I’m in Hollywood

After a short break, everyone cheered, as the second film was about to start, although compared to the star-studded Steel Magnolia (four of the six leading actresses have already won Oscars) ), the main creative lineup of Cry on the Island is not worth mentioning, but it is enough to have Eric's name in the screenwriter column. Before Home Alone created a box office miracle, the main creative lineup was not worth mentioning at all.

After the title, Grace's storytelling voice sounded against the background of the comics. Slowly, the voice disappeared, and scenes full of horror appeared in the scribbled pictures. The shadow of a child, a marionette with a broken neck...

On the big bed, Grace suddenly opened her tearful eyes, opened her mouth like a fish out of water, and took a few quick breaths, her body shaking violently.

Everyone knows that the heroine has had a nightmare. If you are smarter, you may be able to realize that the starting comic scene is the girl's dream.

In this version, Virginia doesn't scream as loudly as Nicole Kidman did in the original, but the fear conveyed in those big tearful eyes is no more than Nicole Kidman's. How much weaker, and this silent fear and despair, combined with the mottled scene in the dim bedroom, can make the audience feel a chill down their spines.

This is the first change Eric made to the script, because in the memory of the previous life, Eric did not experience any other emotions except being startled by Nicole Kidman's scream.

It's not easy to shoot with the camera. Virginia is really frightened, and the fear in her eyes doesn't mean to pretend at all, because next to the camera, there are a bunch of cute creatures such as Squeaky Beast, Xiaoqiang, Liu'er, etc. 'Eyes on. Although she used 'props', Virginia's performance is much stronger than Nicole's in Eric's opinion, and it is exactly what she said. In Hollywood, no one can be replaced. Most What people lack is only opportunity.

Unconsciously, everyone in the screening room was immersed in the weird behavior of Grace, the two children and the three servants. Except for Eric and other insiders, everyone was trying to guess what happened to this house. What, where did those strange voices and figures come from?

If this is a ghost movie, why haven't ghosts appeared for so long? Why did Grace's husband come back suddenly and leave suddenly?

Although the mystery has not been solved, the tense plot has immersed even the representatives of the seven major companies who have read countless films. As calm as Michael Eisner, he couldn't help but ask Eric some of his own doubts, but Eric refused to answer with a smile on the grounds that he could not spoil it.

It was not until more than 80 minutes later, when Grace's children discovered the tombstone, that the identities of the three servants' ghosts were not revealed.

However, no one had a look of sudden realization. Instead, they had some doubts. Why did the three 'ghost servants' appear, and what was their purpose? From the previous words, everyone knew that the three ghosts had no malice towards the Grace family.

The plot also reached a climax so far. When Grace pushed open the door of the living room upstairs, and the appearance of another family and a psychic old woman, all the doubts were solved for the audience.

The suspense is repeated, and it's beautiful! Seeing this, Michael Eisner couldn't help but let out a rare admiration, and the president of Paramount, Nader Tarn, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, clenched his fists quietly. , There is a determination in my heart to win the distribution rights of this film. Several other executives who were unintentional or unable to win the film's distribution rights all showed regrets,

The original most calm Warner representative is not so calm.

The dense fog with a symbolic nature dissipated as the truth was revealed.

The lights came on again, and the applause was much louder than Steel Magnolia for a few minutes.

Jonathan Demmy, who was sitting in the back row, saw this situation, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, but in the end he couldn't keep his restraint, and he happily grinned and showed his white teeth. He knew that he had succeeded.

Michael Madsen patted his sister's hand lightly, his eyes full of congratulations.

The applause stopped, and everyone in the screening hall headed down to the banquet hall on the lower floor under the guidance of the waiter. Eric, who was at the forefront, was sandwiched between Michael Eisner and Nader Tarn, and the Warner representative, who was not too enthusiastic, also came over and greeted Eric kindly again.

Representatives from Fox and MGM who were destined to not get the distribution rights followed behind.

Elizabeth Murdoch leaned over to Karta and asked in a low voice, Carl, why don't you come forward and fight for it?

Karta shook his head gently and explained to Elizabeth softly: It won't work, Eric's next two films have already belonged to Fox, and they won't give us the distribution rights again.

Elizabeth thought for a while before saying, Why can't this be the case? At the end of the year, what we value most is the sequel to Eric's Home Alone, then give up the distribution rights of another movie and replace it with this one. I think this A horror movie is very special, maybe it can create a box office miracle like Home Alone.”

Karta Hunt couldn't help but glance at the girl beside her, and felt quite surprised. Originally, he thought Elizabeth was just a somewhat arrogant and willful eldest lady. It was a willful decision for her to participate in this audition meeting.

But due to the identity of Elizabeth Murdoch, Karta Hunt reluctantly agreed after considering it. Fortunately, Eric was familiar with him, and the other party knew Elizabeth's identity, so he did not turn the girl away.

Unexpectedly, after the test film was over, the other party was able to come up with a very feasible solution in such a short period of time.

Although Elizabeth came to Fox in the name of a vacation internship, the girl did not stay in the position Fox arranged for her for a few days. It is impossible to understand the inside story of the cooperation between Fox and Firefly. In this situation, he can come up with a very feasible solution so quickly. It is impossible for Karta to look at the girl differently. You must know that Karta himself just moved in the screening room to win Cry on the Island. thought, but couldn't think of a good solution.

Okay, Miss Murdoch, I will submit this proposal to Mr. Barry Diller in the form of a formal document. However, I must say that Fox has not seen the script for Eric's other film at the end of the year. , I don't know if it's too late to make a decision before other companies win Cry on the Island. After all, it is conceivable that there will be people inside Fox who will object to your proposal, because the box office reputation of the film directed by Eric himself has already passed. It has been proven many times that he wrote the film himself, and it is absolutely brilliant, but I don't think a lot of people are willing to take the risk.

It's really ink, if I'm in charge of Fox, I'll just take it down, Elizabeth pursed her lips, and began to show her savage side again.

This time, Karta did not despise the other party, but patiently explained the key to the girl: Ms. Murdoch, this matter involves too many interests, and it does not mean that we can replace it by wishful thinking. Even if we were willing to change, would Eric Williams say yes? Would a few other studios say yes? You saw that, Michael Eisner and Nader Tarn are here today, and they're going to say yes to Eric You can imagine the importance of K. Williams, we don't have much advantage in the competition.