David Puttnam

thumb|right|Puttnam in 2007 David Puttnam (born February 25, 1941) is a British movie producer and director. Sourced If Coca-Cola accidentally created 100 million cans of faulty Coke, you know for sure the entire 100 million cans would be dropped in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, without a second thought and irrespective of what that did to the year's profits. What do we do with a crappy movie? We double its advertising budget and hope for a big opening weekend. What have we done for the audience as they walk out of the cinema? We've alienated them. We've sold audiences a piece of junk; we just took twelve dollars away from a couple and we think we've done ourselves no long-term damage. GQ magazine, April 1987 External links Category:Academics from the United Kingdom Category:Film directors from England Category:Film producers from England Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:People from London