The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

The Los Angeles premiere of "The Godfather 3" has attracted the attention of countless media and industry experts.

After the premiere, the critics' viewing feedback was naturally difficult to reach a consensus, and the positive and negative comments were mixed and rich.

"Beautifully epic finish, Coppola remains our beloved great director, a piece of dramatic magic that only a master genius could have conjured, and performed by a genius, I mean of course Pacino and Erica Parker.” —The Hollywood Reporter

"The most thoughtful of the three, it elevates the theme of the whole series. Pacino deserved Best Actor for 'Michael Corleone', Erica Parker was amazing, she was the whole Warm, bright presence and moving focus in the film." - Variety

"Purely superfluous, Coppola should have turned down the film, but Pacino and Erica deserved the award for their superb performances." - The Washington Post

"Although not as good as its predecessor, this is still one of the best American films of the year, a great work of talent and wisdom, please congratulate Erica Parker, she not only holds a $[-] million ticket to the North American film market , and definitely locks in extraordinary prospects." - Los Angeles Times

"Lightning fails to strike three times. The film is slow, elusive and ambiguous, but Pacino and Erica contribute brilliant performances, so riveting that they literally make you believe everything." - The New Yorker

"When "The Godfather 3" selected Erica Parker to star in the film, and she received the attention of the media all over the world, I once asked, 'Whether she is facing heaven or hell, it is still unknown at the moment', and now , it's clear enough that Hollywood will be obsessed with her." --Chicago Sun-Times

With the continuous increase of professional film critics, the box office of "The Godfather 3" was released in the first weekend, raking in 2800 million U.S. dollars, and topped the box office list in the same period with a wonderful start.

In the next few weeks, although the box office performance inevitably declined, in late January 1991, with the announcement of the Oscar nomination list, it won seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. "The Godfather 1", the North American box office accumulatively accounted for 3 million US dollars.

According to industry forecasts, the global box office of "The Godfather 3" is expected to reach 5000 million US dollars, becoming one of the top-grossing films in 1990.

In terms of Paramount's 500 million production cost, although this box office figure is not an astonishingly huge success, it is obviously enough to bring hundreds of millions of profits in the box office alone. Let Paramount's books look very good.

For Erica, "The Godfather 3" brought her three heavyweight Best Supporting Actress nominations, from the Oscars, the Golden Globes, and the British Academy of Film Awards.

But her chances of winning are limited, at least at the Golden Globes on Jan. In terms of awards, 1% will repeat it again.

"The global box office of "Ghost Story" exceeded [-] million U.S. dollars, and it can be called the most commercially successful film of the year," Michael Ovitz analyzed her poor award luck to Erica at the CAA headquarters," Therefore, many film awards in the industry are bound to commend this film. However, these judges are very displeased with the performance of the male and female protagonists, so Whoopi Goldberg, who is a supporting actress, has become the best choice for the award .”

In the final analysis, whether it is the three major jury systems in Europe or the [-] judging votes of the Oscars, film awards always have the meaning of "dividing pork", and a moderate balance needs to be maintained.

As for "Human and Ghost Love", which has outstanding commercial performance at the box office, it will naturally not be ignored.

Ovitz went on to talk about Paramount's award PR decision for "The Godfather 3", "Paramount will do its best to run the best actor award for Pacino. Over the shoulder, in the public relations lobbying, you can get a lot of compensation votes from the judges."

Then, Ovitz paused for a moment, tapped his finger on the table, and asked Erica calmly, "As for the best supporting actress nomination, Erica, if you want, CAA can replace you." The producer, come forward to publicize this award for you."

For Ovitz's proposal, which can be equated with the "golden rule", Erica did not show infinite surprise. She calmly asked, "What is the chance of winning after public relations?"

"Enough to get you a chance to play against Whoopi Goldberg, and the judges will ultimately decide between you." Ovitz didn't give her the full assurance.

Because Erica, as a nominee, really doesn't have the upper hand——

In "The Godfather 3", which is a strongly masculine film, female characters exist on the fringes, and it is inevitable that they are somewhat 'innately deficient'.

And Erica was nominated for the first time, and even her outstanding and beautiful young appearance has never been the type favored by the academy judges.

Pretty young people never seem to have the only way to win an Academy Award, but to play ugly and play fringe characters.

The four actresses who were shortlisted for the Best Supporting Actress Award together with Erica are all senior performers who are about 20 years older than her, and have contributed outstanding performances one after another.

In the CAA CEO's office, Erica rejected Ovitz's proposal after a few seconds of short thinking, "As for the public relations lobbying, I think there will be more appropriate opportunities in the future."

Although Erica's refusal was within Ovitz's expectations, when she really gave up the chance of winning a public relations award so easily, it will inevitably make people feel that the degree of swiftness and decisiveness of this young lady is a bit surprising Degree.

At the same time, Michael Ovitz's satisfaction with the client in front of him seems to have been improved again.

He said to Erica, "About being shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress, if you don't win the award, the outside world will feel sorry for you, and maybe even think that the most stupid thing about this year's film awards is that they don't recognize your extraordinaryness." Performance."

"But Erica, if you win the award," Ovitz said in a sarcastic tone, "many media will start to attribute your award to strong public relations, or even your powerful agent. I think you, as a young idol, lack qualifications and are difficult to convince the public."

Erica raised her eyebrows, and she was not angry at her weakness in the awards, but said calmly, "My strength is still weak, and my influence is too limited in terms of the reputation of the awards and the commercial box office. .”

"The Godfather 3" has achieved the expected results commercially, and Erica has received great attention because of this, but she is only a supporting actress after all, so it is naturally impossible to rely on this movie to become a first-line star in one fell swoop.

At present, she has successfully secured the seat of a well-known actor, and her acting reputation has been widely acclaimed, and she is regarded as one of the new forces in Hollywood.

But in terms of awards, Erica can only stop the nominations and accumulate her sympathy votes for her future career.

In terms of business, Erica is a newcomer supporting role, and of course most of the box office appeal of "The Godfather 3" cannot be attributed to her.

Only when Thelma & Louise officially hits theaters will it be seen whether Erica can start the movie well and become a female star at the box office.

Ovitz looked at Erica, who was in deep thought, and asked like an ordinary friend, "What are you thinking?"

"I hope to be able to act in a film where the character I play is absolutely dominant," Erica said in a quiet but ambitious voice, glamorous and proud, "Even my performance will determine whether the whole film will be successful or not." A successful film."

Following Erica's voice, the "Instinct" script that he threw into the shredder appeared in Michael Ovitz's mind.

Excluding nudity and over-exaggerated erotic exposure scenes, "Instinct" is indeed well constructed in terms of plot, it is completely like a modern version of Hitchcock's suspenseful thriller, and it can even be called a classic.

Especially the image of the heroine 'Catherine', in today's Hollywood where male movies almost occupy the entire market, 'Catherine' in "Basic Instinct" is really special and dazzling——

The blond femme fatale, sexy, glamorous, unreachable, dangerous and ruthless, and extremely smart, plays with everyone in the palm of her hand, full of confusion, both men and women are attracted by her.

In a way, the role was tailor-made for Erica.

Ovitz pondered silently, whether it was necessary for him to call Columbia Tristar Pictures, the producer of "Basic Instinct", and ask them to revise the script, remove nudity and reduce the degree of erotic exposure.Take this R-rated thriller from the erotic scale to the sexy level.

The producer of "Basic Instinct" is Columbia Pictures, and a year ago, Sony Corporation's acquisition of Columbia Pictures was under the helm of Michael Ovitz. Sony even tried to invite Ovitz to serve as Columbia Pictures. industry president.

So there is no doubt that Ovitz has sufficient power to request the script of "Basic Instinct" to be revised according to his will.

However, this is still a bit risky. Even if the scale of eroticism is reduced, the theme of suspense and thriller movies has always been unwelcome by film schools.

So after pondering for a while, Ovitz still didn't mention the movie "Basic Instinct" to Erica.

And just three days later, at the nominees luncheon for the Academy Awards, Erica met director Paul Verhoeven who came here specially for her.