10 Genius Times Studios Beat The Film Director

10. Letting Tarantino Keep The Anime Sequence If He Split The Film In Two - Kill Bill

Harvey Weinstein may be an awful human being for many reasons, but as the co-founder of studio Miramax he was also an extremely shrewd and successful businessman.

Weinstein earned the nickname "Harvey Scissorhands" around Hollywood for his tendency to insist upon ruthless cuts to movies, but when it came to Quentin Tarantino and Kill Bill, he came up with an altogether smarter solution that gave everyone what they wanted.

Originally, Tarantino shot Kill Bill as a single film from his hefty 197-page script, but during editing it became clear that the film was running too long.

And so, Weinstein presented Tarantino with a choice - either cut "unnecessary" scenes like the iconic animated origin story for O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), or agree to split the film into two parts and include everything he wants.

It's admittedly a plan that only really worked because Tarantino was a name director coming off a huge six-year absence between movies, and so audiences were absolutely thirsty for more from him.

If Tarantino wasn't a name commodity, Weinstein would've surely just hacked Kill Bill to pieces.

Yet this way, Tarantino was able to retain his artistic integrity while Weinstein got two box office hits for the price of one, with the duology grossing over $330 million globally against a combined $60 million budget.