Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 227 Two Oscar nominations

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  The test screening is mainly for teenagers, singles and couples. PolyGram has spent a lot of money on the target audience, and wants to see how the target audience will react to certain plots before making final revisions.

   However, the effect of the test screening was very bad. The lyrical paragraphs that were originally designed and should be moved by the audience caused laughter from the audience. A "Romeo and Juliet"-style love tragedy with a comedic effect.

   President Guber, who came to see the test screening reaction, ignored the director Zeffirelli who was trying to explain, and just instructed his assistant to arrange to send it to a rating agency as soon as possible for the fastest release.

   Ronald looked at Zeffirelli with a bitter face, and he had to step forward to thank him, because Zeffirelli specially added Ronald's name to the special thank you subtitles at the end of the credits.

   "The ending song is very good. The melody that starts from Brooke's tears is very suitable for the theme of the movie." Ronald said well.

"That's EndlessLove by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. It belongs to Motown Records, and Polygon bought the copyright specifically for the movie." Zeffirelli knew that the preview was not good, but many The audience specially stayed to listen to the song, and maybe it could save the box office.

   "It seems that maybe I'm not suitable for Hollywood, and it's better to go back to Italy to direct opera, where audiences appreciate classicism more."

   "Don't say that, I think there are quite a few younger ones. The girls in the eighth and ninth grades liked it very much, and they cried when they watched it."

   "Congratulations not yet on your two Oscar nominations." Zeffirelli congratulated Ronald.

  The Oscar nominations were just announced yesterday, and Ronald won two nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song. These two nominations are undoubtedly high praise for the young Ronald.

   "Thank you, it's not worth mentioning" Ronald comforted the old director and went back to the apartment.

   "It's not an easy miracle, Ronald." After a while, the managers Richard and Nisita jointly called, "I received no less than 10 invitations to write lyrics from the record company today."

   "Haha, I refused. I'm not a professional lyricist. What about the script? Are there any new invitations?"

   "Several scripts for teens have been sent to CAA for your evaluation or rewriting, I have sent them to you."

   "Although the public doesn't pay much attention to these two non-performance awards, it's a sensation in the industry that you were nominated at such a young age."

   Ronald loved the good news, "Am I the youngest nominee? Hahaha..."

   "No, the youngest is Timothy Hutton's Best Supporting Actor." Richard pointed out Ronald's mistake bluntly.

   "Uh..." Ronald scratched his head, "Don't mention this, how is the communication about my seat?"

   This is a historical issue.

   At that time, Ronald gave up some seemingly unimportant rights in order to fight for the right to be famous in the world.

The two most important ones are that the "Famous" crew did not provide Ronald with an invitation to attend the Oscars Gala. If he won the Best Original Screenplay Award, the honor of taking the stage to receive the award would also go to the original screenwriter Christopher Gore. Enjoy.

   But now times have changed, and producer Da Silva and director Alan Parker have fallen out. The film was rated R due to the realistic tendencies of the shooting and editing. Producer Da Silva's plans for a spinoff of the same name, which has also been opposed by the director, may be loosened.

   "According to the allocation practice in previous years, Mingyang is expected to get a total of more than 20 seats for the live awards, but there are only 5 seats in the front row, which belong to the nominees of the main creative and performance awards."

"How come there are only five seats?" Ronald was a little disappointed. Producer Da Silva and his beloved Irene Cara would definitely occupy two seats, director Alan Parker, one each for the screenwriter, and one more. Belongs to MGM's Executive Producer.

"Although he was nominated for 6 of 5 awards, Barry Miller, the hit for Best Supporting Actor, was not nominated, nor did he receive any awards for Best Picture, Best Director, etc. Best Original Screenplay was Your only grand nomination. So in order to take care of the other nominated films, only five seats for you."

   "Isn't Alan Parker also nominated? This position should be given to me." Ronald said.

"Don't be naive, Ronald." Nisita took over, "Oscar nomination rules, you should have a front row seat, but you signed an agreement that the crew may not provide admission tickets, nor go on stage to win the best. Eligibility for Screenwriting Awards.

  Agreement is an agreement, of course we can go to trouble and public relations. But the Britons have a lot of power in Hollywood, and it's too expensive to offend them for a front row position. Luckily you have two nominations, one is always there, it's just going to be in the back row. "

   "Okay, what about the front row in the back row? I've seen the Oscar broadcast, and nominees can sit in the front seat near the aisle, right?"

"We're going to negotiate with composer Michael Gore about this. You've got a special situation, Ronald. This year is the first time a movie has been nominated for two best original songs, the famous theme song.' Fame', and another episode 'OutHereonMyOwn'.

  The lyricist of the song 'OutHereonMyOwn' is Michael Gore's sister Leslie, a former jade singer who has helped Michael's career a lot..."

   Ronald was a little angry. It was the first time he had the opportunity to attend the Oscars ceremony, and with two nominations in hand, he couldn't get a good position?

"Then what about the row behind the Gore siblings? To the side in the back row?" Ronald suggested that he would always appear in the camera and let Aunt Karen and Donna see it. If there is no award, only the nominee will be announced. At times, the camera would swipe to the nominee, and he didn't want to get too far from Michael Gore in case the cameraman behind the camera didn't recognize him.

"We will try our best to negotiate, and we will be famous all over the world. This time there are nominations for the best sound effects and the best editing. We will also sit next to the aisle. CAA will definitely guarantee your appearance. The worst is the aisle. The third position inside."

The    happy mood was slightly tempered by the row of seats, but Ronald soon became happy again. Aunt Karen also learned the good news of his nomination and baked a cookie at home to celebrate.

   "Oh, Ronnie. I didn't expect you to be nominated for an Oscar, our family has never had this kind of artistic genius before." Aunt Karen hugged Ronald, very happy.

"I didn't expect that the Golden Globe Awards actually came from the producer to go to public relations. There are only 90 judges, which is easy to influence. There are more than 3,000 judges for the Academy Award, all of them are professionals in the industry. Nominee's endorsement."

Ronald began to show off what he learned from CAA, "The agent has promised me a good position in PR, you and Donna will see me on TV. The camera will sweep over when the nomination is announced, you pay attention. Look, I'll say hello to you."

   "Are you going to win? Ronnie?" asked Auntie with bright eyes.

   "I don't know, the agent said that the Oscars are unpredictable, but I'll prepare an acceptance speech. Get your VCRs ready."

   "Okay, Ronnie, I'll get Donna ready, she's smart, she'll know the electronics." Aunt Karen was very happy, "You come over for dinner on the weekend, we'll celebrate a little bit"

   "Well, I'll record it." Donna picked up the biscuit and broke half of it for Diane Lane.

   Watching Diane Lane eating the biscuits, Aunt Karen added, "Come and celebrate together. You can also go to the awards show and teach Ronnie how to deal with reporters."

   "Of course, I'll cover you. You can ask Bert, he's going with me, he knows everything," Diane said, reaching for another biscuit.

  The sound of an advertisement came from the TV. It was a public service advertisement of Bo Ji Xiaosi. The purpose is to discourage young people from learning to smoke. Now many civil organizations are calling for smoking to cause cancer, and they have begun to promote smoking bans on TV and other mass media, starting from discouraging young people from starting smoking and becoming addicted.

   "I heard she's in some trouble?" Donna asked Ronald, pointing to Brooke Shields on the TV.

   Brooke Xiaosi was talking on TV, boys who don't like smoking, smoking does not mean cool. Increasing their attractiveness in the eyes of teenagers of the opposite **** is the biggest reason why many people smoke, and then they cannot quit because of addiction.

   "Heard a lot of conservative groups in New York attack her, saying her films and um...ads...challenge American values. Ask the government to investigate whether she did something non-American."

   Ronald knew a little about Brooke's problems from her mother.

"Non-American values? This seems to be the discourse system of the 1950s, right? That's how they persecuted Ingrid Bergman at that time." Donna had read the autobiography of Bergman that Ronald received, and knew a few words of conservatives at the time technique.

   "Is it really breaking the law? Will the FBI come to arrest her." Diane was a little confused about Brooke Shields, the most popular actress of her age.

   "Oh, Diane. This is an advertisement in New York. If you want to arrest it, it is also the NYPD. The FBI only cares about cross-state crimes, not within the state. Only when you cross the state border will the FBI use their investigative network to intervene." Donna corrected.

   "Oh? Is that so..." Diane nodded.

   Ronald came home from dinner and received a lot of congratulatory calls. With Oscar nominations, Ronald is the number one figure in the American film industry. Even if he keeps making low-budget exploitative films in the future, his name will occupy a small historical segment when the 53rd Oscars are mentioned.

   "Oh, Mr. Coleman. Didn't expect you to call to congratulate me in person." Ronald received an unexpected congratulatory call.

   "Idiot, congratulations. You helped me pick 'Moscow Don't Believe in Tears' nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. We can at least have one more screening in art theaters."

   "Aha, that's great news," Ronald replied.

   "It's great news. Hahaha..." Roger Coleman was still so hearty.

   "What's the matter, Ronald, you don't seem too happy. The copy of the film was loaned by the Souville Embassy for a nominal fee, and the lease cost almost nothing, and your share of the profit."

   "Mr. Coleman, I'm not unhappy. It's a pity that I may not be swept by the cameras during the awards show."

Ronald told Coleman that at the Oscars ceremony, although he had two nominations, he might have to sit alone in the middle of the back row because of the agreement and the two songs being nominated at the same time. again.

   "Don't worry, kid. Did you forget? You got three nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film..."

   (end of this chapter)