George Lucas Proven Right
The new film about the Tuskegee Airmen is flying high at the box office. “Red Tails” finished second in its first weekend in theaters. The film starring Cuba Gooding Junior and Terrence Howard took in $19.1 million – much more than expected – about twice as well as its own studio, 20th Century Fox, had thought it might. The second-place finish justifies the battle executive producer George Lucas put up to get the film made. He complained that Hollywood balked at making the movie because it has a mostly black cast. A grass roots effort to get people to support “Red Tails” and positive word-of-mouth helped the film.
The new film about the Tuskegee Airmen is flying high at the box office. “Red Tails” finished second in its first weekend in theaters. The film starring Cuba Gooding Junior and Terrence Howard took in $19.1 million – much more than expected – about twice as well as its own studio, 20th Century Fox, had thought it might. The second-place finish justifies the battle executive producer George Lucas put up to get the film made. He complained that Hollywood balked at making the movie because it has a mostly black cast. A grass roots effort to get people to support “Red Tails” and positive word-of-mouth helped the film.
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