Exploiting Hollywood 1980

A group of people came to New York with filming equipment. Here, the crew's prop team found a Chevrolet SUV that was more than ten years old but had been carefully maintained by mechanics, as a moving tool for the protagonist LaRusso's family.

Ronald's agent Eddie contacted the RV for the cast and crew, and they drove to the small town of Harris, New Jersey, to wait for the sunrise to shoot the next morning.

Ronald did not follow, but took time to deal with personal matters. He visited Aunt Karen, brought the "Night of the Comet" share to little Douglas in person, and then went to Long Island, where Helen Slater was recuperating at her mother's house.

"Helen, Ronald is here." Her mother knocked on the guest bedroom door at home and let Ronald in.

Ronald immediately saw Helen standing in front of the window wearing cotton pajamas. After more than a month of training, she did not maintain her 120-pound figure, but gradually returned to the level before filming "Superwoman".

The two looked at each other for a while, and suddenly laughed at the same time.

Helen came up and hugged Ronald, "I'm glad you came to see me, Ronnie." The two were like friends and talked a lot about what happened since they separated.

In addition to anorexia, which causes a cycle of binge eating and vomiting, Helen was diagnosed with mild depression by a doctor. After a period of psychological treatment, her mood is now much more stable. What she needs most now is the company of family and friends, but her parents are divorced and she can only live in two reorganized families for a period of time. .

The Salkinds, the producers of "Supergirl," appear to have not given up on their efforts and are still looking for a distributor willing to release the film. For this reason, they were willing to cut some more scenes, leaving only 108 minutes in length.

Helen's scenes have been reduced a lot, but after treatment by a psychiatrist, she seems not to care so much now.

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and Helen's mother knocked on the door to remind Helen that it was time to go out for exercise.

"Okay, that's it for today." Ronald was about to leave, and he rubbed Helen's hair. "So, we're still in a timeout?"

"Yeah, I think this is good. I need some time to recover, and our conversation today, like a conversation between close friends, made me relax a lot." Helen still said with a soft voice.

Ronald saw that he was still a little worried, so he turned around and walked out the door. His hand touched the doorknob, and he turned back and asked, "Helen, since you said we are friends, can you answer me an honest question?"

Helen raised her hand,

Signaling Ronald to go ahead.

"Before we...did I put pressure on you? Donna said that every time I chatted with my girlfriend, it felt like I was about to take out a ring and propose."

"Hahahaha..." Helen burst out laughing, "This description is very accurate. You are indeed like a good husband material, Ronnie. But we only dated for a while, especially when we were in Los Angeles, you always let I feel as if I am already a married housewife.

Starting a family was a difficult decision for me. So if we keep it as it is now, my pressure will be reduced a lot. "

Helen's parents were divorced, and Ronald's longing for family life that he revealed on weekdays made her a little nervous, and sometimes became a source of stress for her. Helen felt that she was just an ordinary American girl who just wanted to relax and didn't want to start thinking now about whether the two of them would maintain their love in the future or whether they would end up getting divorced like her parents.

"Now let's not put any pressure on each other to make a commitment..." Helen told Ronald again her thoughts on love and marriage.

"Okay, let's continue to pause." Ronald didn't like the way this American young man used the theories in emotional books and gossip magazines to guide his love life at all. He felt a little tired, so he said goodbye and left. .

"Helen, you haven't smiled as happily as you did just now for a long time." Helen's mother held her arm, and the two of them walked and chatted under the autumn tree-lined avenue.

Ronald found his agent Ed and asked him to drive him to Harris, a small town in New Jersey.

"You know what? Ronald, you should let go of your burden. Many people enter the entertainment industry just to have fun and date a few female stars, such as your friend Douglas Jr. You don't have to care so much."

Ed advised Ronald on the drive.

"Yeah, you're right." Ronald only thinks about making a good movie now, and don't think too much about the future. When it comes to your girlfriend, it might be better to let nature take its course. We are not from Aunt Karen's era, when getting married was the same as falling in love now. Divorce is like having a different girlfriend.

After all, Ronald had not really gone through the hippie era. He felt that his thoughts had to be baptized by the spirit of freedom. He did not have to be as open as the hippies, but he did not need to be too conservative. Young people only think about the happiness in front of them.

"Tell me something that makes you happy, your ex-girlfriend Meg Tilly." Seeing that Ronald still didn't smile, Ed thought for a while and then said.

"What's up with her?"

"She was fired from 'Mozart' by the director."

"Why?" Ronald knew that Meg's husband, Zinnemann, was trying very hard to make Meg a star, so he shouldn't be rejected.

"She was on the set in the Czech Republic, playing football with local children the day before filming started, and broke her leg. Now the director, Milos Forman, is looking for a replacement all over the world. Even my clients have received audition notifications."

"Haha..." Ronald wanted to laugh a little. Fate always plays a trick on you when you don't pay attention. The latest masterpiece of the Oscar-winning director, Zinnemann must have ruined the role Meg spent a lot of effort to get by playing a bad football.

The next morning, the genius was bright. At the junction of Franklin Road and Hamilton Street in Harris Township (many small towns on the East Coast are named after the founding fathers), Ronald and director of photography James Crabb lay down together. On top of the tallest building. There are small row houses next to it. In front of the building is a row of parking spaces, filled with densely packed cars.

The Chevrolet SUV was parked in the parking space downstairs, and Randy Heller, who played the mother Lucille, and Ralph Marzio, who played Daniel LaRusso, were sitting in the car getting ready.

The light-colored Chevrolet is weather-beaten, and there is an obvious dent in the back that shows it is an old car. If you are a car enthusiast, you will recognize that this is a model from ten years ago. On the roof is a Mongoose 2-4 speed scooter, Daniel LaRusso's vehicle.

For a job opportunity on the West Coast, mother and son loaded all their belongings into their car and drove down the interstate. This is why America is called the country on wheels.

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"full speed."

"Boy Longwei, first scene, first shot"

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"!" Ronald shouted the order with a portable loudspeaker, and the filming of "The Dragon King" officially began.

This scene was shot from a distance, and there was no live recording. Ronald had already arranged the scene with the two actors in advance and was waiting for the magic light time after sunrise to be filmed.

Randy Heller said the lines, started the car, turned the steering wheel and drove out of the parking space.

"cut! cut!" Ronald stood up and yelled to stop. The residents of the town got up very early every morning. Several early-rising housewives and children saw Ronald and others on the roof. They had never seen a movie being filmed before, so they all came to watch. A naughty child took the lead and rushed in. viewfinder frame.

"Let them move away a little, don't come into the shot...yes, don't come into that line" Ronald shouted from the roof, making gestures, and asked the assistant below to help drive people away.

The assistant finally persuaded them to leave the circle, and then Ronald started filming again. The scene ends with Lucille driving the SUV onto Hamilton Street and then onto Franklin Road.

"Cut! Cut!" The housewives followed the rules, but they couldn't stand the naughty children. When they saw the camera above, they couldn't wait to come out and surround the car, shouting at Ronald.

In a small town where life is dull and boring, residents rarely get to see how movies are made. For them, being able to have a good time and show their face in front of the camera is an anecdote that can last for years.

"Damn it, if we were in Los Angeles, pedestrians would just take one look and leave. What's so interesting about a crew without a single star?" Ronald cursed as he walked to the edge of the roof and slowly walked down the maintenance stairs. climb.

"Please be quiet. Do you want to appear in the movie?" Ronald walked up to the housewives and children.

"Hehehe..." The children laughed happily, and the housewives nodded.

"Okay, then you will be by the car, waving to the actors in the car and saying goodbye." Ronald knew that it would be too difficult to convince these residents not to show their faces, so he simply modified it on the spot and let them make guest appearances as neighbors and highlight Lucy. My family is very popular in the local area.

"Remember, no one is allowed to look up there. If anyone secretly looks at the camera above, I will cut off their footage."

The children were laughing secretly.

"Do you want to tell your friends that I am in the movie? If so, just be obedient." Ronald touched the back of the head of the most naughty child in the lead and gave him a piece of chocolate. He quickly calmed down.

When the filming started again, several children were happily lying on the window of the Chevrolet SUV, calling Daniel's name and waving goodbye to him.

Randy Heller, who played the mother Lucille, turned a corner and drove onto Hamilton Street. The children did not follow, so they were grabbed by the mothers, and then they collectively waved goodbye to the car.

"Cut!" Ronald stopped and looked at the sky. It happened to be a period of good light. The director of photography indicated that the shot met the requirements.

"It's done." Ronald shouted. The child came over reluctantly and wanted to take more shots.

In order to shoot several moving scenes, the crew had to shoot scenes from New Jersey, Arizona, and Los Angeles, and the broken car was constantly transported to various places. With a standard production scale of eight million US dollars, Ronald enjoyed for the first time the privilege of not having to save money for artistic authenticity.

Everyone got into the RV, the assistants loaded the equipment onto the truck, and the crew's convoy continued to move forward and drove to the town of Princeton, where the century-old school is located. Here, Ronald wants to take a few shots of the gate and make a footnote to the journey of mother and son.

The point of this montage is to find a few locations that are familiar to all viewers so they can understand the meaning of the montage, which is of a mother and son moving across the country from New Jersey to California for a better new life.

As the sun sets, Ronald shoots a drive-by shot of Lucille opposite the gate of Princeton. The old car developed a problem after a long trip. Lucille and Daniel pushed the car with the door open, one on the left and the other on the right.

Suddenly, the car started to start. The mother and son quickly jumped into the car from the left and right sides and drove forward.

"Haha, you are really great, Daniel." Mother Lucille is always very optimistic. In this case, she does not forget to praise her son.

"cut!"

After taking a few shots, the crew also completed filming in the small town of Princeton. Today we booked a room in a hotel next to Princeton so that everyone can have a good sleep. Tomorrow we will go to Arizona to shoot some giant rocks that are often seen in western movies.

The opening sequence is well shot, with the cast and crew relaxing as everyone hangs out on Princeton's campus, getting ready to go to dinner.

"Hey, there's someone playing football here."

Ralph Mazio saw some girls playing football on the lawn and happily went up to show off his hands. He played football in a different way from those girls who relied on their bodies. He ran quickly in small steps and swayed left and right with the ball. The girls couldn't get the ball from him.

"Almost, don't get hurt. You haven't warmed up enough yet." Ronald was very satisfied with Ralph's skills. But he thought of Meg Tilley, who was injured playing football, and he didn't want his leading actor to get injured too.

"Okay", I just want to show you my skills. Ralph Mazzio was also pleased with himself.

"Ronald?!" A clear female voice came from behind, "Why are you here?"

"It's you, Brooke." Ronald turned around and saw a tall girl behind him, wearing jeans and sunglasses, trying his best to hide her glare.

"I came here to shoot a movie."

"Is it Brooke Shields?!" When several crew members saw it was Brooke, they immediately gathered around and wanted autographs. Even Ralph Mazzio was ready to make a move.

"Let's go talk somewhere else. There are a lot of people here." Brooke looked around and saw many people coming to look around. Although the Princeton college students were very polite and didn't watch her much. But she also had many experiences of being politely asked for autographs and photos, which made her very distressed.

"We're about to go to dinner, do you have any recommendations?"

"Follow me." Poji adjusted her sunglasses and walked out wearing Ronald and the crew.

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