Steven Spielberg asked Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones to contribute a song for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Story Book Album. Spielberg was so pleased with their song "Someone in the Dark" that he asked them to make the entire album, which, in spite of the size of the task, they agreed to do. This boxed set included an LP, a book to read along with it and a poster of E.T. and Jackson. Epic Records allowed Jackson to record the album for MCA Records on the conditions that it not be released until after Christmas of 1982 so as to not compete with 'Thriller' and that "Someone in the Dark" not be released as a single. Both of the conditions were breached by MCA Records; they released the storybook in November 1982 and gave promo copies of "Someone In the Dark" to radio stations. MCA Records were forced to withdraw the album and were prohibited from releasing "Someone In the Dark" as a single after court action was taken by Epic against them in a $2 million lawsuit, which MCA settled by paying Epic chief Walter Yetnikoff $500,000. Jones claims neither he nor Jackson received a dime for making the record, in spite of the large cash settlement involved and its considerable success: The audio book earned Jackson a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Recording for Children. Upon collecting the award, and taking home a record eight Grammys from an unprecedented twelve nominations, the singer stated that of all the awards had gotten that night, he was "most proud of this one".
The Main Event - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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One of three cinema movie collaborations of producer-hairdresser Jon Peters and actress Barbra Streisand. The films are For Pete's Sake (1974), The Main Event (1979), and A Star Is Born (1976). Peters was Streisand's hair stylist and not a producer on For Pete's Sake (1974) but performed producing duties on the other two features, with Streisand also a producer on The Main Event (1979) and an executive producer on A Star Is Born (1976). All three major motion pictures were made during the 1970s.
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The film's script wasn't finished when principal photography started.
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Barbra Streisand performed a number of roles on this movie. Streisand was top-billed lead actress, singer on the soundtrack and a producer. The picture was Streisand's first as a fully-fledged producer. Streisand's next film as a producer was Yentl (1983).
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Barbra Streisand's music on the soundtrack represented the music performer's first recordings into the genre of disco music.
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Part of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning movie Rocky (1976). The films included Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Raging Bull (1980), The Champ (1979), Matilda (1978), The Main Event (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), The Greatest (1977), Body and Soul (1981), Paradise Alley (1978), ...All the Marbles (1981) and Every Which Way but Loose (1978).
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The name of Ryan O'Neal's driving-school built in the shape of a boxing glove was the "Knockout Driving Academy".
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Ryan O'Neal trained extensively for the role of a boxer in this film. O'Neal once said: "I had to box one hundred and fifty rounds just to prepare for this movie".
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Second of two star collaborations of actors Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand. The first had been What's Up, Doc?? (1972) about seven years earlier.
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The license plate on red-haired Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand's light-blue Volkswagen beetle read "520 RED".
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The boxing-stage name of Eddie Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal) was 'Kid Natural'.
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Reportedly, the film's stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand once had a personal relationship prior to making this movie.
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The amount of money Eddie Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal) owed Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand was $61,311.
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Producer Jon Peters, who was Barbra Streisand's boyfriend at the time, has since said, "I talked Barbra into doing that ("The Main Event"). It was time for us to do another film and I felt a comedy was the best way to go."
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The original TV promo documentary about the making of this movie, Getting in Shape for the Main Event (1979), is included on the DVD.
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The name of the boxing joint was the "Third St. Gym". Its slogan read "Thru these portals pass the world's greatest fighters".
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Barbra Streisand reportedly directed at least one scene in this movie herself (the sequence with both leads fishing and walking in the snow) after director Howard Zieff vetoed them.
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The first day of filming took place at LA's famed Main Street Gym where such boxers as Joe Louis once trained.
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Co-writer Gail Parent once said of the movie's screenplay: "In order to have a good male-female comedy, they have to be equal". Moreover, Barbra Streisand said of the script, "What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other, not for the man to be stronger than the woman, and not for the woman to be stronger than the man, but for two people to have met their match. And yet, they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other".
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Diana Ross was the original intended star. According to a Barbra Streisand biography, Ross left the project after her brief affair with Ryan O'Neal turned sour.
The Main Event - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Main Event - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Main Event - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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