MTL - American Fame and Fortune-Chapter 788 The opponent is the youth faction

Chapter 788: The opponent is the Youth Pi

 Century City, Fox Tower.

In the office with the "PI" nameplate hanging on it, director Ang Lee put down the "Hollywood Reporter" in his hand and said: "The media are all building momentum for "Escape from Tehran."

Producer Gil Nate added: "This film has a good reputation and meets mainstream needs. If it works properly, it cannot be underestimated."

He reminded: "Although the producers of the film are named Graham King and Louise Mayer, as far as I know, the person who really leads this project is Martin Davis."

Hearing this name, Ang Lee thought of "Brokeback Mountain" that year. It was because Martin chased Heath Ledger and almost bumped into him and Aniston on the set, causing "Brokeback Mountain" to lose a best actor. Nominated.

Even, he felt that the loss of "Brokeback Mountain" to "Crash" in the Best Picture category was directly related to this incident.

Gil Nate said: "Martin Davis is a master at running the Oscars. Our goal with "Pi" is also this Oscar. The first awards to hit are Best Director and Best Picture. The main competitor is this "Pi" Escape from Tehran.”

This time it collided with Martin Davis' film again, and Ang Lee could not avoid it: "They have advantages, but they must also have weaknesses. They cannot win 100% of the awards."

Gil-Nette agreed: "This film has too strong political meaning. It exaggerates a relatively plain rescue into a legend. This indeed increases the appeal and commercial properties of the film, but it also makes the content of the film far away from the facts. That’s going to be fatal during awards season.”

Ang Lee has won two Oscars in the past two times. I understand what Gil-Nette means: "The key to Weinstein's response to "Saving Private Ryan" was to find World War II veterans to prove that the content of the film was inaccurate."

 The two men found their respective trusted assistants and asked them to do the preliminary work.

 Louise posted possible competitors on the whiteboard.

Graham added: "I saw a test screening of Lincoln and there was nothing wrong with the character."

Outstanding business performance can be put aside for the time being. The awards season has begun, and they must focus on competing for awards.

The film was undoubtedly a huge commercial success.

 With good audience reputation and professional reputation, the box office trend of "Escape from Tehran" is very stable.

 Disney Studios, in the crew studio.

 Martin had already made the decision and said: "The primary goals of "Escape from Tehran" are Best Director and Best Picture. For Best Actor, I only want one nomination."

Gill-Nate said: "Find someone to find out their specific address. We can contact them at any time if needed."

 He is very aware of the importance of public relations in winning awards and fully agrees with Gil-Nate's opinion.

 Martin, David Finch, Louise Mayer and Graham King came together.

Louise picked up the metal rod, pointed at the poster of "Lincoln", and said: "Since April, Daniel Day-Lewis has moved to Los Angeles from England, and for more than half a year now, he has been living in Among the judges, he is the favorite actor of the academy. He rarely takes part in commercial movies. He started public relations earlier than anyone else, which gives him a very obvious advantage."

It’s almost November now. In a broad sense, the North American film awards season has kicked off in September. The Oscars are just around the corner, so we must act as soon as possible.

"That's true." Gil-Nate thought for a moment and said, "Let's make preparations first and see the specific situation."

　　Including the gains from the previous four working days, the North American box office has accumulated a total of 92.13 million US dollars.

The film spent its second weekend in North America. Although the weekend box office title was taken away by "Taken 2", the box office of "Escape from Tehran" only dropped by less than 40% in the second weekend, recording US$27.89 million.

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Graham-King said: "Although many films have not yet been released, most of them have held preview screenings. Based on the relevant information collected, it is basically certain that these will be the main competitors we face during the awards season."

Ang Lee reminded me: "I watched the premiere report of "Escape from Tehran" a few days ago. I remember that many people who experienced it back then attended the premiere."

 It only takes two or three days to break through 100 million.

Ang Lee won the first two Oscars, and public relations were also key. The last time he won the Best Director, he ate with the judges and the chicken tasted like plastic in his mouth.

 David Fincher still had his eyes on "Lincoln" and said: "We have to pay attention to Spielberg and his film."

 Louise and Graham also have similar ideas. It is not news that Spielberg wants to win the Best Director again. From "Munich" to "War Horse", he has tried several times in succession.

 But strangely, not many resources have been invested.

This "Lincoln" has a special theme and is a standard Oscar-winning movie.

 Martin took the metal rod from Louise's hand, pointed at the poster for "Life of Pi," and said, "I think this movie should be taken seriously."

Graham asked: "Lee Ang?"

 David Fincher pondered it.

Louise stood next to Martin: "Tell me about it." "Spielberg has already won two Best Director statuettes, and it is very difficult to win it again." Martin mentioned one thing in particular: "Recently In the past few years, Spielberg’s films have attracted a lot of criticism for their excessive sensationalism and stereotyped production methods, which have led to mediocre reviews of his works in the industry.”

He thought for a while: "I have talked with him several times. Spielberg has two Best Director Oscars in his hands. He is not as eager as the outside world sees him. It is best to win it again. If he can't win it, it's better." It doesn’t matter, it’s hard to say how much resources DreamWorks will invest in winning prizes.”

Graham said directly: "I will talk to Spielberg when I have time."

David Fincher asked: "I remember Ang Lee won the Best Director once?"

“Brokeback Mountain.” Louise remembered one thing: “Some people think that the fact that “Brokeback Mountain” lost to “Crash” for Best Picture has something to do with Martin’s pursuit of Heath Ledger.”

Martin shrugged: "What does this have to do with me? That guy knocked too much and almost knocked me away on the set. I can't ask for justice?"

Several people laughed because they still had memories of what happened back then.

Martin said seriously: "Don't underestimate Ang Lee. "Brokeback Mountain" has made his favorability soar among certain special groups in the industry, and it is easy to win votes. You all know the situation in the industry. There are a lot of special groups.”

Louis continued: "Many people in the industry regard "Brokeback Mountain" winning the Oscar for Best Director as a turning point for the rainbow flag to fly in Hollywood. These people have a special recognition for Ang Lee."

Martin added: "Ang Lee has won the two major awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain." What does this mean? Not only is he not a layman on Oscar competition, he is also very knowledgeable. Familiarity and understanding of the rules should not be underestimated.”

Graham thought about it carefully and said: "Ang Lee achieved success in his first two attempts for prizes. This is not something ordinary people can do."

 David Fincher also took it seriously and asked: "Is "The Life of Pi" released?"

"Not yet." Louise said: "There was a test screening some time ago, and the distributor should be Universal Pictures."

Martin asked Graham: "Did you go to the preview?"

Graham shook his head, picked up his cell phone and made a call at the same time. He talked for a while before hanging up and said: "A friend in the critic circle participated in the test screening of that film and said it was a visual spectacle, and also mixed with It’s Ang Lee’s philosophy of combining East and West.”

He finally emphasized: "My friend asked several reviewers and columnists who went there with him, and they all thought that the film was quite well made, and the quality is still above "Brokeback Mountain"."

 Martin said again: “Pay more attention to this film and Ang Lee’s news.”

 Louise nodded: "I will."

Graham added: "If the film is previewed again, I will try to get a few invitations and go and have a look."

 David Fincher watched the whole process of last year's Oscar competition. Although he didn't know much about the internal situation, he also knew that winning not only depends on oneself, but also the opponent is equally important. He said: "Remember to inform me."

 The metal rod in Martin's hand pointed at Ang Lee's poster again: "Hurry up and collect relevant information, and we will make targeted arrangements when we understand more details."

This four-person meeting basically unanimously agreed that the main competitors for this year's Oscars are determined to be Spielberg's "Lincoln" and Ang Lee's "Life of Pi."

After the meeting, Martin followed Louise to Pacific Pictures.

The two will discuss the advancement of several subsequent films.

Pacific Pictures has been cooperating with Warner Bros., and Lois also invested in "The Dark Knight Rises."

 Martin wants to promote an independent movie about the Joker, and Louise fully supports it and will also put pressure on DC Films through her channels.

In addition, Louise is still promoting the script of "Split".

After Jonathan met with Billy Milligan several times and had detailed discussions, he went to Billy's hometown and the mental illness center where he was treated and treated for on-the-spot interviews, and collected a lot of outsiders' opinions and information on Billy.

Back in Los Angeles, Jonathan stayed at home and began to adapt the script.

This talented screenwriter, who is good at creating mentally unstable characters and plots, planned ten months of writing time for himself.

 The next two days, Kelly Gray came to Los Angeles from Atlanta.

Elizabeth accompanied Lily to the art exhibition and over to Miami, where Martin stayed at Louise's house in Sherman Oaks for two nights.

 The three of them seemed to have returned to five or six years ago. They had no other thoughts in their heads and just enjoyed the most primitive joy.

Even though Martin’s combat prowess was astonishing, he was still tortured by two sluts.

 In November, Martin temporarily put down the work at hand and concentrated on the filming of "La La Land".

 This is his first attempt at a song and dance film, which is a very novel test.

 (End of this chapter)