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Chapter 308 Ronalds connections in Hollywood

Ronald found Richard, and together with Niceta, they talked with several Daydream executives about the transfer of the film's script.

Everyone is a little strange, why is Ronald so aggressive about this movie and seems determined to win?

"Rick (Nisita), you should remember that my first script was sold to Frank Price of Columbia at the time through Ovitz. I have always wanted to make a movie with a Vietnam War plot (promise

(Aunt Karen), but that script, looking at it now, is a bit outdated."

What Ronald was talking about was the script he wrote called "My Brother's Keeper", which was blackmailed by Ovitz and sold to Frank Price for $350,000. The script was about a mentally retarded man.

The young man was recruited by the Ministry of National Defense and then sent to the most dangerous places with his comrades on the battlefield in Vietnam. During an operation, he was ambushed and was about to be captured. In the end, he was mentally retarded and caused an explosion while playing with a grenade, causing chaos.

, the comrades took advantage of the chaos and fled back to the US military position.

The comrades did not believe that he was dead. Finally, his platoon leader went to his hometown, met his family, and helped the remaining members of his family get out of the dilemma of life. Everyone said that the platoon leader was their protector, but the platoon leader

In the end, they frankly told the truth, that the mentally retarded brother was their protector.

"This story is very good. Why don't you buy it back from Colombia and continue filming?" After hearing this, David Simkins felt that the script was very deep and suspenseful. Ronald's debut novel was very well written.

Level.

"Ahem..." Michael Gray and Rick Niceta, who were standing next to him, both coughed.

Their understanding of Hollywood is much deeper than that of Simkins, a script director.

In the past ten years, America's popular base has undergone tremendous changes. The new Generation X, the generation born after the baby boomers, are not as rebellious and opposed to the Star-Spangled Banner as their parents were.

The big reason for this is that the US military has never fought another war with heavy casualties like the Vietnam War, and the new press law has been revised, and the media cannot report the details of the war without permission (at least it is not as convenient as before).

Another reason is that the past ten years have been a period of rapid economic development, continuous decline in unemployment rate, continuous decline in inflation, and rising disposable income. Although the gap between rich and poor is widening, ordinary people can spend a summer working at McDonald's.

, everyone will no longer be so cynical if they collect tuition and living expenses for public universities.

Therefore, after ten years, such a movie has already distanced itself from the mainstream public aesthetics, and it is still uncertain whether it will still be profitable.

David Simkins wiped his forehead with his hand and fell silent.

There is a reason behind this that is hard to explain, because Ronald’s desire for the Oscar for Best Director, and those close to him all know that it is not media gossip, but is very true.

There have been too many movies with the Vietnam War as the main storyline in recent years. Those that have won the Best Director Award include The Deer Hunter, Platoon, and Tom Cruise's new film "Born Seven" released this year.

"The Fourth of July", according to industry rumors, is also a movie that has a good chance of being nominated.

Although there are movies with similar plots that do not perform well at the box office, it does not make much sense. However, in a short period of time, movies with similar story backgrounds are less likely to win consecutive awards, which still makes some sense.

Because the award is not about box office, the judges will involuntarily compare it with films of the same theme in previous years, such as "Born on the Fourth of July" director Oliver Stone. The possibility of repeating miracles is unlikely.

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Forrest Gump is different from My Brother's Keeper in that it is adapted from a novel. The content spans a long time. When adapting it into a script, it is very convenient to make some choices in the content.

"Hey, that was my debut film, and it happened to be popular when Vietnam War movies were popular..." Ronald waved his hand, thinking that it happened to be about Vietnam War movies at that time, and his agent placed an order to follow the trend. I don't know.

This script has been filmed, has anyone read it now?

It's not like Forrest Gump. Those scenes in my dream are very shocking and must be masterpieces.

In the end, everyone agreed that David Simkins, who was in charge of the script transaction, would have careful contact with Steve Tisch's production company to see what the other party's attitude was.

In order to grab the script of "Dirty Dancing", Ronald had a very unhappy relationship with this young emperor. I wonder if this rich man's anger has subsided after several years?



"No, look at my mouth shape! I would rather not film this script and have the purchased adaptation rights automatically expire than transfer it to Ronald's company..."

Sure enough, according to the response from Tisch's production company, the boss's anger has certainly not subsided.

"Dirty Dancing" has become a miracle of low-cost production. A small investment has earned hundreds of millions in box office, and the original soundtrack has also become a hit record, with the sales number one. Not to mention, go to any Pepsi store now

If you go to a video rental store, you will see this movie on the rental list.

This is a very serious humiliation for the pretentious Steve Tisch. Every time his friends talk about this matter, they say that he has wasted a great opportunity.

For a rich kid, this is more upsetting than missing out on the money he earned from "Dirty Dancing."

"Actually, there is no need to say such harsh words. If he still works in Hollywood..." Ronald heard the news, dug his ears with his little finger, and said with a smile.

In fact, the adaptation contract of "Forrest Gump" was not entirely decided by Tisch alone. Just like the movie "Other People's Money," it was all because it was favored by Warner Bros. Pictures. After having a distribution contract,

, only then can it be possible to establish the project.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is basically impossible to adapt such a best-selling novel into a movie without a distribution contract with the seven major studios.

If you want to make a good movie, the money invested in each part must be in the right proportion. You can't spend millions of dollars to buy the right to adapt a novel, and then spend only a few million to find another

Some unknown actors came to make movies.

To match the cost of this script, it must be invested at least at an average medium-level production level, more than 15 million. And a film with such an investment cannot be distributed nationwide only by Tisch, a production company.

It is of course also a way for him to advance the money himself to film it and then sell it to a distribution company. But if Tisch had the vision and decisiveness, it would not have let Ronald take away "Dirty Dancing" back then.

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For this movie, Ronald has to find a way to bypass this rich kid to get the rights to film. He has good relations with Columbia and Disney. A feasible way is to find a reliable vest company and then contact these companies.

The seven major companies reached an agreement to use normal business methods to pry this piece of meat out of the mouths of Tisch and Warner Brothers.

Of course, with the new publishing company, Ronald's daydream can take off his vest and stand up openly to show his identity.

Compared with Steve Tisch, Warner Bros. is even more difficult to deal with. Not only is "Forrest Gump" but also the distribution contract of "other people's money" in their hands. How to use one so that they will not be suspicious

The way to get these two scripts from industry veteran Robert Daly requires careful planning.

This matter needs to be considered in the long term, so Ronald made some arrangements. Daydream's production business has been on the right track recently, and Ronald no longer cares much about small productions under one million.

What really made him devote his energy to serious research was the production of a TV series that he had never tried before.

The writing room of "Working Girl" has already written a detailed episode script. After Ronald read it carefully, he didn't like it very much.

Each episode of the script is filled with some very childish comedy scenes. Compared with the more rigorous story structure and business war plot of the original movie, it is really a sitcom with very little depth.

Ronald himself didn't understand TV dramas, and although he didn't like it, he couldn't say anything when faced with the insistence of the so-called TV drama expert, Lawrence Connor.

Warren Buffy had a phone call with Ronald a few days ago and talked about his investment secrets. A very important one is to respect successful executives who have been tested by the market.

Lawrence Connor had written many TV series before, so Ronald thought about it and gave him the green light to follow their ideas.

The original heroine, Nancy McKeown, declined the invitation to Daydream through her agent after reading some scripts. She had previously been one of the main characters in a popular long-running TV series, and I think she wanted to watch it.

A company that is new to the TV drama industry like Daydream and wants a bigger drama role.

Ronald had no regrets about this, since he was not familiar with this person anyway. After asking Helen and confirming that she did not want to act in a TV series with a strong soap opera atmosphere, Ronald chose from among the actors who auditioned.

An acquaintance came instead.

Sandra Bullock was the waitress Ronald met in New York while filming the movie version of Working Girl. She later played a small role in the movie version and had the line "Yeah."

This gave her a certain understanding of the story and the performance of the heroine Melanie Griffiths, and may have a more intuitive understanding of the performance in the TV series version.

Of course, Sandra Bullock had previously made several films for Roger Corman's company that were directly released on the video tape market. This relationship was also an important reason for Ronald's nod to her.

Sandra Bullock is doing nothing at home, waiting every day for the TV movie she shot for Universal TV Production Company to be broadcast on the TV network early. The most helpful thing on her audition resume is her performance in "Working Girl"

"Tess's friend" line.

When she learned that she might become the TV series version of Tess, she was overjoyed and made several phone calls to Ronald's agent to thank him in person.

However, Richard was very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing, and after saying that he would convey her gratitude, he did not actually answer the phone to Ronald.

In addition to being busy with work, Ronald has recently been enjoying family life with his wife at home. This stage usually lasts at least two years for great directors. Many directors have the experience of being obsessed with a muse for a period of time...



"What did Carly say?" At home, Ronald was discussing work with Jimmy Lehner, the company's music director.

"She readily agreed."

Carly Simon is the composer of Ronald's theme song for Working Girl. The song "Let the River Flow" was not picked up by Carly Simon's record company and was not selected for her new album. However, the soundtrack for the movie "Working Girl"

album, but it sold multi-platinum sales that even the album did not.

The single also reached the top ten on the Adult Lyrical Charts. Winner of both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song, Carly Simon is now back in the ranks of mainstream pop stars.

At the awards night that year, Carly Simon, who couldn't find a rental car, gave him a ride home. The record he decided to release on the spur of the moment was a big success. Carly Simon was very grateful to Ronald and accepted it as a normal TV drama episode.

At the market price, the song was licensed to Ronald to be used as the theme song of the TV series.

"What does John Barry say?"

"He agreed, and the reward you gave was very generous..."

Ronald was asking about the soundtrack for Dances with Wolves. Kevin Costner's filming is almost complete. An important element of this kind of epic film is to have a matching soundtrack.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In this field, the first thing that comes to Hollywood's mind is of course John Williams, the scorer of Star Wars.

But John Williams demanded a high price, and there was Spielberg's new film to worry about. At Jimmy's suggestion, Ronald found the British composer John Barry, who was also very qualified.

His soundtrack for the 007 series is well-known in the industry, because "Howard the Duck" suffered a waterloo, and the asking price was lower than Williams.

More importantly, he was once the Oscar winner for the best score. He also scored the film "Out of Africa" ​​which also has an epic temperament and a natural and broad expression. It can be said that he is very experienced.

"Does he agree to my request?" Ronald asked.

"Of course, although he thinks Peter is not old enough to be able to stand alone..."

Peter is the youngest son of Warren Buffy. He is the most talented of his three children, but he is obsessed with film scores and is quite an artist rather than an investor.

Ronald promised Warren that he would give him some help. So this time, an additional condition for inviting John Barry at a high price was to involve Peter Buffy, and if the conditions were right, he would also be given a few songs.

independent authorship rights.

Seeing that Ronald had no counter-offer, John Barry readily agreed to the request. Ronald had good connections in Hollywood, and working with him would help his future business. In this way, he was promoting someone by name.

The assistants are all small things.

Seeing that everything in the company was being handled in an orderly manner, and every backlog of documents was signed with Ronald's name, Diane took the time to come over and invite Ronald to dinner.

"Come here, dear..."

Just as the two were preparing to eat, the phone rang again. Diane answered it.

"It's me, Francis...Is Ronald here?"

"Ah, Mr. Coppola..." Diane had complicated feelings for this director who once wanted to praise her but failed. Without him, she might have taken on The Mermaid and become famous long ago. But without him, she might have become famous.

I couldn't run into Ronald, who was also on the crew.

"I'm Ronald, is there anything I can help with?" Ronald heard the anxiety in Coppola's tone.

"Let's talk to you. Is it possible to have an interview..."

"Uh, now? I'm still having dinner with Diane..."

"Help, Ronald..."

"Okay, is it convenient for you to come to my house? I'll ask the driver to pick you up, okay..." Ronald put down the phone and looked at Diane's searching eyes.

"As if he was very anxious, I invited him to come home to chat..."

Seeing that Ronald didn't go out, Diane felt very happy and safe, and smiled and offered to help.

"Well...I'll prepare coffee for him then..."


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