MMA a tough sell in Hollywood - even for David Mamet
By: Jesse Holland

Quoteworthy:

“Nobody wanted [Redbelt] in Hollywood except for Sony Classics. I think it was my third or fourth film for them, so they said, “Yeah, sure.” I talked to everybody in Hollywood and said, “If you don’t get it, look at the demographics. This is the hugest demographics in the world of young males 18 to 25. They all watch the UFC. Look at what they did last year in DVDs, are you nuts? If they make the worst movie ever made, all these kids are going to watch their movie. Guess who I’m going to put in it,” and they all said, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, no thanks,” They all want to make movies about people standing up on a beach with their arms spread, looking up at the heavens, and twirling because they’ve understood the meanings of life, and indeed, they have.”

-Director and legendary screenwriter David Mamet talks to ComingSoon.net about the difficulty in convincing Hollywood that his upcoming MMA movie Redbelt is celluloid-worthy. The same Hollywood that greenlights movies like The Hottie and the Nottie. Whatever.

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