He then became chairman of Sony 's Columbia Pictures (later Columbia-TriStar Pictures), where he was involved with some failures like , but also with blockbusters like Men in Black, Air Force One and My Best Friend's Wedding. Canton was fired by Sony in 1996, after a series of relative flops including Last Action Hero (a film Conton described as ``probably the best action movie of all time'' ) and The Cable Guy but before his final string of movies could become blockbusters.
He then became chairman of Sony 's Columbia Pictures (later Columbia-TriStar Pictures), where he was involved with some failures like , but also with blockbusters like Men in Black, Air Force One and My Best Friend's Wedding.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
advmod
PronType=Dem
then
then
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
become
became
VERB
VBD
xcomp
Number=Sing
chairman
chairman
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
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IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Sony
Sony
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
Columbia
Columbia
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NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
picture
Pictures
PROPN
NNPS
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
advmod
Degree=Cmp
late
later
ADV
RBR
appos
Number=Sing
Columbia
Columbia
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
TriStar
TriStar
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NNP
appos
Number=Plur
picture
Pictures
PROPN
NNPS
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
PronType=Rel
where
where
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WRB
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
involve
involved
VERB
VBN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
some
some
DET
DT
obl
Number=Plur
failure
failures
NOUN
NNS
nmod
like
like
ADP
IN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
case
with
with
ADP
IN
conj
Number=Plur
blockbuster
blockbusters
NOUN
NNS
case
like
like
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
Men
Men
PROPN
NNPS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Black
Black
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
compound
Number=Sing
Air
Air
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Force
Force
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
One
One
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
My
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Sup
good
Best
ADJ
JJS
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
friend
friend
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
conj
Number=Sing
Wedding
Wedding
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Canton was fired by Sony in 1996, after a series of relative flops including Last Action Hero (a film Conton described as ``probably the best action movie of all time'' ) and The Cable Guy but before his final string of movies could become blockbusters.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Canton
Canton
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NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
fire
fired
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl:agent
Number=Sing
Sony
Sony
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1996
1996
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
after
after
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
series
series
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
relative
relative
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
flop
flops
NOUN
NNS
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
last
Last
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Action
Action
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
hero
Hero
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Conton
Conton
PROPN
NNP
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
describe
described
VERB
VBN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
probably
probably
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
compound
Number=Sing
action
action
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
movie
movie
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
all
all
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
time
time
NOUN
NN
punct
''
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''
punct
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PUNCT
-RRB-
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Cable
Cable
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
guy
Guy
PROPN
NNP
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
mark
before
before
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
final
final
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
string
string
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
movie
movies
NOUN
NNS
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
could
AUX
MD
conj
VerbForm=Inf
become
become
VERB
VB
xcomp
Number=Plur
blockbuster
blockbusters
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.