Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Thank you for your audition today. If there is a result, we will notify your agent as soon as possible." Emil Adolino became the director, and during the audition process he finally felt the power of the director's position on the crew. His naturally shy personality gradually became more confident.

The auditions of Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. did not fit the requirements of the roles. The biggest problem is that the two of them are too familiar, and they don't have the head-spinning temperament unique to men and women who have just fallen in love at first sight and are still in love.

The two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend five years ago when Ronald was filming "Night of the Comet". Their body language was full of tacit understanding, but it didn't fit the character's setting in the script.

"Thank you, why didn't you see Director Ronald today?" Sarah Jessica Parker had no idea that she had not been selected. She was busy looking for Ronald, a powerful Jew in the circle. The opportunity given to her would be wasted if she doesn't see the rightful owner today.

"He's busy with other things..." Emile Adolino seemed indifferent on the surface, but in his heart he put a big cross on this woman's audition photo. I'm the director of this movie.

"Why did you ask if Ronald was there?" Downey Jr. suddenly asked her as he and Sarah were driving back to the apartment. Could it be that he fell in love with a successful director and wanted to kick me out?

"I want to be in a movie with you, honey. My agent said Ronald was behind this project." Sarah Jessica Parker certainly can't say that her agent found her. A chance to fly onto a branch. Ronald didn't come today, so it seemed like he missed this opportunity and got his hair done in vain.

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"Don't you like it? Let's find a few more. What's the name of the beautiful blonde girl in 'Back to the Future'?"

The speaker was Kirk Douglas, who had now taken on the task of introducing beautiful Jewish girls to Ronald, and was now giving orders to his CAA agent, who was also Jewish.

"Claudia Wells? But now she's rebaptized..."

The agent was a little scared. Kirk Douglas's memory had faded a bit. Claudia Wells, who played the role of Jennifer Parker, Marty's girlfriend, had abandoned her Jewish faith despite being of Jewish descent. He chose baptism and became a born-again Christian.

Jews have never used blood as the only criterion to define ethnicity. They attach more importance to shaping the Jewish ethnicity through faith. A Jew who is genetically Jewish but does not respect Jewish traditions, and a Jew who truly celebrates Hanukkah, are two completely different people in the eyes of orthodox conservative Jews.

"What? Is there something wrong with her? I can't give her any chance in the future..." Kirk Douglas was furious. Now there is such a beautiful Jewish girl, and she turned to baptism and believed in Christ.

"But she is indeed beautiful, and she has natural blond hair, which suits Ronald's aesthetic very well..." the agent replied bravely. The so-called Jews in America are basically the Azkennar people of Eastern European descent. It is not easy to produce a beautiful woman.

"I don't care. This kind of traitor cannot be given any chance to continue acting in Hollywood. Only by uniting closely can our race survive in America, the new Babylon...

Unless she publicly renounces her faith and rejoins Judaism. "Kirk also knew that women of his own race were not very good-looking, so he muttered a few words and gave him another chance.

"Don't you think we haven't tried?" The agent didn't dare to say this. Not every Jewish girl can endure Christmas. After the New Year holiday, when classmates are showing off their Christmas gifts, she takes everything. Not coming out.

"It doesn't matter if it's not blond. When men are young, they are always obsessed with Monroe. When they get older, they know that a girl with a gentle personality and a man who loves her husband unconditionally and supports her is a good match." Kirk· Douglas thought for a while, "Do we have any suitable black-haired beauties? It's best to be in Hollywood and haven't made a name yet."

After a Hollywood female star becomes famous, she no longer needs to rely on the ubiquitous Jewish network in Hollywood to find good opportunities for her. Therefore, those girls who are full of dreams of becoming famous are easy for these old men to control, which in turn can indirectly influence their married husbands to become close to Jews.

"If you have black hair, there are two candidates." The manager was well prepared for the Jewish girls in the circle and took out two audition photos from his bag. These actors often have more and better opportunities than other ethnic groups. And Hollywood opportunities are the most precious.

"Isn't this the little girl from Once Upon a Time in America? Why is she so fat now?"

"Her mother's side is Azkenal Jewish, and her father is of Irish descent. But she is very smart, and now she claims to go to the synagogue." The agent also feels that this little beauty is now experiencing baby fat during development.

"What about this one? It looks the most beautiful."

"Ante Beng, whose father is Jewish and whose mother is not, is a Broadway actress who now wants to go to Hollywood. She is separating from her husband and preparing for divorce."

"child?"

"No……"

"It's fine if you don't have one. If you have a child, half of a woman's heart should be given to the child."

"But she's almost 30, so she's not suitable for the role of the daughter in the movie, and we can't replace Sybil Shepherd who plays the mother." The agent was a little embarrassed. Annette Bening is very beautiful and charming, but there is no suitable audition opportunity.

"Find a chance to arrange a meeting," Kirk Douglas waved his hand impatiently. He couldn't figure out a way to do this kind of thing himself, which was really not smart enough.

"Okay..." The agent hurriedly wrote it down.

"It's a pity that Debra Winger is the most suitable one no matter how you look at it, but it's a pity that she married Timothy Hutton, that rubbish. And she has a child." Old Douglas still misses Debra, the most talented among them in these years.

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"What? Recommended by Mr. Ovitz? Must I go and meet her?" Ronald received a call from Director Emile in the editing room, saying that there was a particularly suitable little actor who came to audition for the role of the daughter in the movie that has been renamed "Ces Ares".

"Okay, Ovitz recommended it himself, so I'll go take a look, but you still make the decision, I'll just show up and explain."

"Who is it? What's your name?" When Ronald arrived at the audition site, he asked Emil and the casting director for a resume.

"Knock knock..." There was a knock on the door, and a little actor with a little baby fat walked in.

"I'm Jennifer Connelly, here to audition for a role."

"Ha... it's you." Ronald saw the other party and remembered Jennifer Connelly, whom he met at a resort when filming "Dirty Dancing". At that time, she was Ronald's assistant for a while.

She is of typical English\\Irish descent, with thick eyebrows, growing wildly above her eyes with vitality. Ronald looked familiar, Brooke Shields had such eyebrows. But... her figure is much fatter than Brooke.

Jennifer Connelly smiled proudly, Ronald really gave her face and came to the audition in person. It's no wonder that she told everyone about going to the synagogue and celebrating Hanukkah.

Although her appearance in "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​directed by Italian-American Leone left a deep impression on many directors and audiences. There are still directors who want to try their luck on her. But when it comes to mainstream Hollywood productions, the power is still the most in the Jewish circle.

After the audition, Ronald shook his head secretly. Jennifer Connelly, to be precise, has no acting skills. The few movies she has made in recent years have all relied on her invincible temperament before she got fat. After her appearance has been downgraded today, her acting skills are not enough to play a complex role like the daughter in the script.

After asking Connelly to leave, Emil looked at Ronald.

Ronald just didn't say anything, smiled and let him decide for himself.

"She's not suitable..." Emil was relieved that she was not an internal recommendation through Ronald's relationship.

"Do you have any suitable candidates?" Ronald was relieved to see that he was very opinionated.

"Mary Stuart Masterson, the short-haired beauty in John Hughes's 'So Kd of Wonderful. She's the best actress I've ever seen."

"Hmm..." Ronald nodded. This Masterson, when filming So Kd of Wonderful, spent time learning to play the drums in order to play the role of a girl next door who can play the drums. She even played the close-up shot at the beginning. Such a dedicated, hard-working and talented actress is perfect for this role.

"Ronald...director."

After watching the audition, Ronald left the room and found Jennifer Connelly waiting for him to come out.

"Why, you're still here? Didn't I tell you to go back and wait for the notice?" Ronald asked the fat girl with a smile. Girls of British descent usually lose weight after the rapid hormone burst of the past two years. This is different from the women of the Hair Country and the Chinese Country, who tend to stay slim and grow taller at this age.

"I'm not stupid. I know this role has little hope. I just want to hear the real reason from you. Why don't you like me..." Jennifer Connelly's eyes were still big, and she looked at Ronald with a deliberately practiced cuteness in her eyes.

"It's not that I don't like you. This is the choice of director Emil. The first rule of being an actor is to distinguish who has the final say in the crew." Ronald laughed, "You are still very young. Keep honing your acting skills. You will succeed one day."

Ronald did not play by the rules, so Connelly's prepared remarks were all in vain. He left the messy Jennifer Connelly and turned to Daydream. Production director David Simkins has found several best-sellers and is ready to report to Ronald.

"I have several possible or drama scripts, some of which have not been published yet, and some have received good sales feedback. We can all join the bidding at Daydream."

David Simkins selected several targets after understanding. Michelle Cannold and General Manager Eddie were meeting next to him. Now is the time when script adaptation is very expensive, so they also have to attend to measure the box office potential of the script after it is filmed and prepare the shooting budget.

This is the first time that Daydream has tried to get involved in movies above the Hollywood medium-sized production standard, and everyone is very excited. Daydream Pictures, which was established not long ago, has become a powerful and old-fashioned production company like Cannon, Weintraub Productions, Orion, or Heimdell with the movie "Dirty Dancing".

This is how Hollywood works. An inexperienced producer can reach the top with a genius production.

"This may be the most competitive. It is the second part of Thomas Harris's thriller series with Hannibal Lecter as the protagonist. The first part, "Red Dragon", was published in 1981 and was adapted into a movie two years ago, but it failed at the box office.

However, it is generally believed in the industry that the producer De Laurentiis intervened too much and withdrew too much investment, which affected the performance of the new director Michael Mann."

"What's the name?" Ronald has not seen "Red Dragon", but he has heard of the name of the adapted movie "Manhunter", which is a relatively scary story. De Laurentiis, a native of Naples, doesn't know how to do marketing.

"I heard it's called The Silence of the Lambs. After it is published in August, it is expected to sell well and will inevitably cause fierce competition in the industry."

"Let's join in and contact the author first?" Ronald thinks that if this series is still popular, it is definitely worth a try.

"Generally, we can't contact the author directly. Many publishers will take the adaptation rights when signing contracts. We should contact the author's agent and publisher through formal channels." Eddie was more familiar with copyright issues and spoke quickly.

"Okay, let's do it." Ronald thought to himself that he had forgotten that Thomas Harris was a famous author.

"The second one is called Steel Magnolias, which is an Off-Broadway play. It tells the story of a group of women in the South who face life bravely. The audience response is very good. It has been performed for the second time. I heard that there is hope to organize a national tour. So many Hollywood companies are interested in bidding."

"One, two, three, four, five, there are five main female characters here. Three mothers and two daughters." This Steel Magnolias has already had a plot summary and drama reviews. Ronald flipped through the cast list and found many southern girl roles.

"Of course, when it comes to filming female stars, who can be better than you, Ronald? This is our biggest advantage in participating in the competition," David Simkins, who was a screenwriter, flattered lightly.

"It's all clear that the bidding price will be very high. How much are we willing to bid?" General Manager Eddie interrupted.

"The current script is too expensive. We need to have a budget of at least 500,000 to have a chance of winning." Michelle Cannold interrupted. He is responsible for production and distribution and is sensitive to these numbers.

"Is it so expensive? How much should our shooting budget be?" Eddie knew that generally speaking, the script and shooting budget are roughly matched. According to the current market conditions, a script bought for 500,000 will cost at least 5 or 6 million to hire a star, so the production cannot be less than 13 million.

"That's the price right now. Last year's adaptation rights were basically between 350,000 and 400,000. With this year's strike, I think 500,000 is not enough to join the competition now. It's better to prepare 700,000 to 800,000 to be safe."

"Is it so expensive?"

"Of course not. The satire by Winston Groom sold for 350,000 two years ago. That was still a satire. Both of them are best-selling themes, thrillers, horror, and Southern bitterness."

"What satire? Can satire be adapted into a movie?" Ronald had to touch his forehead after hearing this. This price could make a low-budget movie. He was a little suspicious about who did this amateur thing. Satire has a lot of background and subtext, and it is generally not easy to adapt it into film and television works.

"A movie called 'Forrest Gump', which is written in the voice of a mentally retarded young man in the Southern KKK. The moon landing, hippies, the Vietnam War, and all the bad things in America's past are satirized by him. Haven't you seen it?"

Ronald really hasn't seen it, and shook his head.

"I have a copy. Take it and have a look. It's quite interesting."

"What's the other one you like?" Ronald brought the topic back.

"There's another one that's a western. For a long time, there hasn't been a decent western cowboy movie in our country. Westerns have been declining for a long time, so I think we can give it a try."

"Well... this idea is interesting." Ronald remembered the "Lonely Dove" that Diane went to shoot. Historically, these types of movies have been popular in waves. Maybe it's the turn of westerns to make a comeback now? "What's the name?"

"Dances with Wolves, a classic western configuration, cowboys, Indians, and heroism. The author is a screenwriter named Michael Blake."

"Wait a minute... this name sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?" Ronald couldn't remember it at once, and tried desperately to recall, "Where have you heard it before?"