Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 616 Accident Suspension of Filming

   "Art Schole has an accident."

   "What?" Ronald, who was filming the cockpit of the ring built by Cameron, heard the assistant's report.

   "Cut! Sorry, Tim."

  Tim Robbins is 6 feet 5 inches tall (about 1.96 meters), and all the shots in the cockpit of the "Wizard Merlin" he played were shot in the ground stunt cabin. Ronald interrupted the shooting just now.

   "What accident? Is it serious?"

   Ronald asked the assistant director to direct everyone to rest, and he and his assistant walked to the side.

   "Mr. Bruckheimer called. He received a report from the second group director that Art Scholler is missing."

   "Missing? What is missing?"

"His plane just disappeared at sea. We heard him say on the radio that his plane was in a horizontal spin and couldn't recover, and then the pilots and photographers who were following the plane saw his plane swooped into a patch of space. Yun, and no one saw him after that."

   Ronald heard that he was missing at sea. It was very likely that someone was killed, so he hurried out the door and headed for the production office.

   "It's been four hours and we've notified the Coast Guard and called Art Shore's family."

   Bruckheimer looked depressed, and he was stunned when he got the news. Who knew such an accident could happen.

"I heard that Art Scholler had finished shooting for the day, and he insisted on doing it again, hoping to get the best shots. Then something happened. After he passed through the clouds, the planes behind him did not find him. They thought he was pulling up, but they didn't find it after pulling it up, and when they returned to the low altitude, they couldn't find any trace of him."

   "Damn, did we buy accident insurance?" Don Simpson walked in cursing from the outside.

   "Can anyone tell me if we bought Art Shore accident insurance?"

   "I bought it. Ronald mentioned the risk at the time, so I asked for it." Bruckheimer glanced at his partner and said it was not good at this time.

"That's good, that's good," Don Simpson crossed. "You may think I'm a little cold-blooded, but for his family, it means a lot. And it also gives the crew a buffer. Not now. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was time to make a movie and die. Paramount would also conduct an independent investigation.”

   "You said Paramount would investigate this?" Ronald found the key to Simpson's words.

   "It's a fixed process, and Mancuso won't pass up this opportunity, right?" Don Simpson glanced at Ronald.

   "This is a pure accident, no one wants to see this tragedy happen." Bruckheimer also came to discuss, and the three quickly reached a tacit understanding. In this matter, the interests of the three of them are completely the same.

  …

   "No one wanted to see this tragedy happen. God says there is a time for everything, and a time for everything under the sun: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted..."

  Ronald wearing sunglasses and two producers at Art Schole's funeral, listening to the preacher preach.

   The family of Art Shorer watched the coffin silently. There was no Art Shorer's body inside. The Coast Guard did not find the exact location of the crash. The Pacific Ocean is big, and the Super Chipmunks are small.

   The family of the deceased did not have a very sad expression. Maybe they had long thought that Art Schole, who was keen to challenge aerobatics, would inevitably have this day's ending.

   "My condolences", Ronald and the people who came from the crew expressed their condolences to their families one by one.

  The three ended the funeral and came to Don Simpson's house to discuss countermeasures.

   "Mancuso took this opportunity to suspend filming and started an independent investigation into the accident. This will take a lot of time."

  Don Simpson poured brandy for both of them.

  Ronald took a sip, diluting the solemn atmosphere of the funeral, "We haven't done anything wrong, what can he do?"

"Safety measures are not in place, too dangerous scenes are shot, and there are investigations by the stunt practitioners' union and the actors' union. In short, there will be no less trouble, and we must stand on the same line." Bruckheimer knows these regulations. , he added.

"The one you told us is okay?" What Don Simpson is most afraid of is that Mancuso uses a security accident to put on the hat of poor filming on the producer and director, and then use his own people to take over the final scene Shooting and editing part.

   This is something they cannot allow. Although their names will still appear in the positions of producers and directors, the editing is the last creation of the film. If Mancuso's old concept is implemented into the editing, the box office will fail, and the three of them will collapse. a name.

"No problem, I was invented by John Ford and developed by Billy Wilder, Fred Zinneman and other directors to combat the stunt of Hollywood's random editing. Except myself, and my teacher Walter Murch, there's no one in Hollywood who can cut my footage right now."

  Ronald has a plan in his mind. This method of fighting against other editors to edit his own works is to start from the basics of editing, which is very tricky. If it weren't for the difficulty of shooting fighter footage, I wouldn't have used this method to design edits.

   But precisely because of this, the three of them now have the capital to fight Paramount.

   "Can't you find the chief commander?" Don Simpson was still impressed by the speech of the chief commander at that time.

   "I really don't have friendship with him. That was when I went to the White House to deliver a copy, and I met the chief commander and his wife by chance." Ronald shrugged. I am indeed not familiar with the chief commander's family, but I am more familiar with the deputy commander. But the deputy commander has no real power.

"Well, let's take a look at who is our friend and who is our enemy." Don Simpson got Ronald's confirmation, and he didn't think about anything else. No big problem. The three drank the wine and formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

  …

   "Ronald, I heard that you were robbed of editing rights?" Cameron heard the news from his wife and called to care.

   "It's okay, I'm just wasting some time. No big deal."

"That's good, Fox has agreed to Gale and I to shoot the Alien sequel, and the heroine Sigourney Weaver will also return to play the role of the female officer Ripley in the previous episode. If you are uncomfortable there, you are welcome at any time. Come and play with my crew."

   "It's alright, Jim, I know it."

   "Then watch out for yourself."

   hung up Cameron's phone, Ronald continued to the opposite agents Nisita and Richard, "I only need some time here, and Mancuso will soon find out that his ideas are ridiculously wrong."

  Nisita stared at Ronald's eyes for a long time, and found that the client was not blindly confident, but had such strong confidence. "I'll continue to put pressure on Paramount to respect your editing rights. Ned Tanin is a candidate to win, and I'm sure you've got a way."

"Ronald, if you need help, Rick and I can go to Mr. Michael Ovitz. He has a certain influence on Paramount now." Richard Lovett has not been in the industry for a long time. Like Nisita, there is some guesswork about Ronald's cards. He was rather anxious about this sort of thing.

   "Since Ronald has his own ideas, we can just follow his ideas."

   "That's it," Ronald said goodbye.

   "Rick, is this really good? I'm not like you, I only have this good customer." Richard asked Nisita after sending Ronald out.

   "Pfft, it's like I have stronger clients than him. Now Coppola's creativity is waning and projects are getting harder to talk about. I'm in the same boat as you, Richard."

Nisita reassured his partner, "Ronald has his own ideas, don't forget that his friend is Walter Murch, one of the best editors in Hollywood, and I won't believe him if you say he doesn't do anything. "

   "I've never heard of anyone having such a trick?" Richard was silent.

   "Of course not everyone can do it. If you don't shoot the main shot, and you don't shoot the over-the-shoulder shot, how many directors can make a quality movie? Ronald is not like a blindly confident person."

   "I agree with that", Richard shook his head, all he could do now was to trust Ronald.

   "Are you alright? Hollywood is rumoured that your movie has been stopped", Diane made a long-distance call from San Francisco, where she was about to go to her first audition.

   "Don't worry about me, you focus on your audition." Ronald replied to Diane, "I'm fine, just a minor setback. You remember not to tell Donna and my aunt, I don't want them to worry."

   "Okay, you don't have to worry about my affairs, I prepared a lot for this audition. Director Lucas seems very satisfied, I think he will notify my agent."

  Diane completed her first audition, donning a rocker outfit and taking some styling shots with an electric guitar. The first time she auditioned, she felt that the result was good. She heard the actress who came with him talking about Ronald, and hurriedly called him. Now, should he be fine?

   "Ronald, are you all right?"

  This time it was Helen Slater calling from New York. Her "Billy King Legend" has been filmed, and her father, Gerald, has found a voice job for her in a cartoon filmed on TV.

   "How come you know that? I'm fine."

   "They're trampling on artists like this, Ronald. If you need help, I can find my dad..."

   "I'm fine, this matter will be resolved, it just takes some time."

  …

   "Hahahaha..." Emilio Estevez laughed wildly in the bar. Next to him are some friends he met during the filming of "The Breakfast Club."

   "That Ronald actually turned against Paramount, let's see how he ends up. What kind of media will tout that guy who only makes exploitative films..."

   "He really doesn't know much about real drama," echoed Eric Stoltz. Since he was fired halfway from the "Back to the Future" crew, he has lost the respect he used to support Ronald.

   "Hey, don't say that, Ronald is still nice to us." Rob Lowe was recommended by Ronald for two auditions, and he didn't want to be passed on to Ronald.

   "You don't have to do this. The 'St. Elmo's Fire' you filmed with me, Demi, will be released soon. There is absolutely no need to be afraid of him."

   "What are they talking about?" Cher and Val Kilmer broke up after the shooting of Top Gun, and caught up with the yet-to-be-famous Eric Stoltz. He was talking to Emilio's girlfriend, Demi Moore.

   "Talk about Ronald again, Ronald Lee, I heard that his crew was stopped by Paramount."

   "Oh, is that him?" Cher likes young people with artistic temperament, Ronald doesn't have such a strong artistic style, she quickly lost interest.

   "I'm going to the bathroom".

   "Ronald, are you alright?" Demi Moore saw the opportunity, slipped out and hung up on Ronald.

   "It's alright, you don't have to worry." Ronald heard Demi's hoarse voice, "Congratulations on the completion of the shooting of St. Elmo's Fire."

   "Oh, you'll be fine. I can tell that you are very confident. I have to go back. If something happens, I'll call you again."

  Demi has a lot of confidence in Ronald.

   "Ronald, I heard you are free recently?"

   is another phone call, the thin voice is familiar, but this person surprised Ronald.

   "I do have time, why did you remember to call me, MJ?"

   (end of this chapter)