"It was a really great party, Mary. I hope it was a great birthday too."
"Oh, it's my last birthday. I'm tired of living."
A man dressed as a priest, wearing a black robe with only a white collar, helped an elderly woman with white hair go upstairs.
Ronald was watching a TV series he had recorded at home. The ABC TV station was showing a four-episode miniseries "The Thorn Birds." Originally, Ronald rarely watched TV series. He watched this miniseries because Richard Chamberlain was the male lead.
He previously played the leading role in the Ovitz-led TV series "Shogun" and won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.
Of course, what attracted Ronald more was the white-haired woman. She was the most famous actress in old Hollywood, and perhaps the best actress among those who had not won an Oscar. Or from Ronald's point of view
, she has the best acting skills among all actresses.
Barbara Stanwyck, a real woman with many faces, can play liars, bad women, victims, naive girls, and columnists, all of them vividly. She is already over seventy years old, and she is still on TV this time
He plays an Australian estate owner on screen.
The two of them walked up the stairs and entered Mary's bedroom.
"Kiss me and say goodbye, Ralph." Mary, played by Barbara Stanwyck, says to the Reverend Ralph, played by Richard Chamberlain.
"Good night, and wish you a happy birthday." Ralph held Mary's hand, lowered his head and kissed it.
"No! Kiss me on the mouth, Ralph, kiss me, as if we were lovers." Barbara Stanwyck's acting skills suddenly broke out, and the emotional expression of a woman longing for a man to kiss her was completely unacceptable.
Like a seventy-six-year-old man.
Ronald was shocked. He had never read the original novel and did not know that Pastor Ralph was sent to Australia for committing a crime of prostitution.
"But I'm a pastor!" Ralph defended without changing his face.
"You are not a priest, you are just a timid, impotent man! I love you, I have always loved you."
"No, you don't love me. I'm just a phantom in your memories of the past. When you see me, you think of your own youth."
"Let me tell you what it's like to be old. Under this stupid skin, I'm still young! I still have feelings! I still want! I still have dreams!" Barbara Stanwyck's eyes were full
He expressed his unwillingness to accept the past and said, "I still love you!"
Ronald pressed the pause button on the remote control and went back to watch it again. The performances of these veteran actors were superb, the emotional progression was very rhythmic, and they met a good opponent again. Stanwyck's climactic performance,
It can be said that watching it once is less than once.
When he watched it again, Ronald felt that Barbara Stanwyck's performance was not only a plot, but also a farewell to his past acting career. With the increase of experience and wisdom, it is necessary to
It's not that her appearance is aging, she has just reached the peak of her acting skills.
After watching Stanwyck's performances several times, Ronald took note of his thoughts. He was always told that his acting skills were not good, so he still wanted to watch more performances by these old actors who had experienced the golden age of Hollywood. Anyway, he didn't really want to
It’s about acting, but it’s about stimulating the actor’s performance.
"Hey, who is this actress?" The video tape continued to play. A few years later, Pastor Ralph seduced Maggie, the granddaughter of Mrs. Mary's brother.
This actress has big eyes and a refined temperament, not like an American girl. The inner wildness in the soul and the weak appearance in the outer appearance are just a very interesting contrast. She is not a real Australian girl, is she? Only that wild girl
Only the land can cultivate such characters.
"Rachel Ward", Ronald wrote down her name.
"Have you watched the ABC miniseries 'The Thorn Birds'? Barbara Stanwyck played a great role in it."
Early the next morning, Ronald arrived at CAA's office. He came to talk to Niceta about his next film project. He hadn't seen Niceta for a while, so he wanted to brag. Ronald told Niceta and Richard
The two agents talked about their findings yesterday.
"That was a project promoted by Mr. Ovitz." Niceta smiled, "Richard Chamberlain was the male lead in Ovitz's first packaged TV project, 'The General'. It was the first time that CAA tried this kind of project.
It’s in packaged form, but we’ll be able to replicate it on film soon.”
"Oh, which movie is it?"
"Come with me." Niceta brought Ronald into a large conference room. "On the wall are all the Hollywood projects we are following, including movies, TV series, and talk shows. They are all here."
Ronald remembered this big board with the progress of all major productions on it, where CAA's agents searched, exchanged, and tracked various opportunities.
At the bottom are a few new movies that have been released recently.
"Dragon Dance", directed by Stallone and starring John Travolta, opened in more than 1,600 theaters during its first weekend, but in the end it only took in 12 million at the box office.
"Jaws 3D" has a box office of more than 13 million in 1,300 theaters.
Looking at the performance of these movies, Ronald felt funny. They were not as good as his own "Night of the Comet". If Atlantic had the marketing and distribution capabilities of blockbusters, these would be his defeat.
Because no movie could carry the banner, "Night of the Comet" moved up two spots, to the twelfth place. Above it was "Flashdance", which continued to be a box office hit.
Of course, this is not the strongest nail household.
The strongest target is Disney's color cartoon "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Almost every seven or eight years, Disney will re-release it to make the younger generation of children who have never seen it familiar with this Disney princess.
It has grossed more than 6 million at the box office over the weekend.
As a color cartoon filmed in 1937, this achievement is truly terrifying.
Further up the board are movies that will be released next year and are currently completed or in production.
"Dune" finally started shooting. After several painful revisions of the script, David Lynch went to Mexico to shoot this science fiction masterpiece.
The above is "Red Dawn" by John Milius. This movie tells the story of America being invaded by airborne troops from the Soviet Union and Cuba. Many teenagers turned into militiamen and fought guerrilla warfare until China sent troops, and
The U.S. military joins forces to save the people of America.
Almost all young Hollywood actors, including those whom Ronald had worked with, auditioned. "Red Dawn" written and directed by John Milius, the screenwriter of "Apocalypse Now", was favored by many producers.
The column above is the new project "Romang the Stone" directed by Robert Zemeckis. In order to direct his own "Back to the Future", he first chose a commercial film to prove himself. Ronald saw it
This column says Michael Douglas. CAA chose this movie for him.
On the top, there is "Mozart Biography (Amadeus)". Ronald saw that the names here did not have the CAA logo, indicating that this was not a contracted customer of CAA.
Director Milos Forman is the director of the Oscar-winning "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Ronald accidentally saw Meg Tilly's name in the leading actress column. Her husband Zinnemann is also
Quite powerful.
"Czechoslovakia", there is a mark next to "Mozart", indicating that it was filmed in a foreign country. Many Eastern European socialist countries will attract Hollywood movies to be filmed there to earn foreign exchange. Milos Forman happens to be of Czech origin
.
The top ones are the two movies "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Ghostbusters" that Ronald has seen.
"This is Ghostbusters", this is another packaged project promoted by Mr. Ovitz. If this movie can be a big hit, more CAA studios will come to us for cooperation, and you will have more
Here's your chance, Ronald." Niceta tapped the movie name on the wooden board with her hand.
"Hello, gentlemen." Ron Meyer, one of the founders of CAA, walked in wearing a Hawaiian shirt. "Can you give us the conference room? Michael will meet important guests here soon."
"Of course", Ronald, Niceta and others filed out.
"I wonder which big star Mr. Ovitz will meet again?" Ronald thought.
Richard opened the office door a small crack and was peeking in.
A very strong figure entered the conference room under the guidance of Ovitz himself.
"It's Stallone," Richard LeWitt said.
"Stallone? He has a new movie?" Ronald thought of the script for "Rambo 2" written by his good friend Cameron.
Behind Stallone was another man with long hair, chatting with Stallone all the way.
"It's John G. Avelson!"
"Avelson?" Ronald felt a little suspicious. Why were they talking together again?
"What's going on?" Ronald looked at Niceta.
"It's normal. The film directed by Stallone did not do well at the box office and received rave reviews from critics. He had doubts about whether the director of his next Rocky series, 'Rocky IV', would still be directed by himself, so he hired the director.
The director of a Rocky film was discussed with Avelson.”
Niceta and Stallone are both of Italian descent, and he has his own news channels.
"Isn't Avelson directing the film I wrote, The Dragon King?" Ronald muttered.