Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind the Making of “Lady Sings the Blues”

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Foreign Distribution

Gordy took a very active role in the film’s production. He struck a deal with Paramount for the foreign distribution in an exchange for the whole $2.5 million budget. Weston said this was a bad idea looking back since Gordy hired the wrong guy for the foreign distribution and the major studio never saw the international success (like domestic) they would have liked.

Gordy was also said to have assumed the role of producer, due to his major contributions. And the rest of the film’s major players were shut out, like at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972 where Ross performed and the film closed the festival.

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