Exploiting Hollywood 1980

October passed peacefully. When Ronald was at home, Diane took the phone receiver and put it to his ear, "Demi is looking for you..."

"Demi? What's up? How is your second child? When will you bring him to my house to play?" Ronald thought Demi Moore was looking for him to have a family gathering. She gave birth to her second daughter in July. Bruce Willis loved her but was a little disappointed that it was not a boy.

"There is a Broadway play that has moved to Los Angeles recently. I invite you and Diane to watch it together..."

"Oh? What's the name?" Ronald didn't expect Demi Moore to invite him to watch a play. It was estimated that this play was not simple.

...

"There are few good people... This name is interesting..." Ronald and Diane waited for Demi Moore at the door of the Wilshire Theater. Bruce Willis was very busy because he had two movies released this month and could not attend the meeting.

"This is a good play. Would you consider adapting it into a movie?" Demi Moore said to Ronald as soon as she came up.

"Do you want to play the heroine? What's the story?" Ronald knew what Demi Moore was thinking.

"You'll know after you see it."

Ronald pouted his lips and walked into the theater. The scene looked like a courtroom, and the actors were all wearing military uniforms, including those from the Navy and the Army.

"Huh?" Ronald thought of the movie he dreamed of. Did it come without any effort?

"Colonel, you said the flight you took was

"Yes..."

"I have two record books here, one for Guantanamo Airport and one for Anderson Airport. There is no record of military aircraft taking off at Guantanamo Airport on that day, and the landing record at Anderson Airport is 2 o'clock in the middle of the night... Colonel, how do you explain it?"

Ronald finally got to see the whole story. A military lawyer handled a case in which a soldier serving at Guantanamo Base was found dead on the night he was about to leave the base after his superiors approved his application for transfer because of his "weak" attitude.

The lawyer found that this was a so-called "red punishment" measure of the military. The two soldiers taught this soft egg a lesson, which caused his physical condition to unfortunately die.

The two soldiers who caused the accident were sent to the military court, but the lawyer did not believe that two simple soldiers would bully this unfortunate soldier like this. In the end, it was discovered that the so-called "red punishment" was ordered by the colonel, and the two were just following orders.

In court, the lawyer found the colonel's alibi that he had left the base on the day of the accident, which was false. In the end, the colonel pleaded guilty in court, and the two soldiers were acquitted, but they had to retire from the army.

"Why, didn't the colonel admit it? Why do we have to retire? We were just following orders. We didn't do anything wrong!" One of the two soldiers had a lot of feelings for the army, and he couldn't accept forced retirement.

"Wow..." The drama stopped here, and the audience in Los Angeles stood up and applauded. Ronald looked around and found that there were not many people applauding, maybe because the ending of the play was not strong enough.

"I want this heroine!" Demi Moore looked at Ronald and Diane and made a request with confidence.

"Is the copyright of this play still there?" Ronald felt something was wrong. Why did Demi talk to him? I don't have the copyright of this movie either? Besides, Diane can also play the female lawyer with the male lead...

Diane gave him a look, probably saying that I don't care much.

"It has been sold to Castle Rock, Robert Reiner. This is a CAA package project. I must be the female lead... You can't just ignore it. If it weren't for you and... I would have a great chance of getting this role..."

"Why is it still on me?" Ronald thought to himself, what does this have to do with him? I don't have a good relationship with Ovitz. He didn't recommend you for his package project, right?

"Come to my house and talk? I rarely ask for help, but this time I really deserve it. You have to help me..." Demi Moore invited Ronald and Diane to her house.

Along the way, Demi Moore

talked about the casting process of this movie. Originally, he was in March this year, and he hadn't given birth yet

Originally, Reiner was quite satisfied with her look, but later Ovitz told him that this project needed to be packaged, otherwise, the male lead of the movie could not use the most popular male actor under CAA, Tom Cruise.

If Tom Cruise agrees to act, he will be paid 12.5 million. Paula Wagner helped him get this price, which has set a record for the salary of non-muscle action actors. Yes

Bob Reiner couldn't afford so much salary, so he had to let Ovitz do the package project, so that he could adjust some budgets internally, such as hiring a less expensive actress.

"Let me see what I can do..." Ronald heard that they were all acquaintances, and thought that he might be able to communicate with them. It would be best if he could make Ovitz's project fail...

"But why are you so interested in this movie? After Ghost, you should not lack scripts, right?"

Demi Moore took the lead to get out of the car, opened the door of the house, and walked inside with Ronald and Diane. The three of them came to the large balcony. Demi pointed to Bruce Willis who was being interviewed in the backyard and said, "You will know it yourself..."

"Uh..." Diane sighed. She recognized that the person next to Bruce Willis was Nicole Kidman.

"Are they partners in the new movie?" Ronald still didn't understand and asked, pointing to the backdrop of the interview, a gangster movie called "Billybathgate."

"Exactly, as you have seen, I must star in a movie with Tom Cruise..." Demi Moore said decisively.

Before Ronald could react, Diane squeezed his hand quietly and whispered a few times in his ear.

"No way? Is this even better?" Ronald glanced at Demi Moore and felt that she was a little bored.

This gangster film stars Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis, and Nicole Kidman. It has a similar theme to Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's movie "The Big Show," and the actors' positions are also similar.

However, the film Winner Takes All did very poorly at the box office, and there was bad news that it would be canceled in the first week. For the sake of box office, Bruce Willis had to do some interviews and get some news, and wanted to struggle for a few more weeks.

Demi Moore is also very boring. Her husband played one with Nicole Kidman, and she also wants to play one with Tom Cruise.

Everyone waited for their interview to end and said hello together. Ronald saw that Demi Moore and Kidman couldn't see any contradiction at all. When he asked, he realized that it was not Kidman who wanted to steal Demi Moore's heroine, but the heroine from the movie "The World". The protagonist, Annette Bening, whose belly was enlarged by Warren Beatty.

It took Ronald a while to figure out this mess of gossip, and he hung up the phone to Robert Reiner.

Reiner told him that the reason why Ovitz was packaged was mainly because of Tom Cruise's star power to make the project take shape. Another reason why he had to be cast was that it was difficult to find an actor for the villain Colonel. He also had to be very cunning and sanctimonious, which also put his acting skills to the test...

The actor he was interested in, James Wood, was a client of Ovitz's apprentice. James Wood also had to be in Ovitz's package to star. Reiner was a bit outcast, and Wood's audition was very good. If he were replaced, the important role would not be strong, and the intensity of the movie would be reduced a lot.

What the experts said made sense to Ronald. But in my dream, I wasn't the actor James Wood who played Oliver Stone's "Salvador".

In short, there is still room for relief. Ronald asked Niceta and Richard to investigate the situation and prepare to do something.

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At the same time, several movies aimed at the Oscars are gradually being released.

The premiere at the Beverly Cinema on March 22 kicked off the release of the film that is aiming for Oscars.

Ronald was not familiar with Bette Midler, except Helen Slater, who had collaborated with her in the comedy "The Evil Husband" in their early years.

Bette Midler is not good-looking, but her acting skills and singing voice are amazing. She is a film, television, and singer star. He has won special awards from Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Tony Awards. The only Oscar she didn't get was the 1979 autobiographical film "Therose," which was about a singer. She was nominated once, but she still didn't get it and lost to Sally Field.

This movie is also very ambitious. In addition to Bette Midler's hype for Best Actress, the leading actor James Caan also wants to win the award.

However, the reviews for the film were negative after they came out. Critics took aim at leading actor James Caan. To say that he was a casting mistake, he might as well have chosen supporting actor George Segal to play his role.

In addition, the extras performed by the audience who played the heroine Laojun were also a mess, and they did not look like soldiers at all. Regardless of his body shape or age at the time, he did not look like a U.S. soldier during World War II.

This is not a problem with the director, but with the Marines who were originally promised to play the role. Because Desert Storm was all redeployed, they had to temporarily find civilians to play the role.

All in all, this movie

The director is Barry Levinson, the director of "Rain Man". The public relations of this film are much better, and most film critics gave it good reviews. Roger Ebert even gave it a perfect score of four stars.

"Warren Beatty plays Bugsy, whose light movements belie his unknown strength. This is a film full of optimism and passion, telling the story of the passion of the bad guys in the game."

Thanks to the film being promoted by CAA, Ovitz once again gave director Barry Levinson a package deal. They also wanted to recreate the grand occasion of "Rain Man". At the same time, he won the best director, best picture, and best actor...

But Annette Bening may not think so. In some film reviews that are different from the mainstream, they mainly praise her acting skills. These film critics said that Benin is the shining focus of this movie. If there is a movie god, it is only fair that this couple should be allowed to win the Best Actor and Best Actress at the same time to welcome the new life they gave birth to.

Although the film critics were "positive", the subject matter of the movie was too outdated, and the performance of the starring and director was also somewhat behind the times. After all, this is not an interesting autistic person, but the story of a mafia tycoon from fifty years ago, and the audience clearly doesn't like watching it.

His box office performance is not much better than Dustin Hoffman's "Winner Takes All". Brothers and sisters have all fallen into the trap of gangster movies...

This movie is not Ovitz's main package project, but it has a lot of background. The best director winners of the past two years, Oliver Stone and Kevin Costner, teamed up to produce this mystery story that American adults most want to know the truth... He was assassinated in office. The story of former commander-in-chief jfk.

It's clear that Oliver Stone is trying to follow Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July

As for Kevin Costner, he didn’t come here for the directing award. But I want to make up for the regret of not getting the Best Actor last year.

However, the film's response was mixed. Many media have criticized the movie for fabricating the plot of Jfk's assassination and creating many plots that did not exist.

As a result, Oliver Stone had to defend himself after the release, starting from c

From BS's 60 Minutes program to Oprah's talk show, he talks about it everywhere. The files on JFK's assassination have not yet been declassified. He made this movie not to reveal the cause of JFK's death, but to re-ignite the excitement. People are curious about this case, and history is not as simple as they imagined...

But looking at Oliver Stone's tone on the show, it's obvious that he doesn't dare to cross some lines. It seems that someone from the FBI really drew a red line on him on the grounds of state secrets. If it exceeds the limit, the issue of leakage will need to be investigated.

Ronald has been trying to think of ways to reorganize the casting problem of "A Few Good Men" during this period. The complicated interests involved are very troublesome. He's not a producer, so it's difficult to exert direct influence.

But instead of trying to unravel this mess, it might be possible to just take a pair of scissors and cut out the crux.

However, as Christmas was approaching, no one was in the mood to deal with this project. Ronald also brought Aunt Karen, Donna, Little Doug and others to Los Angeles to spend Christmas here this time.

During Christmas, there is another award-winning movie to be released, Barbra Streisand's "The Prince of Tides". Her ambitions are huge. She is not only aiming for the best movie, best actress, but also the best director.

She directed and acted in this movie. Last year, Kevin Costner won the award for his first film, which gave her a lot of confidence. Many dazzling praise and interview programs are scheduled to be broadcast a few days before Christmas. I don’t know how much money Barbra Streisand spent to win the award. This is all prime time...

God is not as good as man. Although this movie spent a lot of money on public relations, another big news came out on Christmas, which suppressed all the heat...