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Prince and the Malcolm X movie Just watching Malcolm X on encore and saw his name at the end credits | |
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3/4 of the way through the movie Spike spent all the cash. Therefore, he called upon 'his friends' as well as contributing some of his own money too. Keenmeister |
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Here's a previous thread on the subject that might be of interest: http://prince.org/msg/7/55414
ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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Oh okay that was nice of Prince to help out. Anybody know how much? Seems like that list had a few names. | |
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Nice thread and thanks I saw a post on there that said he gave 500,000 | |
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I saw him talking about this a bit ago. In a interview at his productikn studio. He actually choked up pretty bad when it was brought up. Appears to have meant a lot to him. | |
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BobGeorge909 said: I saw him talking about this a bit ago. In a interview at his productikn studio. He actually choked up pretty bad when it was brought up. Appears to have meant a lot to him. Aww how sweet...that's the Prince I like  | |
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nursev said: BobGeorge909 said: I saw him talking about this a bit ago. In a interview at his productikn studio. He actually choked up pretty bad when it was brought up. Appears to have meant a lot to him. Aww how sweet...that's the Prince I like No so sweet. I'm sure he got summin(girl 6) out of it. | |
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nursev said:
Nice thread and thanks I saw a post on there that said he gave 500,000 Wow. Worth every penny; he's so wonderful.  What? | |
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Of course now he would say no because it glorifies allah instead of jehovah. | |
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Who got choked up? Prince or Spike Lee? | |
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steakfinger said: Of course now he would say no because it glorifies allah instead of jehovah. He was never a Muslim. The focus is on the story of the mans journey...and not his religion. His faith constantly shifted. The journey of a hoodlum to peace broker and bridge builder is the important narrative. | |
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thedoorkeeper said:
Who got choked up? Prince or Spike Lee? Spike Lee. To be clear...prince wasn't the only one who helped out and to what degree or percentage is unclear. | |
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Spike needed about $15million in order to avoid the completion bond company's take over of the film. He ask several celebrities to make contributions of 2 million each as gifts. This was not an exchange for the Girl 6 soundtrack. That was part of the WB fullfillment. | |
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Bill Cosby gave money too. | |
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dekabes said: Spike needed about $15million in order to avoid the completion bond company's take over of the film. He ask several celebrities to make contributions of 2 million each as gifts. This was not an exchange for the Girl 6 soundtrack. That was part of the WB fullfillment. I'm sure it had summin to do with summin. A spike Lee movie with nothing but prince songs in it is much more that just a WB contract obligation. Sounds like part of some trade or transaction. If i had been prince...donate money to an awesome cause...and get spike to put my songs in a movie and promote them. Mean while spike lees like sweet...500k I don't gotta float back to investors. Not that they were actual investors... But there is an indebtedness a receiver of gifts feels and favors he's likely to return. It seems u feel the two r entirely unrelated...and that seem unlikely. [Edited 11/20/13 11:39am] | |
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