The challenges that one of Hollywood's best-known directors has faced in assembling a group of backers doesn't bode well for other studios.

这位好莱坞最知名导演之一在集结财务支持者方面面临的难题对其他制片厂来说是个坏兆头。

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The financial figures he had been painstakingly assembling swooned as a group, sucked into the dead blank screen like glittering water pulled down a drain.

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As part of their efforts to persuade lawmakers, the group is assembling a package of testimonials from the former hostages.

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