King of Hollywood

\u003e Chapter 118 Want to tap?

In the history of Hollywood, the 1930s to the 1940s were the golden age of musicals. Immediately after the continuous improvement of shooting techniques, coupled with the culmination of luxurious sets and production at that time, the singing and dancing shown in movies It is completely different from what is shown on Broadway. This kind of musical film pays more attention to the combination of content and form, and its artistic achievements are also very high, so even though it is still black and white, it is still popular all over the United States.

In the 1950s and 1960s, with the expansion of color films, musicals began to become very epic, reaching the peak of a genre in Hollywood, and many famous and even famous films emerged for this type of film. An actor who won the Oscar for Best Actress, such as Julie? andrews.

"It was a wonderful time. I could sing and dance to my heart's content in front of the camera. The feeling of freedom is something I can't experience now," Andrews said with emotion, and then added, "Of course, I'm not saying that it's not good now, However, when one gets old, one will inevitably feel nostalgic for the glory of the past, especially since my voice has undergone surgery and I can no longer sing.”

Immediately, everyone around her sighed for her. This is the premiere scene of "The Princess Diaries". This movie about modern fairy tales was released immediately after "Moulin Rouge". The time is a little tight, but the New Year's schedule is about to end. If you don't hurry up, then for box office considerations, you can only postpone it to the summer vacation.

"Don't say that, Julie, even though you can no longer sing, I believe that everyone will remember Mary Poppins in "Mary Poppins" and Maria von Tripp in "The Sound of Music" no matter when, You have left a heavy mark in the history of musicals." Adrian said in praise.

Although after the 1970s, due to the rise of various technologies, such as "Space Odyssey 2001" and later "Star Wars", etc., coupled with the interest in various sports, Hollywood musicals began to shrink in an all-round way, and Andrews' career also began to shrink. greatly affected. Even so, she still did not give up on her beloved musicals. When the movies did not sell well, she went to Broadway to perform. It was not until 1997 that a tumor required surgery on her throat, which later triggered a series of medical lawsuits, and she had to say goodbye. singing career.

"I believe you too, Adrian. Although it is no longer possible for musicals to revive the craze, "Moulin Rouge" is indeed the best musical in recent years. Ms. Nicole Kidman also performed quite well. Excellent, it's great to see such a musical today." Andrews said flatteringly.

As mentioned above, after the 1970s, after the overall shrinkage of musicals, traditional methods of expression were no longer popular, and innovative approaches were occasionally tried, but they did not arouse the strong repercussions as before, and musicals gradually became niche. After "Everybody Says I Love You" in 1995, there has been no more high-level work. In fact, even "Everyone Says I Love You" has been criticized, and many people regard it as a "comparable" work. di? The beginning of Allen's downhill road.

This is why "Moulin Rouge" can attract so much attention. Genre films may have a low ebb, but they will never disappear. After a long time, some dazzling sparks will always erupt, even if the duration is very short. In the same way, the old people of the Film Academy will also miss that era, the era that made them shine, the era when singing and dancing skills were an important award standard, so Adrian repeatedly asked Nicole to participate in the battle in person.

Adrian gave a typical example when he persuaded Naomi to practice singing and dancing like Nicole, Audrey? Hepburn's performance in the movie version of "My Fair Lady" must be said to be very good, but she didn't even get nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars that year, because the dances and songs in it were not danced and sung by her. And it was Julie who won the Best Actress that year? Andrews, the stage play "My Fair Lady" for three consecutive years by her starring.

Therefore, Nicole's winning foundation is ready. Of course, it is still not easy to win awards with only the basics, and some important things are indispensable.

"Remember what you promised me?" After finishing talking with Andrews and others, Adrian called a somewhat pudgy middle-aged man out of the crowd.

"Where do you mean?" Harvey? Weinstein blinked.

"It's coming soon, in March." Adrian said bluntly, not bothering to reveal his pretentious expression.

"Oh, yes, I see." Weinstein showed a look of sudden realization, and after a pause of two seconds, he showed an ambiguous smile again: "Nicole? Kidman, right?"

"It seems that there is only one movie directed and produced by me that may win the Best Actress." Adrian smiled.

"That's true," Weinstein nodded after recalling, "It seems that there will be standards in the future."

Following him, he laughed again: "That is indeed a stunner, and she has a great personality, and only a big man like you can tame her, but... I remember you once said that "A Beautiful Mind" is also going for Oscars, so... ..."

Weinstein made this gesture but didn't say what he said next, but Adrian knew what he meant very well. Thinking about some of his previous performances, some rumors in his previous life were not groundless.

"That's my business, Harvey," Adrian said in a languid tone, "you just have to finish"

"Okay, okay, but look, Ed, 'Pirates of the Caribbean' has just started filming and wants to..." Weinstein grinned.

"This time is the same as last time, Harvey," Adrian interrupted him, "All resources are at your disposal, I just want to see the results, so don't say you didn't get benefits."

This mercenary guy didn't speak, but smiled twice without any shame.

"This time there is more time than last time, and the situation is more favorable. Don't let me down, Harvey." Adrian didn't care, but said in a very serious tone.

Weinstein finally put away his smile, nodded and agreed with the same seriousness: "No problem, Ed, as you said, this incident is more sufficient and the situation is more favorable. I have no reason to fail, just wait Let's have a good show."

After a pause, he said again: "Frankly speaking, Ed, I am very lucky to be able to cooperate with you."

He said this sincerely. Indeed, no media group would give him such power, even if it was only for a short period of time. And by holding this power, Weinstein also understood that their brothers are not the material to run a large media group, so they are more involved in film production and distribution.

"Me too." Adrian patted Weinstein on the shoulder. With the help of such a well-connected guy in Hollywood, many things became much easier. The media is indeed more suitable for owning Miramax than Disney. .

After leaving Weinstein, Adrian walked to the other side, but at the same time he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, if only she was as sensible as Andrews.

"This is our great miracle director, Adrian? Mr. Cowell, he is really a great director." Anne? Hathaway enthusiastically introduced Adrian to her friend. Although she tugged at the hem of his clothes affectionately, she had no other meaning at all, as if this was just a friendly friend.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Adrian? Kewell, I'm not the boss of any company, nor a director, just Adrian." No matter what he was thinking, Adrian still had an approachable appearance Pulled into the distance with these young people. It's too easy to get their favor, not to mention that their minds are not very pure, for example, the eyes of the young girl on the far left keep flickering.

"I'm so happy, Ed, can you believe it? The first movie I starred in is about to be released!" It was hard to wait until the screening was about to start, and everyone began to enter the screening room, and Adrian got it During the few minutes alone with Annie, she talked excitedly and endlessly.

"Then enjoy tonight, this will be your official date in Hollywood." Adrian didn't feel impatient at all, and still kept his smile.

"I really don't know how to thank you, Ed, you gave me this role." Annie said gratefully, and Adrian could feel that she was sincere, but it was also because of this that it gave him a headache .

"Buy me a cup of coffee," he said.

"It's just a cup of coffee? How can that be?" Anne didn't understand the meaning of the words at all. "If the movie is a success, my friends and I will hold a party to celebrate, can you come and host it?"

She looked at him with wide eyes and begging, her hands clenched into fists, looking very earnest, as Adrian said, if she didn't laugh, she was really beautiful.

"Well, if I have time." Adrian said after thinking about it, "Remember to call me first."

"No problem!" Seeing how excited she was, if she hadn't already entered the screening room, she might have jumped up and cheered.

Seeing Annie so happy, Adrian sighed in his heart, even the girl on the left has more winks than you. That pretty girl, whose eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Sarah, secretly stuffed a small note into his hand when she left just now. There was no doubt that her phone number and address were written on it.

But Annie didn't seem to hear anything. Well, she is indeed a little slow sometimes, but she shouldn't be so slow, right? Maybe she was just protecting herself, but those words still sound sincere, and Adrian, who has read countless women, basically can't make mistakes in his judgment on this aspect.

Looking back on the not-so-little contact with her during this period, it is more and more confirmed that there is indeed a problem with her eyesight. Of course, she is indeed very cute and can talk, and no one who comes into contact with her hates her, just like just now.

It seems that some tricks are needed. Do you want to hit her? Adrian, who sat in his seat, glanced at Annie who was a little excited not far away? Hathaway said so in her heart.

Needless to say about the content and response of "Princess Diaries", it got a box office of about 7 million in 2,200 theaters on the first day of its release, and the total box office in the first three days of the first weekend was 20 million. Compared with the expected box office, or the box office in Adrian's memory, this figure is less, not surprising, after all, this is January, and the number of theaters is also less than the original version.

Even so, the film still sat at the top of the North American box office chart in the first week. The quality of the film is one of the reasons, and some media praised it, Gary? Marshall has made another good fairy tale movie and thinks Julie? Andrews and newcomer actor Annie ? Hathaway performed very well, especially the pure and beautiful Anne, just like Audrey? Hepburn and Julia? Roberts' complex - this title was also proposed early under the instruction of Adrian. Of course, all girls have a princess dream in their hearts, which is why the movie is so popular.

Even today, the royal families of various countries have almost become the sightseeing objects of zoos, but words such as nobleman, prince, and princess are still sought after by many people. So Disney always holds on to the "princess complex", because it can easily make girls pay for it. Unfortunately, the media is now starting to do this. "Princess Diaries" is just the beginning. I don't know how Disney will respond. .

Not to mention these, Adrian continued his leisurely life in the first few days of January 2002. Although the filming of "The Matrix" was important, he was going to London soon, and he had to stay for a few days , Don’t you think it’s too wasteful to call all the staff to shoot for a while and stop for a while?

So I took a break from work and took care of my daughters while going back and forth between women. Needless to say, Lily is a mischievous guy. Seeing that she will go to school in half a year, Adrian also let her make trouble, but told her not to set a bad example for Deva and Juliet, those two little guys Not only clingy to dad but also clingy to sister.

Eleanor is fine, besides the nanny and mom and dad, she also has two aunts who love her. Gwyneth may not be easy to say, but Liv really likes Eleanor very, very much. She always said that seeing her blue eyes is like seeing herself, and her love and affection are beyond words. Up to now, this little guy can turn over and sit up, and he always looks at the world curiously with his mother’s beautiful eyes wide open, and even called his mother at the first time, which makes Blanchett happy and proud for a long time.

As for Mary, who is more than one year old, she can already speak some short sentences. The pink and tender little cutie is very funny when she speaks with her tongue out. Fortunately, those eyebrows are very beautiful, and they are not curled up. But she has a bad habit, she always likes to bite things - not to stuff things into her mouth, but to open her mouth to bite and gnaw. Once Adrian hugged her to answer the phone and didn't pay attention to it. As a result, she crawled on her body and bit her ear for a long time. The teeth are weak.

"Tell me honestly, Jesse, were you like this when you were a child?" Adrian asked Jessica very seriously, making an expression of "it must be inherited from you", which made Jessica feel annoyed and funny He punches.

However, not all work has stopped. The routine work reports of the media still need to be read, and some decisions still need to be made. Although Ivanka is still studying, she has always done a good job. Let him very easy.

There are three important things related to TV and movies, one of which is whether "Dark Angel of the End Times" will end. As a sci-fi movie, and it is still a relatively small sci-fi movie, the ratings have not been very high, and it has declined slightly after the third season. And even though the setting of the background has been modified, the 9/11 incident still had a certain impact on this TV series, and Jessica's mind gradually shifted to the movie, and several times she pestered Adrian to hint that she wanted to Going to make a movie, think about it carefully, it is also appropriate to let her transform now.

More importantly, through this sci-fi movie, some staff members who have ideas for sci-fi dramas have also been cultivated. It happens that in the second half of the year, Adrian prepared a sci-fi movie for Ji Li—this little girl also went to it when she found an opportunity. To entangle Adrian and give full play to the advantages of his figure is quite eager for fame. Therefore, resources need to be allocated for production. By the way, Cameron can also be reminded that he needs to speed up. Therefore, the end of the fourth season seems to be certain.

Just reassuring the production team and getting them to start preparing for a new TV series needs to be handled with care.

Then came the production of two films, one of which was "Chicago", which was launched at the end of last year. For a short flash, Hollywood producers will definitely not let go of this theme. Unfortunately, Adrian has already taken the copyright of the film, otherwise Naomi and Zeta Jones would not have practiced so much in advance song and dance.

That's right, the musical that Adrian told Naomi at the beginning was exactly this one. He didn't watch many musicals in his previous life, but this one left a deep impression on him, even surpassing "Moulin Rouge". Without him, the song and dance where the barrister holds a press conference for the heroine is very vivid. The heroine and the reporters are just puppets of the barrister. They say whatever the barrister wants them to say, accompanied by rich Rhythmic singing and dancing, black humor and irony are very sharp.

Adrian knew about Naomi's practice, and with her acting skills, there would be no problem getting a nomination. Needless to say, Zeta Jones, this is hers. Although her performance in the previous life was not very eye-catching, and the off-court factors accounted for a large part of the award, but now there are two nominations, it is not difficult to win the award , not to mention Adrian.

The director is naturally or Rob? Marshall, although he doesn't direct many films, he has a lot of stage plays. He also directed the stage play "Chicago" a few years ago, which is very suitable.

As for the leading actor, remember Adrian and George when filming "Ocean's Eleven"? Those words that Clooney said? Although he has no dance foundation, he started training at the same time when the film was being prepared in the middle of last year. Maybe he is not as good as those professional dancers, but it is still no problem to sing and dance in front of the camera.

Plus with Adrian looking after it, the film is no worse than the original as I remember it.

As for the other movie, it was adapted from Michael? Cunningham won a Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1999: The Hours!