Jeremy Thomas

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“It’s a strange calling, the movies, and not necessarily lucrative. It can be lucrative…but for very few. I know how fortunate I am. I want to continue making movies because I love it. And I feel I still have my hands enough in it so that I can continue forever. I don’t think I’ll have to give up.”

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Flash back to April 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards. British producer Jeremy Thomas, then in his late 30s, presides over an astonishing night for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor. The film won nine Oscars including Best Picture, ...

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