Richard Linklater Says He’s Never Made Money Off ‘Dazed and Confused,’ Got Screwed By Studio
“It’s like… where’s my money?” Linklater asked. “How come a movie that cost less than $7 million has $12 million in interest against it?”
When asked how “Dazed and Confused” can be a cult hit for nearly three decades and counting and not make money for him, Linklater responded, “I don’t know. Ask Universal! Hollywood accounting. I remember really asking for a piece of the soundtrack, because I picked all the songs, and they were like, ‘Oh no…First film, you know?’ N.W.A is still pissed off about that first contract. Everybody has that first story of getting screwed with their first project. That film was an indie success.
Linklater said the home video market for “Dazed and Confused” produced at least $30 million dollars or so of revenue, but he did not get a single piece of it. Universal did not respond to“That’s such a cliché to bitch about. But I did go through the Hollywood experience,” Linklater said. “Here I complain, but they did greenlight the film, and they wouldn’t greenlight the film today.
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