The exact divvying up of financial responsibility is unclear, though I suppose the bigger the initial money pile, the more potential the film has to do whatever it wants, wherever it wants.

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For private equity investors, the final test is whether a venture will generate sufficient cash flow to service the debt they plan to pile on it in order to pay themselves big dividends and recoup their initial investment--to "get their bait back, " in Wall Street parlance.

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