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Weinstein wanted to cut 45 minutes from Princess Mononoke. From 135 down to 90. A third of the film, gone. The Japanese animation studio behind it hand-delivered a katana to his New York office. Two words attached: "No cuts." There's a backstory. In 1985, an American company acquired the rights to an earlier Miyazaki film, Nausicaä. They cut 22 minutes, renamed the lead character "Princess Zandra," and slapped male action heroes on the cover who aren't even in the movie. Miyazaki was livid. So when Disney signed a deal to distribute his studio's films in the US in 1996, he put one rule in the contract: nobody touches a single frame. Weinstein ran Miramax, a Disney division at the time. When the studio refused his cuts, he called one of their executives and screamed: "If you don't get them to cut the fucking film, you will never work in this fucking industry again." That's a direct quote from the exec's own book about his fifteen years at the studio. The katana wasn't Miyazaki's move. "Actually, my producer did that," he told The Guardian. Toshio Suzuki, his producer, bought the blade from a tiny shop tucked under the train tracks in Tokyo. At a meeting in New York, he handed it to Weinstein and shouted, "Mononoke Hime, NO CUT!" The film came out uncut. But Weinstein made them pay. Neil Gaiman (the author of The Sandman) wrote the English script after Tarantino passed on the gig. Gaiman later said Weinstein pulled the entire marketing campaign. No ads. A handful of theaters. The film grossed $2.3 million in the US. In Japan, 12 million people saw it in theaters. One in every ten citizens. It held the record for the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until Titanic showed up a few months later. A year ago, the film got a 4K IMAX re-release in 330 US theaters. Opening weekend: $4 million. One weekend earned more than the entire original US run. The same run Weinstein tried to bury 26 years earlier.

Okay, how did Henry acquire this reputation that basically makes him untouchable? Cos Salah has outdone him in every conceivable way

BREAKING: Igor Tudor will reportedly leave Tottenham by mutual consent. 🚨

Salman Khan could have hired this genius lawyer 🫨

A big mistake from Mikel Arteta to choose Kepa over Raya. When you’ve gone so long without a trophy you owe it to your supporters to play your best team in a final.

Kepa Arrizabalaga in League Cup finals: 2019: Refused to be substituted off with the game heading to penalties 2022: Blasted his penalty over as Chelsea lost 11-10 to Liverpool on spot kicks 2026: Let the ball slip out of his hands as Nico O'Reilly gave Manchester City the lead

Float like a butterfly, sting like JB 🥊