Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Chapter 164: Small Country Filmmakers' Party

"Paramount's script 'Out of the Sky' is good and sincere," Nisita said to Ronald.

"But the plot, how should I put it, is like a B-rated exploitative version of 'et aliens'."

Ronald shook his head, I don't really want to do this kind of movie, you know, my aunt called me to congratulate me after watching 'Long Wei Kid'. Breakdance's first-week box office was higher than Longwei Kid, she didn't even say that.

I hope to make more movies with real emotions. "

Nisita smiled, "Richard saw that day, and it has been confirmed that it is really Barry Diller, he may be negotiating to work at 20th Century Fox. Then I will contact you now, Eisner and Card, who have a certain incense. The Senberg combination could take the helm at Paramount.

So they must invest more to ensure the success of the first batch of films after they take office. This movie is topical. The third space shuttle, Discovery, is about to fly for the first time, and the public is very interested in space exploration.

This is another sci-fi subject that you are good at. "

"Unless the script is overhauled, the real emotion can be produced. But in that case, the investment will be at least doubled. I don't want to make this kind of low-cost exploitative film that audiences will know before they go to the theater."

"You think your movie will still be remembered thirty years later, eh?" Nisita smiled. It's good that Ronald has ambition, but he's afraid that he doesn't have ambition.

"And what about this 'White Night'?" Nisita asked.

"I actually don't feel very much about this kind of big-power Cold War content."

"This film has a lot of investment and will be shot on location."

"Going to Leningrad?" Ronald was a little interested. If he could go to the Soviet Union to film the scene, it would naturally cause a lot of topics. American audiences are still very interested in the old capital of Tsarist Russia under the Iron Curtain.

"Yeah, so they might put in a budget of 15 to 20 million for the filming, and also have Mikhail Baryshnikov, the prototype for the lead role.

Another star is tap dance master Gregory Hines. They signed a contract after the adaptation rights were sold in 1982. "

"Proposition composition." Ronald lost interest again.

This Hines,

He was a tap dancer with Diane in the "Cotton Club". Ronald had absolutely no interest in the difficulty and skill of those dances. The dance shoes beat a certain rhythm on the floor to distinguish winners and losers. Why not use drums? It can be difficult for a modern audience to understand.

"There is also an actor, who is also the designated object, you are familiar with."

"Who?"

"Isabella Rossellini."

"she?"

Ingrid Bergman, the ex-wife of Martin Scorsese, his teacher at New York University, is most like one of his daughters, and is going to make a movie?

"Who recommended her?" Ronald heard that she had remarried, but didn't know who her current husband was.

"No one, this is an opportunity won by her own strength."

Nisita explained. Isabella Rossellini debuted as a graphic model at the age of 30 after her divorce from Scorsese.

As soon as I took a few magazine photos, I was selected by cosmetics Lancome as the spokesperson. A few months later, she replaced the original spokespersons in America and Europe, unifying the face of Lancôme's endorsement around the world.

Now New York, Los Angeles, and the streets of Paris, London, are her large posters.

The producer of "White Night" apparently also wanted to take a bite out of the sudden rise of the supermodel's popularity.

"Then I have to talk to some of the lead actors who are booked." Ronald agreed to the agent to continue the negotiation.

"Very well, I'll ask Richard to take you to the party."

Richard drove Ronald to Mulholland Drive, an old house built in the 1940s.

Ronald saw Mia when he entered the door.

"Welcome, Ronald. There will be big stars coming soon." Mia picked a glass of champagne for Ronald, "I wish us a successful cooperation."

Copies of "God Is Crazy" have already been sent to Cannonball and Coleman's Concorde, both of whom are very optimistic about the film and are preparing to combine resources and distribute them in regions outside the distribution scope of Twentieth Century Fox. The two are now considered partners.

After the two exchanged greetings, Ronald kept seeing faces of distinct ethnicities. This party, as Mia said, was organized by people from various small countries wandering around Hollywood.

Even so, the party was clearly divided into several centers. Ronald raised his eyes and saw that the protagonist in a circle was exactly the same as him. He accompanied Toshiro Mifune to the audition, the son of Akira Kurosawa, the famous director of Toyo. Sawa Hisao.

"Li Sang," Kurosawa also saw Ronald and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Long time no see, Kurosawa-kun."

They are discussing director Akira Kurosawa's current project. Since his "Shadow Warrior" was a big success, people are now investing money in him to make movies. The filming is based on Shakespeare's "King Lear" adaptation of the work - "chaos".

Hisao Kurosawa is now in America and is looking for opportunities to promote the work everywhere.

"This work is a combination of Shakespeare's play and Chinese traditional story, Maori Yuan's legacy on the Three Arrows..."

"Hey," Ronald couldn't help sighing after seeing Hisao Kurosawa's strong recommendation that a master like Akira Kurosawa didn't make a movie in America.

"What, Ronald, do you have any unique ideas for this movie?"

Ronald shared his thoughts.

"Actually, Hollywood once invited my father to shoot a movie about trains. But because of the severe snowstorm in America that year, the scene couldn't be filmed, so it didn't take shape. Now this script is still with me, waiting for one day. , there will be directors who will be interested.”

"What's the subject?"

"A desperate train was hijacked by thugs and had a bomb planted. The train exploded below a certain speed, with an innocent mechanic on it, followed by police."

"What a wonderful script." Ronald nodded in appreciation, then left immediately in case Kurosawa sold the script to himself.

"It's so hard to shoot a train. It will take at least an hour after one shot to go out. No wonder Akira Kurosawa didn't make it. What kind of snow disaster, I think it's because I'm afraid that the budget overrun will turn into a disaster." Ronald didn't believe that Excuse.

Ronald turned to another circle of filmmakers from countries in the southern hemisphere, including Mia from South Africa, but also Australia and New Zealand, as well as several Latin American looks.

"Rachel!" Ronald found an acquaintance, the Australian actress Rachel Ward, who had flown with him.

"Ronald, it's nice to meet you." This time Rachel didn't doubt his identity any more. After all, he was already a cutting-edge director who was highly praised by film critics.

"You're in Hollywood? I thought you were still in New York...with..." Ronald thought of her with Robert of the Kennedys.

"Robert? He's just a little boy who longs for motherly love," Ward smiled and hugged Ronald. "Look at Me Again (against all odds)" was a flop at the US box office, and if there was no other chance to stay in Hollywood, it was time to go back to Australia and marry her betrothed boyfriend.

"What are you guys talking about?" Ronald looked around, all speaking with an Australian accent.

"We're talking about the house that originally belonged to Errol Flynn, a first-generation Australian who worked hard in Hollywood."

A man with mid-parted hair and sunken eyes, speaking in an Australian accent, spoke to Ronald.

"Here's the Australian actor, my fellow Mel Gibson, and I'm taking Ronald's arm, introducing them to each other," and this is Ronald Lee, the director of Longwinds and Breakdance. "

"So you're the guy who got Rachel's movie out of schedule." Mel Gibson's accent changed to an American, slightly Irish, and joked with Ronald.

"Hahaha, it's not bad to say that." Ronald likes this kind of straightforward person very much.

"Speaking of which, Errol Flynn also has a legend that the glass in his bathroom is two-way, and he often peeks at female guests."

Gibson pretended to be mysterious and said to the crowd.

"Really? I want to go and see." The person beside him believed it.

"It was before, and the current owner has been redecorated," Gibson explained. "Ronald, have you seen the Flynn movie?"

"I watched a few in college, and I heard Orson Welles gossip about him." Ronald also began to brag.

"You know Orson Welles?" Several listeners really began to admire him.

"I heard that he used to be a boxer when he was an actor. One day at the producer Woznick's house, he had a fight with director John Huston. It is said that the fight was very good, all the boxing that happened in Woznick's backyard. It's also the best in the fight," Ronald began to blow.

"How did it turn out?" Gibson asked with interest. "We Aussies aren't that kind of fake handle."

"Whose boxing are you talking about?" A familiar voice came from behind.

Everyone looked back and saw that it was the big star of Hollywood, the symbol of the American boxer, Sylvester Stallone.

"Is this the big star that Mia was talking about?" Ronald and Rachel Mys, who was holding his arm, stepped back a little. He was not very happy with Stallone the first two times, and he didn't want to communicate with him this time.

Rachel Ward saw Stallone and remembered his brutal attitude at the last party, and glanced at Ronald again.

"We're talking, Errol Flynn." Gibson welcomed Stallone. "Just now Ronald said Flynn had a fight with John Huston, and we were discussing who won."

"Ronald." Stallone glanced at the side, Rachel Ward, skipped Ronald, and said to Ward, "Rachel, I remember correctly? When did you dump yours? Boyfriend? Why didn't you call me, I remember giving you your business card."

Ronald turned to Rachel Ward, embarrassed. A woman with self-respect will always refuse such a rude attack.

Ward was a little flustered. Last time, Stallone was in front of her boyfriend and openly told her to dump her boyfriend and call him. This time, if it is an Australian insider who does it again, I am afraid it will not end well and will pass on the bad reputation. .

"Because I like to decide things by myself, and I don't like men to teach me how to do it," Ward grabbed Ronald's arm and said, so that everyone could step down.

"Hmph, have you seen Ronald this boy? I have to remind you that he's not as talented as the critics say."

Stallone came up and tried to push Ronald away.

Ronald turned sideways to unload, but Stallone didn't push, but stumbled.

"Hi Hi!" A tall bodyguard with long hair tied in a bun behind his head rushed up, separating Ronald and Stallone.

Ronald raised his hands to signal that he didn't do it himself.

Then the bodyguard approached Ronald, grabbed Ronald's wrist with both hands, and was about to exert force.

Ronald was startled, this was practiced, and he was going to use the wrestling method next.

The right hand automatically came out of Ward's arms, and a slap slapped it.

"Clap", the other party stepped back, slapped him on the wrist, and the two separated.

Ronald practiced wrestling for many years, grabbing a position and wrestling, just like a physical instinct. This time, it was also beyond the expectations of the other bodyguard. The two stood on guard without speaking to each other.

"Stephen, let's go." Stallone stopped the bodyguard, and the two turned around and went to another room together.

The bodyguard named Stephen also made a few threatening gestures at Ronald before leaving with Stallone.

"Are you all right?" Rachel Ward came up to care.

"It's okay, I have a bit of 'history' with sly."

"Hey, brother, you're brave enough to almost repeat Flynn's battle." Mel Gibson came up to pat Ronald and got a lot closer to him.

"Do you still want to be here?" Ronald asked Ward. "I'd better get out."

"I'm with you." Rachel Ward stood firmly with Ronald.

"That's good." The two greeted Mia and took a step forward.

"Call Mayer from caa, I'm going to be on a talk show next week," Stallone called his assistant and asked him to call his agent.

"This young man has repeatedly sabotaged his plan to pick up girls. His nickname is sly (sly), not because his name Sylvester is homophonic, and he is not a reckless bull. It's time for Ronald to taste the power of Hollywood's leading male stars."

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