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Someone just paid 14.7 million dollars (Original Post) kacekwl Friday OP
Folks can't afford a child's sled Sugarmaggie Friday #1
Another view LearnedHand Friday #2
Exactly. A little more knowledgeable and more conscious of history than the Original Post. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #4
Yeah, my first thought when I read this post was "Probably Steven Spielberg." Mike 03 Friday #11
rosebud Shellback Squid Friday #3
Quick research shows the movie itself made less than $2m Cloudhopper Friday #5
Which is almost... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #7
More context LearnedHand Friday #6
It's probably just a pile of rust and rotted wood at this point. Sogo Friday #8
My dad was in the film business and did post-production special effects Dave says Friday #15
So like, the ashes? JoseBalow Friday #9
The amount paid is 17x the film's original budget. La Coliniere Friday #10
You can't compare costs/prices... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #13
It is one of the best films ever made Dave says Friday #14
But it's RedBud everyone! Worth every cent!! Dave says Friday #12

LearnedHand

(4,815 posts)
2. Another view
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:32 PM
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That sled is the defining metaphor for a historically significant film. It’s properly a museum piece and thus likely worth something like that value.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,178 posts)
4. Exactly. A little more knowledgeable and more conscious of history than the Original Post. . . . nt
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:46 PM
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Mike 03

(18,575 posts)
11. Yeah, my first thought when I read this post was "Probably Steven Spielberg."
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:13 PM
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I think he's a huge fan of the film. But it could just as easily be a dozen other directors. That is considered an enormously important film, one of the most important films ever made.

Sogo

(6,473 posts)
8. It's probably just a pile of rust and rotted wood at this point.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:53 PM
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I once worked for someone who had what she said was the sword from Zorro. It was a pathetic piece of rusted metal. I was very skeptical of the price she wanted for it. (And, believe me, she did not have it stored or cared for in a very protective manner....) I don't know if she ever got her price, because my work for her was just a short-term gig.

Dave says

(5,186 posts)
15. My dad was in the film business and did post-production special effects
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:29 PM
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Mostly TV commercials as we were based in NYC. (He was also known as one of the the best colorist in the country. I was an editor for awhile.)

He'd bring home all kinds of things from time to time. A 15 inch reel-to-reel audio tape recorder that weighed a ton (had a huge transformer in it to smooth the electric current to minimize wah-wah distortion). He brought home video cameras and VCR-like video players before VCR was a thing. He'd bring home 35mm prints of movies. All kinds of goodies.

Mine and my brother's favorite was a scale model of the sailboat used in Sinbad the Sailor (there were several models, used for different scenes). It was perfect down to the smallest detail (wood, of course) and about 2.5 feet long. My brother and I spent hours playing with it until we wore it down and it fell apart. We were young.

La Coliniere

(1,483 posts)
10. The amount paid is 17x the film's original budget.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:08 PM
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Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:04 PM - Edit history (1)

According to Wikipedia. the production budget was $839,747.
As a side note, I will never forget my first viewing of Citzen Kane in 1974. I was studying film history and finally had the opportunity to see the film on the big screen after hearing it referred to many times, in many different contexts, but I really didn’t know what to expect in terms of plot, content and genre. Needless to say, I left the theater believing I’d just seen the work of a genius and one of the greatest films of all time. I still hold that opinion. RIP Mr. Welles.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,002 posts)
13. You can't compare costs/prices...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:17 PM
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…over an 84 year time span.

The cost today to make the move would be over $18 million.

Dave says

(5,186 posts)
14. It is one of the best films ever made
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:17 PM
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I've seen it nearing a dozen times and every time I see it I see something new. Welles was a genius!

Dave says

(5,186 posts)
12. But it's RedBud everyone! Worth every cent!!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:16 PM
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I have two in me basement that I'll let you have for an even $1 million. Deal??

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