if I Were a Movie Star, La la la la la la...

I was pondering (desperately) the "In Production" listings at the back of the if* magazine on the plane back from Sydney** this Monday evening and a few questions came to mind. These were:

Gary Sweet?

Just wondering what, exactly, makes him so employable? I'm not sure I understand.

Do you have to be called "Sue" to become a producer?

What's in a Sue that makes a good producer?***

if anyone can enlighten me on any of these mysteries, I'd be very keen to learn a little more about my industry, especially if it will help me get ahead a little. Or even catch up.

*inside film magazine (they chose the lower case letters, not me).

** yes, it was lovely, thank you very much. Hung out with a bunch of wancyforks (pronounced "wanky", spelt with a c - a new word I learnt from the nine letter word game in the paper; an old fave of mine) all weekend and drank surprisingly little.

***There's Sue Maslin, Sue Milliken, Sue MacKay, Sue Murray,Sue Seeary (if it's a typo, it's theirs, but I know no better), Susan Cartsonis, Suzanne Todd, Suzanne Do, Suzanne Ryan, Susan Lambert and Stuart Freeman (Stu is the male Sue). And probably loads more but I got bored. Not one Darcy. Not that I want to produce. Just saying.