"Paramount's script of 'Out of Heaven' is pretty good and very sincere," Niceta said to Ronald.
"But the plot, how should I put it, is like a B-level exploitation film version of 'et Alien'."
Ronald shook his head. I don't really want to make this kind of movie. You know, my aunt called me to congratulate me after watching "The Kid". The box office of Breakdancing in its first week was higher than that of "The Kid."
She didn't even say that.
I hope to make more movies with real emotions."
Niceta smiled and said, "What Richard saw that day has been determined to be Barry Diller. He may be negotiating to work at 20th Century Fox. So now that I'm contacting you, Eisner and Carl, who have a certain relationship, are
Sunberg and his team may take over Paramount.
Therefore, they will inevitably invest more to ensure the success of the first batch of movies after taking office. This movie is topical. The third space shuttle, Discovery, will soon fly for the first time, and the public's interest in space exploration is strong.
.
This is another science fiction theme that you are good at."
"Unless the script is drastically changed, real emotions can be produced. But in this case, the investment will have to be at least doubled. I don't want to make this kind of low-cost exploitation film that the audience will know is fake before entering the theater."
"You think your movie will still be remembered thirty years from now, huh?" Niceta smiled. It's a good thing that Ronald has ambition, but I'm afraid he doesn't have ambition.
"What about this White Night?" Niceta asked.
"I actually don't have much feeling for this kind of Cold War content between great powers."
"This movie has a lot of investment and will be shot on location."
"Go to Leningrad?" Ronald became a little interested. If he could go to the Soviet Union to shoot the scene, it would naturally arouse a lot of topics. The American audience was still very interested in the old capital of Tsarist Russia under the Iron Curtain.
"Yes, so they may invest a filming budget of 15 to 20 million, and also ask the character prototype Mikhail Baryshnikov to play the leading role.
The other starring role is tap dance master Gregory Hines. The two signed a contract in 1982 after the rights to adapt the novel were sold."
"Propositional composition." Ronald was a little uninterested again.
This Hines was a tap dancer in the "Cotton Club" with Diane. Ronald was completely uninterested in the difficulty and skills of those dances. His dancing shoes struck a certain rhythm on the floor to distinguish the winner.
, why not use drums? It may be difficult for modern audiences to understand.
"There is another actor who is also the designated target, whom you are familiar with."
"who?"
"Isabella Rossellini."
"she?"
Ingrid Bergman, the ex-wife of Martin Scorsese, his teacher at New York University, and the daughter who is most like him, is also going to make a movie?
"Who recommended her?" Ronald heard that she had remarried, but did not know who her current husband was.
"No one else, this is the opportunity she won through her own strength."
Niceta explained. After Isabella Rossellini divorced Scorsese, she debuted as a graphic model at the age of thirty.
As soon as she took a few magazine photos, she was selected by the cosmetics brand Lancôme to become a spokesperson. A few months later, she replaced the original spokespersons in America and Europe, unifying the face of Lancôme's endorsements around the world.
Now the streets of New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and London are full of her large posters.
The producers of "White Nights" obviously also wanted to capitalize on the popularity of this suddenly rising supermodel.
"Then I still have to talk to a few of the scheduled starring actors." Ronald agreed to the agent to continue the negotiation.
"Very well, I'll ask Richard to take you to the party."
Richard drove Ronald to Mulholland Drive, an old house built in the 1940s.
When Ronald entered the door, he saw Mia.
"Welcome, Ronald. Big stars will be arriving soon." Mia picked a glass of champagne for Ronald, "First of all, I wish our cooperation a success."
The copies of "God Is Crazy" have been sent to Cannon and Corman's Concord Company respectively. Both of them are very optimistic about the film and are preparing to integrate resources and distribute it regionally outside the distribution scope of 20th Century Fox. Now the two are considered
Partnerships.
After the two exchanged greetings, Ronald kept seeing faces of obviously different ethnic groups. This party, just like Mia said, was a party hosted by people from various small countries wandering around Hollywood.
Even so, the party was still clearly divided into several centers. Ronald looked up and saw that the protagonist in one circle was the one he had met once. He had accompanied Toshiro Mifune to the audition. Kurosawa, the son of the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
Sawa Hisao.
"Li Sang", Kurosawa also saw Ronald and quickly stepped forward to say hello.
"Long time no see, Kurosawa-kun."
They were discussing the current project of director Akira Kurosawa. Since the success of "Kagemusha", he has been given money to make another movie. The film currently being filmed is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear"——
"chaos".
Hisao Kurosawa is now in America and is actively looking for opportunities to promote this work everywhere.
"This work is a combination of Shakespeare's drama, traditional Chinese stories, and the three-arrow lesson of Maori Yuanju..."
"Hey", looking at Hisao Kurosawa's enthusiastic recommendation, Ronald couldn't help but sigh that a master like Akira Kurosawa didn't make a movie in America.
"What, Ronald, do you have any unique thoughts on this movie?"
Ronald expressed his thoughts.
"Actually, Hollywood once invited my father to shoot a movie about trains. However, due to the heavy snowstorm in America that year, it was impossible to shoot, so it didn't take shape. Now the script is still with me, waiting for one day.
, there will be directors who will be interested.”
"What's the subject?"
"A desperate train was hijacked by gangsters and installed a bomb. The train will explode as soon as it drops below a certain speed. There is an innocent mechanic on board, and the police are following behind."
"What a wonderful script." Ronald nodded in appreciation, and then left immediately to prevent Kurosawa from selling the script to him.
"It's so difficult to shoot a train. Once a shot is set off, at least an hour has passed. No wonder Kurosawa didn't make it. What about the snow disaster? I think it was because I was afraid that the shooting budget would exceed the budget and turn into a disaster." Ronald didn't believe that.
Excuse.
Ronald turned to another circle, which was filmmakers from countries in the southern hemisphere, including Mia from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and several people with Latin American looks.
"Rachel!" Ronald discovered an acquaintance, the Australian actress Rachel Ward who had flown with him.
"Ronald, nice to meet you." Rachel didn't doubt his identity this time. After all, he was already a cutting-edge director who was highly praised by film critics.
"Are you in Hollywood? I thought you were still in New York...and..." Ronald remembered that she was with Robert from the Kennedy family.
"Robert? He's just a little boy who longs for maternal love." Ward smiled and stepped forward to hug Ronald. "Look at Me Again (against all odds)" failed miserably at the box office in the United States. If there is no other chance to stay in Hollywood, he will
I have to go back to Australia and get married to my engaged boyfriend.
"What are you talking about?" Ronald looked around and saw everyone speaking with an Australian accent.
"The house we are talking about originally belonged to Errol Flynn, the first generation Australian to work in Hollywood."
A man with long, middle-parted hair and deep-set eye sockets spoke to Ronald with an Australian accent.
"This is the Australian actor, my fellow Mel Gibson." I took Ronald's arm and introduced them to each other, "This is Ronald Lee, the director of Long Wei Boy and Break Dance."
"
"So you're the guy who caused Rachel's movie to be released early." Mel Gibson's accent changed to an American one, with a slight Irish accent, and he joked with Ronald.
"Hahaha, that's not bad." Ronald liked this kind of straightforward person.
"Speaking of which, there is a legend about Errol Flynn. The glass in his bathroom was two-way, and he would often spy on female guests who came."
Gibson pretended to be mysterious and said to everyone.
"Really? I want to take a look." The person next to me believed it.
"It was before, but the current owner has renovated it." Gibson explained, "Ronald, have you seen Flynn's movie?"
"I watched a few movies in college, and I heard Orson Welles gossip about him." Ronald also started to brag.
"Do you know Orson Welles?" Several audience members really began to look at him with admiration.
"I heard that he was a boxer before he became an actor. One day, he got into a fight with director John Huston at the house of producer Wozniak. It was said that the fight was very exciting. All the boxing happened in Wozniak's backyard.
The fights are also the most exciting." Ronald began to brag.
"What was the result?" Gibson asked with interest, "We Australian boys are not the kind of fake people."
"Whose boxing are you talking about?" A familiar voice came from behind.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was the big Hollywood star and the symbol of American boxer, Sylvester Stallone.
"Is this the big star that Mia is talking about?" Ronald and Rachel, who were holding their arms, stepped back slightly. He had not been very happy with Stallone the previous two times, and he did not want to communicate with him this time.
Rachel Ward saw Stallone, remembered his arrogant attitude at the last party, and glanced at Ronald again.
"We are talking about Errol Flynn." Gibson welcomed Stallone. "Ronald just said that Flynn once fought with John Huston. We are discussing who won."
"Ronald." Stallone glanced at Rachel Ward next to him, skipped Ronald directly, and said to Ward, "Rachel, did I remember correctly? When did you dump your wife?"
Boyfriend? Why didn't you call me? I remember giving you my business card."
Ronald turned to look at Rachel Ward, who had an embarrassed look on her face. A self-respecting woman would always refuse such a rude attack.
Ward was a little panicked. Last time, Stallone openly told her to dump her boyfriend and call him in front of her boyfriend. If an Australian insider did it again this time, it might not end well and would spread his bad reputation. .
"Because I like to decide things by myself and don't like men telling me what to do," Ward grabbed Ronald's arm tightly and said, so that everyone could get off the ground.
"Hmph, have you fallen in love with this boy Ronald? I have to remind you, he is not as talented as the movie reviews say."
Stallone came up and tried to push Ronald away.
Ronald leaned sideways to release his strength, but Stallone staggered instead of pushing.
"Hey!" A tall bodyguard with long hair tied in a bun rushed up and separated Ronald and Stallone.
Ronald raised his hands to indicate that he was not responsible.
Then the bodyguard approached Ronald, grabbed Ronald's wrist with both hands, and tried to exert force.
Ronald was shocked. This was something he had practiced before, and he was going to use the wrestling method next.
His right hand automatically came out of Ward's arms, and he slapped it forward.
"Pa", the other person stepped back, slapped him on the wrist, and the two of them separated.
Ronald has practiced wrestling for many years, catching people in position and then wrestling, just like his body's instinct. This was also beyond the expectations of the opponent's bodyguard. The two kicked each other and were on guard without saying a word.
"Stephen, let's go." Stallone stopped the bodyguard, and the two of them turned and went to another room together.
The bodyguard named Stephen made several threatening gestures at Ronald before leaving with Stallone.
"Are you okay?" Rachel Ward came up to care.
"It's okay, Sly and I have a bit of history."
"Hey, brother, you are brave enough. You almost reenacted Flynn's battle." Mel Gibson came up to pat Ronald and became much closer to him.
"Do you still want to be here?" Ronald asked Ward, "I'd better get out of here."
"I'm with you." Rachel Ward stood firmly with Ronald.
"Okay," the two of them greeted Mia and took the first step.
"Call Meyer at CAA, I'm going to be on a talk show next week." Stallone called his assistant and asked him to call his agent.
"This young man has repeatedly sabotaged his plans to pick up girls. His nickname is Sly (Sly), not just because his name is a homophony of Sylvester, and he is not a reckless bull. He is It’s time for this kid Ronald to have a taste of what Hollywood’s top male stars are like.”