Four Hundred and Ninety-Five-Don’t Get Involved

Starting this morning, Anthony Minghella can be said to have watched a thrilling drama with his own eyes, and for the first time truly witnessed the most real competition in Hollywood.

As long as you think about Harvey Weinstein's previous confidence and the news that started to break out this morning, any fool will guess the role that the overbearing and lawless fat man played in this matter.

And he is now very sure that someone else might be concerned about Wayne Greenberg and Warner Bros.’s subsequent revenge, but with Harvey Weinstein’s lawless character, not to mention Warner Bros., it is God coming to earth. , the other party will definitely dare to fire on Jesus for the immediate benefit.

If he had a choice, Anthony Minghella would like to leave Hollywood and Los Angeles now, even if this means he can only live in the UK and work as a small director of art films.

It's a pity that things have begun to ferment now. Even if I leave now, I will still be classified as a vested interest by Warner Bros. Whether or not I leave has little meaning. On the contrary, I might as well stay here and cooperate with Miramax. Public relations activities may even bring about a statuette and the fame and fortune that people want most.

"Mr. Weinstein."

After the female secretary's report, Anthony Minghella opened the office door, said hello to the huge figure sitting behind the desk, took the initiative to pull out the chair and sat down, as if he didn't even see the messy newspapers on the table. Same, staring at each other sincerely,

"Anthony."

Without any courtesy, Harvey Weinstein crossed his two fat palms on the table and said directly: "Miramax has designed a complete winning strategy. Please don't let me have any surprises. You should know how beneficial these jobs are to you.”

Anthony Minghella nodded and responded in a low voice: "Yes, I understand."

"As the most certain award among the four major Oscar indicators, "The English Patient", the British Academy Film Awards must not make any mistakes..."

Now Harvey Weinstein has been able to confirm that his tricks worked. Warner Bros. has never issued a statement through the media, which is the best way to prove it.

Keeping the most threatening rivals too busy to attend all the frontline awards of the awards season and to participate in public relations activities is just one aspect. On the other hand, it still depends on your own public relations plan, and the British Academy Film Awards, one of the four major vane awards, is the most important plan for Miramax to increase its presence for "The English Patient."

Not just for this one award, Harvey Weinstein admits that he has made strict plans for the intensive awards ceremonies of various sizes during the North American awards season. Among them, he has prepared six million US dollars in public relations funds alone, hoping to ensure the maximum success. When your competitors are in dire straits by yourself, they will not let others steal their chickens, and you will not benefit from the fishermen.

At the same time, it’s not just Harvey Weinstein who is the instigator who can see the opportunity. The core creators of the "Mr. Sweetheart" crew who had just made a large promotional tour in major cities in North America received an emergency call. After getting off the plane, they ran directly from Los Angeles International Airport to 10202 West Washington Avenue without taking a rest. , home to Sony Columbia Pictures.

This movie starring Tom Cruise was cleverly moved by Sony Columbia to release in early December at the end of the year. With the fierce competition in this summer's summer season, it is undoubtedly a good move for Sony Columbia. Chess became one of the giant production projects that was not beaten to the ground by Warner Bros.

Since the film was released on December 13th, it has almost immediately become a dominant player in the North American theater market. With Tom Cruise as the leading box office guarantee, after only two weeks, the box office has It has approached US$70 million, exceeding the production cost line early, and the trend of box office success is quite obvious.

"Paul, are you sure you're not kidding?"

In the office of Sony Columbia's distribution director, film director and producer Cameron Rock frowned slightly and asked in disbelief.

"Of course I'm not kidding."

Publishing director Paul Knight leaned back in his chair, a look of confidence on his face. "I have my own news channel. Warner Bros. has already tacitly agreed that some shots of "The Dark Knight" will be modified. As the leader of the film, Wayne Greenberg will inevitably miss the entire awards season for the tedious work ahead. It can be said that Warner Bros.’s award-winning plan for “The Departed” is very likely to end in vain from the beginning.”

"I have to say, it's a brilliant method!" Cameron Rock sighed sincerely after learning all the information. "If it comes out at this time, I'm afraid even if those specious things are fake, they will be compared by fans with magnifying glasses after the movie is released. Yes, there is no doubt that modifying some lens expressions has become the only option. "

"This is our chance!"

Almost everyone present had similar thoughts at the same time. The advantage of "The Departed" is that it is too big. The original plan of the crew and Sony Columbia was just to get more nominations for the film, but now the situation is obviously different.

"Tom, what do you think?"

Director Gu Ruo turned to look at the silent superstar. As long as he is a practitioner in this circle, he believes that no one can resist the temptation of the Oscar statuette. The same is true for the young superstar next to him.

"uh-huh."

What is very rare is that there is no excitement on Tom Cruise's handsome face. Instead, he shrugs calmly and says: "If you need my cooperation, please inform my agent Pat." Okay. I came here right after I got off the plane. I’m a little tired. You continue, I’ll go back and rest first.”

After saying that, he ignored the surprised people and stood up without hesitation and walked out of the office. It wasn't until the door closed that the remaining people looked at each other in confusion. They suppressed their surprise and continued to discuss how to let "Mr. Sweetheart" compete for the prize. strategy.

Everyone knows that with Tom Cruise's status, he represents the scarcest resource in the industry. He is fully qualified to show off to anyone, and among these top superstars, which one doesn't have some special quirks?

"Tom, don't get involved in this, no way."

In a car driving away from Sony Columbia, agent Pat Kingsley squinted his eyes and kept urging his client in a low voice. She really knows her superstar client very well. Although he is arrogant, eccentric, and sometimes talks nonsense to the media, as long as someone is around to remind him, his mind can still stay clear.

"Your performance in "Mr. Sweetheart" was indeed well received by film critics this time, but Tom, you should know that those old men in the academy will never award you the statuette!"

Sadly, this is almost certain in advance. Tom Cruise, who is known for his business achievements, has never been favored by the academy. They will allow him to be nominated to earn points, but they will not give up that little gold medal now. People, awarded to this representative of the "smelly sect".

And among the known competitors this year, to put it politely, all of them performed no worse than Tom Cruise. To put it bluntly, the acting skills of those few are their signature in Hollywood.

"I see."

Tom Cruise suddenly laughed, as if he didn't take this to heart at all. In fact, he had seen through Oscar's attitude as early as two or three years ago. Everyone who can climb to the top in this intrigue circle A person who is a top-tier celebrity and can maintain his status all year round probably needs a smart brain.

Even if he is nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor this year, Sony Columbia wants to take the initiative to do public relations for him in order to promote and market the film.

"After the last party, the relationship between Wayne and I has remained good, and we don't want to go into troubled waters for Sony Columbia. Pat, do you remember what I said?"

"What?!"

Pat Kingsley just breathed a sigh of relief when he was immediately stunned by the other party's sudden question.

Tom Cruise shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "In the summer, I said that Fundy Greenberg needs a godfather. Maybe now the opportunity will come."

"But don't you believe in Scientology..."

Halfway through her words, Pat Kingsley immediately shut her mouth tightly. She quickly realized that there were some sensitive things, especially the attitude towards Scientology. No one could guess what her client was doing. Thought.

Nowadays, many people do not understand the issue of Tom Cruise's beliefs. No one can guess why a superstar worth billions willingly believes in a famous cult. But when more than ten or twenty years passed, people would discover from the reports in tabloids that before they knew it, this superstar had become one of the top three executives in the sect!

Not to mention the "Sweetie" team who rushed back to Los Angeles, it's not just Sony Columbia who have a sensitive sense of smell in Hollywood. Almost on the same day, including the Coen brothers of "Fargo" and Milos Forman of "Bookstore Tycoon" , Scott Hicks of "Shining Style", and other people who have ambitions for the best director, their eyes lit up more or less, sooner or later, at the same time.

To a certain extent, "The Departed", an R-rated film full of blood and violence, with an absurd ending and foul language throughout, is indeed the most advantageous film at the 69th Oscars.

During this year, whether it was Wayne's early slogans or Warner Bros.'s sparing support and preparations for awards, they put a lot of pressure on the crew who were ambitious to win a heavyweight statuette. At least now, most of this invisible pressure has been removed.

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