Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Ah, the last time you came to my show was your sixteenth birthday."

"Yeah, I was very nervous."

"I was also very nervous. Facing such a beautiful girl, I even called your name wrong."

"Hahaha, I had to make up the recording and editing later. My dad was so excited when he watched TV, so he found an opportunity to record it when it was replayed."

Before Johnny Carson retired, Ronald brought Diane to his show again. Now Carson has announced his retirement next year. With less than a year left, he invited many famous guests of the year to return to the show. Because Ronald supported David Letterman's competition, it was indirectly a relief for him to be attacked by Jay Leno's agent, so he arranged Diane's show very well this time, and even took out the small mistakes of the year as jokes.

Carson's hosting skills are extraordinary. As long as he is serious, he can really make the audience laugh while completing the guests' goals without making a sound. For this crew promotion, Alvin Sargent, the screenwriter of the adapted stage play, was also invited to complete the task of praising Diane's acting skills together.

The point of praise is that Diane Lane has been acting on Broadway since she was a child, and she could act with Meryl Streep at the age of four. So she is not unfamiliar with stage performances and can perform dialogue-based scenes very well.

In this movie "Other People's Money" adapted from a stage play, this trait is well transformed into acting on the screen. There are many short dialogue passages, and her performance can convey a lot of deep subtexts in addition to the lines.

Whether it is with Gregory Peck or Tom Hanks, Diane's rivalry can make the audience completely unable to ignore his existence.

The capable and sexy dress, and the straightforward and humorous way also make the audience like such a female lawyer role. It is reported that this year many high school students have also begun to collect posters of Diane in this movie. This is after she starred in "Rage Street" when she was less than 20 years old.

"Honey, how did I perform?" Diane was very excited to be able to be on such a talk show and be praised by the playwright for her performance as good as that of the actress in the original stage play.

"Great, there are several more TV shows, you should use them as promotional opportunities. Our movie will be released earlier, and this is the time to intensively and powerfully bombard the media with the idea of ​​your excellent acting skills."

The key to public relations is to concentrate your firepower and stir up heat in a short period of time, so that the audience will remember the impression you want to promote. When you are nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, in your mind

"Well, it's a pity that I can't accompany you to London this time." Diane looked at Ronald with sweet eyes. The two will go their separate ways next. Diane will go to Boston, Chicago, and other places to participate in TV review programs for dramas and movies to continue her public relations journey.

Ronald will go to London with Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster to meet Anthony Hopkins and attend the royal premiere of "The Silence of the Lambs" together.

"Is this plane yours?" Jodie Foster saw Ronald's business jet and looked left and right for a long time. She is obviously also a person who has high requirements for quality of life.

"Yes, my investment in Terminator 2 was overspent three times, and finally Carloco mortgaged the plane to my company." Ronald smiled and took her and Jonathan Demme up together, "How do you feel? Carloco used a purple color scheme, and Ronald changed it to a simple combination of white, black and gold.

"Very good, but the line of words is too simple." Jodie Foster pointed to the logo on the head of the plane and said to Ronald. Carloco's logo is a maze, which is quite interesting. But Ronald's daydream is just a simple line of words.

"Hahaha, you don't understand, simplicity is better than complexity. "

"Um..." Jodie Foster made a very disgusted sound. She had decided to set up a production company and transform into a director. When it comes to the taste of names, Foster believes that hers is much more advanced than Ronald. Her new company is going to be called "Egg Pictures".

The plane took off quickly. The biggest advantage of Gulfstream is the comfort and noise control brought by the air pressure control system during flight that far exceeds that of civil aviation. Ronald, Demi and Foster can still talk in normal voices.

"How do you feel about your directorial debut?"

Ronald and Demi knew that Jodie Foster had just finished filming her directorial debut, "Little An Tate", which tells the story of a seven-year-old boy with a superb IQ, who encountered various conflicts and contradictions between his mother and teacher in terms of his educational methods, and finally fell off the horse, his IQ returned to normal, and he found the joy of normal children.

"Oh, I feel that being a director is very interesting. I am very divided on the set. I have to communicate with the director of photography and the actors. Finally, before starting the film, I have to immediately get into the role of the actor. "

Jodie Foster said a lot of thoughts. She also played the role of a mother in the movie. But what she said were just some press releases for laymen. Ronald and Jonathan Demme looked at each other. This "Hollywood talent" probably didn't play a big role on the scene.

"How was your editing?" The two professional directors couldn't bear to hear such things, so Ronald turned to ask her about editing.

"Editing? I asked Lindsay Klingman, the editor of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", he must be able to do it. "

Well, Ronald almost rolled his eyes when he heard this. The so-called director doesn't even enter the editing room? Treat editing as a professional job and entrust it all to him. This kind of director may have the director of photography make the decision when filming, and the final film is the reflection of the editor's ideas, and she has a name.

Ronald still shut up, asked the stewardess for an eye mask and a blanket, and went to sleep first.

The plane's trip across the Atlantic was uneventful until it began to lose altitude as it neared London.

In his sleep, Ronald vaguely saw a small white plane flying forward on the huge screen.

It flew forward unsteadily, and a magnificent dam appeared in the picture. When the plane flew over the dam, it dived downwards, and the camera's perspective moved forward, passing over the dam. The screen suddenly opened up, and a vast expanse of water appeared, which was very spectacular.

The scheduling and editing of this shot are very good. Ronald was admiring it when suddenly the weightlessness caused by the plane's descent came, which was exactly in sync with the picture.

"Are movies so advanced? Can they still have body sensations?" In confusion, Ronald woke up and remembered the beginning of the movie in his dream. It seems that a gentleman with a pistol parachuted onto the dam to conduct an infiltration operation.

This movie looks a bit like 007? Ronald thought to himself.

The last two 007 movies were made in 1987 and 1989. Although the Bond girls are still so sexy and gorgeous, Timothy Dalton, the actor who played 007, encountered a lot of criticism.

Coupled with the copyright issues of the original author's family members, there is no time for the new film to start filming. This series of films that was originally United Artists' most profitable is facing the risk of premature death.

If it is really the new 007 movie that I dreamed about, then this opening scene is still quite shocking. It seems that there is a lot of money to support it?

Ronald threw away many thoughts, the plane door opened, Ronald came down and hugged Elton John, who came specially to pick him up. And introduce him to the main members of the crew.

"Ah ha, Miss Jodie Foster, nice to meet you." Elton John still has a good demeanor.

"I didn't expect you to be Ronald's good friend." Jodie Foster quickly smelled a similar scent from Elton John, and then glanced at Ronald.

"Ronald and I had an adventure, which gave me the inspiration for the new song, and it was a hit. So every time Ronald comes, I want to repeat the process of getting inspiration." Elton John knew that Fox I thought wrongly and corrected it with a smile.

Everyone arrived at the hotel to stay, and Elton John went to the lounge to invite everyone to drink and chat. He also made a small request to Ronald.

"Why do you also engage in such charity activities?" Ronald said in surprise after hearing this.

"Ms. Elizabeth Taylor is a good friend of mine. Her wishes are my wishes. I also want to use this incident to call for tolerance towards minorities."

Elton John is disgusted by the growing discrimination against minorities due to the disease. Discrimination in Britain is actually very wide-ranging. In addition to the theater and music circles, the general public and some politicians openly discriminate against minority groups.

"Okay, I'll donate some money..." Ronald took out his checkbook...

Elton John waited for Ronald to sign his name and took the check. "Actually, it's not just a donation, I also want to clear the names of these poor people. It just so happens that the royal family's charity activities this year have not yet been decided, so I and I You go to the premiere of "Silence of the Lambs" together, and you can ask the princess to help you there.

"Okay, then I'm very happy. With your help, there will definitely be a lot more media coming to the premiere." Ronald remembered that Princess Diana didn't wear gloves to shake hands with patients before, and at that time she was very concerned about many people in society. Misunderstandings about the disease and discrimination among patients play a very good role.

"Actually, it's not just the marketing of this Silence of the Lambs, you also have a chance to promote your new film." Elton John took out an invitation with gold edges and saw that it was dated last year. It says please...attend the royal family's charity annual film screening.

"What is this?" Ronald had never heard of this statement. The British people still loved the royal family very much. Especially their queen and young princess. Therefore, all kinds of activities are proud of naming the royal family.

For example, at a movie premiere in London, if a member of the royal family can be invited to attend, the movie will be titled with the name of the royal premiere. Ronald thought this royal family's annual charity movie was something similar.

"No, this is a charity event with decades of tradition. Every year, the Queen selects a movie..."

It turns out that this matter dates back to before World War II. One day the royal family held a charity event to raise funds for orphans, and a movie was shown. Because the fundraising was so effective, it became a routine activity and continued even during the war.

It has now become an important annual event attended by the Queen in person. The most interesting thing about this event is that the Queen personally selects which movies will be shown. So that's good for the film's box office in the UK and overseas.

"Oh, okay, if this matter can be solved, I will donate another sum to your charity fund..." Ronald thought to himself that local snakes in London know their way around. In the field of marketing here in Britain, anything related to the royal family will get twice the result with half the effort. .

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"Beep..." A burst of music sounded. At the London premiere of "The Silence of the Lambs", Ronald, Foster, Demi, and Anthony Hopkins, who had returned from Australia, were all waiting here. Royal presence.

"Ah, will the queen and the prince and his wife attend this time?" Anthony Hopkins has gotten rid of the influence of Hannibal, and now has the temperament of an industry expert.

"Yes, I applied long in advance." Ronald looked at the change in Hopkins' temperament and marveled, "What is your new movie about?"

"The Efficiency Expert talks about layoffs at an auto parts factory in Australia. The factory owner wants to keep this factory that brings job opportunities and stability to the community, even though he is losing money. But the efficiency expert I play is there to lay off employees."

Anthony Hopkins talks about his new film. When this guy took over this movie, the reputation of "Silence of the Lambs" wasn't that big yet, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to be invited to an Australian movie.

"Hmm..." Ronald thought to himself, this plot is similar to my new movie "Other People's Money". It seems that not only America, but the whole world has been affected by the high-quality and affordable Japanese cars.

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland..."

As soon as the band's music changed, the Queen came over to watch a movie in her regular clothes. Ronald hurried up to greet him. Today, the whole Queen's family came out, including the royal husband, the eldest son Charles and his wife, and the second son Andrew and his wife.

When the Queen saw an acquaintance, she said hello to Ronald. Princess Diana behind her also nodded to Ronald.

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"This movie is so scary. It reminds me of the Hitchcock movies I used to watch."

After the screening, the Queen made an exception and invited Ronald and Elton John, director Jonathan Demme and the two leading actors to chat and drink tea together.

"Ha, Hitchcock also made thrillers. This kind of movie doesn't have many scary scenes, but it still makes people feel suspense..." Ronald seemed to be in a good mood when he looked at the queen.

"Huh? I agree to what you want." After listening to the ideas expressed by Elton John and the secretary, the Queen nodded and agreed that this year's royal charity movie will be used as a charity fund for patients.

At this time, both Elton John and Ronald were overjoyed. Princess Diana, who always liked to do various charity activities, smiled and nodded to Ronald. The Queen may not attend the royal charity film screening, and she may bear responsibility.

"Well, what movie should we show then?"

Unexpectedly, Her Majesty the Queen was so interested that she started choosing movies herself. Royal life is actually not very interesting, there is a lot of red tape. The Queen is quite interested in watching movies.

"But instead of a thriller like this, let's put on some comedy."

"Um..." Ronald was about to add that my "other people's money" is barely considered a romantic comedy.

"Don't make it too complicated, make it a light comedy movie." The Queen continued to tell his assistant.

"Well...", Ronald thought, my movie is actually not very complicated.

"Also, it's G-rated, and my grandchildren also want to come and see it."

"Uh..." Ronald was speechless now. The queen loves her grandchildren and wants them to watch the movie. Now her own R-rated movie will be out of the question. You can't explain to the queen. In fact, my There is no eroticism or violence in the movie...

"The assistant selected a few movies from the movie list and presented them to the Queen."

"Is this movie a comedy imitating your Ronald movies? Okay, this is it. Ronald's movies are always good... I'll watch this comedy imitating you, and it will be very funny, right? Right?" The queen glanced at Ronald and ordered one in her own hand...

"Anti-Fighting Condor"!

"Uh..." Ronald choked, "It's funny..."

"Okay, let's play this one. The G rating is good." The British film rating agency actually downgraded this PG13 movie to a G rating. These people stereotyped that there were no scenes in it that were not suitable for children. .

"Uh..." Ronald couldn't laugh or cry at this moment. Speaking of the Queen of England, isn't it true that the Queen of England can't change her words?