Ronald signed the contract, and through David Simkins, Daydream filled in the gaps in the script. The screenplay's byline would read "Based on the story by Jeffrey Powers."
so that his family would not sue for compensation after the movie was released, saying how much of the story was adapted from the real experiences of their deceased relative.
After solving the problem of the script, Ronald contacted Mike Medavoy of TriStar Pictures. As you can imagine, this movie was very controversial. Only a veteran producer like him who pays attention to the artistry and social impact of movies
Factory executives are most likely to take over the issuance.
Mike Medavoy was very excited when he heard the news, and he immediately came over to discuss with Ronald.
"Why are you suddenly interested in this kind of subject?"
"Emil, you know..." Ronald told the story in detail, "It just so happened that no one wanted this script, so I bought it at a low price."
"Oh, Shxt, in the past two years, Hollywood has simply become a slaughterhouse for this stuff..." Mike Medavoy is a senior executive of a large company. When many people in the industry die, the union will send a message.
"Huh?" Ronald usually didn't read this kind of communication. What he didn't expect was that just last year and the first half of this year, several heavyweights had already died...
Anthony Perkins, who played the killer in Hitchcock's "Psycho," Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, and Robert Reed, the famous TV star of the 1960s...
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"I have to remind you that this script is still very controversial, so you have to be prepared." Mike Medavoy is a veteran producer after all, and he agrees with Ronald's use of movies to influence social perceptions.
practices, but also reminded Ronald to be prepared.
"I still did some processing. I asked people to modify the script. I didn't express my opinion on the right and wrong of the matter, but just stated some scientific facts. In this way, both the pros and cons can find their own supporting arguments..." Ronald also
I think this matter is relatively hot, but I have to do it for my friends. Besides, being controversial is also a marketing tool...
"One more thing, this matter has recently become an important issue in the general election. Both parties are debating it. If you can..."
"That's impossible. I'm currently busy with a sugar-coated trap project. How can I finish filming, editing, and releasing it before the election at the end of the year?" Ronald waved his hand.
"You hear me out, I mean it will be released before the end of next year..." Mike Medavoy explained.
It turns out that in this year's election, an important issue is not directly related to this, but it is also deeply related. This is whether the army will accept soldiers with different orientations.
Conservatives think that these people are easy to get..., so if they are allowed to spread, America may not have enough soldiers to fight in a few decades.
Liberals, on the other hand, believe that this is all slander. Magic Johnson has proven that he can also like women... They believe that the "custom" of discrimination and bullying of people with different orientations should be investigated in the military.
This issue is huge, and now both parties are using it to call for votes. Many voters who have strong stances on this issue are so-called issue voters. As long as this issue satisfies their preferences, any other policy will not matter.
thing.
Now the governor of the Donkey Party is saying that if he is elected, he will be recognized by the military, while the current leader of the Elephant Party expresses his opposition. The Donkey Party and the Elephant Party, large cities on the east and west coasts, and small towns in the central and southern parts, have weak religious beliefs and piety.
, it seems that America has formed a very sharp split.
This also makes it unlikely that this issue will only form a showdown in this year's election. It will become an important issue in many subsequent elections. And the new leader, about a year after taking office, has also fulfilled the promises he made during the election campaign.
when.
The former Commander-in-Chief Jimmy and the former Commander-in-Chief Ronald Sr. both encountered economic changes about a year after taking office. However, one continued to have a depressed economy with alarming inflation, while the other fulfilled his promise to revive the economy.
Inflation is under control... everyone has seen the result.
"Okay, that's a good idea..."
"Then it's settled, I'll leave you with next year's prize winning period..."
"I may not be the director...", Ronald rubbed his nose. As a producer and boss, directing such a controversial movie is a very good investment. But as a director, it is impossible for a movie with such an issue to get a
Nominated.
"You, this is a film and television name...forget it..." Mike Medavoy knew Ronald's knot. Although most of the stars who are still active in Hollywood support liberals
I stand against discriminating against those people. However, more than half of the Oscar judges are retired stars, and there are quite a lot of old-timers among them.
If this incident had registered in their hearts, Ronald's dream would have to wait until these people died before it could be realized.
"Then who do you think is more suitable?"
"I'm still looking for someone, can you recommend me..." Ronald didn't have a suitable candidate either.
"What about Jonathan Demme? He's got a really good handle on this genre," Mike Medavoy reminded Ronald.
"I don't think he will touch it... he may have to find a new director..." Ronald smiled. Anyone who has the ambition to win an Oscar will probably not touch this movie.
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"Ronald, Diane, Tom..."
The next day, it was time for the premiere of "Pink League". Under director Penny Marshall's fast-paced editing, the film was produced and released at a very fast speed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In internal test screenings and audience test screenings, unexpectedly good results were achieved. For this reason, Columbia temporarily released some of the "Basic Instinct" that has been in theaters for 16 weeks.
The movie theaters were moved over. The number of theaters opened exceeded 1,900.
In order to cooperate with the promotion, Ronald also accompanied Diane and attended the premiere together with Tom Hanks, who was on leave from Seattle.
"I like this movie very much. Diane is so beautiful in it. I didn't know she could play baseball so well... Tom's performance is also first-rate. I have full confidence in the box office of Penny's director's work. If you like baseball
, you like women to be free to choose the roles they want to play, whether they are career girls or housewives, you have to watch this movie..."
With so many female stars starring in this movie, Ronald would not be a qualified producer if he didn't take this opportunity to make a splash at the box office.
"Madonna, Madonna, what do you think of your performance in this movie? Who is the person next to you? Is it your new lover? Have you officially come out as gay?"
Ronald and the others were soon overshadowed by Madonna. She arrived today in a black convertible luxury car, surrounded by a group of black bodyguards. Moreover, she came in the same car with a woman, with a fat face and a happy face with her.
appeared in front of the camera at the same time.
"What! You are really bored. This is my colleague, Rosie O'Donnell, who made this movie with me."
"Don't write nonsense, my dream lover is Tom Cruise with flowing blond hair..."
Rosie O'Donnell is also a master at mobilizing media publicity. With just one sentence, the photojournalist really starts clicking the shutter on her. The text reporter has already thought of the title: Madonna's Same-Sex Couple, Transferred to Tom...
Cruise...
"Oh, shit..." Ronald was also defeated by Rosie's shamelessness. This fat bitch really knows how to promote herself.
The photographer also took the opportunity to take a photo of the two of them. Madonna was wearing a see-through top, with all the black underwear underneath clearly visible, and a pair of ultra-short denim shorts, which made the whole person seem to be much taller.
Rosie O'Donnell wore a black coat, high shoulder pads, gold embroidery, and a masculine hairstyle with a 37-parted hairstyle. If you want to say that they are not a couple, there will be people who will.
Such a guess.
"How did they come together?" Ronald asked Tom Hanks and his wife Rita who came to the scene one step behind them in the theater.
"We met at the airport. Madonna's private plane arrived right behind you..."
Tom Hanks came this time only after Ronald personally called Nora Ephron, the director of Sleepless in Seattle.
Nora Ephron had a lot of fun filming, and she was very demanding on all kinds of details, and also gave the actors some room to improvise on their lines. This made the crew run at high speed, but also slowed down the progress a bit.
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Nora Ephron also seems to have triggered a desire to create, and she is constantly generating new ideas on set. Fortunately, her efficiency has really improved. Many bad ideas can be corrected in just one shot.
Ronald looks at the samples every two or three days. The quality has also improved visibly, so he will not stop the delay in high quality. Instead, he happily wrote a postcard to Ephron to express his congratulations.
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"I need to take a good vacation..." Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson clasped their hands. He has already filmed two movies for Ronald, "The Reds" and "Sleepless in Seattle." etc.
You must take a good rest after filming. In the past two years, he didn't have many film appointments. This year, his cooperation with Ronald has made good progress, but he can't live without a break...
"I should, I have to take a rest after filming this movie..." Ronald also held Diane's hand, he also wanted to take a rest.
"If you want to rest, you shouldn't start so many projects..." Diane complained.
"Okay, dear, I promise to take a vacation with you after I finish filming this film..."
However, this was heard by Tom Hanks, and he became interested again. The scripts were very solid and the market would not be bad for him to work with Ronald, so he wanted to tie Ronald to make another movie together.
"It's not suitable for you. This is a relatively controversial work. My colleague hopes to find an actor who is thin and weak..." Ronald explained that the male protagonist of this movie is terminally ill, and thinness and vulnerability are important.
The appearance condition. When Tom Hanks filmed Sleepless in Seattle, he completely looked like a fat middle-aged father, and the whole person was not in tune with him.
"Actually, I can also lose weight...well..." Hanks was slightly complained by his wife Rita again. In fact, celebrities don't have much time in their private lives, and they all owe their partners a lot of time together.
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After the premiere, the response from the audience was quite enthusiastic. They were surprised that there was such an all-female baseball league more than 40 years ago. They were also dissatisfied that women are less independent now than in the past.
After the screening, they were still shouting the names of the leading actors, asking them to come up to accept congratulations.
However, when answering the questions, some viewers expressed dissatisfaction and were unhappy that the protagonist finally returned to family life and did not continue to participate in the women's baseball league.
This is a commonplace question. Does the so-called independent choice of women include women’s independent choice to return to the family and focus on having children and family? Conservatives believe that women can choose this way as long as they are sincere and make progress.
Pai believes that this is society's discipline for women. As long as this culture is broken, women can still do as good a job as men.
"Ha, you're right, marriage is a burden to me. Look at me..." Director Penny Marshall used herself as an example and joked.
"Hahaha..." The few viewers who brought up this topic were also amused.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Of course, this movie is adapted from real events. I also saw a documentary and didn't know there was such a women's baseball league. Doty
The prototype of the league is that a baseball player who played baseball for a year returns to his family. This league also ended because the war ended and men returned..."
After the premiere, Ronald and Diane returned home. Because of the commitment, Ronald had to really plan their vacation. Anyway, Sugar-Coated Trap was going to the Cayman Islands for filming, and Ronald
Wanting to kill two birds with one stone, Diane felt that filming the movie would definitely take up most of Ronald's energy, and insisted on going to Hawaii or Fiji after the movie was over.
At this moment, an unexpected guest called and asked if Ronald was at home. He wanted to visit.
"Jonathan, why are you here?" Ronald was a little surprised when he saw Jonathan Demi.
After filming The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme was filming a documentary starring his cousin, a New Jersey pastor named Bobby.
Generally, when a director becomes famous, he must look for investment opportunities for films that he has not made before. But Demi is not an ordinary director after all. He actually started shooting documentaries as his main project in the next stage. He has been busy with this matter.
, why did you come to Los Angeles to find yourself?
"Do you know Juan Suarez Bottas?"
"Honestly, I don't know..."
"He is a Spanish illustrator who works in Manhattan and draws illustrations for Time Magazine and others. He is a good friend of mine."
"What's up with him?"
"He passed away because of... Before that, he was still making a documentary film telling the story of a patient mutual aid treatment group... I felt very sad. After watching the samples he left, I was very sad. These people are all a
Those who have one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave will be gone forever.
Anyway, I came here to ask you, is it possible to finish filming the documentary that he did not finish before his death and find a distribution channel? I have asked several major studios, and no one is willing to release a documentary of this kind of subject.
, not even the TV station..."
"Is that so..." Ronald did not expect that Jonathan Demi would also lose his friend because of this, and he also wanted to complete his unfinished documentary to commemorate his deceased friend.
"Is that okay? If not, I understand, Ronald..." Jonathan Demi stood up to leave.
"Wait, wait, let me ask you, if you make a movie on this subject, would you be interested? I happen to have a script here, and I have contacted Samsung Pictures for distribution. I have other projects of my own. If you have
If you are interested, you can package your documentary for them to release..."