Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Ronnie, Diane got a movie heroine and is going to Vancouver to film soon."

Ronald went to his aunt's house for dinner in the evening. At the weekend family reunion dinner, Donna couldn't wait to announce the good news for Diane Lane.

"Oh, congratulations!" Ronald didn't have champagne, so he raised a Coke to congratulate Diane.

"What movie is it? Who directed it?"

"It's a movie about a girl punk band, the same as Rock'n'Roll High School directed by you, Ronald." Donna answered first.

Diane raised an eyebrow, as if she wasn't pleased with Donna's comparison of the low-budget exploitation film "Rock of Ages" to the big-studio movies she was in.

"Paramount invested US$6 million and was directed by music mogul Lou Adler. It's called 'All ;Up'"

The name Lou Adler was familiar, but not in the field of music, but in the field of movies, and Ronald seemed to have seen it somewhere.

By the way, isn’t this name the executive producer of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? It turns out that I don’t want to be a producer and I want to switch to directing.

"He is a record company owner, but he is very artistic and creative. I heard that Paramount originally wanted him to direct 'All the Time', but he insisted on directing this story about punk. This is the area he is familiar with." Ann Lane's deliberately stern face could not hide her happiness.

"Hahahaha..." Diane, who was tickled twice by Donna, finally couldn't hold it in any longer, and the two little girls burst into laughter.

"When filming starts next month, can we go to the Vancouver set to see Diane, Mom?"

"Of course, dear, we haven't traveled in a long time." Aunt Karen agreed.

"Yeah," Donna and Diane high-fived.

"Are you coming with us, Ronnie?" Donna asked again.

"I still have to go to class, and there are new changes in the sequel of 'Grease'. The script needs to be rewritten." Ronald shook his head. Before the New Year, traveling abroad may not be a luxury for him.

"Then will your father, Bert, go to Canada with you?" Ronald asked Diane.

"Well, he will join me on the set."

Diane Lane is not a fool. As a beautiful 15-year-old girl, she certainly cannot do such a stupid thing as going to a foreign country to film alone. It turns out that Bert accompanied Diane throughout her filming life. Although the two still quarreled often, their dissatisfaction with each other has improved since they no longer lived together.

"Who is the hero?" Ronald asked.

"There is no male protagonist. The story is about a two-woman punk band. The other girl's parents are actors, the daughter of Brubsp; Dern and Diane Ladd."

Ronald said oh, he had seen movies by Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. They played a couple who were members of the Hell Riders, a motorcycle gang, in Roger Corman's 1966 film "The Wild Angels."

It was Roger Corman's biggest hit film in years, and Ronald was impressed. The male protagonist is Jane Fonda's younger brother Peter Fonda, who rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"Her name is Laura Dern, and she's two years younger than me."

Two years younger? Born in 1967. Wasn't she conceived while filming "The Wild Bunch"? Ronald chuckled.

Back in his apartment, Ronald turned on the desk lamp, looked at the "Grease Sons" script he had written on the table, opened the drawer, and put it in Zerman, along with a group photo of the famous actors and others. , lost in thought.

Director Brian De Palma has turned down Olivia Newton-John from a new film. In this way, Olivia has quit the film industry and will not guest star in "Grease".

She originally wanted to use the gimmick of reuniting with her old partner John Travolta to attract some fans. Since she can only participate in the show alone, it won't do her any good.

The original male lead, disco singer Andy Gibb, was recently sent to hospital for treatment and announced that he would take a break from his singing career and recuperate for two months.

CAA's agent Richard told himself that he was actually sent to a rehabilitation center for compulsory treatment because of an overdose of illegal drugs.

The fickleness of Hollywood is obvious. Suddenly, the biggest hit guarantees a starring role in the previous film as a guest star, and the original male lead is a non-starter.

Paramount decided to take this opportunity to withdraw from filming, leaving the project to its sister company Universal.

The first thing Universal did after accepting the offer was to identify the protagonist as Timothy Hutton, a young actor famous for "Everyone".

Ronald saw it at Jane Fonda's party.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

Ronald picked up the phone and it was Rick Niceta, one of his agents.

"Ronald, Universal has reached an agreement with producer Sterwood. Sterwood hopes that you will come to Los Angeles again to discuss the new story structure. Universal means to start over and advance the story to immediately after the original work. , or a story from the 1950s.”

"It's already October, and they still have to re-develop the story. Will they still have time to start the project before the end of the year?"

"This is probably the reason why Sternwood came to see you, right? I asked the secretary to help you book a ticket. But this time there is no business class reimbursement."

"Okay, I'm going to school to ask for leave." Ronald muttered. The teacher of the ancient poetry course also attached great importance to sign-in, and gave a higher score to daily sign-in and Q\u0026A. If he was absent too much, he would be in trouble.

"Also, Jane Fonda has finished filming On Golden Pond and is back from the location. She wants to talk to you."

"This has nothing to do with me now." Ronald didn't want to go.

"Go meet her. Jane is not an unreasonable person." Niceta persuaded him to go.

"Okay, okay." Ronald agreed. The two set a schedule to go to Los Angeles next Monday.

The next day, Matt Dillon went roller skating with him, and Ronald took his cousin Donna to play with him. Diane Lane thought it was boring and didn't want to go. She wanted to wait until winter to go to the ice skating rink in Central Park.

Dillon's main purpose was to date Brooke Shields. Ronald didn't say it, and Dillon introduced Donna's identity, and then took a Polaroid snapshot of the two.

Matt Dillon signed the blessing "To dear Donna, I wish your dreams come true" and then signed his own autograph.

This made Donna giggle non-stop. Having a cousin in the film industry, the autographs of these teenage idols are always one of the convenient benefits.

When they arrived at the roller skating rink, Brooke Shields and her mother Terry came to meet them.

Matt Dillon was stunned. His date came with her mother, which was very different from what he imagined a "date" to be.

Reporters in the distance were clicking their shutters, taking pictures of the two teenage idols together. Terry also brought a photographer to take pictures of his daughter Brooke and Dillon at close range, and asked the two to pose in many couple poses.

Ronald noticed that Brooke had put on a full set of makeup and was obviously ready for today's photo session. Unlike Dillon, who could only rely on his natural red lips and white teeth.

Then it was Ronald's turn to greet Brooke. He also took out a Polaroid camera and took pictures of Brooke and Donna, signed autographs, and other procedures as usual.

Dillon had already reacted from the shock and quickly rented roller skates to help Brooke put them on. He also had the opportunity to teach Brooke how to skate. Terry couldn't say anything about this little physical contact.

Ronald also rented roller skates for Donna, and then walked on the ground and pulled Donna forward slowly. The two people who lived in the countryside of Staten Island did not know the technique of roller skating.

"Ronald, Donna doesn't know how to roller skate? Let me teach her." Brooke Shields changed her roller skates and slid forward in a beautiful curve.

"Thank you, Brooke." Donna was very happy today. The American girl idol taught her roller skating in person.

Dillon's idea of ​​teaching Brooke also fell through. He skated over and said to Ronald, "Did you notice? The roller skating rink is closed to the public today. There are only a few of us. Those reporters were also called by her mother, right?"

"You don't know Brooke's mother Terry very well." Ronald smiled, "I said I wish you good luck."

"Hey, brother. You should have told me earlier." Dillon patted Ronald.

"I don't want to spoil your fun."

"Shxt" Dillon cursed, then skated to the center of the roller skating rink and had to focus on skating.