Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Beat Dance", the girl Ronald met on the road, and her group of girlfriends, are now working hard for Cannon Pictures outside the Cannes Film Palace, handing out flyers to passers-by.

"Come and see, the latest dance from America!"

Today is the opening ceremony of Cannes, and also the premiere of the opening film "Fort Sagan". Cannes generally requires films participating in the Golden Palm Awards to premiere at the film festival.

They are all wearing miniskirts and gray jackets on their upper bodies, with the words Beat Dance on the back and the logo of Cannon Pictures on the chest. Standing behind the crowd at the entrance of the Film Palace, they hand out a copy to everyone they meet.

Reporters, guests, and film buyers at the scene, all of whom were given a copy by them. Some people put it in their bags, some people threw it away, and those buyers looked at it solemnly. It was so generous? Marketing at the opening ceremony?

The photographers who were originally photographing the stars on the red carpet were also attracted by their beautiful figures. When they had time, they turned around and took a lot of photos.

Even the TV station turned the camera over, "This year's screening session, Cannes also attracted many American films. The Minister of Culture of the United States and the President of the American Film Association will also negotiate during Cannes to exchange views on the opening of the two countries' film markets.

What we saw outside the door of the Film Palace was this year's screening film "Hot Dance", which is called Beat Dance in English. It was invested and distributed by Orion Pictures, the only studio in America that respects the creation of artists, which was established by the former senior executives of United Artists. It will be screened to various public at the film festival.

Okay,

"Okay, Cut!" The photographer made a good gesture to the host, "We will shoot again when Deneuve comes. But you seem to have said it wrong. Orion released Hot Street Dance, not Hot Dance."

"That's right, it's not called Beat Dance in English? "The host walked to the cannon girl in two steps and took a flyer. The title part on it was crossed out with a pen, and then Beat Dance was handwritten below."

"There must be something wrong. I have seen the poster of Orion, and it is not these three actors." The cameraman took the flyer doubtfully, "I don't understand it either. English is so vague, not as beautiful and accurate as Chinese."

"Here she comes, Deneuve is here." There was a scream, and the photographer's flash flashed at the luxury car across the street.

A middle-aged beauty got out of the luxury car.

Her dress today is very much like a Greek goddess, with a light sky blue dress with an off-shoulder design, tied with a knot on the right shoulder, two wind chime-style earrings, also the same light sky blue, a broken diamond bracelet on the right wrist, and a pair of light blue high heels on the soles of the feet. The whole person is elegant and luxurious.

If the light sky blue is changed to green and a crown is added, it will look like the Statue of Liberty given by the United States to America, which is now placed on New York Island.

Everyone rushed forward again, trying to get as close to her as possible to take pictures. There was no security guard or safety line outside the Cannes Film Palace like the Oscars, and Catherine Deneuve was pushed back slightly by the crowd. The big-nosed Depardieu behind her hurried forward to protect the flower.

"Hot dance, hot dance, come and see the American musical film, the latest dance form, break dance."

Minahan gave the Cannon Girls a good daily wage and promised that as long as they distributed enough flyers, they would have the opportunity to make a cameo appearance in the movie.

Several girls worked very hard and gave a flyer to everyone they saw. One girl was so excited that she didn't see who was approaching, and a flyer was delivered to Deneuve.

"Uh, sorry, Ms. Deneuve." The girl stuck out her tongue.

"It's okay," Deneuve smiled and returned the flyer to her. "Beat Dance? What kind of dance is this?"

"I don't know? I haven't heard of it either," said the fat girl Sophie Marceau next to her. She stretched her neck to look at the flyer and said she didn't know either. "Let's go in."

"Let's go over there. It's not simple to see this movie. Even Deneuve likes it. The address on the flyer is Room 515 of the hotel, right?" Several movie buyers from Southeast Asia began to exchange information.

"Go, go, I see people from your hometown Fuhao Entertainment are here too."

One luxury car after another drove over, and teams of guest stars began to enter the main venue in the order of the Golden Palm Award.

"Natasha, Natasha!" Fans and reporters began to scream again. This time it was the crew of "Texas, Paris" starring Natasha Kinski.

Natasha Kinski wore a loose light green dress without any extra decorations. Below her neck was a large white collar with a round edge. Her temperament was like a water lily in summer, and she looked natural and undecorated.

The person who got off the car after her was the male lead of "Paris, Texas", her ex-boyfriend, Harry Dean Stanton.

Natasha naturally put her arm around Stanton's neck and waited on the side of the road. The two smiled at each other.

Stanton looks very ordinary and has a scar on his face, but he has always been a killer of female stars. His acting skills are very good and he is very popular with art film directors. Many female stars also fell in love with him during the filming because of the roles he played.

Before he met Natasha Kinski through acting, he was still Rebecca De Mornay's boyfriend. The two actresses fought for him a little in Coppola's "Old Love, New Love" crew, and he finally chose De Mornay.

Until Tom Cruise appeared and snatched De Mornay away, Stanton naturally went back to reconcile with Kinski.

The relationship between the two continued until Kinski was filming "Maria's Lovers", this time Kinski fell in love with another actor, Vincent Spano.

In short, Stanton's best role may be the best male friend of various female stars.

Natasha Kinski posed and let various reporters use up a lot of film, and then she was ready to cross the road and enter the Film Palace.

Before she walked to the road, a man with Middle Eastern features came over to help her.

Natasha Kinski gave way and avoided the man's support.

Immediately she felt something was wrong again, put on a sweet smile, put her right arm around the Middle Eastern man's arm, looked at Stanton on the other side, put her left arm around his arm, and the three of them crossed the road together.

Soon all the guests entered the Film Palace and began to screen the opening film.

At the same time, in the hotel where they stayed, Yoram of Minahan opened another large suite, which was packed with people.

"Where are you from?" Yoram shouted.

"I'm from Malaysia, Malaysia..."

"Malaysia, one price, 300,000. Ten percent deposit."

"I'll give you a check!" The film buyer hadn't even seen the copy, but the scene outside the venue today really scared him. Even Catherine Deneuve saw their poster. It must be top-notch.

"Where are you from?"

"Philippines, Philippines... Your Ninja movie was shot in our studio. Give me a friendly price of 200,000!"

"One price, 320,000. If you don't want it, I'll sell it to your competitor. Yoram is more familiar with the situation in the Philippines and is not afraid of competitors lowering the price.

"I'm from Singapore! ..."

"I am

"I'm from Yugoslavia... We don't want too many copies."

"So you guys pirate it yourself, right?"

"I'm from Chile..."

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Movie buyers from various countries surrounded the two brothers, as if they didn't need money, filling out checks and scrambling to give them to the two producers.

The business negotiation genius among the two brothers is Yoram. He doesn't need to look up information, he remembers the movie audience population of each country clearly, and everyone has a fixed price. Those buyers were dejected when their bottom line was guessed, but they still had to give him money.

"Everyone!" Minahan shouted, "We will go to the bank to verify your checks. Three days later, we will screen the movie on the beach. You all will come and we will sign a formal contract."

Orion's protest to the organizing committee was still useful. They did not want to offend this American producer of high-yield art films. There was no time for Cannon to be screened.

However, how could the two be stumped by such a small difficulty? The projection equipment of EMI was about to arrive. A large tent was set up on the beach and the movie was shown on the spot.

It was the first time that Ronald saw how the two brothers sold movies at the European Film Festival. There were no copies, plot synopsis and actors. Just a poster, a tongue, and a little creativity, they could sell like crazy.

It seems that the world's film market is very broad, and everyone's demand for fresh and interesting Hollywood movies is very strong. I came to the right place this time. It was really eye-opening.

"They want to buy movies, but they don't even look at the content of the movie?" Ronald was also surprised.

"Yes, but Hollywood has limited movies that are suitable for their market. Musicals like ours don't have too many obstacles in terms of lines, so they are exactly the type they like. Plus, Hollywood's filming methods are still very attractive to audiences in these countries." Minahan explained to Ronald.

"Plus, your publicity strategy is very effective. They all think this is a Hollywood blockbuster. They are afraid that other distributors in their country will take the lead, so they are willing to sign the contract first."

"Today, the countries that came are small countries, mainly Western European countries, Britain, Germany, Italy, Britain, and several strong markets in East Asia, Japan and Korea, all waiting to see how our quality compares with that of Hot Kids."

Yoram counted and sold millions of copies this time, which was just a small test. The real big money is still in those wealthy countries.

"What about Eastern European countries?" Ronald asked.

"Them? Their market is hard to enter, and they can't make much money. For example, in East Germany, many of the films we released in West Germany were pirated in a few weeks, and then in Poland and Czechoslovakia a few weeks later. Only Yugoslavia will pay a little."

"In this case, why don't we make the screening on the beach bigger, invite the three leading actors directly, let them dance on the spot, and hold a press conference. This way, it can also surpass the hot street kid in Orion."

Ronald has a little understanding of the two brothers' ways. The European market has no idea about break dancing. As long as they are educated, they can instill in their minds that break dancing is Beat Dance. The most authentic one ends with dance (Beat Dance), not street (Beat\u0026).

"Hahaha, that's exactly what I want. I'll make a call now."