"I am eclectic, and I do like to make many different kinds of films. And it's true that if you can have a certain level of bankability, you can get movies greenlit, movies that maybe would not have a chance because of the material. The subject matter is too edgy," Cage, 45, said in an interview at September's Toronto International Film Festival , where "Bad Lieutenant" played in advance of its theatrical release Friday.
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"But that's not to denigrate the movies that I've made like `National Treasure,' because those movies make a lot of people happy. They provide a ritual, if you will, for families to go and share something with their children... I feel that I'm applying myself in a very decent way to be able to make movies like that." Cage — who is suing his former business manager for $20 million, claiming mismanagement that led him toward financial ruin — has a busy release schedule to help restore his personal fortune. 's animated classic "Fantasia." Adapted from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" stars Cage as a 1,500-year-old disciple of the wizard Merlin who takes on his own pupil to combat rising evil.
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