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Kenneth Horn's expression became serious when he heard Eric's words.

Although over the years, other Hollywood studios have been able to roughly understand the Weinstein Brothers' award PR tactics, understanding does not mean being able to imitate. After all, just the connections of the major awards judges in the hands of the Weinstein brothers are definitely not something that can be established simply by throwing money at them.

If the Weinstein brothers really did their best PR for Horse Whisperer, there really isn't any chance for New Line to win.

However, after thinking for a moment, Kenneth Horn couldn't help saying: Eric, I don't think if I were Harvey, I would never do this. Miramax's eye-catching performance at the Oscars these years. It has been criticized by many people. If Harvey turns such an unpopular work into a big award winner, both the media and the academy are likely to have a backlash. Once this happens, Mila will be for a long time. Max should stop thinking about what to expect at the Oscars.

Eric nodded in agreement.

In the original time and space, under the operation of the Weinstein brothers, Shakespeare in Love achieved more brilliant achievements than Forrest Gump at the 71st Oscars, including Gwyneth Patt Luo's joking queen.

The success of Shakespeare in Love finally made the Hollywood Film Academy explode, and Miramax won almost nothing at the Oscars for several consecutive years. It was not until later that Miramax recovered some energy at the Oscars with the impeccable musical Chicago with both word of mouth and box office. But at that time, under the deliberate suppression of the film academy, it was difficult for Miramax to reproduce the scenery of the 1990s where he could get his hands on some important awards almost every year.

I think Harvey must understand this. After nodding, Eric said again: It's just that Harvey's current state is like carrying a rock down the mountain, not if he wants to stop, he can stop. He just keeps going.

This past weekend, Horse Whisperer in its sixth week grossed $114.93 million. Although the single-week box office has slipped to the closing stage of more than 3 million US dollars, such a box office performance is definitely a very successful relative to the film's production cost of 50 million US dollars.

In this case, Miramax, who thinks that he has enjoyed the sweetness of the big production, will definitely spare no effort to go further in order to gain more autonomy from the parent company Fox. Well, there's a good chance the Weinstein brothers will force the Oscars for Horse Whisperer.

Although Eric will not ignore the potential economic value implied by the Oscar, he has never taken Oscar too seriously, and he will not let the company invest too much energy in imitating the Weinstein brothers' PR model.

After all, it is completely worth the loss to abandon the more stable and rich commercial film business strategy of its own profit model to study Oscar public relations. The annual Oscars add up to all the nominees' profits, perhaps not as much as a single Teddy Bear.

Therefore, for Elizabeth, which is about to compete with Horse Whisperer, Eric's expectations for the new line are just doing his best.

In the following days, with the increasingly strong Christmas atmosphere, the whole of North America is also frantically looking forward to the release of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.

The publicity budget that Fox invested in this Star Wars prequel is unprecedented, and the manufacturers that have obtained the authorization of the Star Wars series are also sparing no effort to cooperate with the publicity. , and cosplay related to Star Wars can be seen everywhere on the streets of the city.

In this frenetic atmosphere, on December 18, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was finally released in 3,126 theaters in North America, with a box office score of $16.5 million at midnight, which also easily broke the summer program Charlie's Angels 3 set the midnight record.

In the following days, although critics and ordinary audiences had polarized comments on the film, this did not affect the fanaticism of the Star Wars series.

In the first three days of the first weekend, the film garnered $81.65 million at the box office in North America. In the next four days, the film received another $54.53 million. After a full week, the cumulative box office of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace has been It reached $136.18 million, setting a new box office record once again.

Thanksgiving was spent with women and children in Maryland, and Christmas naturally stayed in Los Angeles.

Christmas Eve was spent with the girl and Aniston, but Eric called Elizabeth and Julia, hoping that the two of them could come together, but they were directly rejected. Elizabeth also scolded Eric on the phone. Dayton, and then flew to New York with Julia in the distance.

On Christmas Eve, it was a 'harassing' call from East Hampton. Because of Emma, ​​Julia often went there, and Elizabeth and Joanna got along well.

Being in Los Angeles basically means work that cannot be avoided. Fortunately, Christmas this year happens to be Friday, and Eric plans to take three days off. On Saturday morning, he brought two girls to Northern California together. The weekend at St Simon's Hearst Castle.

Although it is nominally donated to the California government, just like countless charitable funds in the West, the Hearst family still has a very large control over San Simeon Castle, and it is not a problem to entertain guests at all.

Inside the castle, in the baroque-style indoor swimming pool, the girl and Aniston were swimming in their swimsuits not far away, but Eric was leaning against the pool and flipping through a copy of The Hollywood Reporter.

In all fairness, Eric is not interested in this gorgeous baroque castle at all, or he is not interested in all buildings with an old-fashioned atmosphere. It's just that the two girls have opposite interests and look very excited. After all, Westerners all have serious aristocratic plots, and one of the most important elements associated with aristocracy is naturally the castle.

The Weinstein Brothers still launched a strategy of forced public relations for Horse Whisperer. Among the just announced Golden Globe nominations, Horse Whisperer includes the most important 7 items such as best drama film and best director. Nominations, even Scarlett Johansson got a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

At the same time that The Hollywood Reporter published the nomination information, commentators apparently began to criticize Miramax's excessive PR behavior.

After the operation a few days ago, everyone agrees that The Horse Whisperer is a very good film, but most professional media and film critics also agree that the commercial and artistic nature of this film is completely half and half. There is not enough cultural connotation to make people think.

Compared to Horse Whisperer, Elizabeth received only three nominations: Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director, and the undisputed Best Actress for Cate Blanchett.

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, the two girls in the swimming pool were arguing for some reason. Eric reluctantly raised his head and swept over, and the two girls swam over together, leaning against Eric. around.

It is also a very interesting thing to say. Although the girl does not have a good relationship with all the women around Eric, she is the only one who can freely 'shuttle' between his different women, and, whether it is Joe Anna, Elizabeth, and Aniston beside her all clearly recognized the girl's identity.

Throwing the newspaper in his hand aside, Eric reached out and hugged the two girls into his arms, and said, So, what's the matter?

Hearing Eric's question, the little girl wrestled her body arrogantly, and did not break away from Eric, but turned her head arrogantly: No.

Haha, the girl smiled and said, tired of wearing Eric's arms, Eric, did you know that this month's Vanity Fair has sold 710,000 copies now.

Eric hadn't paid attention to the sales of these best-selling magazines, and said with a smile: Is 710,000 copies a lot? I remember the Sun in Leeds, with a daily circulation of more than 3 million copies, which is still in the UK.

How can a magazine be the same as a newspaper, the girl said: The average monthly sales of Vanity Fair is only over 500,000 copies. This issue is only 710,000 copies now, which has broken the most in the history of Vanity Fair. The best-selling record, guess who set the record before Vanity Fair?

Noticing the little girl's playful appearance, Eric immediately understood, and smiled and hugged the chick on the other side: Just angry for such a boring thing?

As the new generation's most popular American sweetheart, plus the girl's hint, Eric didn't have to think much to know the result.

The little girl pouted and turned her head again.

The girl added with a smile: The cover of this September issue of Vanity Fair is Jenny, and the sales volume is only 680,000 copies.

The September issue is supposed to be a promotion for this year's tenth season of Friends. As Friends that has accompanied the entire United States for ten years, at the moment when it is about to end, Aniston naturally receives far more attention than usual.

680,000 copies are quite a lot, Eric lowered his head and kissed the chick's cheek. You know, your opponent is actually your own man. It's no big deal to be surpassed.

You megalomaniac, Aniston couldn't help rolling his eyes. Seeing that Eric scoundrel continued to come over, he kissed the man reluctantly.

The girl on the other side looked at the two of them and suddenly said, Eric, you really want to end Friends. I think it can be done for a few more seasons. It's a pity that it's over now.

Hearing the girl's words, Aniston's eyes also showed a strange expression.

If it was before the two got back together, Aniston would definitely be very reluctant to continue filming. After all, if a TV series is filmed for ten years in a row, anyone will feel tired. But at this time, the girl couldn't help but start thinking about Eric again. ABC is his company, and Aniston is still very aware of the importance of Friends to the ABC TV network.

At this point, if Eric speaks, she doesn't mind continuing the TV series. In the six-member group, several other people are far from being comparable to Aniston in all aspects, and their relationship happens to be very close. If Aniston speaks, the others will definitely agree to return.

Eric felt the emotion in the little girl's eyes, smiled and leaned over, kissed her on the lips again, and said, The end is always the end, and abc can't always rely on a TV series to live forever. , once too much dependence is created, it will be harmful and unhelpful.”

In the past, the producer offered a single episode of millions of dollars to force Friends to continue to the tenth season. However, because they paid too much attention to the influence of Friends and neglected the development of new dramas, after the end of Friends, nbc directly slipped from the top position of several major TV networks to the bottom position, and it has been stagnant for several years.

This kind of situation is very common in the business process of TV networks, and Eric will naturally not repeat this mistake.

Moreover, after the end of Friends, the ABC TV network still has several leading series such as The Story of the Emergency Room, Everybody Loves Raymond and Survivor. Although the popularity of Love Raymond cannot be compared with that of Friends, it is enough to support the comedy market of ABC after the end of Friends. At the same time, abc will also launch the American Idol reality show next year. This reality show can also replace Survivor, which has begun to decline.

Therefore, the timing of choosing to end Friends now is just right. abc isn't going to be hit too hard by the loss of friends.

The girl watched Eric and the chick start to look like you and me, and suddenly became a little uncomfortable. She rolled her eyes and suddenly thought of something. She climbed out of the swimming pool and ran out. Holding a laptop, he ran back: Eric, let me show you something good.

The girl said, put the laptop by the pool, and quickly opened a video file.

Eric and Aniston looked suspiciously together, and soon an audition video of a blonde appeared on the laptop screen.

At first glance, the girl looks and temperament somewhat similar to Aniston, but Eric was even more surprised when the girl on the screen spoke.

Because, if only in appearance and temperament, this girl's accent is exactly the same as Aniston's.

Next to Eric, the little girl saw the video on the screen, she was like a kitten being poke and teased, she looked at the girl vigilantly: What do you want to do?

The girl grinned evilly and said, I don't want to do anything, it just feels very interesting.

Eric reached out and knocked on the door of Ya's head, preventing this girl from becoming a virgin, but still asked curiously, What's going on?

Her name is Treylor Howard. The girl covered her forehead and turned her face innocently: I just found it by accident. I'll show it to you if I find it interesting.