Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Claire immediately contacted the local police station and learned that the girl was Diane. She drove the car into the parking lot and turned herself in. She made a request on the spot to make a long-distance call to her father in New York.

The police did not believe her story and thought it was a child playing a prank, so they notified her mother. Then her mother, Colleen, got the news and rushed to Tennessee to pick up her daughter.

Because the owner of the car was Diane's mother's boyfriend, there was no need to hand over the felony charge of stealing the car to the prosecutor if the victim was not pursued. Before Diane could even call Bert, she was taken back to Georgia by her mother. at home.

Diane was found, and the FBI discovered that her mother had taken Diane away. After communicating with the state of Georgia, no coercion was found, so Claire stopped the investigation. The matter went from a possible kidnapping case to a family civil dispute between parents fighting for custody of their daughter.

Bert, who breathed a sigh of relief, went to Tennessee to pick up his daughter. He may also have to face court challenges and defenses there before he can pick up Diane.

The court battle lasted for a month. On the eve of the Oscars, Diane returned to New York with Bert. After this incident, Diane no longer had conflicts with her father, so she asked Aunt Karen to move back in with her father.

Aunt Karen was also afraid of taking on too much responsibility, so she happily agreed when the father and daughter reconciled. Diane went to say goodbye to Donna and clean up the house. The two little girls chatted non-stop after meeting.

It turned out that after Diane Lane left school that day, she was followed by her mother Colleen, who had been following her in Manhattan, New York for several days. After Diane bought a gift for Ronald, her mother Colleen and her boyfriend showed up to take Diane away.

Diane argued with her mother. Later, her mother lied that her grandmother was seriously ill. Dai An believed it and the three of them went straight to the airport. Because there were not enough tickets to go to Georgia that day, the three of them bought connecting tickets in Florida.

After arriving at home in a small town in northern Georgia, Diane learned that she had been deceived, and her mother asked her to stay here, be her guardian, and manage her acting career. With no money around, Diane couldn't go back to New York or make phone calls.

Soon she took advantage of her mother's inattention and took the opportunity to steal her mother's boyfriend's car keys, hoping to drive back to New York by herself. After driving for a while, I realized that I couldn’t refuel without cash, and it was impossible to drive all the way back to New York. At this time, she remembered that interstate crimes she had talked with Donna were managed by the FBI.

So she simply followed the interstate across the state border to the nearest city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, then surrendered to the police and asked to call her father.

But before it was her turn to make a long-distance call, she was picked up by her mother again. There is only one police record of car theft in Georgia and surrender in Tennessee. Only then did the FBI in New York find the trace.

"So is your mother still your guardian now? How do you get along with her?" Donna asked her good friend Diane.

"Georgia's laws are different from New York's and do not allow minors to declare their independence in newspapers. I was still a minor in Georgia and had to spend more than two years under the supervision of my mother before I could become independent and manage my own acting career.

Burt and I found a lawyer in Georgia and challenged my mom's custody in court. The court granted custody of me to my father so that I could return to New York. As for my mom, I don’t want to talk to her anymore. ” Diane replied.

Diane threw her clothes into the box, "Fortunately you told me that day about the FBI's handling of interstate cases, otherwise I would have been in trouble."

"Thanks to Ronnie. The lawyer he hired was very powerful, and detectives from the NYPD and special agents from the FBI came. In the end, it was Agent Claire from the FBI who discovered your surrender record, otherwise Bert wouldn't have it either. Pick you up so soon."

Diane continued to throw things into the box, "If that happens, I'll be in trouble. I won't be able to make long-distance calls. I have to wait for my mother to process the custody documents and then go to school in Georgia for two more years. You don't know , it’s very conservative there, and I heard that evolution is not taught in public schools.”

"Oh my god, in 1968 the Federal Supreme Court ruled that public high schools cannot be prevented from teaching evolution. What the hell is that place? It's so scary. Can you watch TV there?" Donna, the primary school bully, heard that science was not taught in high schools, and she Georgia was imagined as a wild place.

"Hahaha, it's not that scary. I can see three wireless stations there, and I also watched a special feature on Prince Charles' engagement. Did you see that engagement ring? It's such a big sapphire."

The clothes in the box were not very neat, and Diane couldn't close the lid even if she pressed it hard. She opened the box, felt inside, and took out a box. He smiled at Donna and said:

"I almost forgot. I bought it that day and forgot to give it as a gift to your cousin. He can finally type on that odore keyboard."

"Okay, I'll give it to him when the time comes." Donna picked up the typing software Wordstar and put it away.

Diane was a little envious of Donna, "I feel like I was more like a normal high school student when I lived at your house. Bert usually teaches me acting skills, but my mother wants to steal me away, but Karen is like my mother, and she usually teaches me acting skills." I will take care that I don’t come back from the party later than twelve o’clock in the evening.

And you are like my sister and Ronald is like my brother. I heard that you used to live together on Staten Island? "

"Hey, yes. Ronald only came to our house a few years ago. But in the past two years, we have been able to live here and my mother doesn't have to be a waiter. It's all because of his leg warmer business."

Diane sat on the box and pressed down the top cover, and asked Donna to zip up the box, "Why don't I see him here?"

"Hey, I haven't seen him for two days. It seems that the director of his new script has caused some trouble. He has the hope of taking over the director's job and has gone to Los Angeles early."

"Wow, Ronald can be a director at such a young age? When I was filming, the directors were all old men."

"Yeah, he had a chance before. It's a pity that Timothy Hutton rejected his script for the sequel to Grease, and let the studio choose between him and Ronnie."

"Ah? So he and Hutton are enemies?"

...

At the same time, Ronald was meeting with the CAA office in Los Angeles and two agents, Rick Niceta and Richard Lovett, to discuss the trouble caused by David Lynch and Ronald's next move.

It turned out that David Lynch rejected George Lucas' invitation to direct the next Star Wars, and said some excessive words, which caused a little wave in the industry.

When George Lucas was filming The Empire Strikes Back, he and Kubrick, who was filming The Shining in the studio next door, took turns showing movies to the staff every day. That day, Kubrick showed David Lynch's debut film Eraserhead, which amazed Lucas.

Lucas couldn't tell what era Eraserhead was made in. Most movies have the characteristics of the times. The popular techniques at the time, the story structure, etc. can give you clues. Excellent works that don't show the characteristics of the times are often created by pioneering geniuses.

After that, Lucas always had the idea of ​​asking David Lynch to direct the next Revenge of the Jedi. Recently, Lynch happened to be canvassing for votes in California, so Lucas invited him to San Francisco for a chat.

David Lynch didn't want to go to the appointment after receiving the invitation, but he went anyway after being persuaded by Niceta, who wanted to sign him. Because Lucas has a transcendent position in the industry and is very important. His support may add a lot of votes.

Directing the next Star Wars movie is also considered to be officially entering the mainstream circle of Hollywood commercial movies. Apart from other things, the remuneration is at least several million. Lucas has always been generous in terms of film remuneration.

David Lynch took the plane that Lucas booked, and was picked up all the way to the office of Lucasfilm. Lucas took Lynch to visit the props of Star Wars and talked about his ideas for the next Star Wars movie.

In particular, he hoped to add a kind of alien primitive people, Wookiees, to the movie. He also took out a furry Wookiee model and asked Lynch to give his opinion. This left Lynch speechless. He didn't care about special effects makeup. The real and scary makeup of the elephant man was done by the special effects makeup artist of the crew.

Because George Lucas had severe diabetes, he chose a restaurant that only served vegetable salads to talk about things while eating.

David Lynch hated vegetable salads, and he met Lucas who enthusiastically introduced a group of short alien primitive people living in the forest. There was a fire in his heart that had nowhere to vent.

The two of them didn't have the same aura. The next day after returning, Lynch wanted to formally call Lucas and said that Star Wars could only be directed by Lucas himself to the fullest extent.

It was a bit rude to reject a big name like Lucas so bluntly. If you don't want to direct Star Wars, you should have made your attitude clear from the beginning, instead of going to the appointment perfunctorily with the mentality of canvassing for votes.

It wouldn't be a big problem to just refuse. The real problem was that Lynch, after drinking at the canvassing party, publicized this matter as an achievement of his own. He said some inappropriate things, such as:

"I'm not interested in any science fiction movies.

My interest in directing Star Wars movies is almost zero."

"Why did he say that?" Ronald didn't understand.

Nicita rarely fired at full force: "Oh, shxt. David Lynch is crazy, his campaign to canvass for votes has been frustrated, Robert Redford has much more connections than him, and Paramount does not support his competition and dilutes the votes.

Now this country boy from Montana thinks he is the greatest director in Hollywood history. Now he looks down on everyone, talks nonsense at parties and offends people everywhere. Does he think that he can get sympathy votes from others in this way?

"That's really unfortunate. He rejected Star Wars. Will he focus more on our movie "Fast and Furious Richmond High School"? " Ronald asked hurriedly.

Nicita smiled at Ronald and said nothing. David Lynch had pissed her off before, but the young man in front of him suddenly became much more pleasing to the eye.

Ronald was very efficient in the screenwriting work he asked the studio to do, not only ensuring time, but also quality.

Some rumors have begun to circulate among CAA agents. For example, he writes better than all those who are faster than him, and writes faster than all those who are better than him.

"Ronald, what he thinks is no longer important to us. "Richard answered from the side.

"Why?"

"I have temporarily given up signing David Lynch, let him see the real face of Hollywood first." Nicita took over the conversation, "Now Richard and I will help you get a 'fast-paced' director job."