par BILL » Mar 22 Fév 2011 - 11:39
En fait, il a réalisé un autre film après, que j'avais vu, et qui était une catastrophe totale, Slipstream. J'avais complètement oublié que c'était lui qui l'avait réalisé, pourtant j'aurais dû m'en souvenir, car Gary Kurtz m'en avait parlé.
Slipstream
In 1989, Lisberger directed Slipstream, a post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film starring Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley and F. Murray Abraham. The film was produced by Gary Kurtz, who produced Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The film marked the first time in 9 years since Kurtz worked with Mark Hamill; the last time was on the set of Empire Strikes Back.
During filming, Gary Kurtz was having major financial difficulties. He was in the middle of a divorce case which he lost and lost all of his profits from the Star Wars films in which were used to finance this film in part. As a result, the film lacked funding for a cinema release and distribution in the United States and had a very limited cinema release in the United Kingdom. It flopped and was released into the public domain due to Kurtz's financial problems.
Return to TRON
After making these movies, Lisberger began to devote his time and effort to pitch a TRON sequel to Disney.
"It went through six administrations at Disney over the years, and I interacted with all of them to a certain degree. And sometimes they seemed to be really interested in pursuing this and sometimes they didn't. At one point, I went into the studio and I got notes back from an intern. Frankly, I didn't get this movie made. It was Sean Bailey and Joe Kosinski through their efforts who got this movie greenlit. And after those 25 years, I really felt like I had run the ultimate marathon."
―Steven Lisberger
Disney executives constantly turned him down for over 20 years until 2008 when Joseph Kosinski and Sean Bailey created a visual test film. After the internet buzz and glowing response from fans at Comic-Con and around the world, the film was greenlit.