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Producer Robert Lantos Talks Hungarian Epic ‘Rise of the Raven’: ‘We Have No Saints and No Devils’
Hungarian-Canadian producer Robert Lantos talks about his passion project “Rise of the Raven.”
It tells the story of János Hunyadi (played by Gellért L. Kádár), the military leader who leads his forces against the Ottoman invasion in the 15th century. Variety sat down with veteran Hungarian-Canadian producer Robert Lantos, behind Oscar nominated films “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Being Julia,” “Eastern Promises” and “Barney’s Version,” to talk about his passion project. I managed to get a meeting with the then head of MGM to pitch “In Praise of Older Women.” I walked into his huge office, and he offered me scotch, he lit up a cigar, he put his feet up on his desk, and then he said, “Okay, kid, what have you got?” He didn’t buy it, but that’s how that was.
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