King of Hollywood

Honestly, which director, which producer, could do Adrian like that? The first film won the Venetian Film Festival Best Newcomer Award and the second won the Berlin Film Festival Jury Award. Although there is luck in it, it does not erase the excellence of the two films. Listen to what the people in the circle call him: The Ghostly Director! With Adrian pushed to the peak of second-line director and producer, LaVerne is almost certain that after the release of Shawshenk's Redemption, he will have little problem promoting front-line director and producer.

In addition, his ability to write is also evident, with the scripts of all three films coming from his hands, and the first four screenplays sold to companies made money after they were made into films. Especially "Bodyguard" sold to Warner was the most earned of those four screenplays. Although Warner adjusted its slot to mid-July to avoid the glow of Terminator 2, more than 100 million North American box offices have not been paranoid so far.

Not to mention everything else. And most importantly, it only took him over a year to do this! It only took about two months between filming and production, while Memory Shards took three months, and Shawshenk's Redemption, if not for his inability to leave London, would be about four months at most. So even though LaVerne disagrees with this dramatic development, he has to admit that Adrian's vision and abilities are out of reach. If that's the case, then follow along.

“So, which movie are you going to choose?” LaVerne asked.

“Which Italian film, of course, needs only a partial modification of the original plot," Adrian replied with a smile, "In fact, I had taken the time to write some of the screenplays in London, leaving the rest to Jules in the editorial department to edit and try to get it done within a week, the best of those writers at the moment. ”

“Okay, what else?” LaVerne wrote these down.

“Put up the shelves as soon as possible, and I hope not later than mid-September, when all but the male lead roles, as well as the shooting venue, are under the responsibility of the departments.” Adrian talked about it here, and after a few minutes of silence, he said, “I'm afraid you have to help me figure it out, Ralph, by inviting the male lead. ”

“Oh?” LaVerne raised her eyebrows.

“I'm going to," Adrian looks at him with a profound look, "invites Al? Pacino plays Lieutenant Colonel Blind. ”

Smell the Fragrant Woman, this is Adrian's new film.

QUESTION: How can you be sure that you will get the first place and know the answer?

Answer: Move the entire critical computational step in place.

Al Pacino was awarded the best male lead at the 65th Oscar to play Lt. Col. Frank the Blind, so Adrian just had to copy the film "Smell the Fragrance Woman" completely and invite Al to play the male lead, and the rest look at LaVerne's propaganda and PR tools. It's speculative, but Adrian doesn't care, as long as he achieves his goals, as long as the means are within the bounds of the rules, he can do nothing.

LaVerne, though unaware of this, strongly endorses Adrian's approach. Simply put, Al, who became famous in the '70s, has rubbed his shoulders several times with Oscar's best male lead, and watching only acting, be it Godfather 2 or Hot Afternoon or Justice, is enough to get him a little golden man, unfortunately Al's luck is not very good.

By now, however, this bad luck had become capital, and almost everyone knew that the Film Academy owed Al a small gold man. As I said earlier, if a competitor cannot be left far behind in quality, the other determinants of victory and defeat are one of them. So as long as Adrian can really guarantee quality, LaVerne is perfectly confident in pushing Al to the throne of the best male lead.

In that case, let's do it. Although the heads of the company were surprised that Adrianma was about to start making new films again, they didn't have many opinions, which he had witnessed for more than a year.

Actually, Adrian would have preferred to make three of the films he prepared first, if he could. Thompson gets the best actress in Howard Manor.

Howard Manor is the famous British deceased writer Edward? Morgan Foster's novel, typical of English literature, tells all sorts of helpless, awkward, unexpected stories about the Howard Manor, and in a sense the novel is more like a long fable.

The first reason I wanted to pick this movie was because Adrian was sure to convince Emma? Thompson stars. As one of Britain's most famous actresses, Thompson is also a talented woman, has his own insights into film writing and production, and the film is also an adaptation of the famous British novel, so long as she believes that he can make the film, it's absolutely fine to promise. Besides, Anthony, the other star of the movie? At the Berlin Film Festival, Hopkins verbally promised to cooperate.

Unfortunately, while the idea is good, there is an embarrassing problem that cannot be avoided, namely, that Howard's Endowment is an irrevocable commodity. This is a typical British Victorian style movie, which alone can make a lot of viewers lose interest in watching, and the story itself is neither suspicious nor surprising, it tells about things between people, and then it loses part of the audience. Simply put, this is a very small piece of art, and how many boxes can you imagine?

Of course, if Adrian decides to cast this film, he certainly won't care if he loses money, but that should never be now. Although "Two Big Smoke Guns" and "Memory Shards" made a lot of money for the movie companies, but at the same time they spent a lot of money, not to mention the expansion of the company, there are several movies invested alone, at this time it is not wise to lose money. Therefore, he had to turn his attention to "Smell the Incense Woman," although the film also had problems to solve.

As I said before, Adrian made Howard Manor his first choice because he was sure to convince Emma? Thompson. But what if it's Al? Pacino, that won't be easy.

Unlike Freeman or Robbins, Pacino is one of Hollywood's biggest stars, and it's not easy to convince someone to take over.

Speaking of which, it's because Adrian is too inexperienced, and if he can keep up the momentum, these big stars won't refuse to work with him for three or five years, but it's hard to say right now.

His fears proved to be correct, and Pacino's broker was a tough guy, not only with smooth means, but also with dripping water in his mouth, making it impossible for Adrian to talk to Pacino alone.

But LaVerne had no choice, and after several negotiations, he invited the other party to participate in the final screening of Shawshenk's Redemption, finally passing the broker level, and then Al himself.

“Let's just say, Al, I started by creating this character based on your image, especially the last part of the speech. I've seen many of your films, your big, declaratory monologues, your dramatic performances, the iconic moves that no one else can perform, and I'd really like you to take on that role.” That's what Adrian said when he went out to talk, and it seemed exciting to make a slightly exaggerated gesture.

“I have to say, Ed, you look a lot richer in body language now than I do.” Pacino Haha laughed, privately he was a good person, "frankly, I also loved the character of Frank and the speech. After reading your script, I came all the way to the Italian movie to see it. Although the main plot hasn't changed much, I think this colonel is more attractive than that captain, so I don't think I can say no. ”

“I'm glad you said yes, Al. I promise you won't regret it.” Adrian then reached out.

“I'm sure your ghost director won't let me down.” Pacinohaha grinned and gripped him.

Direct contact with Pacino made it much easier, and this time only twice. The script obviously has something to appeal to Pacino, otherwise how could he “have” taken over the role? And of course, it had nothing to do with Adrian throwing it, so much so that when he left, Pacino's agent said to LaVerne in a profound way: "You have a good boss. ”

In any case, Pacino said yes, and then the contract could be signed after the treatment was negotiated. This entailed negotiations with Pacino's agent, Eddard, but Adrian threw it directly at LaVerne.

While the main goal has been achieved, it will take some time to start shooting, because Shawshenk's Redemption needs publicity, so the preparation of the new film is relatively slow, and the film needs a more troublesome outlook - schools, Waldorf hotels, etc. - coupled with the selection of characters, so the basic shelves will be up by mid-September, but further time will be needed.

It doesn't matter, anyway, as a methodical representative, Pacino needs to go to the Blind House to study - admittedly, he's a dedicated actor and contacted the Blind House the day after he signed the contract. So it's not a big deal to delay a little bit, this time not as big a scene as "Shawshenk's Redemption," as long as the actor is in good enough shape, Adrian is sure to finish shooting in six weeks.

Interestingly, he's dealing with other people's brokers for the role, and others for the role.

Keep asking for tickets and collecting, guys.