Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Beat Dance," the girl Ronald met on the road, and her gang of girlfriends, are now outside the Palais des Films in Cannes, hard at work for Cannon Films, handing out leaflets to passersby .

"Come and see, the latest dance from America!"

Today is the opening ceremony of Cannes and the premiere of the opening film "Sagamburg". Cannes generally requires films to be selected for the Palme d'Or, to premiere at the festival.

They were all wearing miniskirts and grey jackets with the words Beat Dance on the back and the Cannon Films logo on their chests. Stand behind the crowd at the entrance of the Movie Palace, and send a copy when you meet someone.

The reporters, guests, and movie buyers at the scene were sent one by them. Some people just put it in the bag, some people just throw it away, and those buyers look at it seriously, how big is it? Marketing at the opening?

The photojournalist, who was originally shooting stars on the red carpet, was also attracted by their beautiful figures.

Even the TV station turned the camera over, "This year's screening session, Cannes also attracted a lot of American films, Mr. Hair Country's Minister of Culture, and the president of the American Film Association, will also negotiate during Cannes, on the two countries. Exchange of views on the opening of the film market.

What we saw outside the gate of the Film Palace is that this year's screening movie 'Beat Dance', called Beat Dance in English, is the only studio in America that respects the creation of artists, Orion Pictures formed by the former senior executives of United Arts invested and issued. There will be various public screenings at the festival.

Well, here comes the main creative team of 'Sagamburg', Ms. Catherine Deneuve. "

"Okay, Cut!" The photographer made a good gesture to the host, "We'll shoot when Deneuve arrives. But you seem to be wrong, Orion releases Hot Street Dance, not Hot Dance."

"That's right, isn't it called Beat Dance in English?" The host walked up to the Cannon Girl in two steps, took a flyer, crossed out the title of the film above, and wrote Beat Dance by hand at the bottom. "

"There must be something wrong. I have seen the poster of Orion, not these three actors." The cameraman took the flyer suspiciously. precise."

"Come on, here comes Deneuve." There was a scream, and the photojournalist's flash flashed again at the exit of the luxury car across the road.

In the limousine, a middle-aged beauty got down.

her outfit today,

Much like a Greek goddess, an off-shoulder light sky blue dress, tied with a knot on the right shoulder, two earrings in the style of wind chimes, also the same light sky blue, a broken diamond bracelet on the right wrist, a pair of light blue soles Color high heels, the whole person is graceful and luxurious.

If you change the pale sky blue to green, and add a crown, it is very similar to the Statue of Liberty that the hair country gave to America and is now placed on New York Island.

The crowd swarmed up again, trying to get as close to her as possible to take pictures. Outside the Film Palace in Cannes, there was no security and security line blocking like Oscar, and Catherine Deneuve was pushed back slightly by the crowd. Depardieu, the big nose behind her, hurried forward to protect the flowers.

"Dance, dance, come and see America's song and dance movies, the latest dance form, break dance."

Minahan gave the Cannonball girls a good daily salary and promised them the chance to make cameo appearances in the movie if they got enough flyers out.

Several girls worked very hard, and they gave one when they saw anyone. One girl was so energetic that she didn't know who was approaching, and a flyer was delivered to Deneuve.

"Uh, sorry, Ms. Deneuve." The girl stuck out her tongue.

"It's okay," Deneuve smiled, returning the flyer to her. "BeatDance? What dance is this?"

"I don't know? I haven't heard of it either." Sophie Marceau, the fat girl next to her, stretched her neck to read the flyer and said that she didn't know either, "Let's go in."

"Let's go there. It's not easy to watch this movie, even Deneuve liked it. The address on the flyer is room 515 of the hotel, right?" Several movie buyers from Southeast Asia began to exchange news.

"Let's go, let's go, I see the people from your hometown's rich entertainment are also here."

One after another limousines drove over, and teams of guest stars entered the main venue in the order of the Palme d'Or.

"Natasha, Natasha!" fans and reporters began screaming again, this time from "Texas, Paris" starring Natasha Kinski.

Natasha Kinski is wearing a loose light green dress with no extra accessories. Below the neck is a large white collar with a rounded edge. The temperament of the whole person is like a water lily in summer, which is naturally de-carved.

After she got off the bus, the actor of "Paris, Texas", her ex-boyfriend, Harry Dean Stanton (Harry Dean Stanton).

Natasha hugged Stanton's neck naturally and waited on the side of the road, the two smiled at each other.

Stanton looks average and has a scar on his face, but he has always been a female star killer, and his acting skills are very well-liked by art film directors. Many female stars also fell in love with him during the filming because of his role.

He was also the boyfriend of Rebecca De Mornay before he hooked up with Natasha Kinskin. The two actresses had a small battle for him in Coppola's "Old Love, New Love" crew, and finally he chose De Mornay.

Until Tom Cruise showed up and snatched De Mornay, Stanton naturally went back to reconnect with Kinski.

The relationship between the two continued until Kinsky was filming "Maria's Lovers," but this time Kinsky moved away again and fell in love with the male lead, Vincent Spano.

In short, Stanton is best at playing the role of the best male friend of female stars from all walks of life.

Natasha Kinski poses for reporters to use up a lot of film, and then she prepares to cross the street and enter the Film Palace.

Before she got to the road, a man with Middle Eastern features came over to help her.

Natasha Kinski gave up and avoided the man's support.

Immediately, she felt inappropriate again, changed a sweet smile, put her right hand around the arm of the Middle Eastern man, looked at Stanton on the other side, and put her left hand around his arm, and the three of them crossed the road together.

Soon all the guests entered the film palace and the screening of the opening film began.

At the same time, in the hotel where he was staying, Yoram of Minahan opened another large suite, which was crowded.

"Where are you from?" Yoram exclaimed.

"The nest is from Malaysia, Malaysia..."

"Malaysia, the price is 300,000 yuan. The deposit is 10%."

"I'll give you a check!" The film buyer didn't even see the copy, but the battle outside the venue today really scared him, and even Catherine Deneuve saw their poster. Definitely top quack.

"Where are you from?"

"Philippines, Philippines...your ninja movie was shot in our studio, give me a friendship price, 200,000!"

"One price, 320,000. If you don't want it, I'll sell it to your competitor. Yoram is more familiar with the situation in the Philippines and is not afraid of the opponent's price reduction.

"I'm from Singapore!  …"

"I'm

"I'm from Yugoslavia...let's not make too many copies."

"So you guys can pirate it yourself, right?"

"I'm from Chile..."

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Film buyers from one country after another surrounded the two brothers as if they didn't want money, filling in checks and scrambled to give them to the two producers.

The genius of business negotiation among the two brothers is Yoram. He does not need to look up the data, he remembers the movie audience population of each country clearly, and everyone is a buy. Those buyers were dejectedly guessing the bottom line, and they still had to send him money.

"Everyone!" Minahan shouted, "We'll go to the bank to check your checks, and in three days, we'll be on the beach, showing the movie live, and when you all come, we'll sign a formal contract."

Orion was still useful to the organizing committee's protest, which didn't want to offend the American producer of prolific art films. No show time for the cannon.

But how could the two of them be stumped by such a small difficulty? EMI's projection equipment will arrive soon, set up a big tent on the beach, and put it on site.

It was the first time Ronald saw how the two brothers sold their films at the European Film Festival. There were no copies, no synopsis or actors. With just a poster, a tongue, and a little creativity, they could sell it. crazy.

It seems that the world's movie market is very broad, and everyone's demand for fresh and interesting Hollywood movies is very strong.

"They want to buy movies, don't they watch the content of the movies?" Ronald was also surprised.

"It's worth watching, but Hollywood has limited movies suitable for their market. For musical films like ours, there is not much obstacle in the lines, so it is the type they like. Coupled with Hollywood's set of shooting methods, these countries' The audience, it's still very attractive," Minahan explained to Ronald.

"In addition, your publicity strategy is very effective. They all think this is a Hollywood giant. They are all afraid that other publishers in their country will seize the opportunity, so they don't hesitate to sign the contract first."

"Today, all the people who come here are small countries, the main Western European countries, the hair country, Germany, Italy, Britain, and several strong markets in East Asia, Dongying and Korea, are still waiting to see the quality comparison between us and Hot Street Kid. "

Yoram counted it. This time, millions of copies were sold. It was a small test. The real big money is still in those rich countries.

"What about the Eastern European countries?" Ronald asked.

"They? Their market is not easy to enter, and they can't sell for any money. For example, in East Germany, many of the movies we show in West Germany, within a few weeks, pirated copies will circulate, and then after a few weeks, Poland and Czechoslovakia have it too. Only Yugoslavia will pay a little.”

"In this case, why don't we make the screening on the beach bigger, and get the three leading actors directly, let them dance live, and hold a press conference. This way, we can overwhelm Orion's hot street boy."

Ronald also has a bit of a grasp on the ways of the two brothers. The European market has no concept of breakdance at all. As long as they are preconceived, they can instill in their minds that breakdance is Beat Dance. The most authentic one ends with a dance (Beat Dance), not a street (Beat Street).

"Hahaha, it's exactly what I want, I'll call now."