An uneventful October passed. When Ronald was at home that day, Diane took the phone receiver and put it to his ear, "Demi is looking for you..."
"Demi? What's the matter? Is your baby okay? When will you bring it to my house to play with?" Ronald thought Demi Moore was looking for him to have a family gathering. She gave birth to her baby in July.
Bruce Willis gave birth to a second daughter. Although he loved her, he also regretted that it was not a boy.
"There is a Broadway play recently, which was moved to Los Angeles. I invite you and Diane to watch it together..."
"Oh? What's your name?" Ronald didn't expect that Demi Moore would actually invite him to watch the show. It's probably not an easy show.
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"There are very few good people...it's an interesting name..." Ronald and Diane waited at the entrance of the Wilshire Theater to see Demi Moore. Bruce Willis was very busy because there were two movies released this month.
Can't attend the meeting.
"This is a good play, would you consider adapting it into a movie?" Demi Moore said to Ronald when she came up.
"Do you want to play the heroine? What's the story?" Ronald didn't know what Demi Moore was thinking.
"You'll know it when you see it."
Ronald curled his lips and walked into the theater. The scene looked like a court, and the actors on it were all wearing military uniforms, both from the navy and the army.
"Huh?" Ronald thought of the movie he dreamed of. Did it take no effort at all?
"Colonel, you said the flight you took was the first one, right?"
"Yes……"
"I have two record books here, one from Guantanamo Airport and one from Anderson Airport. There is no record of military aircraft taking off at Guantanamo Airport that day, and the landing record at Anderson Airport is at two o'clock in the middle of the night... Colonel
, how do you explain?”
Ronald was finally able to see the whole story. An army lawyer handled a case in which a soldier serving at Guantanamo Base was preparing to leave the base after his application for transfer was approved by his superiors because of his "weak" attitude.
That night, he was found dead.
The lawyer discovered that this was a so-called "red punishment" measure by the army. The two soldiers taught this softie a lesson, which led to his unfortunate death due to physical conditions.
The two soldiers who caused the accident were sent to a military court, but the lawyer did not believe that two simple soldiers would bully this unfortunate soldier like this. In the end, it was discovered that the so-called "red punishment" was ordered by the colonel, and the two were just executing it
Order.
In court, the lawyer found that the colonel's alibi that he had left the base on the day of the accident was false. In the end, the colonel pleaded guilty in court, and the two soldiers were acquitted, but had to retire from the army.
"Why, didn't the colonel already admit it? Why do we still have to retire? We just followed orders and we did nothing wrong!" One of the two soldiers had great feelings for the army, and he could not accept the forced retirement.
"Hua Hua Hua..." The play ended abruptly here, and the audience in Los Angeles stood up and applauded. Ronald looked around and found that there were not many people applauding, maybe because the ending of the play was not powerful enough.
"I want this heroine!" Demi Moore looked at Ronald and Diane and made a request confidently.
"Is the copyright for this play still there?" Ronald felt something was wrong. Why did Demi want to talk to him? I don't have the copyright for this movie either? Besides, Diane can also play the one with the leading actor.
Female lawyer...
Diane returned his look, probably saying that I didn't really care.
"It has been sold to Castle Rock and Robert Reiner. This is a packaged project for CAA. I must be the heroine... You can't ignore it. If it weren't for you and... I would have had a great chance of getting this role.
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"Why does this still depend on me?" Ronald thought to himself, what does this matter have to do with him? Ovitz and I don't have a good relationship. He didn't recommend you to his packaging project, right?
"Come to my house to talk? I rarely ask for help, but this time I really deserve it. You have to help me..." Demi Moore invited Ronald and Diane to her home and said.
Along the way, Demi Moore talked about some of the casting process for this movie. Originally, in March of this year, before he gave birth to his second daughter, he went to the booked director Bob Reiner and recommended himself for an audition.
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Originally, Reiner was quite satisfied with her look, but later Ovitz told him that the project needed to be packaged, otherwise the film's leading actor would not be able to use CAA's most popular actor, Tom Cruise.
If Tom Cruise agrees to star, he will be paid 12.5 million. Paula Wagner helped him get this price, which has set a record for non-muscular action actors. It is the third highest salary.
An actor with a salary of over $10 million.
Bob Reiner couldn't afford such a large salary, so he had to ask Ovitz to do package projects. This way he could adjust some budget internally, such as hiring a less expensive actress.
"Let's see what I can do..." Ronald heard that he was an acquaintance, so he thought we might be able to communicate with him. It would be best if we could make Ovitz's project dirty...
"But why are you so interested in this movie? After all, you have no shortage of scripts, right?"
Demi Moore took the lead and got out of the car, opened the door of the house, walked inside with Ronald and Diane, and the three of them came to the large balcony. Demi pointed to Bruce Willis who was being interviewed in the backyard and said
, "You will know it by yourself..."
"Uh...", Diane sighed. She first recognized that the person next to Bruce Willis was Nicole Kidman.
"Are they partners in the new movie?" Ronald still didn't understand and asked, pointing to the background of the interview, a gangster movie called "Billy Bathgate".
"Exactly, as you have seen, I must star in a movie with Tom Cruise..." Demi Moore said decisively.
Before Ronald could react, Diane squeezed his hand quietly and whispered in his ear a few times.
"No way? Is this even better?" Ronald glanced at Demi Moore and thought she was a little bored.
This gangster film stars Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis, and Nicole Kidman. It has a similar theme to Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's movie "The Big Apple"
, the actors’ positions are also similar.
However, the box office performance of Winner Takes All was very poor, and there was bad news that it would be canceled in the first week. Bruce Willis had to do some interviews and press for the sake of box office, and wanted to struggle for a few more weeks.
Demi Moore is also very boring. Her husband played a movie with Nicole Kidman, and she also wants to play a movie with Tom Cruise.
Everyone waited for their interview to end and said hello together. Ronald saw that Demi Moore and Kidman could not see any contradiction at all. When he asked, he realized that it was not the kid who wanted to steal Demi Moore's heroine.
German, but Annette Bening, the heroine of "The Big Apple" whose belly was enlarged by Warren Beatty.
It took Ronald a while to figure out this mess of gossip, and he hung up the phone to Robert Reiner.
Reiner told him that the main reason why he had to package Ovitz was that the star power of Tom Cruise could make the project take shape. Another reason he had to do it was that it was difficult to find an actor for the villain Colonel, and it was difficult to find an actor.
It's very cunning and sanctimonious, and it's also a test of your acting skills...
The actor he was interested in, James Wood, was a client of Ovitz's The Apprentice. James Wood also had to be in Ovitz's package before he could star. Reiner was a bit overwhelmed. Wood's audition was very good.
If the actors are replaced, the important roles will not be strong enough, and the intensity of the movie will be reduced a lot.
Ronald thought what the experts said made sense. But in his dream, he wasn't James Wood, the leading actor who played the role in Oliver Stone's "Salvador."
In short, there is still room for relief. Ronald asked Niceta and Richard to investigate the situation and prepare to do something.
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At the same time, several movies aimed at the Oscars are gradually being released.
The first film to premiere is "For a Boy" starring Bette Midler. The premiere at the Beverly Theater on November 22 kicked off the release of the film that is targeting Oscars.
Ronald was not familiar with Bette Midler, only Helen Slater had collaborated with her in the comedy "The Bad Husband" in their early years.
Bette Midler is not good-looking, but her acting skills and singing voice are amazing. She is a three-dimensional star in movies, TV, and singer. She has won the Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award Special Award. Only
She didn't get an Oscar. In 1979, "The Rose," a singer's autobiographical film, was nominated once, but she still didn't get it, losing to Sally Field.
This movie is also very ambitious. In addition to Bette Midler's hype for Best Actress, the leading actor James Caan also wants to win the award.
However, after the review of the film came out, it was met with negative reviews. Film critics criticized the leading actor James Caan, saying that he made a casting mistake and that he might as well have chosen supporting actor George Segal to play his role.
In addition, the extras performed by the audience who played the heroine Lao Jun were also a mess, and they did not look like soldiers at all. Regardless of their body shape and age, they did not look like American soldiers during World War II.
This is not a problem with the director, but with the Marines who were originally promised to play the role. Because Desert Storm was all redeployed, they had to temporarily find civilians to play the role.
In short, this movie fell behind in the Oscar competition in the first week, and only Bette Midler still had hope for the best actress.
The second premiere film to compete for awards was Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's "It's All About Us" in early December, and the film about Bruce Willis and Nicole Kidman.
Similarly, it also tells the story of the early gangsters.
The director is Barry Levinson, the director of "Rain Man". The public relations of this film are much better, and most film critics gave it good reviews. Roger Ebert even gave it a perfect score of four stars.
"Warren Beatty plays Bugsy, whose light movements belie his unknown strength. This is a film full of optimism and passion, telling the passion of the 'bad guys' in the game."
This is due to the fact that it is a movie promoted by CAA. Ovitz once again gave director Barry Levinson a package deal. They also want to recreate the grand occasion of "Rain Man". At the same time, they won the best director and best picture.
, and Best Actor...
But Annette Bening may not think so. In some film reviews that are different from the mainstream, they mainly praise her acting skills. These film critics say that Bening is the shining point of this movie. If there is a movie
According to God, it is only fair that this couple should win the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the same time and welcome the new life they have given birth to.
Although film critics are very "optimistic", the subject matter of the movie is too old, and the performance of the starring and director is also somewhat behind the times. After all, this is not an interesting autistic person, but the story of a gangster from fifty years ago.
The audience obviously didn't like watching it.
His box office performance is not much better than Dustin Hoffman's "Winner Takes All". Brothers and sisters have fallen into the trap of gangster movies...
The third film that made a big splash was "The Assassination of JFK" in mid-December.
This movie is not a package project promoted by Ovitz, but it has a lot of background. The best director winners in the past two years, Oliver Stone and Kevin Costner, joined forces to make this movie.
The mystery story that adults in America most want to know the truth...the story of former commander-in-chief JFK who was assassinated while in office.
Oliver Stone is obviously trying to win the Best Director Award for the third time after "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July." If he can succeed, it will be the first in Hollywood history with William Wyler.
Alongside Frank Capra, he is also a great director who has won three Best Director statuettes, second only to John Ford who has won four times.
As for Kevin Costner, he didn't come here for the director award. He just wanted to make up for the regret of not winning the best actor award last year.
However, the film's response was mixed. Many media outlets criticized the film for fabricating the plot of JFK's assassination and creating many plots that did not exist.
As a result, Oliver Stone had to defend himself everywhere after it was released. From CBS's 60 Minutes program to Oprah's talk show, he said everywhere that the files related to the JFK assassination have not been declassified and he filmed this.
The movie is not to reveal the cause of JFK's death, but to rekindle the public's curiosity about the case. History is not as simple as they imagined...
However, judging from Oliver Stone's tone on the show, it is obvious that he does not dare to cross certain lines. It seems that someone from the FBI has really drawn a red line for him on the grounds of national secrets. If it is exceeded, there will be an investigation.
Leakage issue.
Ronald has been trying to think of ways to reorganize the casting problem of "A Few Good Men" during this period. The complicated interests involved are very troublesome. He is not a producer, so it is very difficult to directly exert influence.
But if you don't try to solve this mess, just take a pair of scissors and cut off the crux, it may be feasible.
However, as Christmas was approaching, no one was in the mood to deal with this project. Ronald also brought Aunt Karen, Donna, Little Doug and others to Los Angeles to spend Christmas here this time.
During the Christmas period, there is another award-winning movie to be released, namely Barbra Streisand's "The Prince of Tides". Her ambitions are huge, not only aiming for the best movie, but also the best actress.
, also aiming for Best Director.
She directed and starred in this movie. Last year, Kevin Costner won an award for his debut film, which gave her a lot of confidence. Many dazzling praise and interview programs were scheduled to be broadcast a few days before Christmas, which also gave her a lot of confidence.
I don’t know how much money Barbra Streisand spent to win the award. This is all prime time...
God is not as good as man. Although this movie spent a lot of money on public relations, another big news came out at Christmas, which suppressed all the heat...