comedy film written produced directed wrote script served second unit director film stars business school graduate installed president manufacturing company newspaper reporter company director hires young man stock script finished production start acquired script subsequently agreed distribute film financing filming wilmington north_carolina lasted november march new_york_city scale model set designed effects provided release march received mixed reviews critics box office flop plot december business college graduate indiana arrives new_york_city looking job struggles lack experience clerk company founder president unexpectedly commits suicide business meeting jumping floor window ruthless member board directors learns stock shares soon sold public mounts scheme buy controlling interest company temporarily depressing stock price hiring incompetent president replace assigned deliver blue letter secret communication sent shortly death takes opportunity pitch invention working turns simple drawing circle cryptic explanation know kids idiot town winning reporter assigned write story find kind man gets job personal secretary pretending desperate graduate night amy searches building find clues meets moses man operates tower giant clock knows concerns tells plot takes story chief believe word executives decide produce invention hopes flop company stock invention turns initially fails turns enormous success allows success head amy fallen naive charm infuriated new attitude leaves buzz eager elevator operator pitches new invention straw dismisses fires buzz discovers amy true identity informs reveals amy secret identity tells dismissed president new year convinces board insane sent local psychiatric hospital new year eve amy finds drunk bar apologizes storms chased angry mob led buzz convinced stolen idea escapes floor skyscraper changes uniform climbs locks watches slips falls building stroke midnight sudden moses stops clock time appears angel tells blue letter supposed delivered contains legal document indicating shares immediate successor moses fights defeats inside tower allowing fall safely ground amy reconcile progresses sent asylum develops new invention kids enigmatic circle folded sheet paper ultimately turn cast development writing brothers met worked assistant editor evil dead began writing script continued filming post production blood simple shared house inspired films christmas july hollywood satire sullivan travels sentimental tone ordinary men heroes influenced films like deeds goes town meet john wonderful life dialogue homage girl friday performance fast talking reporter reminiscent physical vocal mannerisms movies observers found references include executive suite success brothers intention commenting movies instead said case having seen movies fun let opposed let comment describes script big business comedy return large love story comedies early fifties brothers started pace apartment taking turns found stuck point sorts trick boys example pacing things apartment thrown said threw film critic described numerous influences physical preston hero trapped story meet especially world created contrasted corporate offices perfectly matches boss labour split metropolis interviewer proposed characters represent capitalism versus labour economics replied maybe characters grand themes mentioned question independent interested presents narrative motifs pertaining visual motifs concerning shape circles includes moses monologue beginning amy conversation image conceived jump window skyscraper figure got save inclusion came result plot device remembers come going face ridiculous sort rational measure doomed failure hand audience knew going phenomenal success said circle motif built design movie appropriate grew design element drives movie tension vertical lines circles tall buildings circles echoed plot structure movie starts end circles beginning big flashback took months write screenplay early quoted saying upcoming project takes place late fifties skyscraper big business characters talk fast wear sharp clothes despite having finished script explained couldn weren popular plus script expensive completed independent film completing looking forward mainstream film revived performed brief rewrite producer fan previous films acquired script production company pitched project silver allowed complete artistic control production time brothers chose big stars act movie choice persisted desire cast competition role amy archer cast previously auditioned role miller crossing failed auditions prompted cast prepare role read biographies substantial ladies casting role suggested sorts names remembered lot clearly wrong bad guy brought character life offered role forced turn scheduling conflicts newman signed agreed finance film film shot sound stages wilmington north_carolina beginning november served second unit director shooting sequence suicide production designer influenced fascist architecture particularly work brazil movement contemplated huge rooms needed accommodate sound stages noted wanted things big said huge inspired table long built sections later assembled intention set sizes generate oppressive feel principal photography ended march addition numerous sequences filmed downtown chicago particularly building entrance lobby chicago christmas ballroom presses building downtown north_carolina appeared movie visual effects visual effects supervisor crusade willow supervisor mechanical effects designer brothers films created pair foot angel wings actor portrayed complicated steel lot electric motors time fold wings covered real duck turkey feathers says modeled photographs dove landing slow motion buildings background designed scale models shot separately merged post production sequence model building equivalent stories despite new_york_city setting additional chicago illinois provided inspiration opening sequence skyline new_york_city included fred french building wall street manhattan took favorite buildings new_york actually stood sort neighborhood continued fantasy vision adds atmosphere flavor model created based fantasy new_york opening shot miniature city created mentioned want realistic reproduction new_york skyline instead wanted stylized version book new_york reference create look took months crew member create miniature city scale building scale closer shots including long beginning scene created started wide angle shot moving closer standing sized set inserted inside shot model clock marrying live action image painted miniature element course new case distance keeping size set locked model building state art way computers says buildings created sides seen needed going seen building completely dimensional work supervised included shot beginning cgi snow falling sequences create suicide falls miniature new_york set hung sideways allow movement heights buildings calculated drop seven seconds dramatic purposes extended thirty problems occurred cinematographer decided shots effective wide angle lens buildings designed lens tried lens liked shots wider vision meant edges frame went fringes model city leaving spaces buildings end extra buildings created putting sided buildings placing edges fall shot conventionally stop abruptly camera shot reverse pulled away camera according july skyscraper models created soundtrack score written fifth collaborations ballet basis main theme additional music ballet runs sequence popular music time reflected character played modeled sings memories additional inspiration comes suite section ballet scene amy meet time composer sabre dance boy try prologue descent sleeps light lunch wheel turns useful walk shame blue letter long way chase end epilogue reprise songs film soundtrack album include memories performed party singer sentimental mood performed flying home performed performed dream dance sequence classical music 3rd string flat les sabre dance suite swan lake release commercial reception held test screenings audience comments largely mixed studio suggested shoots held final cut privilege refused nervous working biggest budget date eager mainstream success producers eventually added footage cut shot minor pick ups ending variety magazine claimed pick ups try save film warner feared going box office bomb addressed issue interview weren little bit additional footage wanted shoot fight scene end movie product discovered editing movie additional shooting movie normal film premiered january film festival utah addition screened cannes film festival film competition lost released march grossed united_states production budget officially set million reported increased million marketing promotion purposes nonetheless film box office bomb critical responses film disappointment box office opened lukewarm reviews critics rotten_tomatoes reports approval based reviews consensus strange visually distinctive ultimately smart absorbing needs roger_ebert praised production design scale model work paintings cinematography characters problem movie surface substance wrote attempt suggest film takes story seriously style performances deliberately angled satire washington_post described references films 1930s missing film performances sense humanity crucial ingredient movies clearly trying evoke isn real thing writing variety called film inspired technically stunning old hollywood pictures come new hollywood remains nearly brothers latest biggest film like artificial synthesis leaving hole middle emotion humanity gave largely positive review shaft ran hollywood player brazil like scenes mail room convoluted board room film pure satire enjoyable sort surreal world found issues confronting large corporations 1990s twisted match filmmakers vision released dvd included blu ray disc titles released lacked decades film release praised film stylistic expansion themes concepts films inspired comedies 1930s talk quickly quickly couldn run like camera traveling speed progress gossip capitalism races speed production design thing felt comfortable praising marvel frame doubles survey early modern art
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