Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Ronald brought Morita Noriyuki back. After more than a month, he had shaved off his beard. He hired a makeup artist to put a similar fake beard on him. Ronald took a close-up shot.

Since it was no longer possible to rent the Cal State gymnasium, find a group show, and re-set the scene, Ronald used a workaround.

He took another piece of film, against a dark background of wood, with a head-sized hole in the middle, and took the camera for a few seconds. Then put the two pieces of film of the same length on a light printer and re-exposed them together.

The end result is Miyagi-sensei's satisfied smile, rendered on a dark background. The whole shot is only short, and the audience is so emotional at that time, they shouldn't be paying attention to the background, and Ronald thinks he can get through it.

When the fine cut on the working copy was complete, Ronald notified Weintraub, sent it to the laboratory, made a cut to the negative according to the serial number on the cut record, and reprinted a copy.

This copy is called a response copy, and Weintraub sent it to the top officials in Colombia. After they read it and agreed, they would send it to the MPAA for rating.

Ronald can finally take time off. After two consecutive films, even Iron Man felt a little drained of energy. This feeling of exhaustion is not only physical, but also mental.

After sleeping all day and night, Ronald felt that he had recovered a little. He was about to go out for food when he received a call from Minahan.

"I'm at your door. The old partners are here. Come out, let's have fun together."

After taking a shower in a hurry, Ronald came out to take a look, except for Minahan, the main actors of "Breakdance", Sabado, Boogaloo Prawn, were all in a limousine in front of his house.

Minahan opened the door and let Ronald come up. The car is a large space, and there are TVs, telephones, and wine cabinets. Everyone sat in a circle, and Meinahan took a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet and gave Ronald a glass.

"Cheers! Ronald. Our movie has passed the MPAA rating and is officially PG. Orion's 'Hot Street Kid' hasn't been edited yet, so it's not rated yet and can't be with us. Competing for slots. MGM helped us find a slot for early May, quack. Now pick up Lucinda Deitch."

"Which opponents will we have when we fall?" Ronald didn't care too much about "breakdance", he didn't expect Minahan to make rapid progress here.

"At the same time, I will encounter a youth film "Sixteen Candles" by Universal, and before that, "Emerald" by 20th Century Fox, and "Police Academy" by Warner Bros."

When Ronald heard it, they were all acquaintances. "Sixteen Candles" is John Hughes' directorial debut, and he also helped him speak well and choose his favorite heroine Molly Ringwald.

"Emerald" is Robert Zemeckis' self-written "Back to the Future" because no one was cast, so he had to make a commercial to prove his strength.

"Police Academy" is the casting director Pamela's last job, I heard that the heroine is a big beauty.

"That's good, we don't have any strong opponents." Ronald nodded, "And then?"

"And then, hi. The next two weeks are the sequel to Indiana Jones, Raiders, and a baseball player movie 'Born to Be' with Robert Redford, you know, it's summer."

Ronald understands that the cannon is limited, and MGM won't put too much resources into an exploitative film and won't get the best schedules. However, starting before the summer season, there are no strong competitors at this time.

"Okay, that's not bad," Ronald thought. "That's it for this exploitative film. I'll leave it to myself for the summer season, 'Longwei Kid'."

"Ronald", the two dance masters, Boogaloo Prawn and Sabado, watched them finish,

They hurried over to say hello to Ronald. They received a secret order from Minahan today to please Ronald.

"Hey, how are you?" Ronald looked at them as if they were still wearing their old clothes and didn't make much money.

"I'm still the same, I won't change my attitude towards life just because of a movie," Sabadul was still pretending to be.

"I'll just wait for the movie to come out, and I'll be famous." Boogaloo Prawn is simpler, and sometimes even a little naive.

"Didn't you help MJ choreograph? By the way, what happened to his fire?" Ronald thought of Michael Jackson's injury.

"Hey, that's a strange fire," Boogaloo prawn began to talk about the situation.

"We didn't think there was anything wrong with the sixth advertisement in that advertisement. Who knew that a firework happened by chance, and the spark fell on MJ's head, and it burned immediately. He didn't see it at first, he jumped Two steps, his whole hair was on fire. We rushed to put out a fire extinguisher to get him out."

"Is he okay?" Ronald recalled the TV saying he needed hospital treatment.

"I just got a fever on my head and injured my scalp. I heard that it wasn't very serious. Pepsi lost him a lot of money because of this accident. Now he can't dance, so let's take a vacation and wait until he recovers from his injury. go."

Ronald, noticing that Sabadeh was not speaking, squinted at the bougainvillea prawn, and it seemed that jealousy was ubiquitous.

"Why isn't Lucinda with you?" Ronald changed the subject.

"She has practiced gymnastics since she was a child, and I heard that a friend has entered the American national team and will participate in the Olympic Games this summer." Sabadu knows this well.

The group went to Lucinda's house again, picked up her and went to the mansion rented by Minahan to have a party.

Laughing and laughing, Ronald felt that his feeling of exhaustion was much better. It seems that in the future, I will spend more time with young friends, which will help to restore the vitality of creativity.

"Ronald, when will the sequel be made? We all heard that MGM is very optimistic about the movie's box office, and we also want to make some money." After playing for a while, Bogalo prawns came over to open the topic first.

"Yeah, we didn't make any money for the first movie. If we start a sequel, our salary can also increase a little bit. That money doesn't match our artistic value. It's not that I need that money, but The market should give us a fair evaluation." Sabade began to find reasons for himself to make money again.

"It seems that you are all very confident in this movie." Ronald didn't answer, "If you want to make a sequel, you have to tell Minahan that he is the producer of the movie."

"Hahaha", Lucinda Dickey has already made three movies, she knows the minds of her two companions better, she mainly wants to make money, and then become famous, "Ronald, Minahan approached us about the sequel signing. He still wants you to be the director."

"Oh?" Ronald didn't expect the idea of ​​making a sequel so soon, and thought about it carefully. Then talk to Minahan.

"Do you think he'll say yes?" Boogaloo Prawn asked Lucinda.

"I don't know, I heard that his other film is a big production, it is unlikely. In this industry, few people have made a big production, and they can put down their face to make a small production."

"Meinahan, I heard you want to start a sequel?" Ronald asked him.

"Yes," Minahan replied, "Yes, I think the box office of this movie will exceed my expectations, so I want to hit the iron."

"But in this case, how do you arrange the plot?" Ronald asked, "the three protagonists, Ma, Whirlwind, and Kelly, their stories have been told. Why don't you find a new protagonist, I see Farr who plays the supporting role. Ken would be nice, why don't you tell their story?"

"Ronald, this can't be done," Minahan shook his head. "The audience will only see what adventures the three protagonists have experienced in the future, especially Ma, who has dumped a lot of audiences who watched the preview."

"That's fine, but it's not a movie I'm interested in," Ronald replied.

If you want to make a movie with a story, you can consider it, but this kind of follow-up sequel must be done again according to the original routine. Ronald is not interested in making this kind of movie.

He understands that the story of the three protagonists is over. If he insists on continuing the filming, the inner logic of the story will be gone. It is better to wait two or three years before filming the new challenges they encounter. Ronald didn't want to end up with a scolding like "Dragon Flying Phoenix" directed by Stallone.

"Then I found another director?" Minahan was a little regretful, "I still want to work together, you will always be my first choice."

Although his directing level is not good, Meinahan's appreciation level is still good, knowing that Ronald can make a movie that will satisfy many people in a short period of time is still very powerful.

"There's always a chance." Ronald toasted him, "How about the breakdancing promotion schedule?"

"Orion issued a statement saying the company's finances are fine," Minahan sat down, "but I think their money must be tight. So we're going to strike when they can't fight back."

Seeing Meinahan making a fist-waving gesture, Ronald thought it was right. Since his competitors didn't make money, he would start early and attract all the audience who were interested in breakdance to his movie. Indeed, It's a reasonable play.

"I plan to start next month, cooperate with MGM, negotiate with theaters, and launch marketing materials in advance.

Next month we'll go to Britain together to promote the joint release of 'Sahara' and 'Break Dance', then we'll go to Cannes in May to take advantage of the domestic box office explosion and sell 'Break Dance' to Europe. "

Ronald calculated his time, and as if there was no problem, he agreed.

Minahan is very ambitious. After being attacked one after another, he was encouraged by Ronald's "Break Dance". He has always been very optimistic about the movie he likes. Although it is impossible to get an Oscar nomination this time, it is possible in North America. If it sells two or three thousand box office, it can also give Cannon a shot in the arm.

With the North American box office blessing, it can also sell similar numbers in Europe, and this movie will give Cannon a foothold.

Minahan rounded up a few more leads and got them ready for a marketing tour at nightclubs across the country before and after the movie's release. This kind of dance movie, with a huge number of potential customers in a disco nightclub, is a good place for live marketing.

"Lucinda, you have to practice, at least make your backspin. Otherwise, I'm afraid many nightclubs won't accept your jazz-flavored breakdance." Minahan explained.

"I can teach you, but you don't work hard enough." Sabade still looked aloof.

"No, I just need to learn back spin, and Ronald can teach me." Lucinda was fed up with Sabado's attitude, and she took the initiative to talk to Ronald, who wanted to be a white girl but didn't know how to do it. Do Latinos put aside.

"I heard you care about gymnastics right now?" Ronald asked Lucinda Deitch.

"Yeah, I heard that the Souvel Union is coming to the Olympics this time. My friend was selected for the American gymnastics team, and she said that the Souvilles were very strong, but she was determined to challenge their dominance."

"They're willing to send a team this time? Last time I remember we boycotted the Olympics in Moscow."

"I don't know, now it's rumored that their general secretary is an enlightened person, and they also want to beat America in the Olympics."

The Cold War is indeed an all-round competition, not only in military, economic, technological, aerospace, but also in culture, art and sports. Everyone spared no effort to prove that they are the more advanced party.

Speaking of which, I don't know if the alliance has released any new movies in the past two years, and whether there is a good movie like "Moscow does not believe in tears" last time.