Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 299 Helicopter Accident

   The first call to inform Ronald of the accident was his agent Richard, "Turn on the TV, ABC's entertainment news, something has happened."

  "Actor Vic Morrow died unexpectedly while filming a movie at Indian Farm in California. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed to this reporter that the accident occurred. Local police said they were investigating the accident.

   The reporter of this station has not contacted the crew for the time being, and any updates will be broadcast in the form of subtitles. "

   Ronald turned on the TV as he said, and tuned to ABC Los Angeles, where the news host was dialing a piece of news.

   "Vic Morrow, isn't Jennifer Jason Leigh's father?" Ronald remembers the drunken brawn who barged into the scene, trying to stop his daughter's Jewish actor from taking a revealing scene.

   "Yes, I will call you as soon as I hear the news."

   "Okay, I'll contact the producer and ask about the situation."

   Ronald, who put down the phone, was a little worried. Will Jennifer Jason Lee be affected by this incident and affect her participation in "fast-paced" marketing activities?

   Ronald quickly called the producer Lin Sen, "Have you heard?"

   Lin Sen who answered the phone, like Ronald, started with "Have you heard?"

   "We have to discuss, is it not suitable for Jennifer to participate in marketing activities?" Linson has more experience in film distribution than Ronald.

"why?"

   "Jennifer Jason Lee is the second generation of stars. This kind of person is generally appreciated by film critics and the media, and has a lot of good things to say. But it will also cause many entertainment reporters to pursue them.

   And she is still Jewish. Now that her father Vic Morrow is dead, those exposed scenes of her in the movie are likely to cause discomfort to the elderly Jewish people at the top of the world. We still keep a low profile and try not to let her become the focus of the media. "

   "Okay, Mr. Linson, I think so too. Shall we go and see Jennifer, on the one hand to mourning, on the other hand to listen to her and her mother's opinions?"

   "You are very thoughtful. I will pick you up tomorrow."

   The next day, they came to the house of Jennifer's mother, Barbara Turner, who was with Jennifer and her sister.

   "It's impossible for Jennifer to continue participating in a 'fast-paced' marketing campaign. Losing a father in this way is a huge blow to any child, and she's just turned 20."

   "Fast-paced Richmond High School" heroine Barbara Turner, mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh, told Ronald and producer Linson who came to visit.

   "Ms. Turner, Barbara, we're here to express our condolences, not to allow Jennifer to continue her marketing journey." Ronald quickly cleared Barbara of his intentions.

  Although Vic Morrow abandoned their mother and daughter at a very young age, but to die in such a tragic way, no matter what, he had to come to mourning and support Jennifer.

   Ronald and Lin Sen heard some news through their respective channels last night. The unexpected death of Vic Morrow sounds very much like a horror movie story.

  Warner Bros. is also chasing director Spielberg, inviting him to direct a feature film. Spielberg picked the film version of CBS Evergreen's horror TV series "Twilight Zone."

   Spielberg's directorial schedule is so busy that he doesn't have time to direct the horror film in its entirety. So he found three friends in the circle to co-direct, each of them directed a part of the plot, and then combined four unrelated stories to make a movie.

   One of them was one of Ronald's enlightened directors, Joe Dante. That year in "Rock High School" to help good buddy Alan Akush direct the first film. Without him, Ronald would not have joined the Directors Guild.

  The other is John Landis, the horror and comedy director Universal once sent to watch "Fast-Paced Richmond High School."

   And finally, Australian director George Miller.

   It should be said that this lineup is still very strong. After Joe Dante left Roger Coleman, the director's "Three Times" box office was very good, and his directing ability also caught the attention of Spielberg, ready to ask him to make a film for his Amberlin company.

  George Miller swept the Hollywood box office with two low-budget wasteland sci-fi films "MadMax" and a sequel, and was swept up by studios.

  John Landis is a popular director who is on a par with Spielberg, and is regarded as the second heavyweight among the four directors after Spielberg. So it was decided that he would shoot the opening part, while Spielberg, who was busy with ET's alien release, made the second part.

   They also served as producers of the film.

The accident happened in the opening quarter of John Landis's director.

  Vic Morrow was beheaded by a helicopter propeller while filming a night escape scene. The two children who were filming with him also died together.

   TV series "Yin and Yang Demon Realm" is a horror fantasy story TV series. The accident also resembles a horror story in a TV series, which is unbelievable.

The first part of    is about a white man played by Vic Morrow who was robbed of his promotion by a Jewish colleague. He then began to scold Jews, Asians, and blacks, arguing that these minorities robbed him of his opportunities.

  Suddenly he was transported to the most racially discriminated time and space in history.

  For example, the Jews of the Vichy State during World War II were shot by the Gestapo because they could not speak German. He then went on to travel to Alabama in the fifties, turned into a black man, and faced hanging by the Ku Klux Klan.

After    finally escaped, he traveled to the Vietnam War battlefield in the 1960s. Escaping machine-gun fire from an American helicopter with two Vietnamese children.

  The scene where the accident happened was the scene where Vic Morrow took his two children and escaped from the UH-1 helicopter of the U.S. Army.

For some unknown reason, the helicopter driven by a real Vietnam Veteran lost control and crashed. C. Morrow was beheaded.

Before he died, he knew there was no guarantee, so he threw one child out, and the other child was hidden under him, but he still could not resist the sharp blade of the steel propeller. One of the two children was also killed by the propeller, and the other was crushed to death by the landing gear. .

   One big, two small and three actors were killed on the spot.

   "We want to meet Jennifer and express our condolences in person. Then we want to hear from Jennifer herself.

  The crew will try their best to keep her from becoming the focus of the media to the greatest extent possible. At this point in time, those media will definitely use the "fast-paced" release to ask her a lot of questions about her father. "

  Lin Sen handled this kind of thing more savagely, and put forward his own request on the spot.

  Barbara also woke up immediately. Maybe there are reporters standing outside the door now, ready to interview the family.

   "Thank you. Go and talk to Jennifer. I'll go out and see if there are any reporters. If it doesn't work, go through the back door."

   "Thank you, Barbara." Ronald and Lin Sen entered the back room and saw Jennifer Jason Lee sitting on the sofa in a daze.

   "Jennifer? I'm Ronald, let's see you, are you okay?"

  Jennifer came back to her senses and saw Ronald and producer Linson.

   "Oh, thank you for coming to see me, I'm actually fine."

   "Don't say that, you don't have to worry about the promotion of the movie, we know you lost your father, you must be..."

   "No, Ronald, Mr. Linson." Jennifer stood up, gave the two of them way and sat down on the sofa and sat up on the sofa on the other side.

"I'm not lying, I really have nothing to do with it. I was three when Vic left my mother, so I don't have much memory of what was going on at all. Vic approached me when we were filming 'Fast Pace' and thought Let me give up the heroine, was rejected by me.

   Over the past ten years, Vic has been like a stranger to me. I have no impression of him, and there are very few times when he comes to the house drunk and makes trouble.

   It's my sister, who has memories of him at home when he was a child. She often told me that Vic was actually a good person, but he turned into a demon when he got drunk. "

   "This?" I didn't expect Jennifer to look at her father like this, Ronald and Linson were at a loss for words.

   "You can rest assured that I will not delay the 'fast-paced' publicity schedule." Jennifer Jason Lee said to Ronald and the others.

   "Uh, Jennifer. That's actually a purpose we're here for."

  Ronald and Lin Sen looked at each other and said the idea of ​​asking her to suspend the publicity schedule.

"So Vic's accident deprived me of my publicity schedule instead?" Jennifer was a little annoyed. She won this role on her own merit, and she worked very hard, and sacrificed herself to film the revealing plot. Now Vic is playing the role herself Accidentally, but to deprive her of her power as a heroine?

"We know you are a very dedicated girl. But the situation now is that your father's accident has become the biggest news in Hollywood, and all kinds of tabloid media, and photojournalists, are squatting, hoping to get a word from you. Just a few words."

   "Yes, Jennifer. Believe us, whatever those reporters say to you will be exaggerated and deformed dozens of times, and they will do everything for sales. You should hire a public relations company as soon as possible to help you speak with a unified voice to the outside world."

   "Well, I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Jennifer is still calm, Vic Morrow doesn't have a deep relationship with her, so she can look at the whole thing from a more rational perspective.

   After a few discussions, it was decided that Jennifer would not be allowed to travel abroad for the time being, and she would make another appearance at the premiere in Los Angeles. And it was arranged by the public relations company not to let her face the firepower of the reporters, and she went directly to the cinema after her appearance.

  Ronald and the others will also speak out to the rest of the crew who are running the schedule, not talking about Vic Morrow.

   "I still can't believe this is the real thing." Ronald, who had made arrangements with Jennifer, sighed while covering his forehead with his hand, "How could such an outrageous thing happen?"

  Jennifer also felt the same way, "I don't know, the camera at the scene captured the whole process of the accident, but because it was too bloody, Warner Bros. didn't let us watch it for the time being.

  We will find a lawyer to see the situation together. The lawyer said that criminal liability and huge civil damages may be involved. "

   "Criminal?"

"Yeah, I heard..." Jennifer whispered to Ronald in a low voice, "My mother won't let me tell you, don't tell anyone, I heard that the accident was caused by John Landis ordering the helicopter to fly too low. "

   (end of this chapter)