Exploiting Hollywood 1980

All marketing activities on the east coast were canceled, leaving only a few media interviews on the west coast. Ronald also didn't go to any local California marketing events, and he let the two leading ladies do all the on-screen promotions.

I still had to call Brooke Shields to explain, but fortunately Brooke didn't mind, and postponed the talk show with David Letterman until after the movie was released to help cover up the past.

Friends all know that Ronald is in a bad mood. He hides at home and watches TV sports programs and late-night theaters every day, as if he is autistic.

After learning the news, Spielberg called specifically to invite him to write and revise the script for his Amberlin studio.

Amberlin got a taste of the teen market and began collecting scripts for teen movies. Spielberg promised to give Ronald an independent directing opportunity within a year or two, as long as his script gets the green light from a publisher.

Ronald thanked Steven for his concern and said that he was fine, just needed some time to do some sorting and adjustment.

"Hey, the director's first work is very important. You can call his agent after a while and send out an invitation to adapt the script."

Spielberg was very emotional, a blockbuster director will immediately become the darling of Hollywood, and if the box office fails, it will have to start from scratch and work hard again from scratch.

If Ronald can survive this time and maintain a strong creative desire, he may still advance and become a qualified Hollywood commercial director. If it's downright sluggish...

During this time, several CAA brokers have their own busy things. Nisita's newly signed Coppola is back in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for another Hinton novel adaptation.

Nisita often flew in to babysit, and if the film were to succeed, Coppola would almost be able to pay off the mortgage on the vineyard and the house and get back on his feet.

Paula Wagner landed Tom Cruise a starring role in another film, Risky Business, and now Paula has become Tom's nanny, taking care of him on set.

Only Richard was in Los Angeles, and he often stopped by Ronald's motel to bring Ronald something to eat.

"Hi Richard, are you here?" Ronald squatted at home for a few weeks, his beard growing longer. With a football in one hand, he was working out with throws while watching a video of a football game on tape.

"This is an invitation from Catherine from Amblin Studios. What, are you going to make a football movie?" Richard joked when he saw that he was in a good mood.

"That might be the case." Ronald pressed the timeout and then rewinded. He was watching an NFL playoff game at the beginning of the year, the National League final against the San Francisco 49ers against the Dallas Cowboys.

49ers quarterback Joe Montana was down by six in the final minute of the game when a long pass found wide receiver Clark in the end zone for a touchdown. The last point narrowly defeated the opponent, broke into the Super Bowl and finally won the cup.

During this time, he asked Richard to find this classic game video, which the commentator called "The Catch", and watch it repeatedly at home to find some spiritual support for himself.

"Is Tom all right in Illinois?" Ronald said as he played football.

while asking Richard.

Tom Cruise specially called from the "Good Boys and Crazy" crew a few days ago, saying that he still lacks an experienced assistant director here, hoping that Ronald can come to help him, and he can recommend it to the director .

Ronald's help to Tom on the cast of "Bad Boy" made him feel that his acting skills had made a breakthrough, and he wanted to ask him for help again. It is also a chance to give back to friends to make a comeback.

Of course Ronald declined. His film had not yet been released, and he was unwilling to fail.

"Wait for Matt Dillon. You've got a nice Italian pizza. I'll save him some."

"Oh, is he coming to LA for the premiere of 'Texas'?" Richard learned that Dillon was coming and started calling the front desk to get some drinks.

The doorbell rang, and it was Matt Dillon who walked in.

"Hi Ronald, I came to see you specially at the request of Ms. Diane and Ms. Hinton." Dillon made a funny press secretary gesture, then came over and hugged Ronald. He had just flown in from a set in Oklahoma to attend Disney's "Texas" premiere.

"You're in better spirits than I thought." Ronald handed a bottle of Coke.

"Texas" starring Dillon and Meg Tilly was just released nationwide on July 30, and the box office was only over one million in the first weekend. It should be comforted.

"Shouldn't I say that?" Dillon let go of his worries when he saw that Ronald could still joke.

"How many theaters does your movie show in?"

"Less than 500, most of them are in California." Ronald handed the pizza, "I'm still very optimistic about the box office."

"Hahaha, I'm going to call Ms. Hinton and let her hear your voice. You're in good shape."

Dillon called the set, and the assistant there found Ms. Hinton.

"Hi, Ronald. I have good news for you. I showed my agent the draft of the book you wrote on the cast of 'The Urchin', and he said it could be published, so it will be arranged at the end of the year, and now I am looking for an editor to proofread and proofread it. With pictures." Hinton was also very happy to hear Ronald's voice, and congratulated him first.

"That's really good news, I'm running out of money right now." Ronald said half-jokingly, the turmoil surrounding the release of the movie made him want to invest in a movie by himself, no longer subject to studio executives constraints.

"He also said that his movie would be higher at the box office than our 'Occult Boy'," Dillon added.

"Oh, is it? That's not easy." There was joy in Hinton's words. Southern ladies in America like Ronald, a boy who can maintain a sense of humor in the face of adversity.

"Diane wants to talk to you." She handed the phone to Diane Lane who heard the news.

"Hi Ronald. Your film will be a success, and I've always had confidence in you."

"Thank you. Did Director Coppola give you special treatment this time?"

Gu\u003c/span\u003e "No, this time I play a girl from a poor family."

"Also, the agent called me, and the "Magic Stains" you helped me make up will also be released, but the scale is small, and it may eventually be bought by the TV station to broadcast."

"It doesn't matter, that's also a good distribution channel, and the audience will like you."

"Um, did I say something wrong? It seems that his films were also downscaled and then bought by TV stations to play." Diane asked the plump Ms. Hinton, feeling wrong after putting down the phone.

"It's okay, Ronald is a man who can stand up to failure."

After squatting at home for a few more days, the news spread, and Ronald received consolation calls from family and friends one after another.

Helen Slater called from the filming site of ABC's TV series and said that he would come to Los Angeles to accompany him after the filming.

"Don't run around, I'll go back to New York after the movie is released."

"Really? That's great, let's go to the museum again. Now I'm hoping that after the show airs, it will give me some audition opportunities."

...

Richard still came to see him every day, hoping that he would cheer up, but he guessed that Ronald suffered a lot in a short period of time and needed some time to recover. When the movie is released, this "autistic" state will change.

The Israeli brothers of Cannon Films also called. Their "The Last American Virgin" suffered a big failure at the box office. Only more than 100 first-tier cinemas showed their films in the first round, and they had to be transferred to the second round.

However, in the second round of theaters, it seems to have gotten a good box office, but the lower share ratio of such theaters makes it impossible for them to recover the cost.

"Ronald, come and cooperate with us. We can get the money from European investors, you come to the screenwriter, director, we cooperate with him, we go to the popular stars to play, this time because there are no stars , MGM doesn't release our films.

Let's do it together, best picture, best screenplay, best director... all ours. Ronald, best director, Meinahan and Yoram, best film…”

Putting down the two unreliable dudes, Ronald turned to visit his two best friends, Jim Cameron and Gail Hurd.

"Look, I don't really have anything to do, just take a break."

"Cheer up, Ronald, don't waste your talent." Gale snatched the remote control and turned off the TV as he watched him go back to the videotape of the football game.

"Hey, don't turn off my TV." Ronald quit, took the remote and turned on the TV again.

"Cameron is writing his robot script, why are you autistic here? Roger Coleman won't fail like this."

Gail is a little pissed that she recently got an investment from her father and quit her job to start her own production company.

Seeing that Ronald was not doing his job properly, he was also noncommittal about asking him for the script, so let's take a look with Cameron.

Ronald turned on the TV again and watched the video of "The Catch", still playing with a football in his hand.

"Did you watch the game? Gale?" Ronald asked Gale, pointing to the TV.

"Why do you say Joe Montana is so sure that wide receiver Clark will get that ball?" Ronald asked, pointing to the quarterback on the TV.

Joe Montana was forced to the sidelines by five or six defenders and, looking to go out of bounds, a pass ran high and found wide receiver Clark in the end zone. Clark jumped to catch the ball and scored a touchdown. Ordinarily, the quarterback can't see the receiver's position at all, and it seems that he just throws it by feeling.

The Dallas Cowboys defensemen were interviewed afterwards, and they also believed that Montana was thrown by chance, and they were defeated only by bad luck.

"Because he's Joe Montana." Gale certainly knew the game, and Montana is now a national boy icon.

"No, wrong."

Ronald threw the football and Gale caught it with both hands.

"He's Joe Montana because he knows the wide receiver is going to be there."

Ronald corrected, "Why do y'all think my film must fail? I see a different picture."

Cameron pulled Laguerre, "Let's go, Ronald knows exactly what he's doing."

The first weekend of August, "Fast-Paced Richmond High School" opens in places like California on the West Coast.

A total of 498 theaters showed the film, and without any publicity and marketing, the audience was like a tidal wave.

The three-day opening weekend grossed more than $2.5 million, and the average three-day weekend box office per theater exceeded $5,000.

The score of this single restaurant is only a little short of "the best chicken house in Texas". Compared with "ET Aliens", it has reached more than half of them.

As a teen exploitation film, "Fast-Paced Richmond High School" was a box-office hit.

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