Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The premiere of "Aliens", the second theatrical feature film directed by Cameron, the sequel to "Alien", was held at a theater in the Westwood District of Los Angeles.

The distributor, 20th Century Fox, seems to be in a bit of trouble. The premiere didn't have much star power, and even the TV reporters and newspaper reporters who reported it were smaller than Paramount's.

Ronald came up and saw producer Gale Hurd first.

"Thank you!" Gale was very grateful for the visit from his old friend. This premiere was all supported by his and Cameron's former friends.

"How is the finished film? I haven't seen it yet." Ronald asked quietly in Gale's ear.

"It won't be much worse than your movie's box office." Although Gale is not very satisfied with the scale of the premiere, he is very confident when it comes to the quality of the movie.

"Oh yeah?" Ronald raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Are you so confident?"

"Yes, Jim's sequel has removed a lot of those disgusting aliens from the first episode and focused on the fighting spirit of women. The test screenings were very good."

"That's good, we can compare," Ronald said half-jokingly.

"You can talk to Jim then, he's waiting for Schwarzenegger."

"OK," Ronald himself was communicating with guests in the lobby of the premiere cinema.

I really have a lot of acquaintances, including the heroines of Cameron and Ronald's debut movie "Rock and Roll" at Roger Corman's New Century Pictures, Dai Young and PJ Soles.

It was fun to get together with old friends. Ronald chatted with them about the past and laughed.

"Hello, Ronald," the laugh appealed to "Alien 2" actress Sigourney Weaver.

"Sigourney," Ronald greeted her with a hug.

Wearing a backless red dress with spaghetti straps, Sigourney's dark brown hair was combed high, eye-catching.

Perhaps knowing the superior quality of the new film, Sigourney was in a good mood and immediately started chatting with Ronald.

Those old B-movie friends consciously dispersed, making room for the current Hollywood celebrities to chat.

"This is my father,

Pat Weaver", Sigourney chatted for a while, pulled over an old man, and introduced him to Ronald.

Pat Weaver was the president of NBC in the early years. In the 1950s, he transferred the program operation methods of commercial radio stations to television stations. It can be said that he determined the various styles of the American television industry today.

"Did you notice? There is no male lead in this movie. Sigourney plays the female lead who takes away most of the responsibilities of the male lead in a traditional adventure science fiction movie."

"You must be so proud."

Ronald and Sigourney's father chatted for a while. He found that the old man's vision was indeed very accurate and that Cameron's movie was quite interesting.

"Ronnie", after a round of social partners, Cameron and Schwarzenegger came together, and the three began to chat about the past of "Terminator".

Ronald noticed that Schwarzenegger, who did not continue to participate in bodybuilding competitions, seemed to have smaller muscles than before.

"Aha, you noticed." Schwarzenegger saw the meaning of Ronald's eyes, "I don't want to be a muscular action star all the time, so now I am weakening the audience's stereotype of me and trying some new roles. Something that gives me more personality.”

Ronald was impressed by this muscular man with a thick Austrian accent. Unlike Stallone, who had to highlight his muscles in every role, Schwarzenegger began trying to quietly modify his star image early on, and also signed up for many acting training courses.

"But you are the champion of the world's bodybuilding competition. It is difficult for the audience to forget your muscles on the screen, right?" Ronald looked at it a few more times, transforming the image in the minds of the audience, which is not particularly easy to do. Yes, especially when Schwarzenegger appears like this and has a physique as wide as two people.

"I took some tricks and found a few supporting characters who are bigger than me in the new film, so that the audience will pay more attention to my acting skills."

"What movie is it?" Ronald looked at Cameron. He has a good relationship with Schwarzenegger.

"I did not direct it. It is a black science fiction film, the runnin man." Cameron said that he was not cooperating again.

"It's a very interesting script. In 2019, mankind is completely dominated by TV programs. They think that what is broadcast on TV must be true.

So those inmates in prison were given the opportunity to go on television and accept the challenges of celebrities, unarmed against hockey stars, police officers, and wrestling stars. As long as you can survive to the end, you can get away with it. "

"2019? Running Man? Maybe humans won't watch TV at that time, right?" Ronald blurted out. He felt that the name of the movie was a bit familiar.

"Maybe, but we are still looking for a suitable heroine, who must have certain athletic ability and acting skills. Today's actresses often can only care about one thing."

"Hmm... do you have any height requirements for the actress?" Ronald heard that the heroine was still looking for her and asked quickly.

"Actually, she is the heroine, but she doesn't have many roles. There is no height requirement, and we don't have many scenes in the same frame. It is a distribution contract with Tristar..."

Schwarzenegger knew the elegant meaning of the song after hearing it, and quickly introduced the relevant circumstances of the movie.

"Thank you, I'll find someone to clear it up."

"Female star, huh?" Cameron winked at Ronald.

"Haha..." Ronald hugged Cameron's shoulders, and the two entered the screening room arm in arm. This kind of thing is very common in Hollywood, and Ronald was not immune to it, trying to find a role for Diane.

Gale wasn't lying, Cameron did direct the sequel very well, even better than the original.

This is very difficult. In the history of Hollywood, there are only a few movies whose sequels are better than the original ones, namely "The Godfather Part II" and "Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back".

Cameron's additional difficulty is that he did not direct the first film.

However, Cameron's ability is extraordinary. He seemingly found a clue from the original movie and developed it into the plot of the sequel. Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) did an excellent job He accomplished the feat of killing all kinds of aliens and rescuing the little girl.

Just like the title of Alien 2, the sequel changed the focus from a horror film about disgusting monsters to a victory song for female warriors. Multiple alien monsters were completely defeated by the heroine, and the audience was very disappointed. It's comfortable.

"Wow wow wow..." Ronald and the audience applauded together.

After the premiere, Gale's interest was very high. Everyone drank some champagne in the lounge and talked about the setting of the female protagonist.

Gale's best friend, film director Martha Coolidge, kept promoting the idea of ​​women's films. In her eyes, there is a female producer, a female protagonist, and the story is centered on women. It is obvious that this film can be called a women's film no matter from which perspective.

"No, I didn't ask for it, but Jim loved having such a strong female protagonist in the movie."

Gale laughed, and she quickly denied that it was not her influence.

"What do you think, Ronald?" Martha Coolidge turned to Ronald.

The two had a relationship before. Ronald's second film "Night of the Comet" and her directorial debut "Valley Girl" were both released by Atlantic Pictures at the same time.

"I think it was Jim's idea, maybe to please Gail." Ronald's nonsense caused several female practitioners to laugh.

"Seriously, I'm preparing a movie right now with a female character as the lead." Martha Coolidge brought the topic back to women's movies.

"What movie is it?" Ronald asked with great interest. The next few films he would direct and produce also happened to have women as central characters.

"It's a movie script by John Hughes called 'Some Kind of Wonderful'. It's about a boy's best friend. The girl next door helps him pursue the girl of his dreams. Finally, after pursuing him, he finds himself My favorite is the girl next door story.”

"Oh, he wrote the male version of 'Pretty in Pink' so quickly?" Ronald mentioned twice that the character setting of "Pretty in Pink" was wrong, and in the end it was discovered that the person next to him was the true love, and it should be a boy. That's right.

"Do you also know about this movie? In fact, I think there is something wrong with Hughes' script. It is too romantic. I am going to adapt it into a movie with a more realistic color..."

Martha Coolidge said a lot of what she thought.

Ronald frowned. Hughes stole his ideas very quickly. I heard that he could write the first draft of the script in a few nights.

This story, which was originally supposed to be a romantic love story, now seems to have been changed beyond recognition by Coolidge.

Just at this time, Ronald's agent Niceta came to him. He has made an appointment with the executives of 20th Century Fox. Ronald will meet with them next to test whether the other party is interested in "Dirty Dancing".

"You guys go on, I have something to do and I'll leave first."

"Don't be a spoiler, Ronald. Today we should have a thorough discussion of women's films." Martha Coolidge was still her forthright person.

Gale stood up and stopped her best friend. She said hello to Cameron and sent Ronald out herself.

"You're going to meet with 20th Century Fox to discuss a project?" Gale asked.

"Yes, would you like to take a look?" Ronald handed over the script.

The relationship between the two is good, and Gale is currently busy producing for her husband, so there is no conflict of interest.

Gale took Ronald's script and flipped through it casually.

"This script of yours is no good, 20th Century Fox. The current boss, Barry Diller, is Jewish."

"You think so too?" Ronald remembered that Gale was also half-Jewish.

He and Niceta looked at each other. Could their guess be correct? Jews do not like this story of a beautiful girl of their own ethnic group being coaxed and abducted by a low-class Irish boy.

“No one will tell you this outright, and I’ve encountered similar content before.

Jewish gangsters do bad things, Jewish girls do bad things, Jews do immoral things. For this type of plot, Jewish-owned studios usually use other reasons to reject such scripts.

You have to try it at a non-Jewish studio, like Disney. Their founder, Walter, was consistently anti-Semitic. "

Gale still identifies more with the Catholic education he received as a child. The two have a very good relationship, and they are not secretive in their conversations.

"Hey, it's a pity that I have a better relationship with the Jewish side in Disney."

"Then you can only try rice... No..." Gale suddenly remembered something.

Ronald also gave a wry smile, "Yes, MGM/United Artists, now the Jews are also taking over."

"Don't worry too much. This is just a rumor. And if your movie is really likely to be a hit, they won't care."

"I hope so." Ronald put away the script.

Weintraub and Katzenberg used female-perspective stories as an excuse to say that the market was not big enough, but it was not entirely an excuse. It's just that this kind of small production has a narrow target market and contains content that is not friendly to Jews. They are not willing to take the risk of losing its reputation in the Jewish circle.

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