Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 955 Lamb, Southern Girl, and Western Cowboy

   "Thank you for your audition today. If there is a result, we will notify your agent as soon as possible." Emile Adolino became a director, and during the audition process, he finally felt the power of the director position in the crew. His naturally shy personality gradually became more confident.

  Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. auditioned for the role and didn't meet the requirements for the role. The biggest problem is that the two of them are too familiar, and they don't have the dizzy temperament unique to men and women who have just fallen in love at first sight and are still in love.

  The two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend when Ronald filmed "Night of the Comet" five years ago. The body language is full of tacit understanding, but it does not conform to the role setting in the script.

"Thank you, why didn't I see Director Ronald today?" Sarah Jessica Parker didn't know that she was not selected, she was busy looking for Ronald, a powerful Jew in the circle The opportunity given to her would be wasted if she didn't meet the rightful owner today.

   "He's busy with other things..." Emile Adolino didn't care on the surface, but he put a big cross on the audition photo of this woman in his heart. I am the director of this movie.

   "Why did you ask if Ronald was there?" Downey Jr. asked her suddenly on the way back to the apartment with Sarah. Could it be that he fell in love with a successful director and wanted to kick me?

"I want to do a movie with you, my dear. My agent said that this project is managed by Ronald." Of course, Sarah Jessica Parker can't say that her agent found it for herself. A chance to fly up the branch. Ronald didn't come today, it seems that this opportunity was missed, and he made his hair for nothing.

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   "Didn't you like it? Let's find some more. What's the name of the pretty blonde girl in 'Back to the Future'?"

   It was Kirk Douglas, who had now taken on the task of introducing Ronald to beautiful Jewish girls, and was now calling the shots with his fellow Jewish CAA agent.

   "Claudia Wells? But she's rebaptized now..."

The agent was a little scared, Kirk Douglas's memory had faded a bit, and Claudia Wells, who played the role of Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, even though she had Jewish blood, actually abandoned the Jewish faith. Choose baptism and become a born-again Christian.

  Jews have never used blood as the sole criterion for defining ethnicity. They value faith more in shaping Jewish ethnicity. A Jew who inherits Jewish blood but does not respect Jewish traditions, and a Jew who really celebrates Hanukkah, in the eyes of orthodox conservative Jews, are two completely different people.

   "What? Is there something wrong with her? I can't give her any chance in the future..." Kirk Douglas was furious. Now there is such a beautiful Jewish girl who turned to baptism to believe in Christ.

   "But she is indeed beautiful, and she has natural blond hair, which fits Ronald's aesthetics very well..." the manager answered boldly. The so-called Jews in America are basically the Azkenals of Eastern European descent. It is not easy to produce a beautiful woman.

   "I don't care, this kind of traitor, I can't give her any chance to continue to perform in Hollywood. Only when our ethnicity is united tightly can we survive in the new Babylon of America...

   Unless she publicly renounces her faith and rejoins Judaism. "Kirk also knew that women of his own ethnicity were not very good-looking, so he muttered a few words and gave him another chance.

"Do you think we haven't tried it?" The agent dared not say this sentence. Not every Jewish girl can bear Christmas. not come out.

"It doesn't matter if it's not blond. When men are young, they are always obsessed with Monroe. When they get older, they will know that a girl with a gentle personality and a man who loves her husband unconditionally and supports her is a good match." Kirk Douglas thought for a while, "Do we have any suitable black-haired beauties? Preferably in Hollywood, who haven't made a name yet."

  After a Hollywood female star becomes famous, she doesn’t need to rely on the ubiquitous Jewish network in Hollywood to find her a good opportunity. Therefore, those girls who are full of dreams of becoming famous are the ones that these old men can easily control, which in turn can indirectly affect their married husbands to be close to the Jews.

   "For black hair, there are two candidates." The agent had already prepared for the Jewish girls in the circle, and took out two audition photos from his bag. These actors tend to have more and better opportunities than other ethnicities. And Hollywood opportunities are the most precious.

   "Isn't this the little girl from the past in America? Why is she so fat now?"

   "Her mother's branch is Azkenal Jewish, and her father is of Irish descent. But she is very smart, and now she claims to go to the synagogue." The agent also feels that this little beauty is now experiencing baby fat during development.

   "And this one? It looks the prettiest."

  “Annette Bening, her father is Jewish, her mother is not, a Broadway actor, now she wants to go to Hollywood, and she is separating from her husband and preparing for divorce.”

"child?"

"No…"

   "It's good if you don't have one. If you have a child, you have to give half of your heart to the child."

"However, she will be thirty soon, and she is not suitable for the role of the daughter in the movie, and it is impossible for us to replace Sybill Shepard who plays the mother." The agent was a little embarrassed, Annette Bening was very beautiful, There are all kinds of flirtatious side, but there is no suitable audition opportunity.

   "Find an opportunity to arrange a meeting", Kirk Douglas waved his hand impatiently. He can't figure out how to do this kind of thing by himself, so he is not smart enough.

   "Okay...", the manager quickly wrote down.

"Unfortunately, Deborah Wenger is the most suitable no matter how you look at it. It's a pity that she married that trash Timothy Hutton. She also has children." Old Douglas still couldn't forget the most talented Deborah among them these years. pull.

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"What? Mr. Ovitz recommended it? Do you want me to meet you?" Ronald received a call from director Emil in the editing room, saying that there was a very suitable young actor who came to audition and had changed his name to "Back" To the world of Yin and Yang (Chances Are in the movie daughter corner.

   "Okay, Ovitz personally recommended it, I'll go and have a look, but it's still up to you, so I'll show up and explain."

   "Who is it? What's your name?" Ronald arrived at the audition scene and asked Emil and the casting director for their resumes.

   "Tuk Tuk..." There was a knock on the door, and a little actor with baby fat walked in.

   "I'm Jennifer Connelly, here to audition for a role."

   "Ha...it's you." Ronald saw the other party and remembered Jennifer Connelly who met at the resort when filming "Dirty Dancing". At that time she also worked as an assistant to Ronald for a while.

  She is of typical English\\Irish descent, with thick eyebrows and vigorous, wild growths above the eyes. Ronald looked familiar, Brooke Shields had such eyebrows. But... her figure is much fatter than Brooke.

  Jennifer Connelly smiled triumphantly, and Ronald really came to the audition in person to save face. It's not in vain that she tells everyone she goes to the synagogue to celebrate Hanukkah.

  Although his appearance in "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​directed by Italian-born Leon left a deep impression on many directors and audiences. Now there are still directors who want to gamble their luck on themselves. But when it comes to mainstream Hollywood productions, the Jewish circle still has the most power.

  After the audition, Ronald shook his head secretly. Jennifer Connelly, to be precise, has no acting skills. The few movies I made in these years also rely on my invincible temperament before I got fat. After her appearance has been downgraded today, her acting skills are not enough to express a complex role like a daughter in the script.

   After asking Connery to go out, Emile looked at Ronald.

   Ronald just didn't speak, smiled and let him decide.

   "She's not suitable..." Emil was relieved, she was not an internal recommendation for Ronald's relationship.

   "Do you have any suitable candidates?" Ronald was relieved to see that he was very assertive.

   "Mary Stuart Masterson, the short-haired beauty in John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful. She's the best actress I've ever seen."

   "Hmm..." Ronald nodded. This Masterson took the time to learn how to play the drums in order to play the girl next door who can play the drums well when the filming was so wonderful. The close-up shot at the opening was shot by myself. Such a dedicated, hardworking and talented actor could not be more suitable for this role.

   "Ronald...Director."

   After watching the audition, Ronald left the room, only to find that Jennifer Connelly was still waiting for him to come out.

   "Why, you are still here, didn't you tell you to go back and wait for the notice?" Ronald asked the little fat girl with a smile. Girls of British descent usually lose weight only after the two years of rapid hormonal surges pass. This is not the same as women in the hair country and Hua country, at this age, tend to keep slim and pull up.

"I'm not stupid, I know this role has little hope, I just want to hear the real reason from you. Why don't you like me..." Jennifer Connelly's eyes were still big, looking at Ronald's The eyes are deliberately practiced cuteness.

"It's not that I don't like you, it's the choice of the director Emile. The first rule of being an actor is to distinguish who in the crew has the final say." Ronald laughed, "You are still very young, continue to hone your acting skills, There will be a day of success.”

  Ronald did not play the cards according to common sense, making Connery's prepared speeches all in vain. He left a messy Jennifer Connelly and turned away to daydream. Production supervisor David Simkins, who has found several best-selling novels, is going to report to Ronald.

  “I have several possible novels or drama scripts, some have not yet been published, some have received good sales feedback, and we can join the bidding in our daydream.”

  David Simkins selected several goals after understanding. Next to the meeting was Michelle Cannold, and General Manager Eddie. Now is a very expensive time to adapt scripts, so they also have to attend, measure the box office potential of the script after it is shot, and prepare the shooting budget.

   This is Daydream's first foray into anything above Hollywood's mid-production standards, and everyone's excited. Daydream Films, which has not been established for a long time, has become one of the most powerful and established production companies such as Cannon, Weintraub Productions, Orion, or Heimdale with the film "Dirty Dancing".

  Hollywood is like this, an inexperienced producer can also rush to the top with a genius production.

"This is probably the most competitive book, the second in Thomas Harris' series of thrillers featuring Hannibal Lecter, the first 'Red Dragon' was published in 1981, and the two It was adapted into a movie years ago, but it failed miserably at the box office.

   However, it is generally believed in the circle that the producer De Laurentiis interfered too much and withdrew too much capital, which affected the performance of the emerging director Michael Mann. "

   "What's the name?" Ronald has never read the novel "Red Dragon", but he has heard the name of the film adaptation "Hunter", which is a rather scary story. De Laurentiis, the Neapolitan, didn't know much about marketing.

  “I heard it’s called Silence of the Lambs. After it’s published in August, sales are expected to be very good, which will inevitably lead to fierce competition in the industry.”

   "Let's join in, let's contact the author first?" Ronald felt that if this series of novels were still selling well, they would definitely be worth a try.

  "Generally, we can't contact the author directly. When many publishing houses sign a contract, they will win the copyright of the adaptation. Let's contact the author's agent and the publishing house through formal channels." Eddie is more familiar with copyright matters, and hastily spoke out.

   "Okay, let's do it." Ronald thought to himself, forgetting that Thomas Harris was a famous author.

"The second part is called Steel Magnolia, which is an off-Broadway play. It tells the story of a group of women in the south who face life with strength. The audience responded very well, and it has already reached the second round. I heard that there is hope to organize a national tour. So A lot of Hollywood companies are interested in bidding."

"One, two, three, four, five, here are five main female characters. Three mothers, two daughters." This Steel Magnolia already has a plot summary and drama commentary, Ronald in Looking through the cast list, there are many southern girl roles.

   "Of course, when it comes to shooting female stars, who can be better than you Ronald? This is our biggest advantage in participating in the competition." David Simkins was a screenwriter, and he flattered him lightly.

   "This is a clear card, and the bidding price will be very expensive. How much are we willing to bid?" General Manager Eddie interjected.

   "The current script is too expensive. We have to have a budget of at least half a million yuan before we can hope to win it." Michelle Cannold interjected. He is responsible for production and distribution and is sensitive to these figures.

"Is it so expensive? How much is our filming budget?" Eddie knew that generally speaking, scripts and filming budgets roughly match. For a script bought for 500,000 yuan, according to the current market situation, it costs at least 500,000 to 600,000 to hire a star million, it is impossible to produce less than thirteen million.

"This is the price right now. Last year's novel adaptation copyright was basically between 350,000 and 400,000 yuan. This year's strike, I think 500,000 yuan is not enough to join the competition now. It is best to prepare 700,000 to 800,000 yuan." Wan, it's safer."

   "Is it so expensive?"

   "That's right. Winston Groom's satirical novel sold for 350,000 yuan the year before last. It was still a satirical novel. Both of them are best-selling themes, thriller and horror, and southern misery drama."

   "What satirical novel? Can satirical novels be adapted into movies?" Ronald could only scratch his head when he heard this. At this price, he could make a low-budget movie. He was a little suspicious of who did such an amateur thing. Satire novels have a lot of background and subtext, and it is generally not easy to adapt them into film and television works.

"One called 'Forrest Gump', it was written in the voice of a mentally handicapped youth in the southern Ku Klux Klan, the moon landing, the hippies, the Vietnam War, and all the bad things in the past in America were all satirized by him. Haven't you seen it?"

   Ronald really hasn't seen it, and shook his head.

   "I have a copy there, you can take a look, it's very interesting."

   "What's another novel you like?" Ronald brought the topic back.

   "There is also a western novel. For a long time, there has not been a decent cowboy western novel in our country. Western movies have been on the decline for a long time, so I think we can try."

   "Well... this idea is a bit interesting", Ronald thought of Diane's "Lone Pigeon Town", which has been popular for a while in history. Maybe now it's the turn of the Western to flip? "What's the name of the novel?"

   "Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves), classic western configuration, cowboys, Indians, and heroism. The author is a film screenwriter and his name is Michael Blake."

   "Wait a minute... this name is very familiar, where have I heard it." Ronald couldn't remember it for a moment, desperately recalling, "Where did I hear it?"

  (end of this chapter)