Exploiting Hollywood 1980

When Ronald returned home, his first reaction was to call Ed Limato, an Italian bastard.

"Ed, you bastard, you have done me a terrible job. Nicholas is only 17 years old, and now my leading actor is going to be taken away by Heckerling's people.

You are just a bed bug, hiding in dark corners every day, trying to lie on the artist's body to suck blood, and exuding all kinds of stench.

Are your clients all your family? I think you're worse than Michael Corleone in The Godfather, and you're the one who screwed your family. "

After scolding Limato, he finally felt relieved. Limato on the other end of the phone could only give a perfunctory hum and apologize.

"Nicholas deliberately made false statements in order to get the main role. Someone deliberately went to his uncle Francis for verification. I think someone on the crew is still targeting you, Ronald, you have to be careful." Limato told him Conclusion of the investigation.

Ronald hung up the phone, feeling inexplicably irritable.

The leading actor Brad will most likely be taken over by Judge Reinhold, and he will lose the opportunity. The heroine is asked to find Brooke, and now it looks dangerous. If Heckerling gets the majority of roles, he can question his direction on set.

When it comes to the daily sample viewing session where the producer will attend, if he is questioned again. Attack from up and down, and your position will begin to shake.

If this kind of doubt is passed to the crew again, the actors will become more distrustful of themselves, and the quality of daily shooting will decline, creating a vicious cycle.

If this situation continues for a week, it is really possible that the film quality cannot meet the requirements of the producer and the director will be dismissed according to the contract. Hollywood pays attention to rules. Whoever hires you can fire you. The contract is written in black and white, and there is nothing to talk about.

After looking at the computer on the table, Ronald felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and began to continue writing the script evaluation for "Back to the Future".

I also have a trump card, which is Spielberg’s parachute support on the day of filming. For this, I have to take the time to write down the evaluation opinions.

"After the protagonist travels back to the 1950s and helps his parents change history, he should not make too many changes to the history of the 1980s, so that the audience cannot gain more empathy. Instead, he should change his parents' original house to the original location. Significant improvement…”

After saving the disk, Ronald pressed the print button, and the dot matrix printer began to print out the words he wrote.

Pulling off the printed page, Ronald read it through and felt there was nothing wrong with it. Then I pressed the button of the floppy drive, and with a loud bang, the thin five-inch floppy disk popped out with great force.

Ronald was not used to the elasticity of the floppy drive, and accidentally cut his finger on the floppy disk. He put the injured finger in his mouth and went to the bathroom medicine cabinet to find a Bundy Band-Aid.

Finally finding the medicine box above the mirror, Ronald put his finger on it and accidentally glanced at himself in the mirror.

An anxious face appeared in the mirror, with a messy beard and a little bloodshot eyes.

"What's wrong with me?"

Ronald walked back to the bedroom where the computer was placed and used as a study room in confusion. It is my dream to be a film director, but now that I have realized it, I am not as happy as I imagined.

After becoming a director, I didn't do much what I wanted to do. Observe the scenery, draw storyboards, and imagine how to re-create the words in the script into images.

This is something I have repeated many times in my dreams. But now my energy seems to be mainly focused on the power struggle.

"Fast-paced Richmond High School" is a masterpiece that even had a commemorative video tape released 15 years later. The scene in the dream undoubtedly told me that if I could recreate the quality of the movie in my dream, I would undoubtedly have realized my dream of making a movie that would still be remembered by people many years later.

Why do we still need to do these things to divide the scope of power? Do you want to ensure that your name is in the director column?

If I don't follow the laws of art and compromise for power in casting, I'm afraid I will be caught by the other party. As long as you respect the laws of artistic creation and find actors with the right temperament to play the corresponding roles, who else can take away your position?

Amy Heckerling, like herself, is also a novice who has never directed a feature film. Although she has studied in school several years longer than herself, filmmaking is a craft and she may not have as much experience as herself in actual operation, so she should not be afraid of her.

The so-called director's power ultimately depends on the samples produced. The actors are all professionals. When the daily samples are shown at night, they can tell whether their performance is good or bad.

As long as I can give them the opportunity to perform and let them see that their career prospects will improve after the movie is released, what does it matter who recruits me into the crew?

Ronald felt that he had fallen into a misunderstanding and regarded various means of power struggle as the goal.

Seeing the "Back to the Future" script on the table, I put a sticky note with Spielberg's name on it. "Don't forget your original dream, and when you go astray, remember your original intention." Spielberg's advice to himself came to mind.

"Shxt! You can't get caught up in the power struggle of the crew like this. As long as you respect the rules and a nuclear weapons director agrees to come to the crew to support you, I don't believe that you can't establish the director's authority and make a blockbuster classic."

Ronald took off his T-shirt and took a hot shower. The warm water rushing over his head made him think about many things clearly.

By the time he finished taking a shower, he had completely figured out what to do next.

The actors I dream about, even if they are not the best, have been proven successful by another history, and I don't need to deliberately divide them into personnel camps.

Sean Penn should let him play the idiot Spicoli according to the assignment in his dream. Don't change him to Brad. If the temperament doesn't match, the filming will not be effective.

It was like a dream for Judge Reinhold to play the role of big brother Brad. Tom Hanks in the interview was more suitable than other candidates, and he also tried to explore the possibility of starring in both TV series and movies.

As for Nicholas Coppola, and Eric Stoltz, give them a small role if you will.

The heroine Stacey, in the dream scene, was played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, the daughter of the star. In the limited swimming pool scene, her performance was quite satisfactory, but she was still invited to audition.

Her best friend Linda, the prettier girl, as well as scalper Mike, and "rat" nerd Mark were not seen in the audition. It’s better to take the initiative and go to the casting director to read the audition materials.

Brooke Shields has also been contacted. If she is willing to come, there will be filming commercials and the incense love of "Endless Love". I believe that I know better than anyone else how to direct this beauty with no acting skills.

Based on the dreamed film casting, coupled with the contacts I have accumulated, and the agent network of CAA, the advantage is still on my side.

Take action now!

A few days later, Brooke Shields' mother received the script from Ronald.

After learning the story, Terry was not satisfied because Stacey was not the absolute protagonist of the movie, and it was not like her daughter was competing with other actresses for screen time in the movie.

"But I want to act in this kind of play. This kind of play is very interesting, just like the story in my high school." Bo Ji wanted to give it a try.

"Darling, dear, this is not in line with your identity and status." Terry comforted her daughter, "And the crew has no budget and cannot afford your salary."

"Anyway, I think Ronald is very good at directing. In the scenes he directed me, my classmates said that I acted well." Brooke murmured in a low voice.

Terry paused for a moment, and Brooke's youthful rebellious psychology was a little bit strong. Originally she would not object to her decision, but now she actually insists on her different opinions for Ronald, a young director. It seems that something needs to be done.

"Honey, I will negotiate the price with the producer. If they can pay a salary of 1.5 million, nothing will be an obstacle."

Ronald left the negotiation with Brooke to producers Lin Sen and Heikelin, and went to the ABC TV series production studio to explore the possibility of Hanks' part-time job.

"We usually start shooting at nine in the morning and continue shooting until six in the evening. Most of the content is shot in the studio."

"This is the home of the two protagonists." Ronald followed the production supervisor on a tour. "This is the bedroom, and this is the living room..."

It turns out that the two people's homes in the TV series are actually next door to each other in the studio.

"If he is filming part-time at the same time, then you can only let him film at night," the production supervisor concluded.

That's not possible. Most of the "fast-paced" scenes take place during the day. If you use technical means to shoot during the day at night, the cost will be unacceptable.

Except for Hanks, Brooke Shields is having a hard time here. Several other characters are easy to find.

The original actor as nerdy Mark "Rat" was Brian Becker, who looked like the type who wouldn't dare ask a girl out in high school.

Mike, a kid from a poor family, is hidden in the casting director's information pile. Robert Romanus himself was born in the slums of the Bronx, New York. He scraped together money to buy a plane ticket to Los Angeles. He has a kind of poor family. The child's temperament.

Ronald put him in Universal's extras dormitory and asked him to do odd jobs to earn money. The young man is willing to do any job.

Heikelin had no objections to either of them. Their scenes were relatively small, and she was quite satisfied with the temperament of the two actors that fit the roles. Five of the six leading actors have been confirmed. Only the girl with black hair and big glasses who played Linda was missing.

Ronald looked through the audition photos sent and looked for descriptions of the actors, hoping to see more candidates, but for a while there was still no trace in the vast sea of ​​people.

Ronald could only make simple sketches, but he couldn't print out the actor's appearance in his mind, so it was too slow to find the results.

On this day, Ronald had just come out of the CAA office after reading a box of actor information when he was suddenly stopped by an enthusiastic voice.

"Ronald!"

Ronald looked back and saw the Israeli brothers Minahem and Yoram.

"I knew it was you. Come and sit in our office?"

"Next time, I'm very busy now."

"I know, I know, we saw the news about your project being established in The Hollywood Reporter, and Universal Pictures sent out the news."

"Just go and sit for a while. Our office is nearby. It will be quick and won't delay your business." Yoram was also very enthusiastic.

"Okay." Ronald thought it would be a good pastime to chat with the Israeli brothers for a while and change his mind. Minahan's mind was particularly big.

"I heard that you are filming a youth film? What's the story?"

"It's the ones in the Hollywood Reporter." Ronald told the summary of the story published in the newspaper.

"So there's drag racing, love, love between men and women, abortion..." Minahan counted on his stubby fingers.

"Yes, those are the elements."

"Hahaha, you will definitely succeed." Minahan and Yoram winked. I will take you to visit the office. After you came last time, we hired a lot of people and a small screening room.

Yoram wrote furiously after the two left, writing down all the elements Ronald talked about. Their youth film "The Last Virgin" is also in the preparation stage. If it can be copied, no, it can be borrowed from Universal's production ideas, is it still worried about not being able to sell it?

"This is accounting, this is script reading, this is our sales." Minahan introduced the employees along the way.

These people are sitting in cramped offices, and accountants are still working in the hallway. Ronald was also disappointed, this was too stingy.

"This is our small screening room. I'm not like those Hollywood tycoons who kill time playing golf. When Yoram and I have free time, we watch movies here, new ones, old ones, silent ones, black and white, sometimes To tears..."

Ronald didn't listen to what Minahan was saying. His attention was completely attracted by the heroine on the screen. This was the actress who played Linda, who he couldn't find, the actress with black hair and big glasses.

"which movie is this?"

"Paradise," Minahan said, "was filmed in Israel and wanted us to find him a distribution outlet in America."