Common sense ought to tell you that making an animated movie is a much lower risk than forking out for a full live-action production. After all, you don't have actors to pay, or expensive locations to book out for overnight filming. All you need to cover is the costs of the animators and the scriptwriters, and you've got yourself a film. Unfortunately, common sense for most people doesn't take into account all the intricacies of making a movie. Look at 'Twice Upon A Time,' for example.
Released in 1983, 'Twice Upon A Time' came from the Ladd Company - the same studio that gave the world' Blade Runner.' 'Twice Upon A Time' was the film that was supposed to save them after a series of poor decisions had left them financially vulnerable, but they gave it such a low budget that they couldn't find a way to pay for much in the way of marketing. Nobody came to see it, because hardly anybody knew it existed. After that failure, the Ladd Company faced up to the inevitable, and folded.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.