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The Man Who Definitely Didn't Steal Hollywood

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Giancarlo Parretti was central to one of Hollywood’s greatest scandals. In 1990, Parretti bought iconic James Bond studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists for $1.3B with high hopes. However, within weeks, the 17th James Bond film (GoldenEye) was put on ice, paycheques to Dustin Hoffman and Sylvester Stallone had bounced, and hundreds of staff were fired. Parretti soon faced an FBI investigation for alleged financial irregularities and his ownership of Hollywood’s most famous studio spiraled out of control.

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English
  • scandal
  • hollywood
  • 1990s
  • social & cultural documentary
  • hollywood scandal

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Director

John Dower

Writers

John Dower

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United Kingdom, United States of America

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  • United KingdomGB

    • TV18 Oct 2024
  • IsraelIL

    • Digital / OTTYes VOD17 Aug 2025

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The Man Who Definitely Didn't Steal Hollywood was released on 18 October 2024.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/6/2025

    6/10

    This is the kind of story you might have expected to read about in the 1920s or 1930s, but the fact that such a prominent Hollywood studio could be acquired for over a billion dollars in 1990 in quite such murky circumstances makes this worth a watch. With the lively participation of Giancarlo Parretti, we explore just how - as a result of a dare that wouldn’t have looked out of place in “Trading Places” - this audac…

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