Hollywood Hunter

Santa Monica Airport.

Amy, who returned from the crew of San Francisco’s "Angels and Gods", took her assistant Vanessa off the company’s Falcon business jet. The driver was already waiting by the runway.

The two women got into the car, and the driver started the car and drove towards Burbank, where there was a meeting waiting for Amy.

Sitting in the back of the car, Amy was about to take advantage of the time on the road to look through some documents. Hearing a small sound from the front car radio, she looked up. The driver noticed Amy's movements and reached out to turn off the radio, but was stopped by Amy and motioned to him to increase his voice.

"Michael, do you mean that "Death Poetry Society" only won the best director award. It was a black box operation?"

"Yes, this is simply unfair to the director of "Rain Man", Barry Levinson. He created a great movie, but he couldn't get the honor he deserved. Moreover, I haven't heard of anything. This film only won one award for best director, which is simply a joke."

"Well, Michael, please don't get excited, have you seen Mike Nicholson's "Graduate"?"

"Of course, I like this movie very much."

"I have to regret to tell you that "The Graduate" only won one best director award that year.

"Oh, really?"

"Really."

"But, at least, Simon Westero’s award for best soundtrack is also full of problems. He may be a good soundtrack, but compared to John Williams and others, he is not qualified to get the most. A good score, this is basically Daenerys Entertainment’s public relations achievement."

"Well, thank you for calling, Michael. This is the Voice of Los Angeles. I am everyone's good friend John McLaren. Today's topic is'What happened to the Oscars this year?' Let's answer the next call from the audience. "

"Hi, Matthew, good afternoon."

"Hello, madam, what is your name?"

"Andy," the female voice on the other side of the phone said without waiting for the host to ask, "First of all, I want to say, Matthew, that guy just now is a complete idiot full of prejudice."

"Please don't attack other people, Andy, but you can express your opinion."

"Everyone can see that Daenerys Entertainment was the one who was treated unfairly at this Oscar. This film company produced so many excellent films last year, such as "When Harry Meets Sally" and " Pulp Fiction, "Rain Man", "Death Poetry Society", "Steel Magnolia", oh, I really like "Steel Magnolia". After watching it five times, my mother also cried. "When Harry Meets Sally", Billy Christo and Meg Ryan are a perfect match. However, Oscar only gave Daenerys Entertainment 11 nominations this time. Warner’s 19 nominations are almost half less, but those Warner films really make me uninterested.”

"Warner, um, Sigourney Weaver's "Mist-locked Love" is still good."

"Haha, look, Matthew, you have to remember when you talk about this, but you definitely can list a large list of Daenerys Entertainment's films without reacting."

"Perhaps, but it's mainly because of the theme of this show. I'm going to be neutral, Andy, you can continue. Regarding Michael's views on the best soundtracks of Barry Levinson and Westeros. ,what is your opinion?"

"I still said that, he is an idiot," Andy ignored Matthew's just "civilized you, me and him" reminder, insisted on saying that, and continued: "People who have followed the gossip of "Rain Man" know Barry Levinson withdrew from the project in the later stages of the film. Not only that, he also publicly accused Daenerys Entertainment of interfering in the later stage of "Rain Man" in the interview, and stated that this project has nothing to do with him, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise also publicly sided with Levinson at the time, and at the same time drew a clear line with "Rain Man." Now that the movie is successful, they start to take credit for them. It's disgusting, Dustin. Hoffman’s speech at the Oscars was like a clown. He slapped himself in the face. The film "Rain Man" we saw on the big screen had nothing to do with Levinson. It was Simon Westeros. In the leading late stage, he also personally completed the soundtrack. Without Westeros, there would be no such work. Of course he is eligible for the best soundtrack award, and more."

"..."

Amy listened carefully to this radio talk show along the way.

The calls from various audiences in the program basically covered the media's controversy and discussion about the 61st Oscars during this period.

Today is Friday, April 7th.

In the past week or so, the media public opinion has not cooled down because the dust of the Oscar awards ceremony has settled. Daenerys Entertainment and CAA's public opinion battle continued. However, the performance of the two listeners on the radio program just now, one snarling and fighting for reasons, is enough to prove that Daenerys Entertainment has a clear advantage in this public opinion battle.

Although Dustin Hoffman's "affectionate" acceptance speech in front of 43 million Oscars broadcast live audiences touched many people, but the main creator of "Rain Man" in the later stages of the film clearly distinguished from the project's statement was unable to So annihilated.

Almost without any hints, many media can use public news materials to uncover a lot of contradictions in Dustin Hoffman's two statements.

Daenerys Entertainment gave some secret guidance, and the media quickly tended to them.

Even the only best director nomination for "Dead Poetry Club" is taken for granted under the rendering of Daenerys Entertainment.

"Death Poetry Club" originally had the ability to win multiple nominations such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. In the end, it only won two nominations. It is not that "Death Poetry Club" is weak, but It was the result of Oscar's deliberate suppression.

After all, mediocre movies like "Working Girl" can get a large number of nominations, which shows the extreme injustice of the Oscars.

"Death Poetry Society" finally won the best director, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for this film. As for Simon's best soundtrack award, the company also successfully reversed the trend of public opinion by exaggerating his important role in the later period of "Rain Man".

Although the company invested another two million dollars in this public opinion offensive, the return it received was even more impressive.

In the week of Oscars from March 24 to March 30, "Rain Man" had already fallen to just over $4 million, and the box office rebounded again. In the 15th week of the screening, the box office fell by 18% and received another $5.11 million. The cumulative box office reached 138 million US dollars.

This is not over yet. With the release of the Oscar award results and the subsequent increase in topicality, the week of March 31 to April 6 has just passed, the box office of "Rain Man" once again rebounded sharply. The decline reached 42%, and it received another 7.25 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office exceeded 145 million US dollars.

According to this box office trend, in the next three weeks at most, "Rain Man" can surpass "Pulp Fiction"'s box office figure of 156 million U.S. dollars and become the 1988 North American box office champion.

Although the box office of "Death Poetry Society" did not rebound as much as "Rain Man", it successfully surpassed "Crocodile Dundee 2" and became the tenth box office movie in 1988.

Daenerys Entertainment also succeeded in occupying seven positions in the 1988 box office top ten list, although the three films "When Harry Meets Sally", "Pulp Fiction" and "Instinct" are all crowned With the release labels of other studios, such pioneering efforts will hardly be broken in the short term.

In addition, as "Rain Man" became more and more successful, MGM finally found some plausible loopholes in the original contract between the two parties after the Oscars, and the profit distribution terms of the original soundtrack and peripheral products in several contracts were inconsistent. For this reason, he claimed 100 million US dollars from Daenerys Entertainment, and also claimed to regain the copyright of The Hobbit.

A compensation of US$100 million is clearly impossible.

Everyone knows that MGM is only trying to cut a piece of fat from "Rain Man".

At the same time when the Lions spoke, MGM's team of lawyers had already hinted that the two parties could settle in private.

After Daenerys Entertainment’s legal department evaluated the lawsuit, it confirmed that the probability of MGM’s victory was extremely low. Amy decisively gave up the tendency to reconcile, because she knew what Simon would do in the face of this kind of thing. This time, he didn't bother Simon again, but responded with a strong attitude to MGM and he was ready to respond at any time.

There are always too many bullying people in this world.

Although responding to the lawsuit means paying a lot of legal fees, but this time with a strong attitude, Daenerys Entertainment can also avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles in future operations. Moreover, with MGM’s current state of decline, it will never be willing to spend millions of dollars in a lawsuit with a very low success rate. The scale of this lawsuit cannot be too big.

Amy rushed to Burbank headquarters, Robert Rem and other executives in the distribution department were already waiting for her.

Entering April, the summer file is gradually approaching. The main topic of this meeting is Daenerys Entertainment’s publicity strategy for the summer files "Bodyguard" and "Sixth Sense of Supernatural" this year. The latter part of the two films will require Simon to return from Melbourne. It will be completely completed after the personal review, but the initial publicity offensive can already be started.

Everyone sat down in the meeting room. The executive secretary distributed the meeting materials. Robert Rem asked Amy: "How is the shooting progress of "Angels and Gods"?"

Amy nodded: "Very smoothly. Daryl's performance is indeed much better than Brooke Shields. I am still looking forward to the future effects of the film."

Filming of the comic project "Angels and Gods" left by New World Entertainment started in the middle of last month.

Simon does not approve of Brooke Shields’ acting and box office appeal. The company’s final heroine is Daryl Hanna, who is featured in "Blade Runner", "Mermaid" and "Wall Street" and other films The Hollywood actress who has performed wonderfully fits the image of Brenda Star, the heroine of "Angels and Gods". The script of the project has also been refinished, with a budget of 15 million US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment originally planned to undertake the investment alone, but the other two investors who signed the contract of intent during the New World Entertainment period were resolutely unwilling to withdraw. The final result of the negotiation was that the three companies each assumed 5 million US dollars, with Daenerys Entertainment as the issuer. , Draw 15% issuance commission.

The filming cycle of "Angels and Gods" is two months, and the latter period is also two months. It is expected to be completed in mid-July. The initial release date is early October. Although this schedule is somewhat unpopular, it is a studio development. The inevitable result after growth.

Daenerys Entertainment has determined that the total number of films to be released this year has been as many as 15 since the beginning of the year of "Thunderbolt Blue Angel". It is impossible for all the films to be stacked in the summer and end of the year.

Of course, if the effect of "Angel Gods" is good enough, the company will also adjust the schedule appropriately.

Melbourne.

Because the Simons filmed "Batman" in Australia, a series of waves caused by Oscars also spread to this side.

It is always easy for most people to confirm their position based on subjective impressions.

As the son-in-law of an Australian, Simon won two awards for best editing and best soundtrack in succession outside of his career as a director. It immediately became the most interesting talk for the Australian media and the public about how many Oscars Simon could eventually get. People's discussion has also become a topic of interest in the local Australian media during this period.

As for Simon, neither glory nor controversy has had much impact on his work.

Jennifer, on the contrary, saw the controversy aroused after Simon got the best soundtrack award, and once thought about throwing out a box of video tapes called "Blizzard" again, but Simon stopped it. Every Oscar will not lack controversy, and so are many of Simon's actions. If he had to show evidence to prove himself every time he disputed, he would definitely be exhausted.

With the aftermath of the Oscars gradually dissipating, the shooting of "Batman" is also coming to an end.

In fact, the 13-week filming originally planned should have been completed before April 7. However, the suspension of filming caused by Simon's coma in February affected the progress of the film. Such a big production film will inevitably have some other conditions later, so the filming cycle has been delayed until late April.

Fortunately, "Batman" is scheduled for December at the end of the year. Although the filming cycle is delayed, there is still enough time for more than half a year to complete the later stage.

So until April 19, it was in the afternoon in a large studio built in an abandoned factory in the western suburbs of Melbourne.

With the end of the last scene in the Batcave, Simon carefully checked the sets of shots just taken, and announced to all the crew members on the scene: "Batman, the mirror is closed."

The busyness of more than three months finally ended. Hearing what Simon said, along with the applause around, Adam Baldwin and others, who had obviously discussed in advance, surrounded him unknowingly, lifted Simon and threw him into the pool in the bat cave. in.

Simon was suddenly caught by everyone. Although he could break free, he didn't do so. He ‘struggled’ to get up after entering the water, smiled and threatened a few loudly. After the excitement, the crew began to clean up the scene, and a grand finale party was arranged in the evening.