MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION RE:
WARNER BROS FILMS & BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
All but Ocean's
11 were actually produced by Warner Bros., with other frequent production
partners, such as NPV Entertainment
http://www.imdb.com/
Showtime
and Ocean's 11 were co-produced by Village Roadshow Productions, an independent
Australia-based media conglomerate with other ties to Warner Bros. http://www.villageroadshow.com.au/
Village Roadshow, Warner Bros. and British American Tobacco in Australia
are all represented by Jackson Wells Morris (JWM) PR agency in Sydney,
"a partner in the Pinnacle Worldwide network."
http://www.jwmworld.com.au/
Rothmans
(#4) merged with BAT (#2) in 1999. Rothmans was a South African company
controlled by the Rupert family's Rembrandt Group (run by Johann Rupert,
52), which became a major shareholder in BAT.
Smoking in these movies:
http://www.screenit.com/
* Collateral Damage - Revenge fantasy starring Arnold Schwartzenegger.
Subsidiary character, a coca farmer, smokes. (Schwartzenegger has been
a cigar smoker.)
* Showtime (PG13) - De Niro and Eddie Murphy in cop comedy. Bad guy and
sidekick smoke once.
* Ocean's 11 (PG13) - Caper flick stars George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Julia
Roberts, Brad Pitt. Supporting character Elliot Gould smokes cigars. (Pitt
and Roberts have been smokers.)
* Romeo Must Die Ethnic crime families battle over waterfront,
starring Jet Li. His character and others all smoke once.
Information collected by: Jono Polansky
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