Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 806 Pauline Carr thinks the movie is good

"Richard Schickel, in addition to writing film reviews for Time magazine since 1965, is a film historian and star biographer. For Cary Grant, and James Cagney, Gary Cooper has done film biographies."

   "Wait, what is a movie biography?"

  Ronald was sitting in a Manhattan cafe, listening to the private investigator Frank McPeck across from him, about the background of the film critic who wrote extremely bad reviews. He heard a new term film biography and asked.

   "Aren't you from Hollywood? It's probably just the kind of biography that doesn't involve the biographer's private life, and only writes the kind of biography of the movies he's made, for fans, not fans."

   "Oh, please go on." Ronald learned a little more about Schickel's background for the film critic, who bears a typical Jewish surname. This kind of biography needs the authorization of the big film company, but it does not require the authorization of the person and his family. To be able to fall into the hands of this film critic reveals a few things.

“He was a university professor himself, a recipient of a Yale Guggenheim Fellowship, studying the history of American cinema, and the history of persecuted Jews in Eastern Europe before and after World War II. In addition to Yale, he is also at the University of Southern California. Start teaching."

   "Which studio is he close to?" Ronald asked.

"Actually, he is more of a neutral character. On the surface, he treats all films equally. In fact, he doesn't have much preference for most films. Just for some films related to Jews, he always It's an attack or a compliment."

  Frank McPike handed over another folder containing Richard Schickel's comments on Jewish-related films over the years, all collected in it.

   Page by page, the more Ronald looked, the more he felt that this Schickel was not simple.

  …

  Two days ago, Ronald called Michael Douglas after seeing the content of the bad review submitted by Richard Schickel and complained to him that Jews were not following the rules and that their words were not counted.

  I had agreed to a truce with the old men of the Jewish gang, and stopped criticizing Ronald's "hot dance", but this person came out to slander it. Finally, there was a personal attack on Ronald himself.

  Michael Douglas went to his father to inquire about the situation, then flew to New York himself to apologize to Ronald for the incident.

  According to Douglas, this was done by extremists among Jews who refused to integrate into mainstream American society. A real Jew would not be involved in this oath-breaking indecent action.

  Michael Douglas assured that his father would strengthen control later, and major Hollywood film critics would not attack "Spicy Dancing" beyond the "normal evaluation".

   "Can you control it? Don't have such a film critic again, go to our public screenings, and write something personal and personal attack on me."

  These Jews always talk nicely, but do something else. At that time, it is said that they are extremists and have nothing to do with our mainstream Jews.

  Ronald doesn't want to be fooled again, it's enough to believe this kind of words once.

  Douglas also laughed. As the eldest son of the Hollywood Jewish leader, of course he knew the game his race played. But Hollywood is no longer the right place to play this kind of game, and ethnicity is not as distinct as it used to be. By the third generation of immigrants like them, many people, even Jews, do not choose to intermarry within their ethnicity.

"I can guarantee that there will be no problems with film critics in the mainstream media, but Richard Schickel, be careful. I have known his name since I was a child, and he also has a strong circle in the New York Film Critics Association, such as New York The Post, these guys from the Washington Star…”

   "Thank you for telling me." Ronald also felt the kindness of Michael Douglas. His list is equivalent to selling to Ronald those people in the Jewish people who want to take this opportunity to make trouble.

  …

  Holding the list, Ronald brought in private investigator Frank McPike to investigate the background of Schickel and several other critics on the list given by Douglas.

   Mr. Detective is very efficient. From the documents, this Schickel is really not simple.

   From the very beginning, this was a fanatical cry for Jewish values, and for attacking anti-Semitism in society, and for Jews entering Amerika society.

  The famous Hollywood director and actor Elijah Kazan was greatly praised by him. The reason is simply because Kazan, a Greek immigrant, joked on multiple occasions that he had a Jewish nose.

   When the HUAC committee swept Hollywood in the 1950s, it was originally an organization against all extremist forces. Schickel cheered for the founder of HUAC, Senator Samuel Dickstein.

Who would have thought that when Hollywood really began to inform and pass the test, the mainstream senators mainly of Angsa blood replaced Samuel Dickstein and replaced Senator Martin Deiss from Texas. In charge of the work of HUAC.

  The Texas cowboy Martin Dyce, in addition to his zealous opposition to the infiltration of the Soviet Union, was also a fanatical anti-Semitic. In the years when the HUAC committee in Hollywood was calling for wind and rain, not only a large number of practitioners who sympathized with Suwell were blacklisted, but also many Jewish people were swept away.

  Michael Douglas's father, Kirk, was almost included in the list of unpatriotic banned from filming. Fortunately, he has the full support of Jewish gangsters behind him, and he has joined forces with many wealthy businessmen with Jewish backgrounds to pay, which is how he kept the only Jewish male star in Hollywood.

This is why later, Kirk Douglas, would take the lead in hiring the blacklisted seven Hollywood gentlemen, and let them write scripts for themselves under pseudonyms, and they also won the Oscar for best screenplay. It was received by Kirk Douglas on his behalf.

  The Jews, who could not make money by stealing chickens, had no choice but to change course. Instead of pursuing the cultural expansion of the Jews, they switched to a more concealed method to achieve class crossing.

   They began to invade the Hollywood production business and portrayed Jews in the movies. To some extent, the films they make also feature Jewish protagonists with some orthodox American Puritan values.

   Kirk Douglas was a Warner Bros. pillar at the time, and his character always went to church on Sunday (Orthodox Jewish Sabbath was on Friday), spent Christmas, and always survived. And those characters who didn't integrate into the mainstream American values ​​were all shot to death in the end.

   And this Richard Schickel is a stubborn Jew who refuses to integrate into the mainstream. As soon as there was something in the movie that reflected the shortcomings of the Jews, he would jump out and shout "Anti-Semites!"

  …

   "Every source of information proves that there is a group of Jewish film critics who are waiting for my film's release weekend to collectively release very negative reviews of the film."

   Ronald read all the detective's investigation materials, made some calls, and asked his agent, Italian-born Nisita, to investigate.

   Combining all kinds of news, Ronald is sure that there will be a wave of people to black him when the premiere of "Dancing Hot".

  So Ronald summoned several executives from Daydream, and together with his two agents, held an internal meeting. Discuss countermeasures.

"It doesn't really matter, right? Our movie has a good reputation in the audience's test screenings. Their movie reviews can only affect the number of viewers who came to watch the movie in the first week. As long as the word of mouth builds up, our long-term screening box office will not be affected. It should still be available." Michelle Cannold thinks so.

"No, why would we give up the first week to a competitor? And until the movie is released, no one knows what the outcome will be. If the first week is badly criticized, it's not impossible for us to visit the cinema in January. "The general manager Eddie is tougher. Although he is also Jewish, he is more angry than others when it comes to the income of his company.

   "Do we have any means of fighting back?" Ronald asked.

"Do you remember Pauline Carr?" Agent Richard interjected. He is also Jewish, so he is very active. He must defeat the bugs in the ethnic group, so that Ronald can fight for more. of trust.

   "Remember, the film critic of The New Yorker. She also asked me to make a movie that reflected the reality of America." Ronald smiled bitterly, not necessarily reflecting the reality, but being reflected by the reality.

"Her prestige and status in the New York film critic circle is on par with Schickel. Why not ask her to write a counterattack? Moreover, this film is originally a female as the protagonist of the narrative, since they fought back Judah’s card, we can also play the female movie card.”

  Ronald pondered for a while, this Pauline Carr, it's not that he didn't want to go over and invite him. But on the one hand, when I went to her house last time, I was educated by his high expectations, and this time the movie may not be able to meet the expectations of the other party.

   On the other hand, Pauline Carr has entered a semi-retired state, and the film reviews in the New Yorker magazine are not written every week, only when they see a film that interests them, they will comment.

  If Ronald crammed Pauline Carr, went to a special screening, waited for her to write a film review, and made a New Yorker page, he might not be able to catch up with the upcoming premiere.

   "All the resources we can mobilize now are worth a try, Ronald." Another agent, Nisita, is of Italian descent, and he speaks more easily.

"These Jews have always acted in groups. We have to deal with it. One of our advantages is that, as a rule of thumb, movie reviews have to wait until the movie is released. If we can delay the release time of the movie, On the one hand, it can disrupt their rhythm. On the other hand, we can also release the praise of the heavyweight film critics to offset their influence.”

Jimmy Reiner, who was in charge of the soundtrack record, raised his hand and said, "I don't know about movie marketing, but I have to remind you. Our album release plan is based on mid-July. This way the movie can replace the album's marketing activities. .

   But if you're going to delay the release of the movie, the record is bound to go on sale without the movie being released. So we'd have to spend an extra buck to go to radio stations all over the place and get DJs there to play new songs from our records. "

   "Can't it be postponed until it is released together with the movie?" asked Cannold next to him, he really didn't want to give up the marketing method of the record and the movie as each other's advertisements.

"This is not a movie release. You only need to get the approval of the movie theater. Besides, August is the end of the summer season. If you move the movie to that time, the movie theater may be happier. The distribution channel of the album is determined one year in advance. Yes, I don't think it's possible to delay."

"And the schedules we have on MTV and other television outlets, and if you're going to delay the release, that's going to be rescheduled. We might not be able to get the show at the right time to coincide with the premiere." Cannon De also expressed his concerns.

   "These are details. The opening weekend and the next five weekdays are our seed audience. These people serve as our base, and their word of mouth will determine the number of viewers in the second week.

  If we didn’t deliberately touch the dark, we can also bet on the audience’s word of mouth. But if, as Ronald said, someone wants to deliberately release extreme bad reviews and jointly crack down on 'hot dance' in several media, you can be sure that our seed audience can really keep us in the theater. By the third week? "

   General Manager Eddie, it turns out that many of the cover girls have participated in Hollywood productions. In fact, he has more experience in theatrical distribution than Cannold, who was in charge of videotape distribution.

"In the week that was originally scheduled to be released, the latest James Bond movie of 007 was released, as well as Orion's 'Robocop', and I heard that the film received a good reputation. If there is a larger-than-expected scale Bad review..." Nisita whispered in Ronald's ear, who had a lot of inside CAA information.

   "So, Ronald, what do you want to do?"

   Everyone's eyes were focused on Ronald.

   was silent for a while, then Ronald came to a conclusion, he raised his head, "Jimmy, you give me a list of the costs of DJing for all the radio stations that need PR for the release of the record.

  Michelle, you go to negotiate with major TV stations, the possibility of moving the advertisements we put. David Letterman, and the Barbie Wygant show, I called them personally.

   Also, you go and help me contact Pauline Carr, Richard. We have a special screening for her.

  Nisita, you help me connect the three main characters, Patrick Schwytz, Jennifer Gray, and Cynthia Rhodes and ask if they can change the schedule of the marketing campaign? "

  …

   "This is really an old-fashioned story, Ronald." Pauline Carr bluntly criticized Ronald after watching Ronald's special screening of "Dancing Hot" for himself.

  The 'Good Times' in 1938 and the 'Morning Star' in 1958 are, to put it bluntly, such a tune. In one grown-up summer, everything changed. "

"Pauline, I know, this movie hasn't lived up to your expectations...ahem, but I'm now..." Ronald didn't seem to be very satisfied with the movie when he saw Pauline Carr, so he dared to beg the old lady. personal affection.

   "But I really like the movie you made, do you know why?" Pauline Carr pushed the tortoiseshell glasses.

   Looking at Ronald's confused eyes, Pauline smiled, "Because the version you shot is for girls.

   Those old movies are often boys' versions. The male protagonist handles his love with beautiful women in a bumpy way. In the end, he always finds himself in rebellion, and finally returns to mainstream values. It's a boy's fantasy of adulthood.

   But your movie, on the contrary, is a girl's dream.

  I think the little girls will love your movies very much, the small eye muscle handsome guy, the hot dance, the rich and enlightened father, the stupid sister, it is the best of their dreams.

  Your "hot dance" is likely to mean to girls, just like the meaning of "Star Wars" to boys, to satisfy all their beautiful dreams of growing up. "

   "So, are you willing to write good reviews for me along with other film critics in New York?"

   Ronald was overjoyed.

"Are there any extreme Jews who are dissatisfied with you? They are always like this, when they portray Jews in a negative way, they will come out and shout anti-Semitic. If the Jews cannot integrate into this new world, they will still hold the old concept of no homeland. , a lot of things are unavoidable. There are always people in my ethnicity who don't see that clearly."

   Pauline Carr, who is also a descendant of Polish Jewish immigrants, is quite open to the negative Jewish plot in the film. As long as she doesn't deliberately portray those Jewish stereotypes, she's completely receptive to role-building from an artistic point of view.

   "There are some people who want to jointly issue some extremely bad movie reviews when I premiere." Ronald nodded and admitted.

   "Hey, Richard is here again, this movie doesn't even name the heroine Baby Houseman's family as Jewish. On any ethnicity, this story is no less inferior, why should it be?

   This film should not be viewed from the Jewish perspective, but from the perspective of women's self-emancipation.

  You are in there, and the handling of abortion is also very good. The character of Cynthia Rhodes, who was told by the doctor about her condition, and it was the woman, not the man, who decided whether to keep the child. "

  Pauline Carr clearly saw in the script the enthusiasm for the emancipation of women in the Kennedy era in the 1960s. She also came from that era, and she had a similar experience when she was young.

   "Relax, Ronald, you have my vote on this matter. All of our female film critics in New York will be on your side."

   "Thank you so much for that."

   "Also, how's your movie for MGM? I'm in New York, and I heard rumors that you're approaching reality. I'll watch it ahead of time."

   "That movie will be released at the end of the year, of course I will invite you to watch it as soon as possible."

   (end of this chapter)