MOVIES - Nov. 16, 1987
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The hottest video making the rounds in Hollywood lately is neither movie nor documentary--it’s former Columbia chairman David Puttnam’s bombshell resignation speech delivered to teary-eyed employees Sept. 28. Excerpt: “(Columbia Pictures is) and this is not a joke, sadly, a bit like Poland.” Puttnam resigned after Coca-Cola Co. announced its plan to merge subsidiaries Columbia and Tri-Star Pictures.
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