Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"I recently watched my friend Ronald's new movie 'Top Gun'. I can honestly say it will be enjoyed by young people. The movie's graphics are first-class, the flying stunts, the dog fights with the fighter planes are very good, and he can film war scenes. First class.

I can't make this kind of movie. My movie is the other extreme, telling the cruelty of war and the destruction of human nature.

Top Gun promoted the idea that war was clean and that wars could be won easily... but no one in the movie mentioned that Tom Cruise's character had just started World War III! "

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Ronald watched the interview with Oliver Stone and couldn't stop laughing. This top student at Yale University and George's classmate is a wonderful person. The whole interview was about "Top Gun" and he was scolding and helping.

The best part is, this interview is published in the latest issue of Playboy magazine.

In an adult magazine, which is the favorite adult magazine among male teenagers, the largest audience for "Top Gun", saying that the movie "Fighter" shot by Ronald is good-looking is tantamount to increasing the box office for himself.

As for the final plot of the Lone Ranger shooting down three Soviet Union MiG-28 fighter jets in the Indian Ocean, to be honest, even if such a thing happened in the real world, it would be unlikely to trigger World War III. .

This is Hollywood, damn it. Without some heroic behavior at the end, how can the audience obediently buy tickets?

However, what Stone said actually aroused the curiosity of young audiences. They wanted to see how the plot of this movie would trigger World War III?

Following the New York premiere, Paramount held a premiere in San Diego, California.

The premiere was held at the Naval Air Base in Miramar.

All the naval aviation personnel who supported the filming, the pilots who participated in the filming, Christine Fox, the prototype of Charlie played by McGillis, "Bozo" Lloyd Abell, who shot the most difficult aerobatics scene, the Navy's Liaison officer Matthew and former top gun instructor Pete Pettigrew brought their families to watch the premiere.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Bozo, who has switched careers to fly a passenger plane for an airline, was very happy when he saw the scene in the opening scene where he was flying a Tomcat taking off from the deck of an aircraft carrier.

The Boeing 707 series does not have the Tomcat's ability to flip upside down.

Being used to flying passenger planes that require a smooth landing and a landing that makes passengers feel nothing, Bozo misses his navy days.

"Hey, why are there so many rolls? What's the use of them in a dog fight?"

The pilots saw a lot of footage of Ronald interspersed with rolls in dog fights, and complained to Pettigrew, who served as a consultant, "My 8-year-old son knows that rolls can't avoid the MiG behind him. Cannon, can’t you do some more barrel rolling?”

"Don't scold me. I've tried my best. If I hadn't blocked it, could that young director Ronald have turned the dog fight into a break dance?"

"Oh my gosh, it's good to have you, Pete."

Pettigrew was sweating profusely. The dog fighting scene in this movie will look fake to an expert. There is only a scissor maneuver of more than ten seconds, which a real top gun pilot will use in a dog fight.

Several wingmen cooperated with the lead aircraft and exchanged positions while pursuing, so that the enemy aircraft in front could be exposed to the position where the missiles and cannons could lock for as long as possible.

"Relax, Pete." Ronald noticed Pettigrew's uncomfortable look. In his eyes, the movie shot in this way may be like a movie about making a movie. The camera changes from a long shot to a close-up without changing. It was unbearable for him to see the camera like that.

"God, I didn't expect that after a few months, this movie would still be so unbearable for me. I hope these pilots won't cause trouble for me after it is officially released."

"Boom...bang!"

The movie shows the end of the Lone Ranger fighting five MiG-28s alone. A Sidewinder missile flew out from under the wing of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and hit the wing of the MiG-28. The MiG-28, which had half its wing cut off, rolled and fell down. Then a fireball rose up and disintegrated in the air.

"Oh...it's a rattlesnake!" The pilot's 8-year-old child clapped happily when he saw this scene. He often plays games with the neighbor boys at home with his father's F-14 model. He has thought about this scene of a sidewinder hitting an enemy plane thousands of times in his mind, but he never thought it would look so good on the screen. .

"This missile shot is pretty good," his father, the pilot, touched his chin next to him. "Top Gun" still had some real places shot.

"Is this the third shot? Is there a fourth shot?" Matthew, the Navy's liaison officer assigned to the film crew, silently counted the Sidewinder missiles fired in the movie, and then wrote it down in his notebook. At that time, the Secretary of the Navy specially approved the launch of two Sidewinders for actual shooting. Why are there four here?

"Could it be that the weapons officer at Miramar Base was bribed by them? Such a real launch scene is likely to be stolen! We need to report it to the Navy Department immediately to see if the Minister wants to set up an investigation team to start the investigation!"

Ronald didn't see the look on Liaison Officer Matthew's face. He was immersed in the real naval officer's view of the movie. Although they were dissatisfied with some of the battle scenes, the remaining scenes were still in line with their taste.

After all, who wouldn’t want handsome guys like Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer to play themselves?

Aircraft carrier fighter pilot is a profession that requires high intelligence, high education, and incomparable courage. Any pilot who dares to land on an aircraft carrier at night is a warrior with an extremely strong heart.

They were very satisfied with how the movie beautified them. With the admiration of his family members, their dissatisfaction with Ronald's tampering with the dog fighting action also lessened.

After saying goodbye to the pilots with a smile, Ronald drove his Ferrari back to Hollywood.

He parked the car directly under CAA's office. Michael Ovitz's business was getting bigger and bigger. Several CAA-packaged movies were very good at the box office, and they made tens of millions of dollars.

In order to build an office that matches his identity, Ovitz also contacted the famous Chinese architect, Luming Pei, to design a new office building for caa. It is said that Ovitz named Pei Luming to design it.

The new building needs to be relocated, and the old CAA office will still be in its original location. Not far from the CAA, Cannon's new office building is under construction. They didn't find any famous designers, they just built it in a normal way.

Perhaps Ovitz's idea of ​​building a CAA building was also stimulated by Minahan Golan.

The power of US$300 million was so powerful that the Minahan brothers began to purchase theater chains in Britain and even paid a large sum to invite Stallone to film at Cannon. It was said that it was a price that Stallone could not refuse.

On the basis of Stallone's usual salary of US$5 million, the price increased by more than US$8 million. There are different opinions on the specific amount, but Stallone and Bridget Nielsen did both join Cannon to shoot a new movie, which shows that the price made them very satisfied.

Today, two producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, also condescended to come to CAA. They want to discuss further marketing matters with Ronald, and by the way, they will talk to CAA about the idea of ​​a new film. Their packaging service is very convenient for two producers of high-concept films.

"The first collaboration item is Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses." Paula Wagner attended on behalf of Tom Cruise.

Cruise, who collaborated with Ray-Ban in "Also Crazy," didn't forget to bring Ray-Ban along for marketing purposes.

The Wayfarer series of glasses are the ones worn by the Lone Ranger in "Top Gun." From an old style that is about to be withdrawn from the market, it has become a classic that is about to be popular again. Ray-Ban has launched a campaign in various stores where you can get movie tickets for free if you buy sunglasses.

“The other one was a navy high-collar leather bomber jacket, and we contacted Macy’s and aviation supply stores, and they all started selling the same style of leather jacket.”

This kind of leather jacket that hugs the hips and has a high collar and waist is favored by many brands and hopes to become a hot seller in winter.

The linkage of multiple channels has begun to work hard, and they all want to push up the box office as much as possible on the weekend when the film opens on May 16th.

"A total of 1,028 theaters are showing our movies over the weekend, and copies, posters, and roll-up banners have been sent to all theaters across the country. Paramount has spent nearly 8 million in marketing expenses for this grand opening, and we are just waiting for the first Once the weekend box office results are released, subsequent investment in copying and marketing will be decided."

"Very good, we will definitely create a box office record in mid-May." Ronald was full of confidence. Such a movie should not grab the box office of a certain popular period, but should stimulate the box office of a certain small period. , let the latecomers follow suit.

"Top Gun" tells the story of a Navy ace pilot (played by Tom Cruise) who controls an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet to fight a MiG. According to information revealed by multiple film critics, the air battle scene Fierce and realistic.”

On the night of the screening, Ronald bought several newspapers such as "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety" and read them in the department store. He returned to the pizza parlor opposite the cinema on the fourth floor of the department store where "Fast Times" was filmed, waiting to observe the box office of the first Top Gun show.

"However, the ground level part of the film is a bit obtuse, with a PG rating for it, more like Tom Cruise's Ray-Ban sunglasses, and Kelly McGillis' lipstick commercials, and Berlin band 'Take My Breath Away' 'The extended version of the music video."

"Hmph..." Ronald put on his Ray-Ban and put down the newspaper dissatisfied. These snobs just don't want to say good things about popcorn movies. Let's see how they will kneel down and say good things when the box office comes out.

Movies released at the same time as Top Gun include the sci-fi film "Thunderbolt 5," about an industrial robot that becomes conscious and escapes, and "Thunderbolt 5," about the acquisition of a Detroit auto plant by a Japanese company, and the fierce cultural tension between workers and managers of the two countries. Conflict movie "gong ho"

"Top Gun still attracts more people." Ronald observed at the box office for a long time and went home to rest with satisfaction.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

On Monday morning, the phone at Ronald's house rang violently.

"I'm Ronald. I'm not at home right now. Please leave a message if you need anything." After a few rings, the automatic answering machine started working.

"Ronald, it's me, Niceta. Get on the phone, the opening weekend box office is out."

"Ah, how much?" Ronald heard Niceta's words and quickly picked up the receiver, his sleepiness disappearing without a trace.

"Nine million. Your movie broke the box office record in America in May."

"Yes!" Ronald waved his fist in the air.

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