Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 155 Chapter 106 Customized script

   Attorney Lindsay Dole applied to the court for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Since the TRO does not require a court hearing, it can be issued as long as the applicant has sufficient evidence. After the police received Pfeiffer's investigation records, and the district attorney's statement of conversation with Pfeiffer as usual, they became decisive evidence.

  TRO prohibits two scammers from approaching Pfeiffer, valid for 14 days, and you can apply for an extension when it expires. Enough for Pfeiffer's agent to return to New York from Hollywood to help her solve the problem completely. That's not something Ronald has to think about by then.

   However, the Manhattan Police Department did not find any trace of the two of them. It is very likely that they had fled America and went to Central and South America to continue to deceive.

  The casting of "Endless Love" is also becoming more and more clear. Michelle Pfeiffer listened to the advice of her agent Limato, gave up the competition of the heroine, and was instead content with getting a supporting role of a heroine's classmate. Tom Cruise is also confirmed to play Billy, a character who has a small role but has a key role in promoting the drama.

   "Blue Reef" received bad reviews after its premiere, but was surprisingly good at the box office. Gubert lost patience with Brooke Shields' mother's increasingly tough negotiating attitude, and instead began a third round of female lead auditions. What Ronald heard, the girl named Meg Ryan was hopeful.

   Ronald no longer auditioned, spending most of his time on final exams and script writing. The agent Richard gave him a lot of feedback. This time, the Vietnam War-themed script was almost not created freely, but was customized by CAA according to the trend of Hollywood.

  The American people still have a lot of heartache from this war with heavy casualties. Weekly draft lottery drafts have left a generation of middle-class parents on edge, fearing that their college-going sons would be drawn and sent to Vietnam.

   Another part of the parents is worried every week for fear that the postman will come to the door and hand over a death notice. With weekly television shows of dead bodies being wrapped in bags and being carried off planes, the Vietnam War is arguably a nightmare for American families.

   As a result, Hollywood studios are careful to avoid brutal scenes that directly depict the Vietnam battlefield. Many so-called Vietnam War movies actually describe the beauty of life before the war, the trauma of veterans after the war, or write a fantasy story with the Vietnam War background.

   This is also an unspoken rule in Hollywood. If the Vietnam War script is not written like this, no one will buy it. Even if you find foreign funds, or pay for it yourself, to make a movie about the defeat of the Mi Army in Vietnam, it will not be released in theaters.

   It may take a few years before a new generation of moviegoers have such memories before a movie that positively reflects the Vietnam War is released.

   Ronald is actually more happy with such a script. There is no war scene, which means that the budget is small. If the post-war emotional drama is mainly used, it is possible to invite big-name stars to star in it, so that the probability of his script being shot is higher.

  The agent Richard made a lot of long-distance calls, and the two communicated many times. Ronald summed up the feedback from CAA executives that the Vietnam War was to highlight three elements.

   The first comrade-in-arms or the relationship of a couple. The destruction of humanity in the Second Vietnam War. Third, it would be better to have some controversial plot of the Vietnam War.

   Ronald pondered for a long time, and suddenly realized that, isn't this just copying last year's Oscar for Best Actor and Actor Award for the movie "Return"?

  There is a love triangle, there is a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, and there is an affair between a military wife and an old lover. Emotional CAA high-level this way is to copy the award-winning film.

   However, there must be a way of copying, and the three episodes of the honorable return must not be used anymore. Ronald decided to go deeper into the veteran group and find materials related to the three elements.

   On this day, Ronald came to the dance supplies store again. There are many widows of Vietnam War veterans who will come to hand in the leg warmers made, and have some coffee and chat by the way. RTKD dance supplies store, to these veteran wives, not only financial benefits, but also a social occasion.

   Ronald communicated with them a lot, but he still knew some unknown insider stories of the Vietnam War. For example, because the conscription system seems fair on the surface, but many rich people send their children to study abroad, but in fact avoid military service, and a large amount of military service is borne by the sons of poor families.

   A veteran's wife also shared some secrets that her husband had told. A few years after the Vietnam War, conscription became increasingly troublesome. In order to make up the numbers, McNamara, a "genius" secretary of the Department of Defense, actually turned his brain to the mentally handicapped people whose IQ was not enough.

   McNamara developed a plan to recruit tens of thousands of mentally handicapped men into the army each year. He himself has never been on the battlefield, and he thinks that soldiers only need to obey orders and do not need a high IQ.

   As a result, these soldiers called "McNamara's Fools" are not suitable for the battlefield at all, and they can't even master basic shooting and throwing grenades. The troops also have to assign already nervous personnel to take care of them, so as not to accidentally hurt their own people.

   These mentally handicapped soldiers have a high casualty rate on the battlefield, several times that of ordinary soldiers. Many veteran wives know that their husbands have talked about having mentally handicapped comrades, but they don't yet know that this is a planned behavior by the American government.

   Ronald thinks this plot is very good, controversial, anti-war, and scolding the American government. It must be welcomed by Hollywood.

   He went to several New York libraries to find relevant materials. But nothing came of it. Thinking about this kind of scandal, the federal government also knows that it stinks, censors news reports, and the original materials have not yet been declassified.

   So Ronald's plan to uncover the scandal fails, instead focusing the plot on individual phenomena.

   A mentally handicapped person who served in the military camp was ostracized by everyone. Only a platoon leader from a military family who had served in the army for generations took pity on him and often took care of him during ordinary training and battles.

   But the mentally handicapped soldier still dragged the company down in battle, and he ended up being killed in the biggest battle in the movie...

The retired platoon leader found the family of the mentally handicapped soldier who died in Vietnam and helped take care of his parents and younger siblings. The mentally handicapped soldier's family was very grateful to him and advised him that the death of his own son was not his fault. I hope he can take him with him. Forgiveness and start a new life.

   Until one day, the younger brother of the mentally handicapped soldier came to play with the platoon leader. In the platoon leader's diary, he discovered the truth of his brother's death...

   "So what is your truth?" Diane Lane found the outline of the script written by Ronald at Aunt Karen's house, and was very curious, so he asked Ronald directly.

   "I haven't figured it out yet. Maybe he killed the enemy in the sneak attack and saved the entire company; maybe he threw grenades around, killed his comrades, and was killed by the platoon leader."

   Ronald shrugged and replied.

  Diane Lane often comes to her cousin Donna, in order to study math and science, so that she can enter high school and complete high school courses to get a diploma. In fact, it also means running away from his father Bert.

   In particular, the box office of the westerns she acted was not satisfactory, and there were no good reviews from film critics. Recently, the number and quality of scripts sent to her have shown a downward trend.

   "What? Haven't you thought about it yet?" Diane was taken aback, "Isn't writing a script all about first thinking about the story, and then writing it out?"

   "I don't know how others write it. I just follow a certain framework to determine the general direction of the plot, and then fill in the details. As for the plot, anyway, before finalizing the draft, I have to revise it many times based on feedback."

  Ronald met Diane several times at his aunt's house recently. Donna's tutoring was good, and Burt was relieved and even encouraged his daughter to come over and be friends with high-IQ girls of the same age, which is actually good for her daughter's acting career.

   "Okay, when you finish writing, you must show it to me first. By the way, why doesn't your script have a name?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, but I've got a good name. No one in Hollywood knows me, so the script name is the only tool to get the producers interested, and it won't be until I have a script that's turned into a blockbuster. Willful name for the script."

   Diane Lane's interest was quickly taken off the script, "Why didn't Michelle come with you?"

   "She's reading the script of Endless Love. She heard that the movie will start next month. She wants to be well prepared."

  Diane Lane has been in the entertainment industry since she was a child. She knows that actresses are generally very concerned about whether the pictures appearing on the camera are beautiful. Michelle Pfeiffer has the help of Ronald, and she thinks that there should be a guarantee of appearances.

   "With you, the director's assistant, I will definitely give her a few frontal shots, hum."

   Ronald laughed. Director Zeffirelli and Michelle shared an agent, but he didn't really need to contribute.

However, Ronald took a few pictures for Michelle before, and drew a few storyboards with Michelle's part in it. Zeffirelli saw it by chance and greatly appreciated it, and invited Ronald to be his crew's director. assistant.

   Ronald estimated the shooting time, which was basically within the time frame of his summer vacation, and he didn’t want to be too far away from Pfeiffer, so he agreed.

   "Ronald, do you think the rules my father set for me are reasonable? I actually regret not taking on 'Blue Coral Reef'." Diane was quite jealous that Pfeiffer could have several frontal shots for a supporting role.

   "I can't tell you that. Bert is an insider. He should know the best development path for you."

"But his ideas are decades ago. Find a big-name director and try to play the leading role." Diane Lane complained, "Nowadays, big-name directors rarely direct teen movies. I am either playing a daughter or As a younger sister, there are always very few roles."

   "It's not easy to act in a movie with a lot of roles, and the film critics still don't have good things to say."

   "A film critic is an after-the-fact evaluation, which has nothing to do with the artist's artistic level." Ronald advised.

   "Hmph, your fame is praised by film critics, of course you say so." Diane Lane leaned back on the sofa, raised one leg on the armrest, and began to concentrate on drinking and watching TV.

   Ronald Xiaoxiao, his old acquaintance, the two film critics of the Chicago Tribune and the Sun, Baldy and Glasses, their film review TV program has been syndicated nationwide by PBS since last month.

   In this way, in every new episode, the two of them can be seen by audiences all over the country, and they have become the most popular film critic group for a while.

   They gave "Famous in the World" a high rating, giving it 3.5 out of four stars. Where Ronald felt the film failed, such as its incomplete narrative, revealing too much of its dark side, and so much swearing that it was rated R, in the mouth of Spectacled Albert, turned into a big plus.

   But the bald Sisko's point of view is a bit like Ronald's. He still sings well and dances well, so young audiences like it.

   Their vigorous publicity did not greatly improve the film's box office. After the large-scale release, the box office of the single hall soon fell below the average line, and it will soon be closed by the theater.

On the other hand, the previous film review program of the two was also picked up and broadcast by PBS. When they commented on the episode of "Rock High School", the audience response seemed to be good, and the box office of the midnight show was even higher. Roger Coleman also played. Call to congratulate, Ronald's second dividend is just around the corner.

   I'm a little late today, sorry

   (end of this chapter)