Hollywood Hunter

Santa Monica Airport.

Amy, who returned from the San Francisco "Angel God Mission" crew, returned with an assistant Vanessa off the company's Falcon business jet. The driver was already waiting by the runway.

The two women got on the bus and the driver drove the car to Burbank, where a meeting was waiting for Amy.

Sitting in the back row of the car, Amy was about to take a look at some documents while on the road, heard a small voice from the front car radio, and looked up.The driver noticed Amy's movements and reached out to turn off the radio, but was blocked by Amy and also signaled him to turn up his voice.

"Michael, do you mean that "Death Poetry Club" only won the award for best director, is it completely a dark box operation?"

"Yes, this is too unfair to Barry Levinson, the director of "Rainman". He created a great film, but he couldn't get the honor he deserves. And, I haven't heard of it. The film won only one award for best director, which is a joke."

"Well, Michael, please don't be excited. Have you seen Mike Nicholson's "Graduate"?"

"Of course, I really like this movie."

"I have to regret to tell you that "Graduate" won only one award for best director.

"Oh, really?"

"Really."

"But, at least, Simon Westero's best soundtrack award is also full of problems. He may be a good soundtracker, but compared with John Williams and others, he is not fully qualified to get the best score. Good music little gold man, this is basically the public relations achievement of Daenerys Entertainment."

"Well, thank you for your call, Michael. This is the Voice of Los Angeles, and I am everyone's good friend John McLaren. Today's topic is'What's wrong with this Oscar?' Let's answer the next call. "

"Hi, Matthew, good afternoon."

"Hello, ma'am, what's your name?"

"Andy," the female voice on the other side of the phone waited for the host to continue to ask. "First of all, I want to say, Matthew, that guy was just a stupid full of prejudice."

"Please don't attack other people, Andy, but you can express your opinion."

"Everyone can see that in this Oscar, Daenerys Entertainment was the one who was unfairly treated. This film company produced so many excellent films last year, "When Harry Meets Sally", " "Pulp Fiction", "Rain Man", "Death Poetry Society", "Steel Magnolia Flower", oh, I really like "Steel Magnolia Flower" so much, I watched it five times and my mother also cried. Also In "When Harry Meets Sally", Billy Christo and Meg Ryan are a perfect match. However, this time Oscar gave only 11 nominations to Daenerys. Warner’s 19 nominations are almost half, but the Warner films really make me uninteresting."

"Warner, well, Sigourney Weaver's "Fog Lock" is still good."

"Haha, look, Matthew, you have to remember when you talk about this,

"Maybe, but this is mainly because of the theme of the show. I want to stay neutral, Andy, you can continue. What Michael just said about Barry Levinson and Westero's best soundtrack ,what is your opinion?"

"I still say that, he is a fool," Andy ignored Matthew's reminder that he just "civilized you, me and him", insisted on saying this, and then continued: "Everyone who has followed the gossip of "Rain Man" knows , Barry Levinson withdrew from the project in the late stage of the film. Not only that, he also publicly accused Daenerys Entertainment of interfering in the later period of "Rainman" in the interview, and declared that the project has nothing to do with him, Dustin. Hoffman and Tom Cruise were also openly on the side of Levinson at the same time, and at the same time drawn the line with "Rainman". Now that the movie is successful, they began to take credit for it, really disgusting, Dustin. Hoffman’s speech at the Oscars is a clown, he is hitting himself in the face. The Rainman we saw on the big screen has nothing to do with Levinson. It is Simon Westeros. In the later period of the lead, he also personally completed the soundtrack. Without Westeros, there is no such work. Of course, he is eligible to receive the best soundtrack award, and even more."

"..."

Amy listened carefully to this radio talk show along the way.

The calls made by various listeners in the program basically covered the media's controversy and discussion about the 61st Academy Awards during this time.

Today is already Friday, April 7.

Over the past week or so, media opinion has not cooled down at all because of the dust of the Oscars. The public opinion secret battle between Daenerys Entertainment and CAA continues.However, since the two listeners on the radio show just huddled and argued for a reasonable performance, it is enough to prove that Daenerys Entertainment has a clear advantage in this public opinion confrontation.

Although Dustin Hoffman's award-winning speech in front of the 43 million viewers of the Oscars touched many people, but the main character of "Rainman" in the late stage of the film to demarcate the project's position is unable to Annihilation.

With few prompts, many media can discover a large number of contradictions in Dustin Hoffman's two statements on the basis of public news materials.

Daenerys entertained secretly, and media opinion quickly leaned towards them.

Even the only nomination for the best director of "Death Poetry Club", under the rendering of Daenerys Entertainment, is also taken for granted.

"Death Poetry Club" already had the strength to obtain multiple nominations for best film, best director, best actor and best original script, and ultimately only got two nominations, not that "Death Poetry Club" was ineffective, but It was the result of Oscar's deliberate suppression.

After all, mediocre films like "Working Girl" can get a large number of nominations, which shows that Oscar is extremely unfair.

"Death Poetry Club" finally got the best director, which can be regarded as a compensation for this film.As for Simon's best soundtrack award, the company also successfully reversed public opinion by rendering him an important role in the later period of "Rainman".

Although the company once again invested two million dollars in this public opinion offensive, the return received was even more impressive.

In the week of the Oscars from March 24 to March 30, "Rainman" had already fallen to the single-week box office that was in the early four million dollars. The box office in the 15th week of the show fell by 18% and received another 5.11 million US dollars. The cumulative box office reached 138 million US dollars.

This is not over yet. As the results of the Oscars are released and the following topics have greatly increased, the week from March 31 to April 6 has just passed. The decline rate reached 42%, and it received another 7.25 million US dollars. The cumulative box office exceeded 145 million US dollars.

According to this box office trend, it only takes three weeks at most, and "Rainman" will exceed the "156 million dollars" box office figure of "Pulp Fiction" and rank among the 1988 North American box office champions.

Although the box office of "Death Poetry" did not rebound as much as "Rainman", it also successfully surpassed "Crocodile Dundee 2" and became the tenth box office movie in 1988.

As a result, Daenerys Entertainment successfully occupied seven positions in the top ten box office charts in 1988, although the three films of "When Harry Meets Sally", "Pulp Fiction" and "Instinct" were all crowned. It is issued by other studios, but such an initiative is difficult to be broken in the short term.

In addition, with the success of "Rainman", MGM finally found some plausible loopholes in the original contract between the two parties after the Oscar. In several contracts, the terms of the profit distribution of the movie soundtrack and the surrounding products were inconsistent. Because of this, he claimed $100 million from Daenerys Entertainment and also claimed to retake the copyright of "The Hobbit" again.

$100 million in compensation is obviously impossible.

Everyone knows that MGM just wanted to cut a piece of fat from "Rainman".

At the same time as the lion opened his mouth, MGM's team of lawyers had already hinted that both parties could settle privately.

After evaluating the lawsuit, Daenerys Entertainment’s legal department confirmed that MGM’s probability of winning the case was extremely low, and Amy decisively gave up the settlement, because she knew what Simon would do in the face of this kind of thing. This time did not disturb Simon any more, but responded with a strong attitude to MGM's own side ready to respond.

There are always too many people in this world who are bullying and afraid.

Although responding means paying an expensive lawyer's fee, but this time with a strong attitude, Daenerys Entertainment can also avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles in future operations.Moreover, with MGM's current decline, it will never be willing to spend millions of dollars to fight a lawsuit with a very low success rate. The scale of this lawsuit cannot be too large.

Amy rushed to the Burbank headquarters, and Robert Rem and other executives in the distribution department were already waiting for her.

Entering April, the summer season is approaching. The main topic of this meeting is the announcement strategy of Daenerys Entertainment's summer season "Bouncer" and "Sixth Sense of Sixths". Simon will return from Melbourne in the later stage of the two films. The review will be completed in person afterwards, but the pre-launch offensive can already be started.

Everyone sat down in the conference room. The administrative secretary distributed the meeting materials. Robert Rem asked Amy: "How is the progress of the filming of "Angel God Mission"?"

Amy nodded: "Very smoothly, Daryl's performance is indeed much stronger than that of Brooke Shields, and I am still looking forward to the future effect of the film."

The remake project "Angel God Mission" left over by New World Entertainment started shooting in the middle of last month.

Simon does not approve of Brooke Silk’s acting skills and box office appeal. The company’s final heroine is Daryl Hanna, who is featured in films such as Blade Runner, Mermaid, and Wall Street. The Hollywood actress who has performed wonderfully matches the image of the heroine of "Angel God Mission" Brenda Stara. The script of the project has also been refurbished and the budget is 15 million US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment originally planned to undertake the investment alone, but the other two investors who signed the intent contract during the New World Entertainment period were reluctant to withdraw. The final negotiation result was that the three companies each paid $5 million. Daenerys Entertainment acted as the issuer. , Withdraw 15% of the commission for issuance.

The shooting period of "Angel God Mission" is two months, and the latter period is also two months. It is expected to be completed in mid-July. The initial release date is early October. Although this period is somewhat unpopular, it is a studio development. The inevitable result after growth.

Daenerys Entertainment has determined the total number of films released this year since the beginning of the "Thunderbolt Blue Sky Envoy" from the beginning of the year as many as 15, it is impossible to put all the movies in the summer and end of the year.

Of course, if the effect of "Angel God Poor" is good enough, the company will also make appropriate adjustments to the schedule.

Melbourne.

Because the Simons filmed "Batman" in Australia, a series of waves caused by the Oscars were also transmitted here.

Most people can easily confirm their position with their subjective impressions.

As the son-in-law of the Australian, Simon has won two awards for best editing and best soundtrack in addition to his directorial career, and immediately became the most interesting talk for the Australian media and the public. About how many kinds of Oscars Simon can finally get People’s discussions have also become a topic of interest in the Australian local media during this time.

As for Simon, neither glory nor controversy had much impact on his work.

It was Jennifer. Seeing the controversy caused by Simon receiving the best soundtrack award, he once thought of throwing out a box of video titled "Blizzard" again, but Simon was blocked.Every Oscar will not lack controversy, as do many of Simon’s actions.If he had to prove himself every time he disputed, he would definitely be exhausted.

As the aftermath of the Oscar gradually dissipated, the filming of "Batman" was nearing its end.

In fact, the originally planned 13-week shooting should have been completed before April 7.However, because the suspension of Simon’s coma in February affected the progress of the film, such a big production movie will inevitably have some other conditions later, so the shooting cycle has been delayed until late April.

Fortunately, "Batman" is scheduled for December at the end of the year. Although the shooting cycle is delayed, there is still enough time for more than half a year to complete the later period.

So until April 19th, in a large studio in an abandoned factory in the western suburbs of Melbourne, the time was in the afternoon.

With the end of the last scene in the Bat Cave, Simon carefully checked the several sets of footage just shot, and announced to all the crew members at the scene: ""Batman", the mirror."

More than three months of busyness finally came to an end. After listening to Simon’s words, accompanied by applause from around, Adam Baldwin and others who had clearly negotiated in advance came around unconsciously and lifted Simon to throw him into the water hole in the bat cave. in.

Simon was suddenly caught by everyone. Although he could get rid of it, he didn't do it until he got into the water and struggled to get up, threatening a few words with a laugh.After a lot of fun, the crew of the crew started to clean up the scene, and a grand killing party was arranged at night.