Facts have proved that even though I probably didn’t have a good life as a child, I still like to watch jokes about my father’s country.

On the 14th, Li Guoxing bought the right to sell out the foreign markets in East Asia and Southeast Asia except the mainland. On July 16th, he landed in the island theater chain and announced...

Li Guoxing did not make any announcements. Since Mary in North America cooperated with the K&L Gates law firm to sue Pacific Gas and Electric Group on the 11th, countless North American newspapers and television stations began to bombard Pacific Gas and Electric Group indiscriminately that day.

These news are the fastest flowing into Hong Kong, island countries, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places.

The news has been fermenting for a few days, and there is no need to do anything else. On the 16th (never compromise), it directly made more than 300 million yen at the box office across the island country!

More than 300 million yen a day is a crazy figure!

Of course, if you look at the unit of yen, it is indeed an exaggeration. If converted into U.S. dollars, before the U.S. dollar depreciated in 1985 and the Japanese yen did not appreciate, more than 300 million yen would be 13.4 million U.S. dollars, which is similar to 1,000 U.S. dollars.

Millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Now? More than 300 million yen but still less than 2 million US dollars.

This data is an exaggeration. It refers to the Star Wars series since the 1970s and 1980s, to Back to the Future, Top Gun, and then to Hong Kong Film’s (Super Body) (The Love of Humans and Ghosts) (Life and Death) and so on.

The total box office of blockbusters is 6 to 7 billion yen.

Only 1975's "Jaws" had a box office of 9 billion yen in the island country, and it was also "Jaws" that had a box office of 300 million yen in one day!

Hollywood movies have made 10 billion yen at the box office in the island country, and that all refers to the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, the sequel to The Matrix, the sequel to Harry Potter... The sequels relied on the success of each of their predecessors to pave the way for the success of the sequels.

Ten billion yen box office.

That's all after the millennium.

And (Never Compromise) relied on the hot news effect in reality to not only bombard the island country, but also sold more than 9 million new dollars in various old theaters on the first day of its release, which is equivalent to more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

In places like Stars, Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea, the box office trend is also booming.

Isabelle Adjani, a French star, has really become the most dazzling and bright star this summer, attacking the world!

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July 17.

In the luxurious private screening room of Zhao's Financial Building, when Zhao Donghuai and the (Cat and Mouse Game) crew watched the final film of this female-fronted movie, Xu Ke, Wang Jing, including Naomi Watts and Lin Qingxia, etc.,

Everyone looked at Director Zhao with concern.

Zhao Donghuai smiled and clapped his hands a few times, then looked not far away, "Barry, Mr. Pacino, what do you two think of the quality of this film?"

Barry Levinson, a great director, and Al Pacino, a multiple Oscar nominee, are the visiting professors of the Acting Department of the Asian Theater Academy this year, including the Director Department.

When I first saw the self-recommendations of these two people, Zhao Donghuai thought of the (Rain Man) script in his mind. After all, (Rain Man) is one of the most worthy of writing and praise in Barry's director career.

As for Al Pacino, an actor-level figure, let him challenge the autistic person in Rain Man and challenge for the Oscar winner trophy again. As long as he is willing to calm down and act, he has a high chance of winning.

However, at this stage, he has not yet discussed the (Rain Man) project with these two people.

By the way, the two people in front of me have just arrived in Hong Kong for a few days after joining (Asian Opera) as guest or honorary professors.

I haven't even had a teaching assignment yet, and I haven't even had time to talk about it yet.

At this, Barry Levinson smiled and nodded, "It's a very good, very complete crime drama. If I hadn't known earlier that this movie was adapted from the real deeds of real people, I wouldn't have believed it.

Crazy, exaggerated things.”

With the customary polite words, Barry looked at Naomi Watts in the back row, "The little girl has good acting talent. I can't tell you about the Oscar. I still have a chance to try for the Golden Globe Best Actress nomination."

Can Naomi win a Golden Globe? In the original version of "Cat and Mouse", DiCaprio won the Golden Globe Best Actor nomination for his performance in it.

And even Zun Long won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor for "Year of the Dragon" and "The Last Emperor" respectively.

Kai Zi Ge's (Farewell My Concubine) also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Zhang Yimou's (Alive) was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Including "Kung Fu", "The Thirteen Hairpins" and even "The Promise" were nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

International Chapter won the Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for "Memoirs of a Geisha"...

Looking at this pile of resumes, you will know that the honor of the Golden Globe Award is much easier to win than the Oscar, but the Golden Globe Award itself is a precursor award for the Oscar.

A movie like The Promise (A Murderous Case of a Steamed Bun) can be nominated for a grand award, so its gold content is just that.

After saying this, Naomi Watts was still ecstatic and bowed to thank her. She was so excited!

Al Pacino laughed and said, "The performances of both actresses are wonderful. I don't think it's strange. After all, she is one of the literary queens in the Chinese circle. Naomi is really talented."

After speaking, the crowd stood up and walked outside. Zhao Donghuai told Qiu Shuzhen, "(Never Compromise) has been released for less than a week, so Cat and Mouse Game should be scheduled to be released at the end of July to avoid the limelight."

“The end of July is still a good time for summer vacation.”

After a while, when everyone moved to the big office, Fatty Jing, Xu Ke, Lin Qingxia, Naomi and others had left one after another, and glanced at Barry Levinson, Al Pacino, and Zhao Donghuai who were following them.

I just took out two scripts and handed them over.

"Boy, this is a new script I have conceived. Why don't you help me refer to it to see if there is any chance of making it into a high-quality movie?"

Barry and Al immediately became serious.

The script that Zhao Donghuai came up with...that's really a good guy. Thinking about the (Never Compromise) that is currently raging around the world, these two senior Hollywood filmmakers are also super speechless and speechless.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They have also watched (Never Compromise) in North America, and have been paying attention to real-life lawsuits. They all know the quality of Never Compromise. It is absolutely

It’s a blockbuster and a box office bomb.

New script, (Rain Man)??

After being polite, the two of them sat in the reception area and quickly read the script. Barry read quickly and Al read slowly.

After a few dozen minutes, after roughly reading the outline of the story, Barry grabbed the script and closed his eyes and meditated for a moment on the sofa. Then he took a sip of coffee and clapped his hands and said, "Great book, Zhao. I feel like I have clear pictures and stories in my mind."

Logic line."

"If this movie is made well, and if the main character, the autistic genius protagonist, can be played well, it will definitely be another award-winning movie! I can't say how sure I am, I can only say that it depends on the opponents at the same time, whether they are stronger or weaker.

!”

What a good book?? It made Barry high-five? There’s nothing wrong with it. Originally, this was a script adapted by a Hollywood screenwriter next year in 1987 based on the story of Kim Peake, a North American genius with autism.

When preparing for the project, the script fell into the hands of screenwriters and directors one after another. After many changes, the story line was not so pleasant and convincing. Finally, in 1988, it fell into the hands of Barry Levinson.

.

This well-known writer-director, who has been nominated for two Oscars for Best Screenplay, personally revised it.

This is the final version of the script...

This is what Barry himself learned from his strengths and weaknesses two years later and used his own energy and strength to create a Hollywood Oscar-winning script!

This book is so special to Barry!

As for the original work being adapted from Kim Peake’s story, should Rain Man now go to the other party to obtain the rights to adapt it? No, after the story has been significantly adapted, except for the character of the male protagonist, who is still a genius with autism, everything else has changed.

It’s different.

For example, Kim Peake grew up in a relatively happy environment, and his parents always doted on him and cared about him. However, in "Rain Man", his mother died young, and his stepmother also died young. The second male supporting actor Fei Xiang is the same father as the male protagonist.

Half brother.

Then, because his father was afraid that the male protagonist would accidentally hurt his younger brother, he sent him to a nursing home early. The younger brother almost didn't know his elder brother's existence when he was growing up.

The main line of the story is that after his father died, the younger brother went to the nursing home to find the male protagonist in order to grab the inheritance. Through step by step contact, he found a sense of family and affection. He no longer valued the inheritance but valued the relationship with his autistic brother.

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "Barry, are you interested in directing this movie?"

Barry was stunned, and after thinking for two minutes, he asked curiously, "If I direct, it will be difficult to choose the male lead, right? The autistic genius male lead has too high requirements for acting skills!"

It’s not that he can’t direct. There’s a saying. Isn’t it true that the honorary professors and visiting professors who self-recommended themselves to be acting professors do it just to make money? Even the big guys like old Jack and old Sam, who are the chairman of the academy and the jury, can bow down for money.

Of course Barry can do it too.

He is worried that if he directs, it will be like a cat-and-mouse game and he will get a bunch of heroines. Well, it's not that the heroines are not good, he is just afraid...

Zhao Donghuai smiled and pointed at Al Pacino, who was still immersed in the script. Barry's eyes lit up, he patted his thigh and sighed, "Yes, our godfather is here. If Al plays this autistic protagonist,

Everything is fine.”

The 46-year-old Al has already been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and four times for Best Actor!

His acting skills are in the eye of the beholder, but Barry believes that as long as Al is willing to act, he can find some autistic people to observe and learn from him, and after he has performed well, it will not be difficult to rely on this script and role to win the Olympics.

Barry then stopped talking and waited quietly for Al to continue reading the script. After another half an hour, Al put down the script and sighed with enlightenment, "It's a good book, the theme is very profound, and the autistic protagonist is very interesting to any actor."

It’s a challenge.”

"The greatest connotation of it is to find family love, to find the warmth of family in this impetuous society. The meaning of family love and family is far greater than money and wealth. It is such a good book!"

Zhao Donghuai said, "Al, I know your current situation is a little different, but I still want to ask, what do you think if you play the autistic male protagonist in this script?"

Al was confused, "Me? Me...me?"

Barry Levinson laughed, "Al, the male protagonist in the script Rain Man should be very different from the male protagonists in many movies you have played before, right?"

"Is this a new challenge for you?"

Al then nodded seriously, "It is indeed a brand new challenge!"

He is famous for playing gangster characters, and then created different classics in gangster roles again and again, and was nominated for Oscars again and again.
To be continued...