Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 312 Homecoming

"Several creators from the 'Fast-Paced Richmond High School' crew arrived at JFK Airport in New York at noon on Saturday. In the city, they'll meet up with early-arriving actors Sean Penn, Judge Reinhall De and others gathered to participate in the fan meeting in various theaters in New York.

  The movie, which was released in advance on Thursday and officially released on the East Coast on Friday, exploded at the box office. This makes Universal's distribution department very happy, but also very regretful.

   If the film could be released simultaneously across the country, instead of using this old regional distribution model, what would be the current box office performance?

  The budget requested by the marketing department is almost running out. The fan meeting in New York worked well. They plan to add some budget and hold two more meetings in New York.

  'Fast-paced Richmond High School' has been popular on the West Coast, and has also been sought after by fans on the East Coast...

   We will interview Jennifer and Phoebe who play the two heroines. "

   "Come on, this cutscene is done, let's go to the Ziegfeld Theater." The host urged the cameraman to get in the car quickly and go to the theater where the fans were active to continue shooting.

  Universal Network New York dispatched a small crew to film "fast-paced Richmond High" news footage that was sought after in New York, ready to be broadcast to cable subscribers as part of the movie's marketing.

  Small TV stations don’t have many resources, a host will do her own makeup, and a videographer and recording will do it.

   They are using Sony's new BetaCam camera, although the picture quality is not very good, but a microphone can be plugged into the camera, and the photographer can do the work of two people alone, which is very suitable for this kind of small cable TV network.

   "Let's go to the Ziegfeld Theater too" Ronald and the roadshow group walked outside the airport, where a lot of taxis were parked.

   He couldn't help thinking of the scene when he came back from Los Angeles to go to college, where he was also waiting for the bus, and met Diane's father, Bert, who drove a taxi.

  At the Ziegfeld Cinema, Ronald was surrounded by Sean Penn, who arrived earlier, and Judge Reinhold, and came up to hug him tightly.

   "Director, I didn't expect this movie to be so popular when I made it!" Judge was very excited, and his eyes were full of gratitude when he hugged. His agent has apparently received more script offers and calls recently, more directors have recognized his acting skills, and producers have recognized his market value.

   "No one thought of it, I thought it was a simple teen exploitation movie." Sean Penn took out that pair of Spiccoli's clothes and put it on again, and was stopped by many fans at the entrance of the cinema to ask for autographs.

   For a young actor, being recognized by fans on the street for the first time is a unique experience.

   Sean Penn is obsessed with method acting. He doesn't expect himself to be a star, but the magical boy image of Brooke Shields in "Fast pace" makes him suddenly become the idol of high school boys all over the country.

  Fan meeting, mainly before the movie is shown, let the main actors interact with the audience, answer some questions about the plot, and talk about some gossip during the filming.

  The work cycle of an actor is much shorter than that of a director. The director needs to be involved in the project approval, script, shooting, post-production, and publicity of a movie. Often, a movie will take more than half a year to a year and a half.

  Actors are mostly only involved during filming, and they may have made two or three films at the same time.

   So waiting for a movie to be released, for actors, it is often the last movie they shot, or the last movie.

   Fortunately, most of the actors of "Fast-paced Richmond High School" are newcomers, and they don't have so many script invitations, so most actors have a fresh memory of some things during the shooting period that have not been diluted by the new movie.

   So they interacted with fans, and the questions and answers were quite similar.

   "How did you get along with Brooke Shields during filming?" A male fan was particularly interested in Brooke Shields' cameo.

   "Oh, Baby, she's really good looking." Sean Penn deliberately used the appearance of the character Spiccoli to answer this question, causing a lot of laughter.

   "Phoebe, we love you! Where are you from?"

  Phoebe Cates' **** in this film is very minimal, but the public response is several times that of the upper "Paradise". The boys started putting up large posters of her on the walls of the room.

   "Thank you for liking, I'm a New Yorker."

   "Oh oh oh..." A cheer followed by a few loud whistles made Phoebe very happy.

  Judge Reinhold, who plays brother and sister, and Jennifer Jason Lee, also have fans who have raised some questions.

   Seeing that the time for the interaction is coming soon, the host came to the stage to announce the end of the interaction and start the movie.

  Most of the audience just watched some of the clips that were played when Barbie Wygant and Brooke Shields were on the show. It was the first time they watched the film in its entirety, and immediately the audience began to quiet down.

   This interaction with fans has nothing to do with the director. The marketing stage is more of a stage for actors and other front-of-stage personnel.

  Ronald is sitting in a back row by the aisle arranged by the Global Marketing Department, quietly watching his first theatrical feature film with his family with his family.

   Cousin Donna has always admired the artistry of the big cousin, waiting to see him perform like "Rock High School". Aunt Karen is more of a relief to watch Ronald's successful directorial films, and she herself doesn't like watching movies of this kind.

   An hour and a half later, along with the ending song "Goodbye, Goodbye" sung by the OingoBoingo band, the ending of each character began to cross on the screen.

  Brad put on a suit and became the manager of the Seven Eleven convenience store.

  Stacey and Mark are both in love, they haven't done it yet.

  Linda really dated a college professor as her boyfriend.

"Hahaha……"

  The audience's favorite is the ending in which Spiccoli rescued Brooke Shields.

   "Is this song a parody of the scene at the end of Ingrid Bergman's 'True and False Princess'?"

   "Yes, just like at the end of 'True and False Princess', the Queen Mother said to the distinguished guests who came to attend, the show is over, go home. It's a pun."

   Ronald heard someone ask him a question, and answered it casually.

   "Hi, Helen. I'm so glad you're here." There was a smile on Ronald's face, and it was the apple-blush Helen Slater.

   "My dad Gerald gave me a ticket." Helen waved to him.

   Ronald pulled Helen and hugged her.

  Helen pushed her dark brown hair behind her ears, "You did a great job. I regret not being in this movie."

   "That's when Gerald said that you are not yet an adult. Our filming schedule is very tight, and teenage actors will be bound by union regulations, so you may not be invited to film." Ronald replied.

   In this exploitative film, the heroine has a break. Ronald also did not want Helen to make such a scene. If it's a cameo role, maybe that's fine.

   "Hi, Karen, Donna." Helen went to the leg warmer store to buy a lot of goods, and greeted Ronald's family.

   "How's your TV show going?" Ronald remembered that Helen returned to New York to shoot ABC's TV series after he was not cast in Coppola's "Old Man".

   "It's filmed, it'll be played on the weekend." Helen Slater touched her face, the air-conditioning in the theater didn't seem to be cold enough, her face was a little hot, and she must have turned red.

   "Then I'll wait and see."

   "Don't watch it, it's very boring." Helen was a little shy. She felt that the TV series she made was definitely not as exciting as today's film, and the requirements for acting in TV series were much relaxed.

   "It's all roles that my dad Gerald chose for me. I don't really want to play such roles."

   "What are you talking about me badly again?" Gerald ended his greeting with his colleagues from Universal Television and came to pick up his daughter.

   "Mr. Slater." Ronald greeted him.

   "Well done, the young people in our TV station are talking about your movie. Congratulations."

   "Do you have a lot of people waiting?" Gerald pointed behind Ronald, and there were a lot of people waiting to speak to him. "We're going first. Congratulations again."

  Gerald stretched out his arm, Helen obediently circled it, and the two walked out of the theater.

   "Contact by phone" Helen turned around and made a phone call gesture to Ronald, then silently said something with her mouth.

   "Telephone contact." Ronald also replied with a smile, saying goodbye to her with a smile.

   "Hi Ronald, congratulations!" CAA's agent Richard jumped in front of him.

   "Why did you come from Los Angeles?"

   "Yes, although this is not the premiere, but it is the first time a film made by my client is shown at the Ziegfeld Theater, and I should come."

   "Thank you, come back with me for a drink?" Ronald invited.

   This is not a premiere after all, and there is no follow-up party. Therefore, except for a few actors from other places, they will go to the hotel to rest with the people from Universal. Like Ronald, Phoebe Cates, and other New York natives, they are all ready to go home after the end.

   "No, this night, you should be with your family. I'll call you tomorrow." Richard also made a phone call gesture to him, "You have a few script and director invitations, we'll talk tomorrow."

   "Ronald, Ronald!"

   After dealing with the people he knew and did not know, a group of people inside and outside the circle, Ronald said goodbye to several actors and staff, and accompanied his aunt and cousin to the parking lot of the Ziegfeld Theater to pick up the car and go home.

  Aunt Karen drove Ronald back to the apartment in her SUV to rest.

   Ronald returned home, looking at the familiar furniture, a familiar smell got into his nose, he felt very comfortable back to his family.

   "Do you still like my movies?"

   "It's beautiful, but those people don't speak grammatical structures. I think the public high school education level in California is really average."

   Donna began to spit out the valley accent of the cheerleaders in the movie, "Why should every sentence begin with Literally, and all verbs are replaced with like?"

   Ronald laughed. Donna went to a key high school, and the students there were all high IQs. She definitely didn't like money-worshiping girls like the Valley Girl.

   "Donna, it's time for you to go to bed. Ronald, come here, I have something to tell you." Aunt Karen urged Donna to sleep, and then made Ronald a cup of black tea.

   "What's the matter, Aunt Karen? Don't you like my movies?"

   "I can't say I like it, and I can't say I don't like it, I'm past the age of liking movies." My aunt also took a cup of black tea and drank it.

   "Now that you are a director, and the movie has sold well, when can you go back to New York University to continue your studies?"

   (end of this chapter)