{"id":4415,"date":"2013-03-13T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T15:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2015-07-13T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:49:19","slug":"did-steven-spielberg-win-a-percentage-of-the-profits-of-the-first-star-wars-in-a-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/03\/13\/did-steven-spielberg-win-a-percentage-of-the-profits-of-the-first-star-wars-in-a-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Steven Spielberg Win a Percentage of the Profits of the First Star Wars in a Bet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Steven Spielberg won a percentage of the profits of the original Star Wars<\/i> film in a bet.<\/p>\n

One of the most difficult periods in the creative process for a filmmaker is the period after filming is completed but before the film is released. Once the film comes out, whether it is a hit or not, the creator at least knows where he or she stands. Before it comes out, though, their mind just races with the possibilities. You would be surprised at the massive hit films where their directors were freaking out after the filming was finished about all the things that had gone wrong and how no one was going to go watch the movie that they had just spent months of their life making. It was just this sort of reaction by director George Lucas in 1976 that led to one of the craziest bets in film history. <\/p>\n

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