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batou @ 02:24 pm: take that you communist pigs
Praise was lavished on Kubrick for The Shining. Like so many of his other films, this fast became a cult classic. Business was always business, however. In response to a request by Frank Pierce on October 26, 1987, to sell the country rights to The Shining to Hungarofilm for $12,000 for five years Kubrick write NO! in gigantic letters by the side of this message and sent the following cable.

October, 1987
To Frank Pierce
Dear Frank, I think you know that I have always maintained that it is a very great mistake to virtually give away films to Socialist countries when at some point in the future they are likely to be viable commercial markets. Obviously I haven't changed my views about this. Stanley.