Ronald called the number, and it turned out to be PJ Soles, who plays the heroine in "Rock High School". She and her husband Dennis Quaid came to New York to participate in the new film "Private Benjamin"
"The premiere, I invited him to the hotel to have a chat.
Ronald was very happy to see his old friend again. The working time of the actors is limited to the shooting session, while the post-production staff such as director and editor have to work longer hours to complete the film. During this time, the actors have invested in new projects. In fact, the same crew
There are not many opportunities for the cast and crew to get together again after shutting down.
Just like Jane Fonda's new film On Golden Pond. Although they are both stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, her father Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn have never worked together before, and they actually don't know each other. This is the first time they met on the set.
After PJ Soles completed the filming of "Rock and Roll High School", he joined the "Journey to the Army" crew and played a supporting role for the popular movie star Goldie Hawn. Goldie Hawn is not only the heroine of "Journey to the Army"
, and one of the film’s producers.
On the day of the film's New York premiere, Goldie Hawn, as the natural candidate, accepted a joint interview with multiple media in the executive suite on the best executive floor of the hotel.
Ronald crowded into the elevator with a large number of media reporters and heard them chatting.
The New Yorker, Newsweek, Life Magazine, and the New York Times film review column. New York is America's media base. These media are all nationally distributed newspapers. Goldie Hawn will give each of them 20 minutes of interview time.
For the exclusive interview programs of the three major TV stations, each company has 30 minutes, because they have brought their own filming team to prepare for filming.
Reporters from other tabloids are given 10 minutes.
The schedule was very full. Ronald was at the far end of the elevator and was taken to the executive floor first. Outside Goldie Hawn's room, there were reporters waiting in line for interviews. Ronald looked at the heads and guessed that
The interview had to continue until the New York premiere in the evening.
As for the supporting character PJ Sowers, she actually lives on the lower floor, and Ronald takes the elevator down. Compared with the main character, who is full of people, except for a small media interview, only Ronald, an old friend, comes to her.
PJ's husband, Dennis Quaid, also took the opportunity to come to New York to be with his wife, and the two introduced Ronald to the door.
"Dennis and I heard your news, Ronald. We're so happy for you." PJ Soles was talking about Ronald writing a script for Jane Fonda.
"It's a pity that director Bridges didn't let me continue to participate in the follow-up of the movie and bought me out. You know that I am interested in everything during the filming of the movie." Ronald replied.
PJ Sowers and her husband looked at each other and said, "Yeah, at that time in 'Rock and Roll High School' you were also the second unit director and our stills photographer. We still have the photo you took of Dennis and me.
Leave it at home..."
Old friends got together and talked about the situation of the seniors in the cast of "Rock of Ages".
The other heroine, Dai Yang, who plays the good girl, went to film a TV series.
Vincent Van Patten, who plays the leading actor Tom, temporarily retired from the entertainment industry to concentrate on his ATP professional tennis career. This time he came to Flushing, New York to compete in the US Open, but was eliminated in the first round of the main draw.
Already.
Director Alan Akush began a long period of recovery and struggled with drug addiction. I heard that his family gave him a lot of support.
Another unnamed director, Joe Dante, officially directed his first medium-production film, the horror film "The Howling".
PJ Soles' own career is going well, and he still has several films lined up. However, his husband, Dennis Quaid, has not made any progress and is still bouncing around in different crews, doing extras and supporting roles.
Ronald felt that PJ also had the idea of finding opportunities for her husband, but after learning that Ronald had not obtained real power in Jane Fonda's crew, the two did not mention it.
PJ seems very happy. She said that she might retire from the film industry and focus on filming some TV series in Los Angeles close to home. PJ, who is nearly 30 years old, wants to have her own baby with Dennis.
After returning from the hotel, he sent the revised draft of the script to CAA, as well as Aunt Karen's gift to Jane Fonda. Ronald began to read Cameron Crowe's novel carefully again.
Reading the novel slowly, Ronald found that there were so many characters and plots in the 200-page novel that he didn't know where to start if he wanted to adapt it into a 90-minute movie script.
So he wrote the names of each character on a 3X5 classification card, and then added the stories and plots that happened to them below, and then spread them out on the table, constantly arranging and combining them, trying to find one that could
Put into a 90-minute story mix.
Group dramas have this kind of problem. If each character is given too little time, the audience will not be able to remember it. If given too much time, it will time out. After trying many times, I still can’t come up with a reasonable story, so I simply put away the sorting cards and put them together.
Just keep it in a shoe box until I have some inspiration later.
Time flew by so fast that we came to the 22nd, when the second presidential debate was broadcast live on television.
Ronald promised Aunt Karen to go to her place to watch the TV debate. Then he would choose a candidate based on his feelings about the debate. His aunt had promised not to inquire about his voting preference, but Ronald had to vote when the time came.
My aunt was very enthusiastic. It was only a week before the presidential election. Despite all kinds of excuses, the current president still could not resist the pressure of public opinion that said he was afraid of debates, and agreed to participate in this televised debate in which only he and the former California governor participated.
After dinner and waiting for the lengthy prelude program, at nine o'clock in the evening, the ABC TV station finally began to switch the signal to the concert hall in Cleveland, Ohio. The host began to introduce the debate rules, and both sides would be asked the same 12 questions...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Hey, Ronnie, you have to listen carefully to these debate rules, what are the 12 questions? Otherwise you will not be able to understand the content of the debate." Auntie
Reminded Ronald, who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.
"Okay, Auntie, I will pay attention to these issues related to inflation and social security." The TV was introducing 12 questioners. They were enthusiastic viewers who had been selected by the organizer to post debate questions and came to the scene specially.
Ronald was a little distracted. He had not yet received a response to the "Grease" script he sent. Agent Niceta had already made several trips to Universal Pictures to negotiate with president Tom Mount with producer Robert Sternwood.
The pace of the project has begun to slow down again, which Niceta said is not a good sign, indicating that Universal does not seem to be so eager to push forward the entire sequel shooting plan.
Ronald, who was thinking, was interrupted by a phone ringing. Under the watchful eyes of Aunt Karen, he walked into the room to answer the call.
"Ronald? I'm Hinton. How did you offend Zinnemann? I asked him to invite you to participate in the script creation one afternoon, but he rejected it very unhappy."
In Ronald's mind, Hinton, the author of "The Texan", had a chubby face full of concern. This small-town Oklahoma writer was cheerful, sincere to people, and quite chivalrous.
The wind. No wonder he was able to write a best-selling gang novel when he graduated from high school.
"This matter has some personal grudges. His girlfriend and I had some conflicts on the set of 'Famous'..."
"Meg Tilly? Zinneman brought her here, hoping that she would play the heroine Jamie. What? Zinneman stole your girlfriend?"
"Well, no. It was because of other things. She was not chosen as the protagonist at that time." Ronald admired Hinton's rich imagination.
"Hahaha, I knew there was something wrong with you." Hinton obviously understood that the breakup was due to other things.
"Well, since it is a personal grudge, I won't force it. We will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, Ronald. I really like the movie Famous.
Now I want an honest answer, Ronald."
"What is it?"
"You have participated in the casting, so you must have some understanding. Friends said privately among themselves, do you think Meg Tilly is suitable for the heroine of 'Texas'? Disney is urging me to sign a contract to transfer the adaptation rights, and I offered to have some control over the casting.
Power of suggestion and veto.”
It seems that Hinton was very nervous about adapting her first novel into a movie, and she wanted to make all the casting choices perfect. Moreover, she is a popular best-selling novel author, so the studio could tolerate her such interference.
"I don't know, Hinton... This is true. There is a lot involved in casting, not just the script, but also the director's consideration of the entire movie... In terms of acting skills, she is qualified and can enter the audition for the heroine.
, it’s just that another girl is more suitable for that role... Do you think she has the right temperament? That is the most important thing..."
After sending Hinton away, Ronald went back to the living room to continue watching the debate on TV. The first question about the Soviet Union had ended, and now it was the second questioner's turn to ask questions.
"I would like to ask the two candidates, when the President came to power four years ago, our inflation rate was 4%, and now our inflation rate is 12%. How do you plan to solve this problem after you are elected?"
The former governor answered first, "I appeal to all voters. Before you vote, ask yourself a question: Is your life better than four years ago? Is your income higher than four years ago? Your security
More than four years ago?…”
Ronald was thoughtful and wanted to ask himself this question.
From a high school student from a poor family, he started working as a portrait photographer to make money, then entered New World Production to participate in film shooting, and then became a member of the Directors Guild. Then he applied to New York University and participated in the filming of "Famous Worldwide".
The struggle leaves its mark on the screenwriter.
I learned to start some small businesses, allowing my family and friends to live a better life. I signed a contract with the official agency CAA, sold a script to Jane Fonda at a high price, and then received a script customization job.
Wrote a sequel to a hit movie. Also dated several lovely girlfriends.
From a secular perspective, I have undoubtedly been successful in the past three years. To be able to achieve these achievements at this age is more successful than most of my peers.
But the dream in my heart has still not been fulfilled. I have not yet got the opportunity to direct a movie, and the filming of the script has nothing to do with me.
The two films I participated in were both signed by two teams of directors, screenwriters, and lyricists. When people talked about it, they always talked about the wonderful performances of the actors or the superb directors. No one ever mentioned the screenwriters or writers.
How wonderful the lyrics are.
Hinton's strength made him envious and inspired him. Now in the film industry, what he needs to pursue is an opportunity to participate in production. As for his own income, it is not that helpful to realize his dream.
He wanted to make a movie that people would still remember decades later. Ronald encouraged himself again.
“Since I took office four years ago, I have been committed to implementing universal health insurance in America so that elderly retirees can enjoy efficient and cheap medical services, and social security income should not be taxed.
However, since he entered politics, Mr. Governor has always opposed the establishment of a universal coverage social security system, which is very important for elderly retirees and those who are unfortunate to be sick. Mr. Governor has recently called for opposition to this proposal in Congress."
The president suddenly attacked his opponent, the former California governor, while answering a question.
"What would you like to add to this, Mr. Governor?" the host asked.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang again, and Aunt Karen picked up the phone in the living room, "It's you, Ronald..."
"I'll go inside and listen..." Ronald couldn't face Aunt Karen's accusing eyes and ran in.
"It's me, Niceta from CAA.
You were targeted by Timothy Hutton, the lead actor scheduled for the sequel to 'Grease'. After reading the script, he raised many issues with the script for the sequel to 'Grease' and made a request to Universal President Tom Mount to find another actor.
An experienced screenwriter will take over the revision of the script."
"What?!"
Ronald roared, "This is a fucking personal grudge. Timothy Hutton wanted to pick up Michelle Pfeiffer at a party, and I happened to show up at the time to ruin his idea. Isn't he the future golden boy of Hollywood?"
You want me to get out of here just because of this shit?"
"Ronald, it is precisely because he is the future golden boy that he is like this. He is spoiled. In their eyes, all setbacks are other people's fault. They can get all the girls they want and photograph them.
The movie is about to be made.
We don’t have as much power in the crew as he does, and Universal wouldn’t have agreed to take on this sequel project if Timothy Hutton hadn’t been interested in starring.”
"What the hell is going on with you? You are my agent, why the hell are you talking to Hutton? If you want to be his agent, we can terminate the contract... You just know how to lick the vaginas of these garbage actors,
He is a lucky kid who became famous after starring in a movie directed by Robert Redford. He knows a shit about the script..."
One night, Ronald heard two bad news that he could not participate in the project because of his ex-girlfriend. He was so angry that he kept spraying dirty words at his agent Niceta.
Aunt Karen heard Ronald swearing, frowned, stood up and turned up the volume on the TV to drown out Ronald's voice.
"There you go again, T&T students and some media, always take my words out of context... When I opposed Medicare, there was another legislation being discussed in Congress for Social Security. I happened to be in favor of it.
Another piece of legislation, and thought it would be better for seniors and provide better care than the legislation that ultimately passed..."
The Governor's rebuttal to the Commander-in-Chief on TV reached Ronald's ears as the volume was turned up.
"Ronald...Ronald, calm down...please calm down first and listen to me finish explaining Universal's conditions..." Niceta advised him on the other end of the phone to calm down first and then discuss it. After all, he is a 20-year-old young man.
Man, Niceta took the microphone away from her ear and shook her head helplessly.
"There you go again, Fucxk You, calm down. They all told me to calm down, so why didn't you tell them to calm down? I don't want anyone to change my script.
In the future, if you want me to write a script or buy my script, I must have a say in the crew. Either let me be the director or the producer. I must ensure that my script is not spoiled by others.
Otherwise, I won’t accompany you!”
Ronald hung up the phone angrily.
"Ring ring ring ring..." The phone rang again immediately.
"Hello!"
"It's me, Niceta. Don't hang up the phone. Universal has made an exchange. It can fulfill your wish."