Winston Groom earned $350,000 by selling the script to Warner Bros. He and his second wife Ann, whom he newly married after the novel was published, are doing very well.
Later, the film adaptation rights changed hands several times and fell into a cooperation between Paramount and Daydream. Winston Groom received another 4% of the net profit dividend. He should be very happy to watch it.
Due to the popularity of the movie, I don't know why there were rumors that he was going to sue the producer and distributor.
After Shirley Lansing's questioning of Paramount's staff, she found out the whole story. This was the dissatisfaction Winston Bloom showed when he was interviewed by a journalist.
His dissatisfaction mainly comes from two aspects.
The first is because Winston Groom believes that the success of this film lies in the good foundation of the original novel. However, he was not invited to attend any premiere in New York or Los Angeles.
Originally, Winston Groom wrote novels, in addition to making money, he also had the idea of joining the upper class social circle. The film was recognized by film critic Roger Ebert, but no one thought of him, which made him feel very
of sadness.
In his imagination, he and Roger Ebert were both very intellectual and conscientious people. In view of the chaos and disorder in America in the past twenty or thirty years, as well as the loss of conscience, the two
Everyone had something to say, but no one invited him to sit down with Roger Ebert to co-host a film review show.
Not only that, the mainstream TV media seems to have completely forgotten about him. Everyone is discussing how realistic Tom Hanks’ performance is. The special effects hide Lieutenant Dan’s feet, but actor Sinise is still a normal person. How amazing
The magic. How Forrest Gump's handshake with previous American leaders evokes the common memories of most Americans...
But no one thought of this. How could it have happened without his novel?
The second thing that dissatisfied him was that the content of the novel and the movie had many similar plots, but upon closer inspection they seemed to be inconsistent.
His original intention in writing Forrest Gump was to expose all the absurd things the American government had done in the past and how seriously ill this mainstream society was.
In his writing, Forrest Gump is a window into the world seen through the eyes of a person with a sub-average IQ, to see what terrible consequences the policies formulated by those "smart people" have led to.
For example, the reason why Forrest Gump and Barb were drafted and sent to the Vietnam War was because the US military was greedy for life and afraid of death. Normal families did not want their sons to go to the front line. The then Secretary of Defense McNamara passed a bill to recruit those whose IQs did not pass the test.
People who are below the line limit go to the front line to be the most dangerous infantry.
However, in the novel, these bitter satires on various absurd things in the past, in the movie, have become an emphasis on comradeship. Although Barb died in the attack in the end, the audience did not really realize that the so-called McNamara was
How ridiculous.
In the novel, Winston Gob made fun of all the previous American presidents. For example, Commander Richard's Watergate Incident, and Commander Johnson's desperation, allowing black women to enter the same university as whites.
As for Ronald's adaptation of the movie, the final product always gives people a kind of nostalgic warmth. The most profound things that appear in your memory with a slight golden light are not the most painful experiences we felt at the time.
But some scenes that still make me feel warm when I look back on them afterwards.
This is something Winston Gewen doesn't want to see very much. Recently, after some viewers found out that he was the original author of the novel, they congratulated him for writing such a great story.
The two things these audiences like to say the most are: 1. I am the Forrest Gump in your movie, and I have experienced the same things that Forrest Gump has experienced; or: 2. You don’t know that there is a person in my hometown who is exactly like Forrest Gump.
Hearing these ridiculous praises from the well-intentioned audience, Winston Groom shook his head and sighed. None of these people had read the original work. On the other hand, in those people's temporary
Signing the title page of the novel he bought also gave him a strange pleasure - I had finally become famous.
"Well, it seems that Winston is dissatisfied with not receiving the same popularity as the main creative staff of the movie. I will arrange it and let him have a TV talk show..."
Ronald and Shirley Lanxin held a meeting to learn about the situation of Winston Groom, the original author of the novel, and later thought of a way to calm these discussions.
As for whether Winston Gluru said that he would sue the production company and distribution company at that time, the reporter and some people at the scene had different opinions. But Winston Gluru definitely used a more vicious method.
In terms of language, the film's creative staff forgot and disrespected him.
"What, can you let your friend David Letterman interview him?" Shirley Lansing was very happy to hear this. This kind of rumor that the author of the original novel is dissatisfied with the movie is not a particularly good thing for the promotion of the movie.
news. And if we can turn from passive to active and let the author of the original novel where the rumors come from personally refute these rumors, we can quickly erase these negative atmospheres from the market that are detrimental to the box office.
"I'm afraid this will be difficult. The most we can do is arrange a co-guest position for him. After all, David is doing very well at CBS now. The author of a novel that has only sold 30,000 copies is not qualified to be on the show."
Ronald could only smile bitterly, as his friend David Letterman now beat in ratings a similar talk show evening show hosted by his old employer NBC's Jay Leno at the same time.
Yes, although Winston Groom received some praise from book critics and sold a script for $350,000 when he was still unknown, this novel is really not a bestseller.
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This is one of the reasons why no one would think of inviting him to appear on the show when we were discussing it.
After all, this is not like Gone with the Wind, where the original novel became a national bestseller before it was made into a movie. Margaret Mitchell became a National Writers Guild newsletter with a novel before the movie was released.
member.
Before the movie was released, Forrest Gump was an unknown novel commercially. The director Ronald and Tom Hanks, who played Forrest Gump, certainly deserved most of the credit for the movie's success.
. But does this have much to do with the original novel?
What Ronald wanted was for him to appear on the talk show of Richie Lake, the host of the fat girl on his own TV station in New York. Now the fat girl is very popular among teenagers, and the show has also been syndicated.
Teenagers in privileged, rural areas on the West Coast, as well as in the Central and Southern parts of the country love to watch her show to choose their fashion direction.
Shirley Lansing also had some connections in television, and she also arranged a second-tier talk show for Winston Groom.
However, a few days later, Shirley Lansing called Ronald again angrily. Winston Groom once again expressed his theory on the talk show about what novels were authentic.
It reflects the spirit of Forrest Gump. The movie borrows characters from the novel to tell a completely different story.
"Hahaha, I promise you, Winston will speak according to your ideas. Rich Lake is a very professional host." Ronald was confident and gave Lansing a guarantee.
When he goes on Rich Lake's talk show over the weekend, he will definitely praise the movie like no one else in the world.
"Really? I don't believe it..."
Shirley Lansing didn't believe the reasons given by Ronald at all. This man must have grasped some key points to make Winston Groom obey, but he just refused to tell her.
Rich Lake is nothing more than the host of a youth show. Let him interview those teenage idols and gain some sympathy. Winston Groom, a young man who was an abnormal failure, his wife divorced, and in middle age he relied on satirical novels to turn around again.
If a writer finds a woman to marry, what kind of conversation can he have with her?
Sure enough, during Richie Lake's talk show over the weekend, her questions still made adults feel childish as always. But Winston Groom's style of painting made a 180-degree U-turn. He began to praise the movie and criticized certain plots.
The restoration has a sense of reality. Those scenes of shaking hands with the commander-in-chief were from when he was writing the novel. He hoped to have a movie made, but he never thought that such a real person would appear through special effects...
In addition, the movie also does a good job of restoring the spiritual atmosphere of the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally entering the 1980s, the scenes of Commander Jimmy fainting while running a marathon, and Commander Old Ronald being shot, even if it was Rich Lake
Such young people will also have deep memories.
Winston Groom later accepted interviews with major regional print media such as the New York Daily News and the Los Angeles Times.
In these written interviews, he went against what he said in the past and did not mention the comparison of various plots in the novel and the movie. He only said that there are many plots in the movie, which are the scenes he imagined when he wrote the novel.
I was also amazed by the use of computer special effects under Ronald's control to restore some scenes that he never thought could be achieved when he was writing the novel.
At the end of the interview, the reporter also asked him about the progress of the reprinting of the Forrest Gump novel, which suddenly revealed the reason for Winston Groom's sudden change of direction.
Because the movie was a hit at the box office, the publisher also realized that many viewers after watching the movie would want to read the original version of the novel. They immediately prepared to reprint the novel, Winston Groom, because of the movie
And you can get a huge amount of royalties from the reprinting of novels.
In modern society, printed matter such as novels is no longer the most widely circulated channel for popular entertainment. Movies and TV images have replaced words, allowing those who have no time, energy or ability to read novels to spend one and a half hours reading them.
For two hours, watch a story and be moved.
Previous experience also shows that as long as a movie adapted from a novel can achieve great success at the box office, it will in turn promote a high increase in the sales of the novel in print.
Royalty income from novels has increased rapidly with the increase in print volumes. Winston Groom is estimated to have received more money this time than he earned from selling film adaptation rights and copyrights.
many.
Although Winston Groom calls himself a conscientious intellectual, one cannot deceive oneself for long.
His original intention in writing this novel was that after his marriage failed and his career failed, he needed a channel to find success. Whether it was money or social relationships...
What the movie can bring him, in addition to money, is also tickets to the upper class, as well as the adoring eyes of those beautiful readers at one signing event after another.
Therefore, for the sake of his own interests, Winston Grimm will not continue to attack the theme of the movie and run counter to his novel. Isn't this just a slap in the face and make the published novel sell less?
It can be said that Winston Groom still underestimated the box office potential of Forrest Gump.
By the end of the third week, Forrest Gump once again topped the box office rankings. It was released in 500 fewer theaters than True Lies, and it earned 1.3 million more weekend box office than True Lies.
Forrest Gump, which was released in its third week, grossed nearly 22 million at the box office. Not only did it make Cameron lose the bet, it also trampled on True Lies, which was released in its second week, and snatched away Joe Schumacher.
The director's new film "The Client" is in the limelight.
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The film was released in its first weekend and only ranked third at the box office.
After three weeks, Forrest Gump's domestic box office sales exceeded 100 million. Ronald paid for a celebration party at his home.
The stars of Forrest Gump, Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Sinise and others came to support the show.
Although everyone is well-informed, the authentic Chinese cook hired by Ronald is not greasy at all and is very suitable for the tastes of Hollywood executives. Especially this cook can also cook vegetarian dishes.
It has the taste of meat dishes, which the actresses and family members on the scene liked very much. They also wanted to get the recipe through Ronald, but I heard that the chef would take a day to prepare these seemingly "simple", delicious and healthy vegetarian dishes.
, all said that this was something that only the emperor could enjoy.
Waiting to attend the party, in addition to these actors, there are also many behind-the-scenes staff who worked hard on the crew of Forrest Gump, as well as special effects engineers who worked day and night in the special effects studio to create outstanding effects after the filming was completed.
These people don't have such a good appetite for vegetarian dishes. Ronald also very wisely arranged for a famous chef from a Latino barbecue restaurant and a Japanese chef who specially flew in the ingredients from Tokyo.
Whether they were computer engineers or the coolies who pushed the cameras, they all praised the celebration party held by Ronald at home. In addition to some plush toys for the children, Ronald also gave gifts to everyone in the house.
The people who worked on Forrest Gump prepared a check as a reward for the movie's box office exceeding 100 million.
For a while, everyone burst into cheers and started gossiping about the industry. Some directors and producers were able to pay bonuses to their staff afterwards, but they could also invite everyone to have parties at their homes and arrange different chefs to prepare them for them.
Regarding food, Ronald is really the only one.
"The food is well prepared, please don't be polite...hahahaha..." Ronald was in a good mood and personally poured wine for the guests present...
"Let me tell you, Mr. Director, the food at your party is really good, but as a Forrest Gump party, a key dish is missing..."
Ronald looked back and saw a tall man standing there wearing a white shirt and a blue coat...
"Do I know you? What department are you in?" Ronald didn't remember seeing this man on the set of Forrest Gump.
"Sir..." Daniel, the original bodyguard, quickly stepped in and stood between Ronald and this man. Several other bodyguards also stepped forward quickly and sandwiched this man from left to right.
"Don't be nervous. I am the manager of a seafood restaurant. My name is Anthony Zolazzi. I want to buy your license. In Forrest Gump, the most delicious food is the delicious food of Babu and Forrest Gump Shrimp Company.
Shrimp..."
"Oh, what authorization do you want?" Ronald waved his hand to indicate that this uninvited guest was not a bad person.
"I want the name of the Bob Forrest Gump Shrimp Restaurant. I am a chain seafood restaurant owner..." I watched more than a dozen Forrest Gump games in a row, and every time someone asked me, who is this Bob Forrest Gump Shrimp Restaurant?