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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE FILM THREAT AVENGER STRIKES BACK

By | August 2003

It doesn’t take a Harvard grad to see what On the Air is doing and how it pertains to a fool and his money. Well, what better fool to be parted from his dough than Henry Bernstein, filmmaker? Never heard of him? That’s because he’s me…

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE FILM THREAT AVENGER STRIKES BACK

If you are a film producer you may have heard of On the Air Publications (OTA), a company which owns MovieObserver.com, CinemaTribune.com,...

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