Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The first person to call Ronald to inform him of the accident was his agent Richard, "Turn on the TV, ABC entertainment news, something happened."

"Actor Vic Morrow died accidentally while filming a movie on an Indian farm in California. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed the accident to our reporter. The local police said they are investigating the accident.

Our reporter has not contacted the crew yet, and any updates will be broadcast in subtitle form. "

Ronald turned on the TV as instructed and tuned to ABC Los Angeles. The news host was dialing a news item.

"Isn't Vic Morrow the father of Jennifer Jason Leigh?" Ronald remembered this drunken man who broke into the scene and tried to stop his daughter from filming an explicit scene.

"Yes, I will call you as soon as I hear the news."

"Okay, I'll contact the producer and ask about the situation."

Ronald put down the phone and was a little worried. Will Jennifer Jason Leigh's participation in the "fast-paced" marketing event be affected by this incident?

Ronald quickly dialed the phone number of producer Lin Sen, "Have you heard about it?"

When Lin Sen answered the phone, like Ronald, he started with "Have you heard?"

"We need to discuss whether Jennifer is no longer suitable to participate in marketing activities?" Lin Sen has more experience in film distribution than Ronald.

"Why?"

"Jennifer Jason Leigh is a second-generation star. This kind of person is generally appreciated by film critics and the media. She has many good things to say. But she also attracts many entertainment reporters to pursue her.

And she is still Jewish. Now that her father Vic Morrow is dead, those revealing scenes of her in the movie are likely to cause discomfort to the senior Jewish people at Universal. We should keep a low profile and try not to let her become the focus of the media. "

"Okay, Mr. Linsen, I think so too. Should we go and see Jennifer, to pay our respects, and to listen to her and her mother's opinions?"

"You are very thoughtful. I will pick you up tomorrow and go with you."

The next day, they arrived at Jennifer's mother's home, where her mother, Barbara Turner, was staying with Jennifer and her sister.

"It is impossible for Jennifer to continue to participate in the 'fast-paced' marketing campaign. Losing her father in this way is a huge blow to any child, let alone she has just turned 20."

Barbara Turner, mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh and the heroine of "Fast Richmond High," told Ronald and producer Lin Sen who came to visit.

"Ms. Turner, Barbara, we are here to express our condolences and have no intention of letting Jennifer continue her marketing tour." Ronald quickly told Barbara the purpose of his visit.

Although Vic Morrow abandoned their mother and daughter at a young age, he died in such a tragic way. No matter what, he had to come to mourn and support Jennifer.

Last night, Ronald and Lin Sen heard some news through their respective channels. Vic Morrow's unexpected death sounds an awful lot like a horror movie story.

Warner Bros. is also pursuing director Spielberg, inviting him to direct a feature film. Spielberg selected the movie version of CBS' evergreen horror TV series "The Twilight Zone".

Spielberg had a very busy directorial schedule and did not have time to fully direct the film version of this horror film. So he recruited three friends in the industry to co-direct, each of whom directed part of the plot, and then combined four unrelated stories into one movie.

One of them was one of Ronald's first directors, Joe Dante. At that time, I helped my good friend Alan Aikush direct his first film in "Rock and Roll High School". Without him, Ronald would not have been able to join the Directors Guild.

The other was John Landis, the horror and comedy director whom Universal had sent to watch "Fast-paced Richmond High."

Finally, there's Australian director George Miller.

It should be said that this lineup is still very strong. Joe Dante's "Breaking Bad" directed after leaving Roger Corman was very good at the box office, and his directorial ability also attracted the attention of Spielberg, who was preparing to ask him to make films for his Amblin Company.

George Miller has swept the Hollywood box office with two low-cost wasteland science fiction films "Mad Max (adax)" and its sequels, and studios are scrambling to attract him.

John Landis is as popular a director as Spielberg, and is considered the second most important among the four directors after Spielberg. So it was decided that he would shoot the opening part, and Spielberg, who was busy waiting for the release of Alien, would shoot the second part.

They also served as producers of the film.

The accident occurs in the opening quarter of the episode directed by John Landis.

Vic Morrow was decapitated by a helicopter propeller while filming a nighttime escape scene. Two child extras who were filming with him also died together.

The TV series "The Twilight Zone" is a horror fantasy TV series. This accident is also very similar to a horror story in a TV series, which is incredible.

The content of the first part is about a white man played by Vic Morrow who was robbed of his promotion opportunity by his Jewish colleagues. He then began to scold Jews, Asians, and blacks, believing that these minorities had robbed him of opportunities.

Suddenly he was transported to a time and space where racial discrimination was the most severe in history.

For example, a Jew in Vichy France during World War II was shot by the Gestapo because he could not speak English. Then he continued to travel to Alabama in the 1950s, became a black man, and faced the hanging of the KKK.

After escaping with great difficulty, he traveled to the battlefield of the Vietnam War in the 1960s. He escaped from the machine gun fire of the US helicopter with two Vietnamese children.

The scene where the accident happened was the scene where Vic Morrow escaped from the US UH-1 helicopter with two children.

For some unknown reason, the helicopter driven by a real Vietnam War veteran lost control and crashed. The propeller just happened to hit the place where Vic Morrow and the two children were struggling to escape. The high-speed rotating propeller suddenly beheaded Vic Morrow.

Before he died, he knew that he was not safe, so he struggled to throw one child out and hid the other child under him, but he still could not resist the sharp blade of the steel propeller. One of the two children was also killed by the propeller, and the other was crushed to death by the landing gear.

Three actors, one big and two small, died on the spot.

"We want to meet Jennifer and express our condolences in person. Then we want to hear Jennifer's own thoughts.

The crew will try their best to cooperate and keep her from becoming the focus of the media. At this point in time, those media will definitely take advantage of the "fast pace" release to ask her many questions about her father."

Lin Sen was more experienced in handling such matters and put forward his request on the spot.

Barbara also immediately realized that there might be reporters waiting outside the door, preparing to interview the family.

"Thank you, you go and talk to Jennifer, I'll go out to see if there are any reporters. If not, you go out the back door."

"Thank you, Barbara." Ronald and Lin Sen entered the inner room and saw Jennifer Jason Lee, who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Jennifer? I'm Ronald, we came to see you, are you okay?"

Jennifer came back to her senses and saw Ronald and producer Lin Sen.

"Oh, thank you for coming to see me. Actually, I'm fine."

"Don't say that. You don't have to worry about the promotion of the movie. We know that you lost your father, and you must be..."

"No, Ronald, Mr. Linsen." Jennifer stood up, let them sit on the sofa, and sat on the sofa on the other side.

"I'm not lying. I'm really fine. When Vic left my mother, I was only three years old, so I have no impression of the past. When filming "Fast Pace", Vic also came to me and wanted me to give up the heroine, but I refused.

For more than ten years, Vic has been like a stranger to me. I have no impression of him. The few times he came to my house drunk and made a scene.

My sister, on the other hand, has memories of him at home when he was a child. She often told me that Vic was actually a good person, but he turned into a devil when he was drunk."

"This?" Ronald and Linsen were speechless when they didn't expect Jennifer to look at her father like this.

"Don't worry, I won't delay the promotion of "Fast Pace." Jennifer Jason Lee said to Ronald and others.

"Uh, Jennifer. This is actually one of the purposes of our visit."

Ronald and Lin Sen looked at each other and asked her to postpone the promotion schedule.

"So Vic's accident deprived me of my promotion schedule?" Jennifer was a little annoyed. She fought for this role with her own ability, and she worked very hard and sacrificed herself to shoot the exposure plot. Now Vic himself had an accident and wanted to deprive her of her rights as the heroine?

"We know you are a very dedicated girl. But the current situation is that your father's accident has become the biggest news in Hollywood. All kinds of tabloid media and photographers are waiting, hoping to get a few words from you."

"Yes, Jennifer. Believe us, those reporters will exaggerate and distort anything you say dozens of times. They can do anything for sales. You should hire a public relations company as soon as possible to help you unify your external statements."

"Well, I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Jennifer was still calm. Vic Morrow didn't have a deep relationship with her, so she could look at the whole thing from a more rational perspective.

After discussing it, several people decided not to let Jennifer go on the publicity schedule outside the city for the time being. She would show up at the premiere in Los Angeles. And the PR company arranged for her to not face the firepower of reporters and to enter the cinema directly after the appearance.

Ronald and his team would also unify their statements to other crew members who were on schedule and not talk about Vic Morrow's matter.

"I still can't believe this is true." After making arrangements with Jennifer, Ronald covered his forehead with his hand and sighed, "How could such an outrageous thing happen?"

Jennifer felt the same way, "I don't know either. The camera at the scene captured the whole process of the accident, but because it was too bloody, Warner Bros. didn't let us see it for the time being.

We will find a lawyer to go and check the situation together. The lawyer said that this may involve criminal liability and huge civil compensation."

"Criminal?"

"Yes, I heard..." Jennifer whispered to Ronald in a low voice, "My mother won't let me tell you, don't tell anyone, I heard that John Landis ordered the helicopter to fly too low and caused the accident."