Chapter 3 Moonlight is sultry Los Angeles premiere
"Cher", Ronald welcomed the heroine Cher with open arms at the Twin Theaters where the premiere of "Moonlight" was held.
"Um..." Ronald opened his arms halfway and stopped hugging her. Cher became addicted to wearing see-through clothing. After wearing it once on Letterman's show, the effect was very good, and she was covered with black gauze everywhere.
See-through outfit.
It was still a bit cool at night in Los Angeles today, but she wasn't afraid. She put on a mink fur coat with a see-through look underneath, and a short leather skirt and fishnet stockings. She looked like a rock star.
"Ronald, you are really my lucky star, hahaha..." Xueer also opened her arms. She didn't care about it, and hugged Ronald tightly.
Cher is in a good mood now. She sang her famous song with her ex-husband on David Letterman's late night show. The ratings of that show broke several ratings records in the history of Letterman's show.
When it was replayed the next day, the ratings were higher than the average live broadcast. The American audience suddenly saw the golden boy from twenty years ago singing an old song. They were excited and the response was very strong.
Major media began to publish the clips of the two singing together in the show, and the popularity of Cher and Sonny Bono suddenly seemed to be back to its previous state.
Cher's new album "Cher" has skyrocketed in popularity on the charts, and its sales have also begun to rise rapidly.
"Rob, you remember, right?" Cher introduced his baker boyfriend to Ronald again.
"Thank you for coming." Ronald didn't have a good impression of this soft-hearted bagel baker, but one good thing about him was that he never concealed that he and Cher were together to find opportunities in Hollywood.
"Mr. Li, Cher and I are very happy to come to the premiere...We really want to see her performance on the big screen. We have discussed a lot of acting techniques and..." Rob Camiletti began to talk to Rob.
I want to show that I am also a professionally trained actor.
"Sonny, are you here too?" Ronald turned around and saw Sonny Bono and said hello to him.
"Ronald, this is my and Cher's daughter, Chaz." Sonny Bono was bringing his daughter.
"Hello, Ronald." Cher's daughter Chaz's voice is a little thicker and she is a little chubby. She doesn't have the appearance of her parents who are in the entertainment industry.
"Am I going to call you Mr. Mayor soon?" Ronald greeted them.
Sonny Bono's campaign career in Palm Springs has also become very promising because of this appearance. Many voters will vote for him just to get his signature.
"Hahaha", everyone laughed happily, only Rob Camiletti, who was baking bread, looked embarrassed at being ignored.
"Let's take a photo." Ronald gave a gesture to Michael Gray's photographer who was responsible for taking the photo. He immediately came over and asked the two ex-husbands and ex-wife families to take a family photo around Ronald.
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"Rob also learned acting from a teacher at the Actors Studio." After a burst of flashes, Cher saw her unhappy boyfriend and introduced him to Ronald.
"Actually, he doesn't need to study, just learning from you is enough. I think your acting in 'Moonlight' may win a few film critics awards." Ronald liked Cher's acting very much.
, I have not studied systematically, but it is very fresh and natural. It has been recognized by Oscars and Cannes before. Some people can act without learning.
Besides, what I hate the most is the Actors Studio system under the leadership of Lee Strasberg. Every actor is taught to be a video player, and they cannot act without their own tragic memories.
"Hahahahaha...don't be kidding." Cher patted Ronald on the arm and let out a hearty laugh. Just this movie? This kind of romantic comedy about a middle-aged woman, plus a group of mothers.
As a grandpa actor, I still don’t know what kind of comedy film he will be edited into.
"Little Rob, let's go in together." Cher turned around and saw the jealous eyes of her little boyfriend Rob Camiletti, and took his hand and walked into the cinema.
"Hehe..." Ronald also laughed, but Cher still had doubts about her own strength. After editing by the master, Cher's performance in "Moonlight Sultry" was still very good, although compared to those on Broadway
There is still a bit of a gap in the supporting roles.
However, his new marketing consultant's plan was very powerful. He edited the best clips of Cher, Olympia Dukakis who played her mother, Grandpa and others into a video tape and made it into an electronic marketing package. Early
The film was sent to film critics associations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas, Texas.
Not many of these people have high standards. With such a highlight collection, many people will be led to use these clips to write movie reviews. This is Ronald's favorite.
The film critics association in each big city, nominations and awards, will also be important indicators of Oscar nominations. Anyway, only when the film critics say that the film is good, the Academy members will go out to see it. This line is a very important award evaluation
Public relations channels.
Goldberg, the president of 20th Century Fox, also kept his promise and secretly sent messages to film critics through intermediaries. This kind of subtle praise gradually increased together and created a movie that you can choose not to vote for "Moonlight Sultry".
" Cher, but it would be outrageous not to include her in the nomination, in such an atmosphere.
Cher will also participate in a series of TV talk shows arranged for her by Ronald. She is the biggest star in the promotion of this movie.
In short, it is a sure thing that Cher will get two or three Best Actress nominations from the Film Critics Association. It is not impossible for her to get one by then.
"Ronald", next up is the actor Nicolas Cage.
"Nick...uh..." Ronald was shocked and speechless by Cage's costume.
He wore a dark red suit that didn't fit him. Underneath was a crisp white shirt with a black bow tie. His hair was messy, and he seemed to be more than ten years older.
Ronald quickly told the photographer not to take pictures yet, pulled him beside him and ripped off Cage's tie, "Did you just come back from working as a bartender in a fucking club?"
This kind of dress is indeed often worn by bartenders and waiters in bars, and it can also be mistaken for the valet parking boy.
Ronald took out the portable travel comb in his pocket and helped Cage comb his hair back. It looked like the hairline had receded a little, but there was no hairstylist to be found.
With the slicked-back hairstyle and the unbuttoned collared shirt, he finally didn’t look like a waiter. Ronald put the comb away, which is a must-have for successful people in the entertainment industry who respect the audience, “Where’s your manager Limato?
?Why didn’t he arrange it for you?”
"I don't want to work with him anymore. He always chooses stereotyped commercial films for me, and there is no room for me to develop my favorite German Expressionist acting skills..."
Ronald looked at Francis Coppola's nephew, who had promoted him back then, and had no choice. He had helped to promote the next generation of the Coppola family's most promising actors several times, but unfortunately he was also obsessed with acting. Why?
What if I'm not a star?
"After your premiere, go and apologize to Mr. Limato right away. Do you understand? This is the most basic respect for your audience and respect for your own star status." Ronald said like an old brother.
Little brother Cage lectures.
"There is still a premiere in New York. I want to see a brand new Nick with a celebrity look." Ronald looked at Cage who was a little unhappy and said, "In this industry, you have to make others listen to you.
When speaking, you must respect yourself and the audience first! Be a star first, and then you can act however you want."
"Huh?" Cage heard this and discovered that it was Ronald who encouraged him to use his unique acting method.
"No problem, I'll go and apologize to Limato later." Cage felt that this route of becoming famous first and then becoming a big name was suitable for him, and he immediately became very cooperative.
"You need to find a female companion in New York, preferably a celebrity. You are a celebrity, how can you let media reporters write gossip about you?"
"Don't you have a female companion?" Cage is a loner and doesn't like to bring a regular female companion to such occasions.
"You kid..." Ronald didn't expect it to fall on his head. "Look, isn't that?" Ronald waved to Diane who was talking to the supporting characters in the distance.
"Ronnie", Diane came back with a sweet smile and walked over to say hello to Cage, who she had worked with before, "Hi, Nick, did you enjoy your performance this time?"
"Ronald, you took away the most beautiful girl on the set back then." Cage smiled with his teeth.
"No problem, I'll find the most beautiful girl in New York." When Diane went back to greet the new guests, Cage figured it out and whispered to the prosecutor.
"Come on," Ronald hugged Nicolas Cage and posed in front of the reporters, asking them to take enough photos.
Later came some of Ronald's old acquaintances.
For example, at the premiere last time, I met the Jewish comedy master, Carl Reiner. He was very well-dressed, a brass-buttoned navy top, ironed and snug. His trousers fit very well, and his leather shoes
Be bright. This is how a qualified Hollywood star behaves.
"Little Ronald, I've heard a lot of friends talk about you recently. You won't disappoint me this time. I gave up watching TV with my wife at night to come here to watch your premiere."
Carl Reiner smiled.
"You believe Cher and Cage, they are both very good actors. I like their performances very much. This movie is about family. I hope you like it."
Carl Reiner looked like I knew you were a good boy.
Ronald and Diane also took photos with the handsome old man and sent him to the cinema.
Next up is Cassandra Peterson who plays "Ecstasy". She recently learned from Roger Corman that Ronald will advance funds and start filming her movie before the end of the year. She can't express her gratitude enough.
Expression.
All Cassandra could do was come over to cheer up Ronald. She had wavy red-gold hair and an amazing figure. She deliberately violated her usual dressing habits and showed off her natural sexy charm that was rarely revealed in daily life.
, and gave enough slack to the reporters who came.
Anyway, a photo of Cassandra Peterson at the premiere of Ronald Lee's new film won't go away tomorrow. It will give Ronald Lee some space to promote the film, while also giving himself some space.
The next person to appear in the group photo was Jim Cameron.
He has a big beard, and although his clothes are not as dazzling as those of celebrities, his spirit is indeed different. Standing with Ronald, he is like two sharp swords unsheathed, making the reporters click.
Keep taking photos.
"Fox signed a contract with me. I know it was you who helped me, Ronald." Cameron came up and thanked Ronald for putting the last piece of weight into his success in the "Abyss" project.
"That's your own history that proves that you can exceed your own promises. I didn't help." Ronald quickly replied. He was not helping Cameron, but just because he felt that he could realize his childhood dream.
Dreams are a good thing.
"Gail went to Fox and talked to Goldberg. She wanted to be a producer. Goldberg told her about you." Cameron shook his head. "If it hadn't been for what you said, maybe this
The project cannot successfully get the green light.”
"It's a good thing anyway," Ronald interrupted Cameron and continued to express his thanks, "By the way, where's Gail?"
"She will come in later, after I go in, so she doesn't have to appear in the photo together." Cameron's exposed aura suddenly retreated, as if he was in a little pain.
"Huh?" Ronald raised his eyebrows.
"She and I separated to give each other some space and time to think about our long-term relationship." Cameron had no one to share this kind of thing with, so he told both of them their old friend Ronald.
It turned out that Gale was dissatisfied with Cameron for not making a commercial film with high potential to make money, and insisted on making such a special effects blockbuster that exceeded the current technical level of Hollywood. The two of them started from Coleman's company, and they continued to work together.
I don't make much money on the road, and I haven't lived in a particularly high-end apartment yet.
He ignored the opportunity to improve his life and insisted on pursuing his dream. Gale really couldn't stand Cameron's practice of pursuing his dream.
Of course, at the same time, she did not give up her role as a producer. When they were together, they were partners of director and producer. Now they are separated. As an important stop on the career path of a producer, Gale Heard
Want to give up.
Therefore, after Cameron received the invitation from Fox, she went to Fox executives to discuss the possibility of postponing the filming of the movie and finding another movie to shoot first.
And after learning that Cameron wanted to take on the role of a part-time producer, he became furious and went back and insisted on taking out the agreement they signed when they were filming "Terminator" so that Cameron would abide by the agreement and the two would co-produce.
For all film projects, you need to be the producer yourself and obtain the production rights.
Because of this movie, the two broke up on bad terms. The next day, Cameron received a separation notice from Gale's lawyer.
"Why do you want to be your own producer?" Ronald touched his chin. He felt that this was the crux of the conflict between the two.
"You know when I make a movie, I want to control all the details." Cameron said very frankly. "And Gale has to control everything. She didn't write a word in the script, but she wanted to sign her name as the screenwriter. It was produced on the set.
Most of the work as a filmmaker is also done by me..."
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"He wanted to get rid of me. We agreed on the position of producer back then. He had nothing at that time, but I negotiated the 'Terminator' project for him. Now he wants to get the production rights back.
Do you want me to be a housewife in the future?
I have to prove to everyone, Ronald, that it is good for a woman to be a producer. I will never allow him to take away the fruits I have planted."
But later Gale Hurd came over to take a photo with Ronald, and it was another story.
Gail Cameron wants to kick himself out and monopolize the production rights of the movie. Neither of the previous two movies made a lot of money, and the remuneration was not used to improve life. Gail will never allow it now that he is about to receive a big contract.
, Cameron broke the contract and used the reputation gained from the first two films that he had made great efforts to dominate the future films.
Seeing the two of them looking at each other with hatred in the movie theater, Ronald felt that the two of them had really gotten into trouble.
"Hey, they had a fight, right? They will probably make up soon." Sitting next to her, Diane also saw Cameron and Gale sitting separately.
"Why?" Ronald discovered that Diane's understanding of things was completely different from his own.
"My father and mother are like this. After they divorced, they still kept arguing with each other on the phone, recounting things that happened more than ten years ago. But in the end, as long as my father said "honey", she stopped arguing.
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Maybe, my mother is just waiting for these words, dear."
"I hope you are right." Ronald did not want the two old friends to get separated or even divorced.
"Oh oh... swoosh..."
The screening of the premiere of "Moonlight" ended, the lights came on, and when veteran star Carl Reiner saw the end of the film, the camera slowly exited and everyone was holding champagne with sugar cubes in it, and they were sitting together.
Drinking and smiling happily in the kitchen.
Then the camera lens shot at the furniture and furnishings of the old house, and finally stopped at the grandfather and grandmother on the wall, stopping at a close-up of the first-generation ancestors of this Italian immigrant family.
This is the historical silhouette of countless American families. As a country of immigrants, America is full of such immigrant couples, spreading their branches and passing on the original national traditions in the land of New Babylon, which is full of milk and honey.
's big family.
Everyone was moved by the acting skills of Cher and a group of golden supporting actors, and also moved by the final scene in which Ronnie, played by Nicolas Cage, proposes to Loretta, played by Cher.
The audience stood and applauded for three full minutes.
"You know what? I've never felt like this before. It's like this Loretta character is completely different and completely separate from me. When I look at her, it's like I'm watching another person's life story."
Cher came over to thank Ronald. She did edit herself beautifully, and it didn't look too out of place when she acted alongside those veteran Broadway actors.
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"Reviews of this film tend to make it sound like a crazy ethnic comedy, and it is. But there's something more here, some kind of bittersweet longing, an ineffable romance at play, and
There's something magical about it...that's what millions of families in America are like."
Roger Ebert's film review the next day was as full of praise as if he was reviewing a real drama like the one directed by Billy Wilder in Golden Age Hollywood.
"Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley's witty script puts eight New Yorkers under a moon-like spell on one romantic night. Cher shines brightest of them all."
The film critic of Time Magazine is an old family member of Ronald, and he also praised "Moonlight" without hesitation.
"Very good, very good." Ronald was in the office the next day, browsing through the photocopies of all the film review articles from across the country that had just been delivered.
"Michael, you did a very good job. Our public relations activities were very effective. This is the first time that I have been so unanimously appreciated by film critics. This is the first time that Albert gave me four stars."
Ronald admired the methods of marketing consultant Michael Gray very much. If he had done it himself, he would have spent a lot of money and the effect would not have been as good.
"Why don't we sign a long-term cooperation agreement? From now on, your consulting company will be responsible for formulating marketing plans for my movies and the movies produced by my company."
Ronald knew that Gray insisted on his dream of starting his own business, so instead of asking him to daydream about working for him, he tied him up with a generous long-term agreement.
"This is also my wish." Michael Gray has such a client who completely listens to his opinions, and he is very happy to have a client who is happy to pay. Moreover, the movies produced and directed by Ronald are of high quality, and marketing is not a problem.
Movies can make money and fame, so they are an ideal customer.