Bruce Springsteen is a sentimental artist. He heard that the director, starring actors, and producers shed tears when they heard his demo, and he was immediately moved. He wanted to perfect this episode, which will probably take more than two months.
Time will do.
"Philadelphia Story" was released at the end of the year and was competing for awards, so I had to save time for editing, wait for the official version of the song to be released, mix it, and then immediately start the copy production process.
On the other hand, Ronald saw Tom Hanks hanging out with Michael Connor Humphreys who played Little Forrest Gump every day. He asked to talk to him whenever he had nothing to do, and told what little Michael said.
Record it with a tape recorder.
When he was alone, Tom Hanks held a tape recorder and imitated little Michael's pronunciation sentence by sentence. Including the way his head shook when he spoke, and how he straightened his neck and walked with his upper body completely straight.
I also learned the postures.
"Can you run like this?" Ronald felt that this posture was a very good anchor point, which immediately impressed the unique image of Forrest Gump into the minds of the audience. However, this posture was too rigid and made it difficult to run.
Wouldn't it be a little weird?
"Yeah, no problem, you just need to keep your upper body still, and then use your legs from the waist..." Tom Hanks ran twice in front of Ronald, the kind of person who lacks IQ, but can do things
The single-minded and extremely serious character is clearly established.
"God, you are so great..." Ronald felt that Hanks' understanding of acting was indeed very profound. No wonder he could transform from a comedy star to the leading male lead in dramas and romantic dramas without letting go.
People feel strange.
"The director said I was great, and I just listened to him. This was cooperation, not working for him..." Hanks imitated the end of Michael's speech while winking with Ronald, which made Ronald
Laughing loudly.
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"Ronald, the scenery here is amazing. Did you see the photos I sent you by courier?" Director of Photography Don Burgess also called. I stayed in Savannah, South Carolina.
In a few days, Burgess could be said to have visited all parts of the small town. He took photos of many of the places he was satisfied with, and then wrote down the scenes he thought could be used. A large package of Polaroid photos, along with his handwritten
The notes came into Ronald's hands together.
"Is this the scene you chose for that bus stop?"
Ronald saw a photo. There was a lot of mud in front of the sidewalk. In many towns in the south, there are not many hardened roads. Many places are covered with mud. When it rains, people's shoes will sink in, or their tires will sink in.
Go in...
"Yes, I took this photo from Chippewa Plaza. There are many old houses. I think we just need to install a bus stop sign here and add a bench..."
"Very good. You can explain the rest to me. I want to take a good look..."
Ronald felt that Burgess was very cost-conscious. Many beautiful scenes not only looked at the beauty of the picture and the possibility of spatial framing from the perspective of the photographer, but also took into account some shooting cost considerations. Burgess has been doing this for many years.
Since then, he has been shooting some low-budget productions and TV movies, and this mode of thinking has almost become embedded in his mind, which suits Ronald very well.
"This is the place I plan to use to shoot the Forrest Gump family's old house. Look at these big trees. Even in South Carolina, it is difficult to find a suitable big tree scene like Blufton in Beaufort County. We only need
Build a wooden building with white walls opposite him..."
"Wait a minute, aren't there any suitable houses in the area?"
Ronald heard about the scenery Burgess chose for Forrest Gump's home, and when he heard that he wanted to build it himself, he also wanted to find a real house in the local area to shoot, just like the one used in Steel Magnolias.
"I'm afraid this won't work. No one in the area will lend us their house as a home for a fool... People here are very simple-minded, that's it..."
"Ah, okay..." Ronald gave up. It wouldn't be very expensive to build a temporary house anyway. He forgot that the screenwriter of Steel Mulan was a world-famous Broadway screenwriter at that time, and it was about the self-improvement of southerners.
s story.
And Winston Groom, the author of Forrest Gump, is simply smearing Southerners. In that autobiographical novel, every sentence has spelling and grammatical errors, and the emphasis is on self-defeat. You are welcome to make a movie
, but if you want your house to become Forrest Gump’s home, that’s out of the question.
"Ronald, is it Ronald? Don't hang up the phone. His luck has come..."
Ronald heard Polly Pratt's voice on the phone and knew that her legs and feet were not in good condition, so he quickly said, "It's me, Polly, don't work too hard... Just let the assistant do it if you have something to do."
Already..."
"It's okay, you don't have to walk far. Like I said, your luck is here, you can kill three birds with one stone, and you can get three scenes in one place..."
Ronald snorted and asked what the scene was. Polly Platt took the photo of Forrest Gump's house, with the big tree opposite, and said to Ronald, "Forrest Gump's house, Jenny
home, and... and Vietnam..."
"What?"
Polly Platt ignored Ronald's brain failure and explained it to him. Director of photography Burgess found Forrest Gump's home, and she also went to visit it. Unexpectedly, after seeing this place,
She ran to the nearby fields and watched for a while longer.
It didn't matter. Jenny's home next to the cotton field was found immediately. Next to the big tree was the endless cotton field in South Carolina. The movie said that Forrest Gump's home was a fictional small town in Alabama.
Town, a very typical Southern plantation scene is found right in Bluffton, Beaufort County.
Compared to the tall house handed down from Forrest Gump's ancestors, Jenny's home is just a wooden house, making it easier for the crew to build it.
The two scenes are so close, it’s almost like God arranged them. The situation of Forrest Gump and Jenny’s family in the novel is very similar. One is a descendant of the plantation owner, and the other is a poor white man who drives a tractor to pick cotton.
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However, what Polly Platt liked the most was that a few hundred yards away from Jenny's house was a golf course. The owner of the course happened to be renovating this place to build a residential community. Originally, he was going to turn this place into a golf course.
The undulating golf course was demolished and filled up to become the foundation for residential buildings.
"I have already talked with the owner of the stadium. When you come over, it will be almost time for him to demolish and build after turning on the camera. We can film the scene where Forrest Gump was attacked in Vietnam. I saw that the stadium is closed and weedy.
The lushness and the flow of the surrounding creeks make it a very good facility for filming the Vietnam battlefield..."
"I'm afraid that's not possible, Polly. Vietnam has unique plant characteristics. I've seen Apocalypse Now and Platoon, and the lush tropical plants are completely different from the vegetation in South Carolina..."
"What's the problem? Just plant dozens of palm trees. As long as the iconic plants are tropical, the audience won't care about those weeds. Besides, they will be blown up by bombs in just a few shots.
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"Ah, you are right. When I go to South Carolina from the wedding in New York, you can make an agreement with the owner of the golf course first, and the palm trees will be planted in advance..."
Ronald felt that the filming of Forrest Gump might go very smoothly. He had made movies before, but he had never had such a good thing come to him on his own.
After handling some preparations for the film, Ronald and Diane boarded the plane back to New York. The wedding of his high school classmate and good friend Douglas Hansen Jr. to his cousin Donna was about to take place.
Held.
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"Aunt Karen..."
"Ronnie, Diane, let me see little Roger..."
After giving birth to their son Roger, Aunt Karen's love for the Ronald family was transferred to Roger, who had a big head and a big head.
Little Doug is now a veteran of the Elephant Party in DC and New York, and he is even more like an overlord in Staten Island, an area firmly controlled by the Elephant Party. Donna's work at the Medallion Fund is also going very well, and she is lucky to invest in it.
The money went into the fund originally set up by Mr. Simmons, which produced an extraordinary return of more than 30% every year. After that, the fund was closed and no longer open to investment by any employees or people other than their relatives.
The two had been engaged for quite some time and finally found a wedding holiday. A large group of friends from the political and investment circles came to the town of Toteville at the southernmost tip of Staten Island to attend their wedding.
Coupled with the eldest cousin Ronald and the bride's best friend and eldest cousin movie star Diane Lane, this wedding suddenly brought all the guests who originally wanted to show their superiority in front of the country people of Staten Island to
Calm down.
The Quaker church in the town will host this wedding. This wedding is quite low-key and private. Ronald does not want the gossip media to ruin his cousin's event. Fortunately, the whole town is his own people, and
No news has leaked out.
"Don't overdo it for the groom's bachelor party..." Donna grabbed Ronald and happily congratulated her cousin on his new achievement. Two movies, one director and one producer, appeared at the box office at the same time.
Top five on the list.
"It wouldn't be a bachelor party if there were no dancers..." Ronald laughed and joked with his cousin. In fact, she and little Doug were almost like a couple. They had a stable relationship for many years and had many friends in Manhattan, Long Island, and Staten Island.
nice house.
"Ha, let's go, Donna, I know quite a few gold medal dancers in Manhattan..." Upon hearing this, Diane immediately came over to support Donna.
"Oh, Ronald, your bluff seems to have failed, but don't lose it instead..." Little Doug walked in with a smile and said to Ronald.
"Hey, isn't it unlucky to see the bride now?" Upon seeing this, Diane immediately made a move to let Donna go.
"It's not so soon since the two of us separated and stopped seeing each other..." Donna also smiled.
A few people were joking when they heard Aunt Karen upstairs exclaiming... "Oh, God..."
When everyone went up to take a look, it turned out that the latest developments in the Michael Jackson case were being broadcast on TV.
The LAPD did search and found something. It is said that in Neverland, there was a picture album with many photos of adolescent boys. It is said that some of the photos were taken in very inappropriate postures and clothing...
The plaintiff's dentist father, Earvin Chandler, also said that for nearly a week, Michael Jackson went to his ex-wife's house and lived in a house with his son Jordan.
When he was interviewed, he also said that he had hired a barrister to join his litigation team. Even if the Los Angeles prosecutors did not prosecute MJ, he would still initiate a civil lawsuit and seek compensation of more than 20 million US dollars...
More news is emerging in the tabloids, and I don’t know whether it is true or false. MJ’s driver Gary Hearn also testified that for about thirty days in a row, he drove MJ to Jordan’s mother’s house every night.
I'll pick him up in the morning.
Michael Jackson had to give up his upcoming concert, announced a break, and returned from London. As for whether he was under investigation, the lawyers who spoke on his behalf did not clarify. But the expressions on their faces were intriguing...
Ronald felt incredible. The MJ he knew was innocent and very business-savvy, but he had never discovered that he had such an unknown dark side?
Now the whole world doesn’t know where MJ has gone, and he doesn’t show up. All his statements are recorded in advance, or his lawyers speak on his behalf...
This can't help but make TV viewers across the United States feel that the King of Pop is behaving strangely and seems to have something unspeakable that needs to be concealed...
Only Elizabeth Taylor stood up and spoke publicly for MJ, saying that she never believed that MJ could be such a person. All these were common bad people trying to blackmail celebrities. This is America's chronic disease...
At night, things continued to ferment. It is said that there were thirty other children who suffered the same treatment as Jordan Chandler. They were all taken to Neverland to live with Michael Jackson, and some even slept with him.
In the small bedroom, there is even a bed...
Ronald felt unhappy, turned off the TV, and went to the bachelor party with little Doug.
It was said to be a bachelor's party, but as a prominent family in the town, it was not easy to go too far. I found a dancer who was well-known in the local area and had been invited by many of Doug's uncles when they got married. After a few dances, it was settled.
.
"You say, is MJ really?" Little Doug is also a fan of MJ. He and Donna both like the song that stars all the stars supporting to save the hungry people in Ethiopia, as well as some songs with the theme of saving children.
Is this what MJ’s so-called rescue means?
"Probably not, I still have some intuition when it comes to people... MJ is a person who was deprived of any joy in his childhood, and was only squeezed by his father to tour the country..." Ronald still doesn't believe it. If this rumor is true,
, that is what happened. MJ will no longer have any possibility of becoming a singer in this American society.
"By the way, where are you and Donna going for your honeymoon?"
"We plan to go to DC first to visit the history of our great motherland. Maryland happens to have a famous Renaissance Carnival. There are many people dressed up as historical figures. It happens that Donna and I both like the music of the hippie era. It is said that this year there will be
Many people will dress up as hippies to recreate the Woodstock Music Festival..."
"Oh?" Ronald's thoughts changed. It happened that his Forrest Gump was filming the scene where Forrest Gump and Jenny reunited, and there were many hippie extras to hire.
"In addition, I also want to go to your studio with Donna. We have seen your movies, but we haven't seen how they were shot..."
"No problem. In fact, Donna has seen it..." Ronald agreed. Then he would shoot those scenes in DC and recruit many extras from Maryland. He didn't even need makeup.
"Then we are going to Hawaii, then Tokyo, Paris, and London..."
"Take your time...", Ronald thought to himself, after these two wealthy people get married, they can really slowly visit the big cities in the world like the European aristocrats did back then.
One day later, Ronald put on the best man's outfit, and he had to speak at the wedding. Diane put on a somewhat ugly bridesmaid outfit, preparing to set off her best friend Donna...
The latest news coming from the TV is that a tape of the plaintiff's dentist, Erwin Chandler, was leaked from the LAPD. According to the tape, Erwin was a jealous father, jealous that MJ was better than him and
Jordan is even closer, the father's only goal is to blackmail Michael Jackson...
"Ronnie..."
After putting on his dress, Ronald heard Aunt Karen's cry. He walked upstairs and saw Aunt Karen taking out something like a necklace from a box and handing it to Ronald.
"This is the relic of your uncle who died in Vietnam. I heard from Donna that your new film will have footage of the Vietnam War. I hope you can let that character wear your uncle's identity tag..."
"Oh, okay..." Ronald didn't expect that Aunt Karen gave him this, so he quickly took it. It had his uncle's name and the number of the service unit on it...
"I have been waiting for this day for a long time, and finally I am waiting for you to shoot the story of the Vietnam War..." The aunt hugged Ronald, with mixed feelings, and burst into tears.
"Today is a good day..." Ronald put the ID card on his aunt's hand, as if Donna's father had also attended his daughter's wedding.