Chapter 063 Contract Details

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Arizona.

Coolidge is a small town south of Phoenix.

The time is February 3rd.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Catherine Bigelow was standing in front of the hotel where the crew was staying and saw a black Chevrolet SUV coming from the end of the street in a dusty manner. When the car stopped, she subconsciously took two steps forward.

Simon pushed the door and got out of the car, looked at Catherine who was wearing a close-fitting black cardigan and jeans in front of him, then opened his arms and hugged the woman, saying, "You look better in black."

Catherine glared at Simon with a slightly resentful expression, but then said, "I heard about the news on The Hollywood Reporter yesterday. Is it really okay for you to run over like this?"

"Of course not, things are basically done, and then we will wait for the release. Moreover, I think I should also leave for a while, some things are still too much."

Catherine nodded in understanding, gestured behind her, and said, "I have prepared the room for you. Besides, have you eaten lunch?"

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "Not yet, I thought I'd come over and invite you to treat me."

Catherine rolled his eyes at him again, looked around, and pointed to the opposite side of the road not far away: "Let's go over there, there's a restaurant there."

The two crossed the wide asphalt road in the small town. Simon looked at the streets where few people were seen, remembering the boundless Gobi Desert on both sides of the intercontinental highway when they came all the way, and said with some emotion, "There is a vacuum here."

"There are about 6,000 people in Coolidge City, which is already a lot," Katherine said as she walked beside Simon, and said, "Didn't you plan to cooperate with Fox Pictures, why did you become Orion again?"

"I can't talk about it," Simon said in a helpless tone, "Orion is easier to communicate with."

Catherine nodded understandingly and asked, "What conditions did Orion give?"

Outside the restaurant, Simon helped the woman open the door and said, "They only take away the North American theatrical distribution rights for the time being, and other channels are given priority. Our share is 15%."

Catherine walked into the restaurant and was a little surprised to hear Simon say: "15%, it's not bad."

Hollywood film companies with publicity channels are very strong. When an agent distributes a film, they usually have to take more than 30% of the box office share of a film.

On the other hand, due to the attendance rate and other reasons, non-mainstream art films receive a generally low share from the theater chain dealers, and some films can even get less than 30% of the box office from the theater chain.

Combining the two, Simon was able to win 15% of the box office share for a low-cost movie like "Lola Run", which surprised Catherine a little.

The two sat down at the table, Simon ordered a lunch, and asked the waiter to bring a pot of coffee before explaining: "It's not as good as you think, this is conditional, and the cost of copying must be paid by us. I did it myself. Also, I signed a writer-director package deal with Orion.”

In order to win the 15% share contract, Simon and Mike Medova spent a full day last Saturday, almost pushing one more decimal place.

Even the additional two conditions are a lot of tug of war.

Mike Medova believes that since Simon is willing to bear the cost of copying, it should be paid first. Simon can't come up with the money at all now, so naturally it is impossible to agree, and in the end, Orion Films will advance it first.

As for the package contract, Mike Medova first took a fancy to "Death Is Coming" and wanted to sign it for $500,000.

Among them, $300,000 is Simon's director's salary, and $200,000 is the script fee for "Death Comes." Of course, although he is not a member of the two major unions of directors and screenwriters, according to industry practices, Simon can still enjoy sharing terms similar to those of union members.

"Death is Coming" has actually been spotted by Fox, but the other party is still waiting for the response of "Butterfly Effect" and has not made an offer. Of course, according to the exception in Simon's contract with Fox, if he wants to direct, he would have no problem giving "Death Is Coming" to Orion.

It's just that Simon has no interest in directing the film at all, and only hopes to sign a blank contract that does not involve any details for the time being, and then talk about specific cooperation when he has a script he is interested in.

Mike Medova naturally couldn't agree.

In the end, both sides made some compromises, and Simon signed a blank contract with a base salary of $500,000, but reserved the right to renegotiate the sharing terms.

In the restaurant, Catherine was holding a cup of coffee, listening to Simon explain the details of her 'fight of wits' with Mike Medova, and said with a smile: "$500,000, what else are you not satisfied with, I only have $150,000. Woolen cloth."

Simon retracted his arm on the table, asked the waiter to put down the lunch, picked up the cutlery, tasted the pasta, and said, "When I have money, I will give you a blank contract, how much investment and salary you want. , fill it out yourself."

Catherine dodged Simon's gaze and said, "I don't need your money."

"Then I will help you pull investment in the future."

"I will too."

Simon nodded quickly: "Oh, yes."

Catherine watched Simon start to lower his head to eat, pursed his lips, and said, "You, do you think I can't make movies well?"

Simon immediately shook his head: "Of course not, you will definitely become the first

An Oscar for best female director. "

Catherine still stared at Simon, completely disbelieving his words, insisting: "You just think I can't make movies well."

Simon didn't expect that a woman's intuition was so sharp, and he really wanted to swallow the words he just said.

Raising his head again, Simon looked at Catherine seriously and said, "No one walks when they are born, so even if you can't shoot well now, you will definitely be able to shoot well in the future."

Catherine made eye contact with Simon again, and suddenly felt like a little girl who had just been angry.

God, I'm really crazy.

Holding up the coffee cup, she lowered her eyes and took a sip, and then swept over to her. She was relieved when Simon started eating again.

After a moment of silence, I found a new topic and whispered: "Well, how many screens can Orion give to "Lola Run"?"

Simon also seemed to have forgotten the conversation just now, as if nothing had happened: "It's about 200 yuan, I can only pull so much in two weeks, this is because it is the off-season now. Moreover, these screens are also mainly concentrated on the west coast and east coast. For now, only New York will have some screenings."

The media industry in the 1980s was far less developed than it was later. The current discussion about Simon and "Lola Run" basically focuses on a few West Coast states and counties that the Los Angeles Times can radiate.

Therefore, Orion also temporarily chose to focus its announcement resources on the West Coast.

The opening screen of 200 yuan has actually exceeded Simon's expectations.

In this era when "Star Wars" only has 1,000 screens, Simon can't ask for too much. Even if he cooperates with the seven majors, they will only give about three or four hundred screens, but Simon will definitely not get 15. % of the share, and it is impossible to temporarily retain the distribution rights of other channels.

After a simple lunch, Simon and Catherine left the restaurant together, and asked about "Bloody Night": "How did you arrange the shooting plan here?"

"The next month will be night photography, starting at six in the afternoon and ending at two in the morning." Catherine said, the two crossed the asphalt road and returned to the other side. After a pause, the woman suddenly said again: "You, Don't you say that to me again?"

Simon pretended to be stupid: "What?"

Catherine didn't look at Simon, and threatened slightly: "Otherwise, I will tell Jenny."

Simon immediately raised a hand: "Okay, I promise."

Listening to Simon's insincere tone, Catherine just glared at him angrily.

Back at the hotel, Catherine first took Simon to settle in, and then introduced him to some of the other main cast members of "Blood of the Dead."

The hero of "Blood Night" is named Adrian Pasdar, who happens to be a client of Jonathan Friedman. The heroine, Jenny Wright, is a baby-faced girl with short hair, very beautiful, but her temperament tends to be pure, lacking a kind of cool and bewitching that a vampire should have.

Simon then also met the film's producer, Edward Feldman, a middle-aged man in his fifties. The other party obviously heard about some recent things in Hollywood, and when he saw Simon, he behaved very politely, and did not show any dissatisfaction with him for joining the group halfway, and signed an employment contract with him in person.

After getting acquainted with each other, from the evening, Simon quickly integrated into the work of the crew.

Simon's position is assistant director, because it is a regular crew, the salary is not bad, 500 US dollars a week. Of course, Simon was here to help, and naturally he wouldn't care about the money.

When Simon started working day and night in Arizona, the announcement of "Lola Run" was also advancing rapidly on the Los Angeles side.

Regarding Simon's sudden departure at this point in time, although Orion had some opinions, he did not ask him to return.

Because it doesn't work.

Simon has already finished the posters and trailers that may be needed before leaving, and the film has no plans to hold a premiere.

What Orion did basically was to contact theaters, roll out posters, and put a trailer for "Lola Run" on local TV stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and other cities a week before its release.

These seem simple, but without experience and connections, a film company that is just starting out is definitely not able to do it.

Moreover, in the short two-week release process, all the publicity budget invested by Orion easily reached 500,000 US dollars, which is still based on the copy cost of "Lola Run" on Simon's side.

You know, about 200 copies of "Lola Run", the total cost also reached about 150,000 US dollars.

This shows how expensive the distribution of films in the film era is, which is why many low-cost films are basically unable to land in theaters and only flow directly into the videotape channel.

Due to the tight schedule of "Lola Run" and the appropriate publicity methods of Orion Films, from the rise of Simon's topic in the media to the release of the film, the relevant media discussions have been maintained in a very active state.

And so on until Friday, February 13th.

"Lola Run" was finally officially released in major cities on the West Coast and New York on the East Coast and other theaters with an opening scale of 207 screens.

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