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John Shaw:
Five Decades Behind the Movies We Remember.
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John Shaw
Location
Texas, USA
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No. 01
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18 min
Behind every successful film is a thousand decisions the audience will never see. For more than fifty years, John Shaw has quietly made his share of them — from film distribution and exhibition to marketing, analytics and theatrical strategy.
From The Godfather to Mad Max, Blood Simple and Willow, his career traces an extraordinary period of cinema — a life built on instinct, relationships and an unwavering belief in the enduring power of the movies.
“Great films don't find audiences by accident. They find them because someone believed in them long before everyone else did.”
This is the story of a quiet architect of cinema — told in chapters, from a Denver booking room in 1968 to the frontiers of a new industry today.
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