Did anyone think…
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Bob_Brooker — 12 years ago(February 27, 2014 12:26 PM)
You need to take inflation into account. This is taken from
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
"What cost $30,000 in 1966 would cost $209,401.55 in 2012."
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audiopinions — 11 years ago(April 13, 2014 03:58 PM)
The company made themselves a trustee in his will, allowing them access to his life insurance money, a portion of which was then re-distributed to him to finance his new life. So, I would guess that his cut of that plus the $30,000 was ample enough to cover his expenses.
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GunHillTrain — 11 years ago(May 15, 2014 08:05 PM)
You would think Hamilton's wife and daughter would be surprised to find the company listed on his will. It goes against the idea that the company is trying to operate without any outside notice or scrutiny.
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brendanchenowith — 11 years ago(May 16, 2014 03:24 AM)
"I haven't read the novel; perhaps these details are resolved there."
They weren't. What we saw was what was written. About the visit to his daughter, that was in the novel and it was a hell of a scene, too - much more stirring than the visit to his "widow". Frankenheimer regretted cutting the scene from the film, primarily because the negative is now lost and there's no way to reinsert it. He only cut it because the studio leaned on him to do so - saying it was too long. Studios only cut movies because it limits the amount of showings in a day, therefore it limits the amount of ticket sales.
As a side note, I don't buy into that rationale - Gone With the Wind was over 3.5 hours in length, and it made a very tidy sum at the box office. I went to a limited-release theater showing and the place was packed. GWTW couldn't really be shown very many times a day, and in 1939, audiences were allowed to hang on and stay for another showing, anyway, so
Sometimes I feel like a Monuments Man when it comes to excised footage. Recording and film studios would regrettably practically dispose of what was on the cutting room floor, instead of carefully storing the excess footage as they would the finished product. It's galling to think that footage on which a lot of time and money were spent would just be tossed in an old warehouse, or some other remote location, and just left to decompose.
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GunHillTrain — 11 years ago(May 16, 2014 11:31 AM)
Yes, I've heard about the lost footage (I think Leonard Nimoy played the son-in-law).
Through much of the history of the movie business, films were considered a "one-shot" deal. With a few exceptions, there was no concept that they would ever be seen or released again after they gone from the theaters. Storing the deleted film segments (which cost money) was not a priority.
Even when television started showing movies (the 1950s?) the films were often cut even further from the original release version.
With DVDs now, the excess footage cut from the theatrical release is often kept around for a "director's cut" or "bonus materials." Whether most movies now are worth this effort is another question. At least the material is usually there to be reused. -
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oldgoldtop — 11 years ago(January 01, 2015 11:31 AM)
My recollection was the $30K was simply the fee for staging the death and perhaps surgery. Ruby then explains that the lifestyle was funded separately via a trust to be managed by the Company set up from Arthur's revised will and life insurance, annuities, property etc. which was contained within the documents Arthur signed. The agreement also contained provisions for his wife and daughter.
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hammer4 — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 07:59 PM)
Precisely. Even in 1965 dollars 30K wouldnt be nearly enough to support Wilson//Hamilton''s lavish lifestyle which might have lasted for decades had the rebirth been successful. Not to mention the substantial expense of the surgery itself, which went well beyond conventional facial plastic surgery. They were also transforming his body, virtually into another being. In addition there was the career counseling, the obtaining of documents to support a new identity, the expense of spies like Nora, etc.
As you point out, Hamilton was required to hand over ALL of his not inconsiderable assets to the company. In order to accomplish this he had to be wealthy, as presumably most of the "clients" were. -
SamoanJoes — 10 years ago(April 02, 2016 12:04 AM)
I'd have to do the inflation and change it to the American dollar to get a more reasonable understanding for me but that amount seemingly seems sufficient considering the procedure. Let's not forget paying everyone to "spy" on him, paying the man to help him adjust to his new life, etc.