"I received it. I have made two copies and sent them to the producer Sternwood and the project manager responsible for this matter at Paramount."
Ronald was on a long-distance call with his agent, Richard. After intense writing, it took him only one month and ten days to complete the first draft of the script for "Son of Grease", and it took another two days to get it through the federal government.
It was couriered to the CAA office in Hollywood.
"What did Mr. Sternwood say? Does he have any suggestions for revision?"
"Overall, he is quite satisfied. He wrote a handwritten revision opinion, which mainly focuses on the plots related to the Vietnam War. He hopes that you will reduce the intensity of the plots related to the Vietnam War. I have faxed the opinions to my colleague in the New York office and he will send them to you.
of."
Ronald knew about fax, a machine that can transmit paper content through telephone lines. It is a very convenient office equipment for screenwriters. When using it, you only need to pay the phone bill and you can transmit a piece of paper with your handwriting or scribblings to it as it is.
on the other party's machine.
It's just that fax machines are too expensive, costing more than $10,000 each.
"Do you still want to tone down the plot of the Vietnam War?" Ronald discussed this issue after he read the first draft with Spike Lee. In fact, he had tried to tone down the presence of the Vietnam War as much as possible, without mentioning which war it was.
Values loom in the background.
"Okay, then I'll tone it down a little bit. In this way, young viewers who have never experienced it will hardly be aware of the existence of the Vietnam War. Only those who have experienced it will find some traces from the clues."
"Mr. Sterwood hopes you can revise it as soon as possible. He is already urging Paramount to get the project approved as soon as possible and start casting."
"Casting? Is the Screen Actors Guild still on strike? How can we start filming?" Ronald was a little surprised. "Isn't it said that only those movies and TV shows that have already started filming can apply for exemption from the union?"
"The union has relaxed its exemption application, and now Hollywood is saying that the strike will end soon and the two sides will reach a new agreement."
"This is great. It's good news for us. Otherwise, we don't know how long our work will be delayed." Ronald was also very happy to hear the good news. "But didn't the negotiation break down again two days ago? Why did it reverse immediately?
Already?"
"The Commander-in-Chief has arranged a special envoy to intervene in the negotiations between the two parties. Because the new season of the TV series has not yet started, the audience is already very angry, and the finger of blame is vaguely pointed at the Commander-in-Chief. The Persian hostage crisis, rising oil prices, high inflation, and unemployment
The rate is high, and now even my beloved movies and TV shows are gone...
Under pressure from the election, the Grand Commander announced that he would resolve the matter. He sent a special envoy to observe the negotiations. It is said that the union negotiator, Ed Asner of the left wing of the Donkey Party, also came under great pressure and was forced to give up some terms.
, for example, the new agreement will require that the actors union shall not strike again within three years.”
"So the strike will end soon?"
"Not yet. To end the strike, the two major actors' unions and the Producers Guild need to vote and approve it. It will take 3-4 weeks to go to the actors' unions in various places to convene members to vote. If the terms are rejected, then there will be another process, which is estimated to take
Lasts for a month or two.
However, as long as it is a movie project from the eight major studios and a TV series from the three major TV stations, the Screen Actors Guild will give the green light to exempt it. I heard that many Broadway stage actors have also begun to resume rehearsals."
"That's actually equivalent to the end of the strike. Large film crews are exempted. Small film crews, such as Kathryn Bigelow's low-cost movies, go to the countryside of Georgia, and the union can't control it. In short, for us, it's
Good thing." Ronald said.
"Yeah, a lot of delayed projects are about to start filming." Richard also feels the same. In addition to screenwriting and directing, CAA's other agents are mainly TV actors. Recently, agents have also been wailing.
"By the way, the movie 'Endless Love' that Tom participated in is about to start shooting in Long Island, New York, and Paula Wagner will accompany him. Tom hopes that you can go to the shooting scene and give him some guidance. He is very fond of himself
He attaches great importance to his first big screen role, saying that you gave him the encouragement to continue his acting career, and I hope you can be there to witness his screen debut."
"That's no problem. I'll have some free time after revising the script."
"By the way, who will you choose as the heroine?"
"Who else? Of course it's the hot Brooke Shields. That jeans commercial you shot for her went viral."
Hey, it's popular, but it doesn't have a good reputation.
In the past month, entertainment journalists have been chasing Brooke Shields and her daughter all over the world.
The jeans advertisement was widely interpreted by viewers as Brooke Shields wearing nothing under tight jeans. When the mother and daughter were on vacation in Europe, people were chasing them to ask what they thought of this interpretation, and some relatively low-profile tabloids directly asked
Is Brooke Shields really not wearing anything?
A few days ago, the mother and daughter just returned to New York and were once again surrounded by a large number of reporters at the airport.
Brooke Shields had obviously been prompted by a public relations expert. She burst out laughing on the spot and asked the reporter, "Who would think of such a distorted connection?" Apparently, the crisis was over.
But Ronald knew that Brooke Shields was actually very panicked and didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing. She secretly called Ronald and regretted that she didn't listen to Ronald's kind advice and modify her lines on the set.
But her mother didn't care at all, and often bought a lot of newspapers and magazines home. Counting how many covers and front pages Brooke Shields was on because of this incident.
Presumably, because of this advertisement that made her daughter famous, Terry was able to offer a high price to the crew of "Endless Love".
However, such an actress with her own news enthusiasm would be willing to join the cast as the heroine if she wanted to join the cast. The press conference for the launch of the film will definitely be crowded.
Regardless of the controversy surrounding the ad itself, CK jeans began to sell like crazy in big cities like New York. During this time, two of the five young girls on the streets of Manhattan were wearing tight jeans.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Designer Calvin Klein also became famous because of this. Last time he invited Ronald to a celebration party and said that he had found the product design code for young people. Since
Skinny jeans are very popular in the teenage market. He plans to simply use sexy and tight jeans as a brand feature of CK and turn to designing some clothing specifically for young people.
Ronald has also made a name for himself in the industry. Advertising agent Eddie has gradually begun to receive more and more shooting offers from advertising directors.
However, due to priority issues, Ronald was busy with movie scripts, and Eddie declined most of the business. He only finalized a set of kitchen and bathroom supplies from Darcy Maguire, a regular customer of BBDO next month.
Advertising shoot for plastic wrap.
A few days later, Ronald revised the script according to the producer's requirements and sent it to CAA again. This time Robert Sturwood was satisfied and submitted it directly to Paramount.
According to the news Richard received from Sternwood, casting work is also being stepped up, and the crew is expected to start filming at the end of November or early December.
However, the real situation may not be so optimistic. Paramount has not yet secured director Jerry Zucker. The Zucker brothers are enjoying their great success and have little interest in taking over the sequel of a movie in the short term. If they want to make a sequel, they will have to make it.
The sequel to "Unprecedented and Unprecedented".
The actor in the previous film, John Travolta, had an ambiguous attitude towards guest starring in a supporting role, while the heroine, Olivia Newton-John, expressed her willingness to work with Travolta again. Her acting career really needed saving.
In short, the project is still progressing, and Ronald himself is happy to enjoy some free time, attend more classes, sign in in the classroom, answer class quizzes, and accumulate some daily points.
The most interesting thing is the course on the study of ancient Chinese poetry. The teacher in the class is called a sinologist, but he doesn’t know Chinese at all. He usually takes 300 Tang poems translated into English and teaches the beauty of Tang poetry in English. Ronald can only
I can hear half-understood.
On this day, Ronald received a call from Paula Wagner. Tom Cruise officially went to the set of "Endless Love" to film his only scene. Ronald went to the scene to cheer Tom on.
The film was mainly shot at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. It was the center of the American film industry at the beginning of the century. Because of evading the Edison Company's film-related patent litigation, various new producers
The studios gradually moved to Los Angeles and Hollywood in the west.
Kaufman Studios was once owned by Paramount, and its construction quality and equipment were top-notch at the time. After Paramount moved west, it was bought by independent investors and later sold to the Army for filming training movies. Now it is mainly used for TV series
Photography.
The famous PBS children's program "Sesame Street" was filmed here.
But today's scene with Tom Cruise was shot on location, in a park near Kaufman Studios.
Tom Cruise was very happy to see Ronald coming. The two talked about what happened after parting, and Tom also took a cake from Paula and gave it to Ronald. He said it was more than two months ago
When it was his birthday, Ronald didn't have time to come to Los Angeles to attend, so he brought a cake over to make up for it.
Ronald was also happy for Tom and asked Paula about Tom's role today.
"The role is only a cameo, but judging from the plot of the entire film, it is the source of the hero's thought of arson to arouse the gratitude of the heroine's family."
Tom Cruise plays a young classmate of the male protagonist. He accidentally mentioned that when he was eight years old, he lit a pile of wet newspapers. The wet newspapers created a lot of smoke, and he went to fetch water to put out the fire. From then on, he was regarded as a criminal by the neighborhood.
Little fire-fighting hero.
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. The male protagonist David also wants to follow suit, save the heroine's family, gain their gratitude, and no longer prohibit him from dating the heroine Jade.
"Ronald, it's you. I'm so glad you can come." The speaker was Italian director Franco Zeffirelli.
The old director hugged Ronald, "Would you like some whiskey? I always like to drink some when filming."
Ronald declined, as he did not want to drink strong drinks during the day. However, Zeffirelli took him aside.
"Tell me, Ronald, how did you make Brooke look so natural?"
"Huh?" Ronald was a little confused.
"It's that jeans ad."
"That was not my idea, it was a script given to me by Calvin Klein." Ronald quickly denied that he had created it, "There is nothing between me and Calvin."
"Idiot, I'm talking about the version of 'I'm the one who brings the bread home'. How did you make her smile so naturally in the end?" Zeffirelli also smelled of alcohol on his breath.
It turned out that Franco Zeffirelli encountered the same problem as Ronald after turning on the camera. Brooke Shields has been shooting print advertisements all year round, and she was trained to think like a model who is very sensitive to her smile and body shape.
Therefore, during the filming process, Brooke Shields often pays attention to whether her smile is beautiful, whether the camera is facing her more beautiful side, and whether her posture is elegant.
The movie is a moving image, and the result of caring about everything is that Brooke Shields's smile looks very artificial and has no natural feeling. Zeffirelli was not satisfied with the daily work samples. Not long after starting the filming, the shooting schedule started to fall behind.
.
Zeffirelli complained to the producer that Brooke Shields' acting skills were not up to par and could not achieve the performance effect he wanted. He hoped to change the heroine while not many scenes were shot.
Of course the producer refused to do it, and showed Zeffirelli some of the CK advertising videos shot by Ronald, which made the old director a little bit helpless.
In the advertisement, Brooke Shields actually smiled very naturally, without any concern that she would become less beautiful because of her laughter.
After learning from the producer that the director of the commercial was Ronald, who had previously helped him cast the film, Zeffirelli also asked the film producer for Ronald to come to the crew to help.
"Ah, you mean that smile?" Ronald finally understood what Zeffirelli wanted to know.
"The filming process was very difficult, and I even made her cry. In the end, I asked Brooke's close friends to record some private jokes they usually chatted on the phone, and played them to her on a Walkman to achieve that effect.
"
"Is that so?" Zeffirelli's eyes lit up. He had an idea and knew where to start to train Brooke Shields' acting skills.
"Will you come to Kaufman Studio tomorrow? We have a major event and need your help."
Patting Ronald on the shoulder, Zeffirelli turned around and shouted to his assistant, "Get ready to start shooting..."
"You drank too much when you woke up in the morning? You already have an Italian accent," Ronald thought to himself, "Can a director who drinks during filming like this do a good job?"
It turns out that alcohol had little effect on Zeffirelli's directing ability.
Ronald stood in a safe area behind the camera, watching a Tom Cruise scene with Paula Wagner.
Tom mingled with the extras and played football. After a sprint, he got tired and took a break. Then he took off his vest in front of the camera, revealing his strong upper body.
When I heard the male protagonist and his friends discussing how to have a tryst with his girlfriend Jade, he interrupted and talked about his own experience when he was eight years old.
"And Cut."
Zeffirelli's casting was so smooth that he and the director of photography murmured, "This one is passed, let's develop it."
Paula quickly stepped forward to give Tom some water, and Ronald also stepped forward to congratulate Tom Cruise on his successful big screen debut.
"I have been practicing for a long time and have memorized all the lines by heart." Tom Cruise smiled happily. His dream finally came true.
"Tom reads slowly, so I recorded his lines for him and asked him to memorize them by listening to the recording," Paula said beside her.
"Anyway, your performance was very good, very natural." Ronald really thought Tom Cruise's performance was good, and even compared to the leading actor Martin Hewitt next to him.
Of course, Tom Cruise's handsome appearance and hormonal, graceful upper body also contributed a lot.
Perhaps because they spoke a little too loudly, the actor Martin Hewitt looked back at them.
"He is the leading actor in the audition, Martin Hewitt. He was a bartender and valet before." Paula Wagner said quietly. She felt that the image of the leading actor was not as good as Tom Cruise.
"Really?" Ronald raised his eyebrows. As expected, Martin Hewitt has dark hair and a melancholy temperament, which is in line with director Zeffirelli's aesthetic.