Joel Schumacher
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"Joel T. Schumacher" is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Some notable films he has directed include The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), St. Elmo's Fire (film)/St. Elmo's Fire (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), Cousins (1989 film)/Cousins (1989), Falling Down (1993), The Client (1994 film)/The Client (1994), Batman Forever (1995), A Time to Kill (film)/A Time to Kill (1996), Batman & Robin (film)/Batman & Robin (1997), Flawless (1999 film)/Flawless (1999), Phone Booth (film)/Phone Booth (2003), Veronica Guerin (film)/Veronica Guerin (2003), The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)/The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and The Number 23 (2007). Before he launched his career as a director, Schumacher also wrote the screenplay adaptation of The Wiz (film)/The Wiz (1978).

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This movie works, but it's pure luck.

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It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all.

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Don't you hear people saying things you can't believe they're saying?

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When I was doing "8mm", my agents called me and said, "There's this hot script by Larry Cohen, and there's a bidding war for it. Fox is in the lead and if they get it, they want to do it with Mel Gibson and they want you to direct it."

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With "Batman and Robin," I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more "Batman" merchandise than any human being in the world.

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I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope.

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The script was about 100 pages. I mean, we could have padded it if we wanted to. But I don't think that would make a better movie... .I mean, it's a guy in a phone booth.

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I purposely did "8mm" because it was as far from a summer movie as you could get.

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I was sadder for the actors than I was for me because when you do good work in this industry, you get more work. Colin got a whole career from it.

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