Saltzman Sees...Bowfinger (1999)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...Bowfinger (1999)

Saltzman Sees...Life (1999)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...Life (1999)

Saltzman Sees...The Nutty Professor (1996)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...The Nutty Professor (1996)

Saltzman Sees...1988 Oscars

1988 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Coming To America
Die Hard
Rain Man
Stand and Deliver


• Best Director

Richard Donner (Scrooged)
John Landis (Coming To America)
Penny Marshall (Big)
Ramon Menendez (Stand and Deliver)


• Best Family Picture

The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Land Before Time
Oliver & Company
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


• Best Screenplay

Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (Stand and Deliver)
Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Big)
David Sheffield (Coming To America)
Jeb Stuart (Die Hard)


• Best Actor

Eddie Murphy (Coming To America)
Bill Murray (Scrooged)
Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard)


• Best Actress

Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard)
Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda)
Elizabeth Perkins (Big)
Susan Sarandon (Bull Durham)


• Best Supporting Actor

Tom Berenger (Shoot to Kill)
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda)
Alan Rickman (Die Hard)


• Best Supporting Actress

Kirstie Alley (Shoot to Kill)
Jodie Foster (Stealing Home)
Glenne Headly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Alfre Woodard (Scrooged)

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Saltzman Sees...Coming to America (1988)

Coming to America won my Best Picture, Best Director (John Landis), Best Actor (Eddie Murphy), and Best Screenplay (Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Allison Dean) in 1988.

Saltzman Sees Presents...The Funniest Movie of 1988: Coming to America

Paul Bates singing "She's Your Queen To Be"

Saltzman Sees...Shrek 2 (2004)

Shrek 2 is a fantastic movie in and of itself, and holds up to the challenge of being as good as the original.  While the original Shrek is better, adding a character like Puss in Boots, played by Antonio Banderas, certainly raises the bar.  Now it's own motion picture, Donkey and Puss in Boots together is priceless in this second installment of the Shrek Franchise.

What we learn through the movie is the most important lesson is to be willing to make sacrifices for the people we love.

It is the Best Family Picture of 2004.

Saltzman Sees...Shrek (2001)

Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy began a journey in 2001 that would allow Dreamworks to compete with Disney Pixar to this day.  Myers, who has been brilliant in the past with outlandish characters from Saturday Night Live, including two Wayne's World movies and an Austin Powers trilogy, raises the bar as Shrek.  Myers creates depth and warmth in a over-sized ugly ogre that is captivating.

Shrek teaches us that falling in love is about what is in one's heart and mind and not about superficial things like appearance.  It is a beautiful love story and one the whole family will enjoy.  It is the Best Family Picture of 2001.