A long way from Wall Street, in the town that invented Gordon Gekko and still functions on the basis that greed really is good, Hollywood's big beasts are reeling from America's stock-market crisis. Take Tom Cruise. His mini-studio, United Artists, is now tipped to lose its $500m credit facility from Merrill Lynch, following that investment house's takeover by Bank of America. Or Steven Spielberg. He's still waiting (after two months) for India's media giant Relianceto sign its promised $500m cheque allowing the launch of his much-trumpeted production firm.
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