home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- <text id=91TT1693>
- <title>
- July 29, 1991: . . . And Two Natives Who Got Away
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 29, 1991 The World's Sleaziest Bank
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- TELEVISION, Page 57...And Two Natives Who Got Away
- </hdr><body>
- <p> The segment of Naked Hollywood that U.S. viewers will not see
- features producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, who
- created such blockbusters as Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun.
- Paramount Pictures, where the duo worked until last fall,
- refused to grant permission to air clips from their movies--clips that constitute a hefty portion of the episode. The studio
- claims it was acceding to Simpson and Bruckheimer's demand; they
- deny it. Producer Nicolas Kent says he is "mystified" at why the
- pair would be unhappy with the show and is appalled at
- Paramount's position. Says he of the studio: "What they're
- defending is censorship."
- </p>
- <p> The profile of Simpson and Bruckheimer is not flattering,
- but hardly devastating. Although portrayed as busybodies on the
- set (Top Gun director Tony Scott recounts how they pressured him
- to make co-star Kelly McGillis look less "whorish"), their main
- sin is fuzzy-minded self-importance. After calling themselves a
- "right brain-left brain" team, they trade sappy compliments.
- Simpson on Bruckheimer: "He is uncommonly smart [and has] the
- ability to hold the entire equation of moviemaking in his mind
- at one time." Bruckheimer on Simpson: "Don is very intelligent...He's a real big-picture guy." Uh-huh. Which one was the
- right brain again?
- </p>
-
- </body></article>
- </text>
-
-