Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 534 The Party of the Filmmakers of the Small Country

   "Paramount's script 'Out of the Sky' is good and sincere," Nisita said to Ronald.

   "But in terms of plot, how can I put it, it's like a B-level exploitative version of 'ET Alien'."

  Ronald shook his head, I don't really want to make this kind of movie, you know, my aunt called me to congratulate me after watching 'Longwei Kid'. Breakdance's first-week box office was higher than Longwei Kid, she didn't even say that.

   I hope to make more movies with real emotions. "

Nisita smiled, "Richard saw that day, and it has been confirmed that it is really Barry Diller, he may be negotiating to work at 20th Century Fox. Then I will contact you now, Eisner and Card, who have a certain incense. The Senberg combination could take the helm at Paramount.

   So they will definitely invest more to ensure the success of the first films after they take office. This movie is topical. The third space shuttle, Discovery, is about to fly for the first time, and the public is very interested in space exploration.

   This is another sci-fi theme that you are good at. "

   "Unless the script is overhauled, the real emotion can be produced. But in this case, the investment will be at least doubled. I don't want to make this kind of low-cost exploitative film that audiences will know before they go to the theater."

   "You think your movie will still be remembered thirty years later, eh?" Nisita smiled. It's good that Ronald has ambition, but he's afraid that he doesn't have ambition.

   "What about this 'White Night'?" Nisita asked.

   "I actually don't feel very much about this kind of big-power Cold War content."

   "This film has a lot of investment and will be shot on location."

   "Going to Leningrad?" Ronald was a little interested. If he could go to the Soviet Union to film the scene, it would naturally cause a lot of topics. American audiences are still very interested in the old capital of Tsarist Russia under the Iron Curtain.

   "Yes, so they may invest 15 to 20 million in the filming budget, and also ask the prototype of the character Mikhail Baryshnikov to play the leading role.

  The other star is tap dance master Gregory Hines. They signed a contract in 1982 after the rights to adapt the novel were sold. "

   "Proposition composition." Ronald lost interest again.

This Hines, who played tap dancers with Diane in the "Cotton Club", Ronald had no interest in the difficulty and skill of those dances, and the dancing shoes tapped a certain rhythm on the floor to distinguish the winner. , why not use drums? It can be difficult for a modern audience to understand.

   "There is also an actor, who is also the designated object, you are familiar with."

"Who?"

   "Isabella Rossellini."

"she?"

  Ingrid Bergman, the ex-wife of Martin Scorsese, his teacher at New York University, is most like one of his daughters, and is going to make a movie?

   "Who recommended her?" Ronald heard that she had remarried, but did not know who her current husband was.

   "No one, this is an opportunity won by her own strength."

  Nisita explained. Isabella Rossellini debuted as a graphic model at the age of 30 after her divorce from Scorsese.

   As soon as I took a few magazine photos, I was selected by Lancome Cosmetics and became the spokesperson. A few months later, she replaced the original spokespersons in America and Europe, unifying the face of Lancôme's endorsement around the world.

  Now the streets of New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and London are all her large posters.

   The producer of "White Night" apparently also wanted to take a bite out of the sudden rise of the supermodel's popularity.

   "Then I have to talk to some of the pre-booked protagonists." Ronald agreed to the agent to continue the negotiation.

   "Very well, I'll ask Richard to take you to the party."

  Richard drove Ronald to Mulholland Drive, an old house built in the 1940s.

   Ronald saw Mia when he entered the door.

   "Welcome, Ronald. There will be big stars coming soon." Mia picked a glass of champagne for Ronald, "I wish us a successful cooperation."

  The copies of "God Is Crazy" have been sent to Cannonball and Coleman's Concorde respectively. Both of them are very optimistic about the film and are preparing to integrate resources and distribute them in regions outside the distribution scope of Twentieth Century Fox. The two are now considered partners.

  After the two exchanged greetings, Ronald kept seeing faces of distinct ethnicities. This party, as Mia said, was organized by people from various small countries wandering around Hollywood.

Even so, the party was clearly divided into several centers. Ronald raised his eyes and saw that the protagonist in a circle was exactly the same as himself. He accompanied Toshiro Mifune to the audition, and the son of Akira Kurosawa, the famous director of Toyo Sawa Hisao.

   "Li Sang", Kurosawa also saw Ronald and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

   "Long time no see, Kurosawa-kun."

   They are discussing the current project of Director Akira Kurosawa. Since his "Shadow Warrior" was a big success, people are now investing money in him to make movies. The filming is based on Shakespeare's "King Lear" adaptation of the work - "chaos".

   Hisao Kurosawa is now in America and is looking for opportunities to promote this work everywhere.

   "This work is a combination of Shakespeare's play and our country's traditional story, Maori Yuan's legacy on the Three Arrows..."

   "Hey", looking at Hisao Kurosawa's strong recommendation, Ronald couldn't help but sigh that a master like Akira Kurosawa didn't make a movie in America.

   "What, Ronald, do you have any unique views on this movie?"

  Ronald shared his thoughts.

"Actually, Hollywood once invited my father to shoot a movie about trains. But because of the severe snowstorm in America that year, the scene couldn't be filmed, so it didn't take shape. Now this script is still with me, waiting for one day. , there will be directors who will be interested.”

   "What subject?"

   "A desperate train was hijacked by gangsters and had bombs installed. The train would explode as soon as it went below a certain speed, with an innocent mechanic on it, followed by a police officer."

   "What a wonderful script." Ronald nodded in appreciation, then left immediately in case Kurosawa sold the script to himself.

"It's so hard to shoot a train. It will take at least an hour after one shot to go out. No wonder Akira Kurosawa didn't make it. What kind of snow disaster, I think it's because I'm afraid that the budget overrun will turn into a disaster." Ronald didn't believe that Excuse.

   Ronald turned to another circle of national filmmakers from the southern hemisphere, including South African Mia, but also Australia and New Zealand, and a few Latin American-looking people.

   "Rachel!" Ronald found an acquaintance, the Australian actress Rachel Ward, who had been on a plane with him.

   "Ronald, it's nice to meet you", this time Rachel didn't doubt his identity anymore, after all, he was already a cutting-edge director who was highly praised by film critics.

   "Are you in Hollywood? I thought you were still in New York...with..." Ronald remembered her with Robert of the Kennedys.

   "Robert? He's just a little boy longing for a mother's love." Ward smiled and stepped forward to hug Ronald. "Look at Me Again (Against All Odds was a flop at the US box office, and if there was no other chance to stay in Hollywood, it was time to go back to Australia and marry an engaged boyfriend.

   "What are you talking about?" Ronald looked around, all speaking with an Australian accent.

   "We're talking about a house that originally belonged to Errol Flynn, a first-generation Australian who worked hard in Hollywood."

  A man with long center-parted hair and sunken eyes, speaking with an Australian accent, said to Ronald.

"This is the Australian actor, my fellow Mel Gibson," Ward took Ronald's arm and introduced them to each other," said Ronald Lee, the director of Longwinds and Breakdance. "

   "So you're the guy who got Rachel's movie out of schedule." Mel Gibson's accent changed to an American, slightly Irish, and joked with Ronald.

   "Hahaha, that's not bad." Ronald likes this kind of straightforward person.

   "Speaking of which, Errol Flynn also has a legend that the glass in his bathroom is two-way, and he often peeks at female guests."

   Gibson pretended to be mysterious and said to the crowd.

   "Really? I want to go see it." The person beside him believed it.

   "It was before, and the current owner has been redecorated." Gibson explained, "Ronald, have you seen the Flynn movie?"

   "I watched a few in college, and I heard Orson Welles gossip about him." Ronald also began to brag.

   "You know Orson Welles?" Several listeners really began to admire him.

"I heard that he was a boxer before he was an actor, and one day he got into a fight with director John Huston at the producer Woznick's house, and it was said to be a good fight, all the boxing that happened in Woznick's backyard It's also the best in the fight," Ronald began to blow.

   "What's the result?" Gibson asked with interest, "We Aussies are not that kind of fake handle."

   "Whose boxing are you talking about is fake." A familiar voice came from behind.

   Everyone looked back and saw that it was the big star of Hollywood, the symbol of the American boxer, Sylvester Stallone.

   "This is what Mia said about the big star, right?" Ronald and Rachel Ward, who was holding his arm, stepped back a little. He was not very happy with Stallone the first two times, and he didn't want to communicate with him this time.

  Rachel Ward saw Stallone, also remembered his arrogant attitude at the last party, and glanced at Ronald again.

   "We're talking, Errol Flynn." Gibson welcomed Stallone. "Just now Ronald said Flynn had a fight with John Huston, and we were discussing who won."

"Ronald." Stallone glanced at the side, Rachel Ward, skipped Ronald, and said to Ward, "Rachel, I remember correctly? When did you dump you? Boyfriend? Why didn't you call me, I remember giving you your business card."

   Ronald turned to Rachael Ward, embarrassed. A woman with self-respect will always refuse such a rude attack.

Ward was a little flustered. Last time Stallone was in front of her boyfriend and told her to dump her boyfriend and call him. If it's all Australian insiders again, I'm afraid it won't end well and will pass on a bad reputation. .

   "Because I like to decide things by myself, and I don't like men to teach me how to do it." Ward grabbed Ronald's arm and said, so that everyone can go down the stairs.

   "Huh, have you seen Ronald this boy? I have to remind you that he is not as talented as the film critics say."

   Stallone came up and tried to push Ronald away.

  Ronald unloaded sideways, Stallone did not push, but stumbled.

   "Hi Hi!" A tall bodyguard with long hair tied in a bun at the back of his head rushed up, separating Ronald and Stallone.

   Ronald raised his hands, indicating that he did not do it himself.

  Then the bodyguard approached Ronald, grabbed Ronald's wrist with both hands, and was about to exert force.

  Ronald was shocked, this was practiced, and he was going to use the wrestling method next.

   The right hand automatically came out of Ward's arms, and a slap slapped it.

   "Clap", the other party stepped back, slapped him on the wrist, and the two separated.

   Ronald practiced wrestling for many years, grabbing the position and wrestling, just like a physical instinct. This time, it was also beyond the expectations of the other bodyguard. The two stood on guard without speaking to each other.

   "Stephen, let's go." Stallone stopped the bodyguard, and the two turned around and went to another room together.

  The bodyguard named Stephen also made a few threatening gestures to Ronald before leaving with Stallone.

   "Are you all right?" Rachel Ward came up to care.

   "It's okay, Sly and I have a bit of 'history'."

   "Hey, brother, you're brave enough to almost repeat Flynn's battle." Mel Gibson came up to pat Ronald and got a lot closer to him.

   "Do you still want to be here?" Ronald asked Ward, "I'd better get out."

   "I'm with you." Rachel Ward stood firmly with Ronald.

   "That's good", the two greeted Mia and took a step first.

   "Call Mayer from CAA, I'm going to be on a talk show next week", Stallone called his assistant and asked him to call his agent.

"This young man has repeatedly sabotaged his plan to pick up girls. His nickname is Sly (sly), not because his name Sylvester is homophonic, and he is not a reckless bull, but It's time for Ronald to taste the power of Hollywood's leading male stars."

   (end of this chapter)