Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 704 Premiere

   Over the weekend, Ronald returned to Los Angeles.

   "The Wicked Man" is Disney's Touchstone Pictures, which produced the first movie released after Michael Eisner took over.

   It was a monumental film, so Disney paid the full price for the premiere. They found Hollywood's largest Plitter Theater for the premiere in Century City Commercial City on the Walk of Fame in the center of Hollywood.

  Helen Slater wore a sleeveless red top, a white skirt, and white high-heeled sandals. The facial features on her painted face were as distinct as ancient Greek sculptures, and she was very photogenic.

   In order to wait for her elaborate makeup, Ronald also waited in the living room for more than half an hour. Helen adheres to her mother's progressive thinking and is more environmentally friendly. This dress is actually the costume she used to perform in a drama in New York before, but Karen, who has good skin and figure, looks a little noble in ancient Greek beauty.

   She took Ronald's arm and appeared in the theater together.

  Ronald is dressed in a handmade suit, with a dark red tie, brown leather shoes, and a personable demeanor. The two stood up at the Plitter Theatre, allowing reporters to take some pictures for publicity.

   "This theater, like the Astor Theater on Broadway in New York, has a neoclassical asymmetrical and columned appearance."

  Helen is far more familiar with New York than Los Angeles, and her art education since childhood has also made her an outlet, which is a comment on the architectural style of the Pulitt Theater.

"Ah, maybe it is, maybe the real estate developer is based on the Astor Theater in New York." Astor was the richest family in the United States in the 19th century. There are many streets and buildings named after Astor in New York. Theaters, and even the best Waldorf Astoria are family owned.

   "Good vision, this is the early 1970s. Century City was built in the style of the Astor Theater. At that time, it was a big boom in Hollywood, and many business cards were premiered here."

   Another bunch of handsome men and beauties appeared at the premiere. The man was mature and steady, with an American heroic chin. The woman is young and beautiful, with a foreign temperament.

   "Michael, good evening, thank you for coming to the premiere." Ronald hurriedly stepped forward to say hello to the man who spoke up.

   This is actor Michael Douglas. He was wearing a dark blue shirt, grey top, silver tie, and had long hair. The beauty next to him is his young wife, Diandra Luke, in a pleated dress with an intricate pearl necklace.

At the premiere of    in the 1980s, celebrities from all walks of life did not follow the old rules before the 1970s, and they had to wear formal dresses to attend.

  The current style is to wear various exaggerated styles of daily fashion for reporters to take pictures.

  The male stars are mainly in casual suits of various fancy colors, while the female guests are fashionable in various strange shapes, quite like moving the runway to the theater.

  When Helen saw the four rows of pearls juxtaposed, she almost coughed at the necklace that was covering her neck. She secretly adjusted the necklace and earrings that Ronald gave, and also stepped forward to say hello. The four embraced and congratulated each other, and Ronald started and chatted with Douglas.

   "Will you continue to be an actor or a producer?" Ronald asked Michael Douglas about his next plan.

   "What did the agent tell you? Am I a little bit famous now? Hollywood gossip reporters are saying I'm on the phone all the time in the trailer on the set."

   "It didn't hinder your performance, I was very impressed with the Emerald movie."

   "Hahaha, thank you, you are the first insider to express your appreciation for that commercial film to me."

   "Producers have to make movies that audiences like, don't they?"

  Michael Douglas in 1975, when he was just over 30 years old, as a producer, won the Academy Award for best picture statue for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

   This script was a gift from his father, Kirk Douglas. As the son of a Hollywood tycoon, Michael didn't want to be seen only as a lucky producer under his father's shadow, but wanted to be a good actor.

  He also played the leading role in his own production of "Emerald" and the sequel "Treasures of the Nile", opposite Katherine Turner.

   "Will there be a third Emerald?" Ronald was very interested in this blockbuster series.

   "Tsk...Catherine doesn't want to continue this kind of movie anymore, she wants to play a more in-depth role. I'm also a little tired of this kind of hero image and want to try some more marginal villain images."

   "So you still make your next movie yourself?"

   "Not necessarily, it depends on the market situation. I heard that you are very popular in Dongying, and I am also interested in going there to find financing. Is there any way? What is the interest in investing in Hollywood there?"

  Michael Douglas is more like a producer than an actor. The topic finally returned to the most important job of the producer, financing.

   "Many companies have expressed some interest, but they still have doubts about Hollywood's business. Many of Dongying's capital is old-fashioned chaebols, and they want to seize the local market, which is very different from what I thought at first.

   Only some new money, developed after the war, with new ideas and beautiful views of America, are interested in investing in Hollywood. "

   The two were about to exchange a little more opinion on the project financing when Douglas suddenly frowned. He found his wife, Diandra, chatting with another long-haired male star.

   "Are you back in Hollywood? Mel?"

   "Yeah, yes. I love living in my home in Australia, but there's money to be made here...hahaha."

Michael Douglas frowned slightly again, just as a squat black actress came over, "Whoopi, we meet again, Deandra, come and meet Whoopi Goldberg." He didn't He interrupted vigorously, separating his wife from the Australian megalomaniac.

   "Ah, I know you, you played Sealy in Spielberg's 'The Purple'..."

   Mr. and Mrs. Douglas entered the theater.

   "Ah, these Kikes," muttered Mel Gibson, who was interrupted.

   "What did you say? Mel, long time no see" Ronald, who came to greet him, didn't hear it clearly.

   "Nothing, Ronald, long time no see!" Mel Gibson hugged Ronald and Helen and said hello.

   They haven't seen each other since they fell out over Rachel Ward at Stallone's party.

   "What, you and Mrs Douglas know each other?"

   "Don't you know? She turned out to be the daughter of an Australian diplomat in the United States, and is well-known among Australians."

   "I don't know, it's my first time seeing you. I heard that you are already preparing a new movie?"

"Lethal Weapon, a Joe Silver project, is filming next month. I'm not like other actors, I'm based in Hollywood, I usually live in my hometown in Australia, so many projects are not well-informed. What movie are you going to make next?"

   "Ha, it's a small project with a heroine as the main character."

Mel Gibson returned to Hollywood this time and watched two new films directed by Ronald, especially "Top Gun". Every actor in it was shot by Ronald to be very star-like. Gibson is envious of his "Mad Max" character.

"Rachel Ward has temporarily taken a break from filming. She said that she wants to learn more about acting. Her attitude towards film is very serious..." He took Ronald to talk about a lot of artistic insights. On and Ronald find a common language.

   Faced with the Australians who came up to discuss art, Ronald couldn't stand it. After being perfunctory for a long time, the director and actor who still used the excuse of "there is a villain in the house" have arrived, and they will ask him to talk later.

   "Okay, Ronald, you are really an artistic director. Let's talk about it when we find time. We must collaborate on a movie next."

"Is this guy's idea of ​​art just taking off his shirt and playing volleyball on the beach?" Helen was not happy with the Aussie who allegedly used the name Kike, which was discriminatory against Jews, and mentioned another actress in front of her. Grabbed Ronald's arm and complained.

   "Hahaha, I don't think many housewives would agree with you. In their eyes, that's art."

   "That's not what people say..." Helen misunderstood Ronald's statement, "I think your figure is more attractive to me, and I like men taller than me."

   Ronald lightly pinched Helen's waist. Helen felt hot, begged for mercy, and hid in the theater first.

   Next, the trio of Jerry Zack in the main creator greeted Ronald and went in, and the rest of the hero and heroine Danny Dewito and Betty Midler were in a brief interview with reporters.

   "How does it feel to be the lead?" Ronald asked the last two leading actors to enter the theater.

   "Ah...very good, very good." Danny DeVito said in a trance, his female companion was wearing a strange see-through suit and fishnet stockings, but he had murdered a lot of film.

   "Not bad, I like this kind of battle." Betty Midler was a little better than Dewito, grabbing a glass of champagne on the table by the aisle and gulping it down.

   "Why are you a little nervous?" Ronald thought to himself.

   Fortunately, Helen, who came first, didn't feel it, and the two found a place to sit down.

The beginning of    "There Are Evil Husbands" is a cartoon-style title. The main plot of the film is shown vividly in a cartoon way.

   seems to be using the capabilities of Disney's animation department, Ronald secretly said.

   This is the second time I've seen this comedy movie on the big screen. Ronald knew all the plot lines and jokes in advance.

   But it is very interesting, the laugh of this comedy is caused by the absurdity of the story itself, so even if I saw it in advance, Ronald still laughed where he should laugh.

  This kind of movie is not quite the same as Zach's previous "unprecedented" neurocomedy with dense language. Even if the storyline is given to you in advance, you will still have a good viewing experience.

This is actually a lot of actor's skills. Among the two leading actors, the bad son-in-law played by Danny Dewito is a cartoon-style bad guy. Even if everyone knows he is bad from the beginning, it will be difficult to see him being kidnapped and his wife as a hostage. To unite for revenge is still very much looking forward to.

  Betty Midler's rich girl is also a very contrasting character. At the beginning, she gives a chubby vicious woman, scaring the kidnappers into chicken-like ruthless characters. Gradually, the audience discovered that she was just a middle-aged woman who wanted to lose weight but could not lose weight. The kindness in her heart was much stronger than her husband.

  The laughter of the audience is similar to that of the test screening, often, but not intensively.

   "Oh my God, I'm so bad at acting."

  Helen looked at the picture on the screen, and sometimes had the urge to cover her eyes with her hands.

   Ever since I was called out by Ronald for over-exerting acting, now I look at the scenes I took before, and it's awkward how I look at it.

   (end of this chapter)