=Theodore Rex
*rotten-tomatoes|id=theodore_rex|title=Theodore Rex
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