He set up the Sundance Film Institute in Utah for independent filmmakers and in 1997 announced the creation of Sundance Cinemas, a venture with a major distributer to set up a chain of theaters for the screening of independent films. As of 2007, none of these theaters has been built.
- Robert RedfordIt`s all been a bad joke that just ran out of control. I got into food for fun but the business got a mind of its own. Now - my good Lord - look where it has gotten me. My products are on supermarket shelves, in cinemas, in the theater. And they say show business is odd.
- Paul NewmanWith it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV.
- Andrzej WajdaCinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.
- Andrzej WajdaForeign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China`s aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.
- Jack Valenti