Best Actor

    "About the late 22nd, there was a party on the "Eleven Arhats" where all the actors gathered to discuss filming, you must attend, and at the same time the "Fast and the Furious" crew I hope you can come over and participate in the explanation and training about the underground car race." Sanders shook his head and repeated what he just said for him.

    "Is there any problem?" Sean thought for a while, "The party will last for one or two days at most, will it not affect the explanation and training of participating in the underground car race?"

    "No," Sanders sighed, "In addition, the schedule is roughly fixed, the start time of "Eleven Arhats" is about February 10, and your scenes are concentrated in The last two weeks of February, and Fast and the Furious starts in March, the exact date has not been set, but your part is two weeks in the middle of the month, and then back to the "Eleven Arhats" crew. Almost another week. , you can take five days off, and then go back to the Fast and the Furious crew..."

    "Sounds like I spend more time on Fast and Furious than Eleven Arhats?" Sean interjected.

    "That's of course, you are only a supporting role in "Eleven Arhats", with about five weeks of play, and in "Fast and the Furious" you are one of the two male protagonists, and the line of sight is Follow you, so there are at least 8 weeks of scenes." Sanders shrugged, "And this is a preliminary estimate, and the specific situation depends on how the crew adjusts. In addition, Soderbergh has another movie for you. There seems to be a lot of criticism about the movie contract."

    "It's okay, I'll explain to him and Clooney myself at the party in a few days," Sean didn't take it to heart, "as long as I finish my role without problems. , the contract for two more movies is fine, isn't it?"

    "Yes, as long as you don't have a problem..." Sanders answered rather weakly.

    Then, Sean's cell phone rang at this time, he looked at it, seemed a little surprised: "Todd? Why are you free to call me today? Or our first movie is out? What...really? Great, I'll come!"

    On the screen of the specially rented small screening room, the movie has come to the end, the heroine's father is giving the final speech at the wedding, the sentence "No matter what, this is fruit" will be present The guests laughed. Then, the father who finished his speech gave his daughter a gift, as this is also one of the Greek traditions.

    "God, your father... gave us a house!" With the surprise of the groom, the movie reached its climax, the daughter looked at the loving and reluctant father, excited and He hugged tightly, with warm applause.

    Although there are still a few minutes before the movie ends, Sean thinks enough is enough, this is a very good movie.

    "Very good, Ms. Valdas, full of true feelings, I believe many people will like it." After the lights in the screening hall were turned on, Sean was the first to tell Nia Vardas Dallas held out his hand.

    "I want to thank you, Mr. Tang, there are so many production companies in Hollywood, only you are willing to pay for the production of my film, you still respect my story as much as possible, and give the right to participate in the production, I really Very lucky." said the excited Vardals, looking like she was about to lose herself, after all, this is her work, and it is still a semi-autobiographical work.

    "By the way, why is there no logo at the beginning and no subtitles at the end?" Sean asked again at this time, "And a few small places are a bit rough."

    "Because we're in a hurry," replied Vladimir, "to catch up with the Sundance Film Festival, something has to be sacrificed."

    "Sundance Film Festival?" Sean raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "Didn't you say you couldn't make it?"

    "Yes, but we tried a little bit. Although the finished product is not perfect, and there is no opening or ending, it is qualified as a movie." Vladimir said, " Moreover, it would be better for such a film to participate in the North American film festival. Although Cannes is famous, the competition is also fiercer, and it is more for European films. The North American film festival is more suitable for us. However, the most famous film in North America There are only two festivals, and if you miss the Sundance Film Festival, you will have to wait for the Toronto Film Festival in September.”

    Speaking of this, he gave Sean a covert look, and then looked at Vardals: "But it is better to participate in the Sundance Film Festival, and Ms. Vardals agrees with this."

     Sean, who had doubts at first, had no choice but to swallow Daokou's words, but was a little worried: "This year's Sundance Film Festival seems to open on January 18, and there are only 4 days left. , can't sign up anymore?"

     "It doesn't matter, I know a few people, and they can talk to each other in the film festival. When the decision was made in November, I had communicated with them and reserved a place." Ladimir said in a relaxed tone.

    "Okay, I hope to be able to win at that time," Sean said with a smile, "It just so happens that I also have a starring film to participate in the Sundance Film Festival, so let's have a look. "

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    "It's not good to change the plan without notifying me, Todd." Sean asked this first, with a hint of guilt.

    "You said that the operation of this place is entirely left to me, and if you knew it, you would definitely object." Vladimir shrugged.

    "I admit that if I can participate in the Sundance Film Festival and get good reviews, it will be good for the film's distribution in North America, but the Cannes Film Festival can also do it," Sean spread his hands, "The influence on North American publishers may be smaller, but it can get in touch with overseas publishers."

    "But it's all based on the good reviews of the movie." Vladimir said immediately.

    Sean's brows furrowed: "You also saw today's internal preview, and everyone thinks it's good, including you."

    "I know you like this movie, Sean, I like it too, otherwise I wouldn't recommend this script to you in the first place, but our opinions don't represent all audiences," Vladimir Shaking his head, "It's like a few years ago, when Fox's internal executives held an internal preview of "Titanic", none of the executives had confidence in the movie after watching it, so they sold the North American distribution rights for 60 million. Give it to Paramount, and let them make a huge profit for nothing."

    "...Well, but can the movie be made more perfect?" Sean asked after frowning for a while.

    Vladimir's concerns are also normal, and Sean is not sure whether his intuition is 100% accurate, just like "The Perfect Thief", this should be a good movie, But there is always something in the way.

    Besides, he alone is optimistic, or it is useless for a few of them to be optimistic, and the publisher has to be optimistic. As I said before, for an independent film, production is a problem, but distribution is another problem. If there is no distributor to take over, no matter how good the film is, it will not be profitable. Therefore, Sundance Films, which specially supports independent films A festival appearance, or even a prize or something, will definitely attract publishers.

    Although Cannes has almost developed into a large film trading market, it is no more advantageous than Sundance in North American distribution, and as a film produced by an American film company, the North American box office is the top priority. Even if overseas distributors can be contacted in Cannes, some people are optimistic about the film, but Samsara Pictures has only been established for more than a year and has no qualifications at all, so it is difficult for the other party to give an unexpected choice of buyout.

    So, instead of going to Cannes to try their luck, it is better to use the Sundance Film Festival to win the favor of a powerful distributor, and hand over the distribution rights in North America and China to the other party and let them Going to work—that's what Vladimir didn't say, but Sean guessed.

    Since he has set up his own production company and wants to make it bigger, he must have taken the time to pay attention to this aspect, plus Frederick and Sanders to help , have a certain understanding of these.

    "This is no problem. Our movie is scheduled between the 20th and 24th. The specific date will wait for us to reply, so we can still make some time. However, the opening and ending are It’s definitely too late, but don’t worry, as long as it can be shown in Sundance and the plot can be fully presented, it’s enough.” Speaking of which, Vladimir smiled, “Speaking of which, the company doesn’t have a logo yet. "

    "I've already thought about this," Sean said in a relaxed tone, "If you had told me earlier, it might have been done."

    However, when a company named it, he had already thought about how to set the logo, and it was quite simple, even hand-painted. In the beginning, it was a tree with lush branches and leaves, which gradually became green and dripping, and then became yellow and bleak, and then the leaves began to become bare, and finally the branches began to sprout. , isn't it?

    But Sean also knows that, let's not talk about whether the crew who are busy in the later stage can make time to make it, even if they find another animation studio to make it, it is unlikely to be used now, and the title is more than A movie company logo.

    So after he said this, he didn't mention it again. After talking about a few specific things to be done at the film festival, he got up and prepared to leave, and then asked again: "Right. , is there anything else I need to do?"

    Vladimir, who was a little hesitant to speak, said as if allowed: "Yes, one more thing, if you can contact Harvey Weinstein, you can Don't think it would be better if he thought about this film carefully."

    "...I will try my best." After hearing this request, Sean was stunned for a while, then sighed, and then nodded.

    Indeed, after the eight major Hollywood studios, Miramax, the top two second-tier studios, who themselves developed through independent films, is indeed the best choice, but…