Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 534 The Filmmaker's Party in a Small Country
"Paramount's script 'Out of Space' is good and sincere." Nisita said to Ronald.

"But plot-wise, it's kind of like a B-grade exploitation version of 'ET'."

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 'The Dragon Boy'.Breakdance's box office in the first week was higher than that of Long Wei Boy, she didn't even say that.

I wish there were more films with real emotion. "

Nisita smiled, "What Richard saw that day has been confirmed to be Barry Diller, and he may be negotiating to work at [-]th Century Fox. Then I'm going to contact you now, Eisner and Ka The combination of Seinberg may be in charge of Paramount.

So they will inevitably invest more to ensure the success of the first batch of films after taking office.This movie is topical, and the third space shuttle "Discovery" is about to fly for the first time, and the public's interest in space exploration is strong.

This is again your sci-fi genre. "

"Unless the script is drastically changed, the real emotions can be filmed. But in this case, the investment will at least double. I don't want to make this kind of low-budget exploitation film that the audience knows is fake before entering the theater."

"You think your movie will be remembered 30 years later, huh?" Nisita smiled. It's a good thing that Ronald has ambition, but I'm afraid he doesn't.

"And what about 'White Nights'?" Nisita asked.

"I actually don't have much feeling for this kind of great power Cold War content."

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

"Going to Leningrad?" Ronald became a little interested. If he could go to the Souver League to shoot scenes, 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 probably put in a budget of 2000 million to [-] million, and they also hired Mikhail Baryshnikov, the prototype of the character, to play the leading role.

Another starring role is tap dancing master Gregory Hines.They signed a contract in [-] after the sale of the rights to adapt the novel. "

"Proposition composition." Ronald was a little uninterested again.

This Hines was a tap dance performer in the "Cotton Club" with Diane. Ronald was completely uninterested in the difficulty and skill of those dances. The dancing shoes knocked out a certain rhythm on the floor to distinguish the winner from the loser. , why not use drums?It may be difficult for modern audiences to understand.

"There is another actor who is also the designated target, you are familiar with it."

"Who?"

"Isabella Rossellini."

"she?"

Ingrid Bergman, the ex-wife of my New York University teacher Martin Scorsese, who is most like one of his daughters, is also making 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 she won with her own strength."

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

Just after taking a few magazine photos, she was selected by the cosmetics Lancôme as the spokesperson.A few months later, she replaced the original spokespersons in America and Europe, unifying the face of Lancôme endorsements all over the world.

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

The producer of "White Night" obviously also wanted to take advantage of the popularity of this suddenly rising supermodel.

"Then I still have to talk to a few leading actors who have booked." Ronald promised his agent to continue the negotiation.

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

Richard drove Ronald to Mulholland Road, an old house built in the 40s.

When Ronald entered the door, he saw Mia.

"Welcome, Ronald. There will be big stars coming soon." Mia picked out a glass of champagne for Ronald, "First of all, I wish our cooperation a success."

The copies of "God Is Crazy" have been sent to Cannon and Coleman's Concord Company respectively. Both of them are very optimistic about this film, and they are going to integrate resources and distribute it in regions outside the distribution scope of [-]th Century Fox.The two are now a partnership.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Ronald kept seeing faces of obviously different ethnicities.This party, as Mia said, is a party held by people from various small countries wandering in Hollywood.

Even so, the party was clearly divided into several centers. Ronald looked up and saw that the protagonist in a circle was exactly the same as him. He was the son of the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa who accompanied Toshiro Mifune to the audition. Ze Hisao.

"Li Sang", Kuisawa also saw Ronald and hurried forward to say hello.

"Long time no see, Kurosawa-kun."

They are discussing director Kurosawa's current project.After his great success in "Shadow Warrior", now someone is investing money in him to make a movie.What is being filmed is "Chaos", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear".

Hisao Kurosawa is now in America, and he is actively looking for opportunities to promote this work everywhere.

"This work is a combination of Shakespeare's play, and our country's traditional story, Mao Liyuan's legacy on Three Arrows..."

"Hey", watching Hisao Kurosawa's hard-working recommendation, Ronald couldn't help but sigh, a master like Akira Kurosawa didn't make a movie in America.

"Why, Ronald, do you have any unique opinions on this movie?"

Ronald expressed his thoughts.

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

"What subject is it?"

"A desperate train was hijacked by gangsters and a bomb was installed. As long as the train is below a certain speed, it will explode. There is an innocent mechanic on it, and the police are following behind."

"It's really a wonderful script." Ronald nodded in appreciation, and then left immediately, in case Heise would sell the script to himself.

"How difficult it is to shoot a train. A shot starts to go out, and it will take at least an hour. No wonder Akira Kurosawa didn't make it. What snowstorm, I think it's because I was afraid that the shooting budget would overrun and become a disaster." Ronald didn't believe that. Excuse.

Ronald turned to another circle, which was national filmmakers from the southern hemisphere, including South African Mia, as well as Australia and New Zealand, as well as several people of Latin American appearance.

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

"Ronald, nice to meet you." This time, Rachel did not doubt his identity anymore, after all, he is already a cutting-edge director highly praised by film critics.

"Are you in Hollywood? I thought you were still in New York...and..." Ronald remembered that she was with Robert of the Kennedy family.

"Robert? He's just a little boy longing for a mother's love." Ward smiled and stepped forward to hug Ronald. "Against All Odds" flopped badly at the US box office, and had to go back to Australia to marry her engaged boyfriend if she didn't have another chance to stay in Hollywood.

"What are you talking about?" Ronald looked around, and everyone spoke with an Australian accent.

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

A man with long hair parted in the middle and deep-set eyes spoke to Ronald with an Australian accent.

"This is the actor from Australia, my fellow Mel Gibson," Ward said, taking Ronald's arm and introducing them to each other. "

"So you're the guy who made Rachael's movie come out early." Mel Gibson's accent shifted to an American, slightly Irish accent, and he joked with Ronald.

"Hahaha, that's not a bad thing to say." Ronald liked this kind of straightforward people very much.

"Speaking of which, Errol Flynn still has a legend that the glass in his bathroom is two-way, and he would often spy on the female guests who came."

Gibson pretended to be mysterious and said to everyone.

"Really? I want to go and see." The people next to him believed it.

"It was before, and the current owner has renovated it." Gibson explained, "Ronald, have you seen Flynn's movie?"

"I watched a few movies in college, and I heard Orson Welles gossip about him." Ronald also started bragging.

"You know Orson Welles?" Sure enough, several audience members began to look at him with admiration.

"I heard that he was a boxer before he became an actor. One day at the home of producer Wozniak, he had a fight with director John Huston. It is said that the fight was wonderful. All the boxing that happened in Wozniak's backyard The fight is also the most exciting." Ronald began to brag.

"How did it turn out?" Gibson asked with great interest, "Our Aussies are not that fake."

"Who are you calling fake boxing?" A familiar voice came from behind.

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

"This is the big star that Mia said, right?" Ronald and Rachel Ward, who were holding their arms, backed away a little. He didn't have a good time with Stallone the first two times, and he didn't want to communicate with him this time.

Rachael Ward saw Stallone, remembered his outrageous attitude at the last party, and took another look at Ronald.

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

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

Ronald turned to look at Rachael Ward, who looked embarrassed.A self-respecting woman would always refuse such a rude attack.

Ward was a little flustered. The last time Stallone was in front of his boyfriend, he blatantly asked her to dump him and call him. If someone from the Australian circle did it again this time, it might end badly and spread the bad reputation back. .

"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, which gave everyone a step down.

"Hmph, have you spotted the boy Ronald? I have to warn you, he's not as talented as the movie critics say."

Stallone came up to push Ronald away.

Ronald unloaded sideways, and instead of pushing, Stallone staggered.

"Hi, hi!" A tall bodyguard with long hair tied in a bun rushed forward, separating Ronald from Stallone.

Ronald held up his hands, indicating that he didn't do it.

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

Ronald was startled, he had practiced this before, and he was going to use wrestling next.

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

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

Ronald practiced wrestling for many years, grabbing the position and wrestling, it was like a physical instinct.This was also beyond the expectation of the other party's bodyguard.The two stepped on each other's guard without speaking.

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

The bodyguard named Stephen made several threatening gestures to Ronald before leaving with Stallone.

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

"It's okay, I have a little 'history' with Sly."

"Hey, brother, you're brave enough to almost repeat Flynn's battle." Mel Gibson came up to pat Ronald, and his attitude towards him was much closer.

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

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

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

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

"This young man has repeatedly sabotaged his plans to pick up girls. His nickname is Sly (cunning), not because of the homophony of his name Sylvester, and he is not a reckless bull. It's time for Ronald to taste the power of a top Hollywood actor."

(End of this chapter)