"Beat dance", the girl Ronald met on the road and a bunch of her girlfriends are now working hard for Cannon Pictures outside the Cannes Film Palace, handing out promotional leaflets to passers-by. .
“Come and see, the newest dance from America!”
Today is the opening ceremony of Cannes, and it is also the premiere of the opening film "Sagunburg". Cannes generally requires films that participate in the Palme d'Or to premiere at the film festival.
Each of them wore miniskirts and gray jackets with the word "beat dance" on the back and the logo of Cannon Pictures on the chest. They stood behind the crowd at the entrance of the Film Palace and handed out a copy to everyone they met.
The reporters, guests, and film buyers at the scene were all handed a piece of paper. Some people just put it in their bags, and some threw it casually, while the buyers looked at it seriously. How could they be so generous? Doing marketing at the opening ceremony?
The photojournalist who was originally taking pictures of the stars on the red carpet was also attracted by their beautiful figures. When he had time, he turned around and took a snap.
Even the TV station turned the camera, "Cannes has also attracted many American films during this year's screening. The Minister of Culture of the country, and the president of the American Film Association, will also negotiate during Cannes on the two countries' films." Exchange views on the opening of the film market.
What we saw outside the gate of the Cinema Palace was this year's screening of the movie 'Dance', which is called Beat Dance in English. It is the only studio in America that respects the creation of artists, and was established by Orion Pictures, a former senior executive of United Artists. Investment and distribution. Will be screened to various publics at film festivals.
Okay, here comes the creative team of ‘Sagunburg’, Ms. Catherine Deneuve.”
"Okay, cut!" the photographer gestured to the host, "We will shoot when Deneuve comes. But you seem to have made a mistake. Orion released Hot Street Dance, not Hot Dance."
"That's right, isn't it called beat dance in English?" The host walked up to Cannon Girl in two steps, took a flyer, crossed out the film title on it with a pen, and then wrote beat dance by hand at the bottom."
"There must be something wrong. I've seen the Orion poster, and it's not these three actors." The cameraman took the flyer doubtfully, "I don't understand it either. English is too vague and not as beautiful as Maoyu. precise."
"Here it comes, Deneuve is here." There was a scream, and the photographer's flashlight flashed at the luxury car drop-off area on the other side of the road.
In the limousine, a middle-aged beauty got out.
Her dress today looks very much like a Greek goddess, a strapless light sky blue skirt, tied with a knot on the right shoulder, two wind chime style earrings, also in the same light sky blue, and a broken diamond bracelet on her right wrist , a pair of light blue high heels on the soles of the feet, making the whole person graceful and luxurious.
If you change the light sky blue to green and add a crown, it will look like the Statue of Liberty that was gifted to America by China and is now on New York Island.
People swarmed up to her again, trying to get as close as possible to take photos with her. There were no security guards or safety lines outside the Cannes Film Palace like the Oscars. Catherine Deneuve was pushed slightly backward by the crowd. Behind her, Depardieu, the big-nosed man, hurried
Step forward to protect the flowers.
"Hot dance, hot dance, come watch American musicals and dance movies, the latest trendy dance form, break dancing."
Minahan gave the Cannon Girls a good daily salary and promised that as long as they distributed enough flyers, they would have the opportunity to make guest appearances in movies.
Several girls worked very hard, giving one to everyone they saw. One girl was so enthusiastic that she didn't see clearly who was approaching, and a leaflet was delivered to Deneuve's hand.
"Uh, sorry, Ms. Deneuve." The girl stuck out her tongue.
"It doesn't matter." Deneuve smiled and returned the flyer to her, "beatdance? What kind of dance is this?"
"I don't know? I haven't heard of it either." Sophie Marceau, the fat girl next to her, stretched her neck and looked at the flyer, saying that she didn't know either, "Let's go in."
"Let's go there. It's not easy to see this movie. Even Deneuve fell in love with it. The address on the flyer is room 515 of the hotel, right?" Several movie buyers from Southeast Asia began to exchange news.
"Come on, come on, I see people from Regal Entertainment in your hometown are here too."
Luxury cars came one after another, and groups of guest stars began to enter the main venue in the order of their participation in the Palme d'Or.
"Natasha, Natasha!" Fans and reporters started screaming again, this time from the cast of "Texas, Paris" starring Natasha Kinski.
Natasha Kinski wears a loose light green dress with no extra accessories. Below her neck is a large white collar with a rounded edge. Her whole person's temperament is like a summer water lily, looking natural and free of ornaments.
The person who got off the car after her was the male protagonist of "Paris, Texas" and her ex-boyfriend, Harry Dean Stanton.
Natasha naturally hugged Stanton's neck and waited on the side of the road. The two looked at each other and smiled.
Stanton looks very average and has a scar on his face, but he has always been a killer of female stars. His skillful acting skills make him very popular among art film directors. Many female stars also fell in love with him during the filming because of his roles.
his.
Before he met Natasha Kinski on the show, he was Rebecca De Mornay's boyfriend. The two actresses even had a small fight for him on the set of Coppola's "Old Love, New Love"
After much deliberation, he finally chose De Mornay.
Until Tom Cruise showed up and stole De Mornay, Stanton naturally went back to rebuild his old relationship with Kinski.
The relationship between the two lasted until Kinski was filming "Maria's Lovers". This time Kinski fell in love with another actor, Vincent Spano.
In short, what Stanton is best at playing may be the role of the best male friend of various female stars.
Natasha Kinski posed and let various reporters use up a lot of film, and then she prepared to cross the street and enter the Cinema Palace.
Before she reached the road, a man with Middle Eastern features came over to help her.
Natasha Kinski gave in and avoided the man's support.
Immediately she felt something was wrong again, so she put on a sweet smile, put her right hand around the Middle Eastern man's arm, looked at Stanton on the other side, put her left hand around his arm, and the three of them crossed the road together.
Soon all the guests entered the movie palace and the screening of the opening movie began.
At the same time, in the hotel where they were staying, Yoram of Minahan opened another large suite, which was packed to the brim.
"Where are you from?" Yoram shouted.
"The nest belongs to Malaysia, Malaysia..."
"Malaysia, fixed price, 300,000. Deposit 10%."
"I'll give you a check!" The film buyer has never even seen a copy, but the formation outside the venue today really scared him. Even Catherine Deneuve saw their poster. It must be awesome.
"Where are you from?"
"Philippines, Philippines... your ninja movie was filmed in our studio. Please give me a friendly price of 200,000!"
"The fixed price is 320,000. If you don't want it, I will sell it to your competitor. Yoram is more familiar with the situation in the Philippines and is not afraid of his opponent lowering the price.
"I'm from Singapore!..."
"I am
"I'm from Yugoslavia...we don't want too many copies."
"So you can just pirate it yourself, right?"
"I'm from Chile..."
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Movie buyers from one country after another gathered around the two brothers, filling out checks and scrambling to give them to the two producers as if they didn't need any money.
The business negotiation genius among the two brothers is Yoram. He clearly remembers the population of moviegoers in each country without consulting the information. Everyone has a fixed price. The buyers were dejected and guessed the bottom line.
You still have to give him money.
"Everyone!" Minahan shouted, "We will go to the bank to check your checks. In three days, we will show the movie live on the beach. Then you all come and we sign a formal contract."
Orion's protest against the organizing committee was still useful. They did not want to offend this American producer, which is prolific in art films. They did not give Cannon screen time.
But how can the two of them be stumped by such a small difficulty? EMI's projection equipment will arrive soon, and a large tent will be set up on the beach to play on site.
This was the first time Ronald saw how two brothers sold a movie at a European film festival. There was no copy, no synopsis or actors. They could sell it with just a poster, a tongue, and a little creativity.
crazy.
It seems that the film market in the world is very vast, and everyone's demand for fresh and interesting Hollywood movies is very strong. I came to the right place this time, it is an eye-opener.
"If they want to buy a movie, don't they want to read the content of the movie?" Ronald was also surprised.
"You have to watch it, but there are also limited Hollywood movies suitable for their market. Musical films like ours don't have big obstacles in terms of lines, so they are exactly the type they like. Coupled with Hollywood's set of shooting methods, it has a certain impact on the needs of these countries.
The audience is still very attractive," Minahan explained to Ronald.
"In addition, your publicity strategy is very effective. They all think that this is a Hollywood masterpiece. They are afraid that other distributors in their country will take the lead, so they do not hesitate to sign the contract first."
"Today, those who came here are all small countries, the main Western European countries, China, Germany, Italy, Britain, and several strong markets in East Asia, Japan and Korea. They are all waiting to see the quality comparison between us and Hot Street Boy.
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Yoram counted the copies sold this time and saw millions of copies, which was considered a small test. The real big money is still in those rich countries.
"What about Eastern European countries?" Ronald asked.
"They? Their market is not easy to enter, and they can't make much money. For example, in East Germany, many of the movies we released in West Germany, within a few weeks, pirated copies were circulated, and then a few weeks later,
Poland and Czechoslovakia also have it. Only Yugoslavia will pay a little."
"In this case, why don't we make the screening on the beach bigger, invite the three leading actors, let them dance live, and hold a press conference. This way we can beat Orion's Hot Street Boys."
Ronald also knows a little bit about the two brothers' methods. The European market has no idea about break dancing. As long as they have a preconceived idea, they can instill in their minds that break dancing is beat dance. The most authentic one ends with:
Dance (beat dance), not street (beat street).
"Hahaha, it's just what I want. I'll make a call right now."