Hollywood Director 1992

The company had pre-booked time slots and paid millions of dollars in GG fees to CBS, FOX, and TNT to broadcast the movie and entertainment channel's highlight reel.

After Daniel DeVito handed the tapes to the three television stations, they began broadcasting the footage starting at noon the next day.

"Haha, Quentin, is that you? Why were you so scared? Haha, that's hilarious."

In his apartment, Roger Avary, the screenwriter of "Reservoir Dogs" and Quentin's partner, watched Quentin jump into Lawrence Bender's arms on TV and couldn't help but laugh.

"Shut up! Don't laugh!"

Quentin Tarantino shouted, his face dark.

After agreeing to let Link use his footage, he had done a lot of mental preparation, thinking he could calmly accept being embarrassed on television.

But when he actually saw the scene on TV, he couldn't help but feel his face burning and extremely embarrassed.

If he had known it would be so embarrassing, he shouldn't have agreed to Link in the first place.

"It's okay, the footage plays very quickly, two or three seconds per person. Most people won't recognize you,"

Lawrence Bender comforted him, while also telling Roger Avary to stop teasing Quentin.

Quentin looked at the fast-playing footage and thought that made sense. With such a fast playback speed, maybe not many people would recognize him.

Ding-a-ling ~ Ding-a-ling ~

Quentin picked up his phone and answered the call. It was his mother, Connie.

Connie said she saw him on TV getting scared and jumping up while watching a movie, and asked if that was him.

"Mom, you saw it too?"

Quentin asked helplessly, grabbing his face.

"I just saw it on FOX Entertainment Channel. It was quite interesting."

"FOX Channel too?"

Quentin glanced at the TV. It was TNT Movie Channel, which meant the highlight reel wasn't just playing on one channel, but on many.

It also meant that many people would see the highlight reel.

Quentin now deeply regretted agreeing to Link to publicly show his clip on television. It was too embarrassing.

"Quentin, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Huh? No, Mom, why are you suddenly asking this question?"

"You don't?"

Connie hesitated for a few seconds on the phone. "Then do you like girls?"

"What?"

"Quentin, your father and I are very open-minded people, not that conservative. If you don't like girls and like boys, we will support you. You don't have to worry about what we think. Mom and Dad love you."

"What?! Mom, what are you talking about? When did I ever not like girls?"

"I saw you watching a movie with a boy, and you jumped into his arms when you got scared. What is your relationship?"

"Friends! We're friends! Mom, don't misunderstand. My orientation is very normal."

Quentin said hastily to Connie, his face dark. That person was Lawrence Bender, a friend and colleague, and the producer of "Reservoir Dogs."

He also said that they were both straight men and went to a bar to pick up girls last night, not just one, but two.

Quentin claimed to be 100% straight.

It took a long time to explain before Connie believed that his orientation was normal and that Lawrence Bender was not his boyfriend.

Hanging up the phone, Quentin leaned weakly on the sofa, cursing Link in his heart. He decided to come up with a harsh request for Link to do, otherwise there was no way to resolve the embarrassment he had encountered today.

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"Haha, this promotional video is really interesting. Compared to Quentin's performance, I'm not too exaggerated."

Compared to Quentin, another person selected for the highlight reel didn't care so much.

This person was Jim Carrey.

After Jim Carrey watched the movie, a staff member also approached him and talked about the movie highlight reel, seeking his opinion.

Jim Carrey thought it was interesting and agreed without much hesitation.

Today, after seeing the promotional video for "Paranormal Activity" on TV, he initially felt embarrassed, but considering that he was a comedian and often acted strangely in TV shows and movies, this kind of footage wasn't a big deal for him.

If fans recognized him, it would be a fun thing.

After watching the promotional video, Jim Carrey called Link and told him that the promotional video was very interesting and that "Paranormal Activity" would definitely do very well at the box office, and invited him to play basketball when he had time.

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"Haha, Matt, look at that guy, scared and jumping onto someone's lap, and that one scared and throwing himself into his girlfriend's arms... That's so funny. If we had known it was so interesting, we should have agreed that day, and we could have seen our footage today."

In his villa, Ben Affleck watched TV and clapped his hands, laughing.

"You screamed when you watched 'Paranormal Activity,' covered your face and didn't dare to watch. You're more timid than a girl. Would you dare to publicly show that embarrassing video?"

Matt Damon said, flipping through the script.

"Why wouldn't I dare? I'm not the only one who got scared. There were a lot of people. That shows the movie is very scary. It's normal for me to get scared,"

Ben Affleck said.

Matt Damon shook his head and continued to flip through the movie script.

As a peer, the better Link's movies were, the more pressure he felt. He had to seize the time to catch up, otherwise they would have to look up to Link in a few years.

When Jim Carrey, Quentin, Ben Affleck, and others saw the movie highlight reel, Link and many viewers across the United States saw this very unique movie promotional video on TV.

Everyone laughed when they saw those people making many interesting movements while watching the movie.

There is no mistake, one first, one inside, one content, one is, one look, one look!

At the same time, they also became curious about this movie.

Is this movie called "Paranormal Activity" really that scary?

Are these people's reactions real or fake?

Did someone really capture traces of ghosts with a camera?

Is this movie Link's new work? Will it be as interesting as "Buried"?

Many people walked into the movie theater with various curiosities and bought a ticket for "Paranormal Activity."

"Boss, good news! 14 theaters called, saying all venues are full this weekend, with an attendance rate of over 90%. Some venues are completely full. As of 3 PM, all 14 theaters have screened the movie more than 12 times, and the screening rate is the highest of the period,"

Jon Gordon shouted excitedly when he saw Link in the hallway.

Clap clap clap!

The employees in the office heard the news and put down their work to applaud and cheer.

"Not bad, I hope the results will be even better next week,"

Link said with a smile.

"Boss, AMC Theatres called and said that the movie's preview results exceeded expectations and suggested expanding the release scale next week,"

Michael Rison also shouted, holding the phone.

"How many theaters are they planning to give 'Paranormal Activity'?"

"347!"

"That's too few. Contact other theater chains and tell them the box office performance of 'Paranormal Activity'. This is a movie project that cannot be missed. Let them arrange more than 1,000 theaters for 'Paranormal Activity'."

"Okay, I'll contact them now."

Michael Rison left in a hurry.

Currently, there are four major theater chains in North America.

The first is Regal Cinemas, also translated as Junwei Cinemas, with 564 theaters and 7,307 screens across the United States and Canada.

The second is AMC Theatres, with 379 theaters and 5,260 screens, mainly in major cities in the United States.

The third is Cinemark Theatres, with 341 theaters and 4,582 screens.

The fourth is Carmike Cinemas, with 275 theaters and 2,942 screens.

The remaining hundreds of small theater chains include Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, United Artists Theatres, General Cinema, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, etc.

Large theater chains have hundreds of theaters, and small ones have one.

Large theaters have more than a dozen screens, and small ones have one.

According to Variety magazine, there are currently 7,744 theaters and 27,805 screens in the United States.

Theater chains with more than 100 theaters belong to mainstream theater chains.

They are also the partners of film distribution companies.

Theater chains are also profit-making institutions. As long as a movie has great box office potential and can increase attendance, no theater chain will reject a money-making movie.

This is also the confidence that Link dares to ask for 1,000 theaters.