"So in the karate match in the movie, was the move that Daniel won with one hit at the end legal in the match?" Bobbi Wygant asked the last question before the interview ended.
"Oh, that's legal. There are no unified rules in karate. The movie makes it very clear that above the waist, it is legal to avoid blows to the throat and back of the head. If you focus directly on the head, you will get three points and end the game.
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"Okay, thank you, Morita." Bobbi Wygant began to pack the headsets.
"This will be played on Barbie's show the weekend the movie comes out," Ronald paused the tape and told Weintraub, who was watching with him.
Senator Inoue did not come forward directly, but Sony took the initiative to contact and place an advertisement for Barbie Wyant's film review program. Barbie reciprocated and was immediately on a business trip to Los Angeles to film a portrait of Noriyuki Morita, the main actor of "The Dragon King"
Exclusive interview.
"Very good, this way our movie will have a good foundation during the weekend of release. I contacted the Columbia Distribution Department and urged them to increase the number of theaters it will be released in from just over 900 to more than 1,000. Then we will add additional theaters in all theaters.
A cardboard poster of a real person.”
Weintraub also mobilized all resources to compete for the summer season.
"What do you think of the box office prospects?" Weintraub was a little anxious. He didn't expect that during the summer season, two dark horses that were not expected to be released would suddenly emerge and have a strong chance of entering the top three of the year.
"I have confidence in the movie," Ronald replied. "The money and resources spent on marketing the movie can only buy the theaters when it is released. After that, the box office will drop by what percentage every week. How long can it be released in theaters?
It’s all a matter of word of mouth.”
"Hopefully you're right, we've done everything we can and we just have to cross our fingers and pray."
"Yes, pray."
Ronald returned home, changed into light clothes, drove to pick up Cameron and his girlfriend Gail, who were about to start living in the editing room, and went to Dan Aykroyd's house for a party.
Now that he knew about his lack of social interaction, Ronald immediately made up for it by calling a Canadian gang he knew who was working hard in Hollywood to party together.
Ronald also found John Candy, who invited him to watch football, and called his friend Michael J. Fox to go to the party with them.
Canadian parties are relatively quiet, where everyone listens to music and the wife and girlfriend prepare food and eat it together.
"I heard Ronald say that the movie you are directing is a special effects spectacle?" Aykroyd pulled Cameron and started chatting. His fame has soared with "Ghostbusters", and now he is trying to win more cooperation with directors.
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"When are we going to watch football again? NFL or college is fine." Ronald was gnawing on chicken wings and asked the fat comedian John Candy.
"I have recently taken on several dramas and will be busy until the beginning of next year." Candy opened her mouth wide and ate faster than Ronald.
"What show, movie?"
"Yes, there is a movie that went to Thailand to shoot, and I worked with Tom Hanks." Candy grabbed a napkin and wiped his mouth.
"Thailand? What's the theme?"
"It's a spoof comedy in which a rich kid participates in a volunteer operation and accidentally enters the battlefield in Vietnam." Candy said, "I didn't expect that Hanks also has a very good comedy talent. We worked well together during the audition."
"What film projects do you have next?" Michael J. Fox asked.
Foxx's reputation has soared recently when he played the eldest son Alex in "Family Ties", an Elephant who is incompatible with the current leader's parents who are followers of the hippie Donkey Party and believes in the economics of the leader.
Just since last year, inflation has been successfully suppressed to 3%, and economic growth has reached more than 5%, which has not been seen in many years. More and more people are beginning to like the current commander-in-chief. The role played by Fox is also Be liked by more and more people.
"Not recently. I am still in preliminary contact with some projects. I may contact Mr. Spielberg to make a detective movie."
"Is there a role suitable for me?" Although Fox became famous in TV series, he still wanted to make a movie. When he heard that it was Spielberg's project, he immediately asked.
"I don't know yet. His role as Amber Lin has been very popular recently. Let's see how the discussion turns out. But your role in the TV series is so important, isn't it difficult to arrange your time for filming?" Ronald asked him.
"I still like movies. If there is a suitable role, I can do both." Michael J. Fox put out the cigarette under his shoes and put it in the ashtray.
"Here comes the beef." Aykroyd's wife, Gale, and Fox's girlfriend Nancy, brought out the food together. There were French fries next to the beef patties. Ronald and others were so appetized that they opened their cheeks to eat. stand up.
"We Canadians will have to gather more often in the future, and we have to give the organizer Ronald the title of honorary Canadian." Aykroyd was very happy to expand his circle of friends.
"You're right, Ronald is actually more like a Canadian, not as arrogant as an American."
"Hahaha, actually, my mother's ancestors seem to have Chinese ancestry, maybe they immigrated from Quebec."
Everyone left happily.
"A TV actor working part-time in a movie? That's not easy." The next day, I came to Spielberg's Amblin Pictures and was chatting with an old acquaintance, Chris Columbus, the screenwriter of "Gremlins". I talked about Michael. ·J. Fox’s wish.
"The filming of TV dramas is very busy. Their sitcoms have to release one episode every week. They are already extremely busy, unless they are filming during the break between TV dramas in the summer vacation."
"So that's how it is." Ronald recalled that Tom Hanks was in the same situation back then. Because he had no skills in TV dramas, he turned down Ronald's invitation and filmed a "fast-paced" one.
"Ronald, you're here!" Steven Spielberg walked out of the room, with his assistant Catherine beside him.
"Hello, Steven." Ronald stepped forward and hugged him, "Your little monster is really good. Phoebe Cates is very suitable for that movie about Chinese myths and legends." Phoebe Cates was originally That means one-quarter of Chinese ancestry.
"Ah, yes. That was a successful attempt by Amblin, and Chris's contribution was indispensable." Spielberg patted Columbus on the shoulder.
"He is also the screenwriter of 'Young Sherlock Holmes' this time. You can talk to him first, and we can talk about further cooperation after the release of your movie is over."
Ronald shook hands with Spielberg and said goodbye. He felt that he was not as close to him as he used to be. It seemed that he would have to keep in touch if there was an opportunity in the future.
"How did you come up with the idea of writing such a story?" Ronald asked a question after reading the script of Columbo. This story is about Sherlock Holmes solving his first case in college.
"When I was reading Sherlock Holmes, I always wondered why Sherlock Holmes had no girlfriend and ended up alone.
So I wrote a young story for him, in which Sherlock is very emotional and meets the love of his life. Only after his love is shattered does he begin to become the detective we are familiar with."
"Here is a shot of the knight on the mural coming to life. Why did a statue standing on the ground turn into a real person?"
Ronald was a little strange. If a statue became a real person, then just like Lucas's Star Wars, just let an actor get into the armor and act.
When such a mural comes to life, the whole person is just a flat paper man, which cannot be acted by a real person. It is also difficult to make such a paper man mechanically without being a bit messy."
"This is Steven's idea. He plans to experiment with computer-generated animation (CGI) in this movie, and his friend Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic will provide support."
"So that's it." Ronald also became interested. The music video he shot for "Girls Just Want to Have Some Fun" used computer-generated special effects lenses. I didn't know that Industrial Light and Magic's computers could do it.
How realistic.
"Why don't you direct it yourself?" Ronald asked a few more questions and found that Columbus thought deeply, not only about the setting, but also about various plots and performances.
"Me the director?" Columbus seemed to have never thought about this question, "I have no experience."
"No one has experience from the beginning. The first step to becoming a director is to direct a thing, no matter the length or subject, so that you can understand where you are lacking." Ronald passed on his experience.
For a moment.
The subject matter of this movie is relatively old, and it falls into the category of a fan movie. There is not much room for development. Ronald thinks that Columbus has talent. If he wants to, he might as well recommend it to Spielberg himself.
"I don't know. I'd better continue to accumulate some experience. I will propose to Mr. Spielberg to participate in the filming of the next movie." Columbus adjusted his glasses.
"Ronald, hello!"
Just as he was talking, a man with a square face and big ears and glasses came in from outside the door, grabbed Ronald and hugged him tightly.
"Hello, Robert." Ronald recognized the person. It was none other than Robert Zemeckis, the director of "Emerald," which was a hit at the box office some time ago.
"Your emeralds are simply explosive. I haven't seen such a wonderful adventure movie since the Raiders of the Lost Ark series."
Ronald had just watched this movie not long ago. In it, Katharine Turner suddenly changed from a beautiful blonde to a dull, introverted otaku writer, and started a Central American war with Michael Douglas.
Adventure trip.
This director's ability to break through the stereotyped image is very extraordinary and is also very popular among celebrities.
"Do you still remember the script you helped me revise a few years ago? Because of the success of Emerald, they are now coming to me and asking for investment in filming."
"Back to the future?" Ronald thought of the adventure story about going back thirty years from now to his parents in high school.
"Yes, but Steven helped me last time, so this time I came to him first." Zemeckis was very happy. He finally proved himself with commercial success and could film the script he wanted.
"That's what it should be." Ronald seemed to realize that there was a circle around Spielberg. Unless these people let his Amblin serve as the production company and then contribute scripts to him, it would be difficult for them to get Spielberg.
Berg's favor as a producer.
"You have also changed the script. Who do you think is suitable to be the leading actor?" Zemeckis was in a happy mood and asked Ronald's opinion on the spot, a little eloquently.
"Isn't he a ready-made Alex?" Ronald thought of Michael J. Fox, whom he had just met. He is a very good candidate for such an eccentric character. And Fox is not tall, so he has the skills to play a high school student.
Persuasiveness.
"He was our first choice, but he had a TV series to shoot, and the producers threatened to break our legs if we told him the news, because they knew Fox would regret not picking up the show.
Movie."
Ronald shrugged. Scheduling conflicts are indeed difficult to resolve.
"We recently met with Eric Stoltz, and I heard that he made his debut as a director. What is your evaluation of him?" Zemeckis continued to ask.
Sometimes, it is difficult to tell whether an actor's performance is good or bad on the screen. I don't know if that unforgettable shot is the credit of the director, the level of photography, or the actors' high acting skills.
"I actually didn't give him a few scenes. He is an actor who is very willing to study, and he mainly uses method." Ronald worded his words carefully. This kind of opportunity is very difficult. Don't let the other party overestimate or overestimate you because of your own evaluation.
I underestimated Stoltz's acting skills.
"He is currently filming Peter Bogdanovich's new film, 'The Masked Man'. I will ask him if I have the chance." Zemeckis nodded in agreement, "Thank you for your suggestion. If I have any questions about casting in the future, I will
I will also ask you, who told you how to shoot youth movies? There are too few young actors nowadays."
"welcome any time."
After meeting with Spielberg, Ronald and Niceta discussed the prospects of this "Young Sherlock Holmes" for another afternoon.
Ronald had never submitted a script to Amblin. According to Amblin's typical style of exploiting young directors and screenwriters, there was little chance of giving the directorship to Ronald.
"Let's watch 'The Kid' first," Niceta said. Ronald's first three films were all out-and-out mid- to low-budget exploitation films. Although they all sold high box office, the big-budget
The studio may still have doubts about him.
Now let’s see how good the box office performance of “The Dragon King” with a production cost of 8.5 million can be. Then it will be a real big production, like the moment when Ronald opens the door.