Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Studio Refuses Movie Idea Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 10:01:22 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Studio Refuses Movie Idea Publication Date: Saturday November 7, 1992 BYLINE: I got a good laugh from your article about Brandon Tartikoff resigning from Paramount Pictures after so short a time ("Tartikoff: A 'Nice Guy' Who Didn't Finish," Nov. 2). I have good reason to believe that if he ran the studio like he did his own office, it's amazing he lasted those 15 months. I sent him a short letter urging him to have someone on his staff read a novel because it has a part that is just right for Eddie Murphy. Back came a letter from a lawyer informing me that the studio needed no help from the likes of me in getting material for Murphy. I was also told not to send them any more "material" and that the "material" I had sent was being returned. My so-called material was merely a short, courteous letter making a good suggestion. It was returned, plus the envelope, and I had to line up at the post office to get it. JACK P. GABRIEL Carson Studios refuse unsolicited submissions to avoid costly legal disputes. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM