Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 616 Accident Suspends Filming
"Art Scholler had an accident."

"What?" Ronald, who was shooting the cockpit of the ring built by Cameron, heard the assistant's report.

"Cut! Sorry, Tim."

Tim Robbins is 1.9 feet [-] inches tall (approximately [-] meters [-]), and all the shots in the cockpit of his role as "Merlin the Wizard" must be shot in the ground stunt cabin.Ronald interrupted the shoot just now.

"What accident? Is it serious?"

Ronald asked the assistant director to direct everyone to rest, and he and his assistant walked to the side.

"Mr. Bruckheimer called. He received a report from the director of the second group that Art Scholler is missing."

"Missing? What is missing?"

"His plane just disappeared over the sea. We heard him on the radio saying that his plane went into a horizontal spiral and couldn't recover, and then the pilot and cameraman following him saw his plane dive into a Yun, and no one saw any trace of him after that.”

When Ronald heard this, he was missing at sea, which was more ominous.It is very likely that someone died, so he hurried out the door and headed towards the production office.

"It's been four hours and we've notified the Coast Guard and we've called Art Scholler's family."

Bruckheimer had a dejected look on his face, and he was completely dumbfounded when he got the news.Who knew such an accident could happen.

"I heard that Art Scholler had completed the shooting of the day, and he insisted on doing it again, hoping to get the best shot. Then something happened. After he passed through the clouds, the plane behind him couldn't find him. They thought he had pulled it up, but they didn’t find it after pulling it up, and when they returned to the low altitude, they couldn’t find his trace.”

"Too bad, did we buy accident insurance?" Don Simpson came in cursing from outside.

"Who can tell me, do we have accident insurance for Art Scholler?"

"I bought it. Ronald mentioned the risk at the time, so I asked for it." Bruckheimer glanced at his partner and said that these things are not good at this time.

"That's good, that's good," Don Simpson crossed, "You may think I'm a bit cold-blooded, but for his family, it means a lot. And it can also give the crew a buffer. Not now In the 60s, it’s time to make a movie that is dead. Paramount will also conduct an independent investigation.”

"You said Paramount would investigate this matter?" Ronald discovered the key to Simpson's words.

"It's a routine, and Mancuso won't pass up this opportunity, will he?" Don Simpson glanced at Ronald.

"It was a pure accident. No one wants to see this tragedy happen." Bruckheimer also came to discuss, and the three quickly reached a tacit understanding. In this matter, the interests of the three of them are completely consistent.

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"No one wants to see this tragedy happen. God said that there is a time for everything, and there is a time for everything under heaven: a time to live and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pull up what is planted..."

Ronald, wearing sunglasses, and the two producers, listened to the pastor's sermon at Art Scholer's funeral.

On the side, Art Scholler's family members watched the coffin silently, but there was no Art Scholler's body inside.The Coast Guard could not locate the exact location of the crash.The Pacific Ocean is big, and the Super Chipmunk Stunt Plane is small.

The family members of the deceased did not show a very sad expression. Maybe they had thought about it for a long time, and Art Scholler, who was keen to challenge the aerobatics, would inevitably end on this day.

"My condolences," Ronald and the people from the crew expressed their condolences to their families one by one.

After the funeral, the three came to Don Simpson's home to discuss countermeasures.

"Mancuso took this opportunity to suspend the filming of the crew and conduct an independent investigation into the accident. This will take a lot of time."

Don Simpson poured brandy for the two.

Ronald took a sip, diluting the solemn atmosphere at the funeral, "We didn't do anything wrong, what can he do?"

"The safety measures are not in place, the shots are too dangerous, and there are investigations by the stunt practitioners' union and the actor's union. In short, there will be many troubles. We must stand on the same line." Bruckheimer is more familiar with these regulations. , he added.

"The one you told us, is it okay?" What Don Simpson is most afraid of is that Mancuso will use the safety accident to put a hat on the producer and director for poor shooting, and then use his own people to take over the final Filming and editing sections.

This is something they cannot allow.Although their names will still appear in the positions of producers and directors, editing is the last creation of the film. If Mancuso's old ideas are implemented in editing, the box office will fail, and the collapse will be the three of them. name.

"No problem, I am a stunt invented by John Ford, developed by directors such as Billy Wilder and Fred Zinneman, against the haphazard editing of Hollywood. Except myself, and my teacher Walter Murch, there's no one in Hollywood right now who can cut my material."

Ronald has a well-thought-out plan. This method of editing his own works against other editors is to start from the basics of editing, which is very tricky.If it weren't for the difficulty of shooting fighter jets, I wouldn't use this method to design editing.

But precisely because of this, the three of them now have the capital to fight against Paramount.

"Can't you find the commander-in-chief?" Don Simpson was still deeply impressed by the speech of the commander-in-chief at that time.

"I really don't have any friendship with him. That was when I went to the White House to deliver the copy, and I met the Grand Commander and his wife by chance." Ronald shrugged.I am indeed not familiar with the Grand Commander's family, but I am more familiar with the Deputy Commander.However, the deputy commander has no real power.

"Well, let's take a look and see who is our friend and who is our enemy." Don Simpson got Ronald's confirmation, and he didn't think about anything else in his heart. No big problem.The three drank the wine in one gulp and formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

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"Ronald, I heard that you have been robbed of the editing rights?" Cameron got the news from his wife and specially called to care.

"It's ok, I'm just wasting some time. No big deal."

"That's good, Fox has promised Gail and me to shoot the Alien sequel, and the heroine Sigourney Weaver will return to play the role of female officer Ripley in the previous episode. If you are not comfortable there, you are always welcome Come play in my set."

"It's all right, Jim, I know what to do."

"Then watch out for yourself."

After hanging up Cameron's phone, Ronald continued to his agents, Nisita and Richard, "I only need some time here, and Mancuso will soon find out that his ideas are outrageously wrong."

Nisita stared into Ronald's eyes for a long time, and realized that this client was not blindly confident, but rather confident. "I will continue to put pressure on Paramount to respect your editorial rights. Ned Tanin is a man who can be won, and I believe you have a way."

"Ronald, if you need help, Rick and I can go to Mr. Michael Ovitz. He has a certain influence on the current Paramount." Richard Lovett has not been in the industry for a long time, no Like Nisita, there are certain guesses about Ronald's hole cards.He is still quite anxious about this kind of thing.

"Since Ronald has his own ideas, we can follow his ideas."

"That's it," Ronald said goodbye.

"Rick, is this really okay? I'm not like you, I only have this high-quality client." After sending Ronald out, Richard asked Nisita.

"Pfft, as if I had a better client than him. Now that Coppola's creativity has waned, and projects are getting harder and harder to negotiate. I'm in the same boat as you, Richard."

Nisita reassured his partner, "Ronald has his own ideas. Don't forget that his friend is Walter Murch, one of the best editors in Hollywood. If you say that he didn't do any preparation, I wouldn't believe it. "

"I haven't heard of anyone capable of such tricks?" Richard said silently.

"Of course not everyone can do it. How many directors can cut high-quality movies without shooting the main shot or over the shoulder? Ronald is not like a blindly confident person."

"I agree." Richard shook his head, all he could do now was trust Ronald.

"Are you okay? Now Hollywood is saying that your movie has been stopped," Diane called long-distance from San Francisco, where she was going to her first audition.

"Don't worry about me, you can concentrate on your audition." Ronald replied to Diane, "I'm fine, it's just a small setback. Remember not to tell Donna and my aunt, I don't want them to worry."

"Well, you don't have to worry about my affairs. I have prepared a lot for this audition. Director Lucas seems very satisfied. I think he will send a notice to my agent."

Diane completed her first audition, donning a rock singer costume and doing some posing with an electric guitar.She felt that the result of the first audition was good, and she heard that the actress who came with her was talking about Ronald, so she hurriedly called him.Now, he should be fine, right?

"Ronald, are you all right?"

This time it was Helen Slater calling from New York.Her "Billy King Legend" had already been filmed, and her father, Gerald, found her a voice-over job in another television cartoon.

"How do you know? I'm fine."

"They trample artists like this, Ronald. If you need help, I can find my dad..."

"I'm fine, this matter will be resolved, it just takes some time."

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"Hahahaha..." Emilio Estevez laughed wildly in the bar.Next to him are some buddies from the "Breakfast Club" shoot.

"That Ronald, actually turned against Paramount, let's see how he ends up now. What kind of media will tout that he can only make exploitation films..."

"He really doesn't know much about real drama," echoed Eric Stoltz.Since he was fired halfway from the "Back to the Future" crew, he no longer has the respect for Ronald that he used to support him.

"Hey, don't say that, Ronald is still good to us." Rob Lowe was recommended by Ronald twice to audition, and he didn't want to be passed on to Ronald.

"You don't have to. You and I, Demi, are filming 'St. Elmo's Fire,' and it's coming out soon. There's no need to be afraid of him."

"What were they talking about?" Cher and Val Kilmer broke up after Top Gun began filming and hooked up with a still-unknown Eric Stoltz.He was talking to Emilio's girlfriend, Demi Moore.

"Let's talk about Ronald again, Ronald Lee, I heard that his crew was suspended by Paramount."

"Oh, it's him?" Xue'er likes young people with an artistic temperament, but Ronald doesn't have such a strong artistic style, so she quickly lost interest.

"I'm going to the bathroom".

"Ronald, are you okay?" Demi Moore seized the opportunity, slipped out and hung up on Ronald.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry." Ronald recognized Demi's hoarse voice, "Congratulations on the completion of St. Elmo's Fire."

"Oh, as long as you're fine. I can tell you're very confident. I have to go back. If there's anything else, I'll call you again."

Demi has a lot of confidence in Ronald.

"Ronald, I heard you are free recently?"

Another call came, the thin voice was very familiar, but this person surprised Ronald.

"I do have time, why did you think to call me, MJ?"

(End of this chapter)