Chapter 259 258. The strongest premiere in history

Arclight Cinema, the premiere of "Million Dollar Baby".

This film took just over half a year from the project launch last year to its premiere today.

Three months were given to the heroine Hilary Swank for boxing training, and the actual filming time took a total of 37 days.

For a movie with a lot of moving scenes, this is already very fast.

The fact that the filming was completed so quickly was mainly due to the excellent acting skills of the actors and the director Clint Eastwood.

In Eric's mind, there is a list of directors he admires most, which is divided into the old group and the young group.

The person the young group admires the most is naturally Christopher Nolan, while the older group’s is Clint Eastwood, both of whose names begin with “K”.

The Chinese call Clint Eastwood "Uncle Dongmu" because his last name Eastwood literally means "wood forest in the east", or "Donmu" for short.

The same thing goes for Frank, the protagonist of "House of Cards", also known as President Shimoki.

The life of this stubborn old man is truly legendary. When he was a teenager, he was expelled from three middle schools three times in a row for fighting and causing trouble, and in the end he did not even graduate from middle school.

After dropping out of school, he had no choice but to work in society, doing a series of jobs including lifeguard, salesperson, golf caddy, etc.

But I couldn't stay in the job for long each time because I was too lazy and liked to make trouble, so I was often fired.

The only advantage he has is that he is handsome, so he decided to enter the entertainment industry.

Unfortunately, after he came in, he found that there were no luxury cars, beauties or money. He was just a dead extra, and he had been doing it for nine years.

Until the filming of the classic western film "A Fistful of Dollars" began, due to the small budget, the crew did not want to find any actors, so they finally chose Clint Eastwood, who was already in his thirties and had not achieved anything. Even the clothes were brought by Eastwood himself.

Unexpectedly, the movie became a huge hit, and "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" were filmed consecutively, and Clint Eastwood became one of the top stars in Hollywood.

A funny thing happened at that time. Because "Red Dead Redemption" plagiarized Kurosawa's "Yojimbo", it was sued.

Director Sergio Leone happened to be a fan of Kurosawa Akira. When he heard that his idol had sued him, he was overjoyed and said, "It is an honor!"

After receiving 15% of the box office share of "A Fistful of Dollars" in Asia, Kurosawa immediately changed his tone and praised the movie, saying it was really well made and the director was great!

There's no way, he gave too much!

After becoming famous, Uncle Dongmu starred in another landmark movie, Dirty Harry.

Because Dongmu's posture of playing with the revolver in this movie was so handsome, the American M92 revolver was sold out.

A social survey at the time showed that the popularity of the M92 revolver was second only to the lightsaber in "Star Wars". The arms dealer really should give him a medal.

And during the filming of "Dirty Harry", the director was seriously ill and could not continue, so Uncle Dongmu volunteered and asked me to give it a try.

I found out after I got started.

What? It turns out that being a director is easier than being an actor. This is too easy.

So in 1992, he directed and starred in his first film, "Unforgiven", which received 9 Oscar nominations and won four major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actor, but no technical awards.

The success of "Unforgiven" symbolizes that actor Dong Mu has officially evolved into director Dong Mu. He is 62 years old this year and has a promising future.

There is really a promising future, and I'm not just making fun of Big Golden Retriever and Dengzi.

In 2003, "Mystic River" helped Sean Penn win the Best Actor award, and he was nominated for several more Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture.

Million Dollar Baby in 2004 won the Academy Award for Best Director for the second time, and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and a bunch of other nominations.

In 2006, he directed "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of Our Fathers", interpreting the war from the perspectives of the United States and Japan respectively, and unsurprisingly, they once again received a number of nominations for Oscars, Golden Globes, and the three major European film festivals.

"The Bridges of Madison County", "The Changeling", "Gran Car", "Invictus", "American Sniper", "Sully", "The Mule" and many other films have won numerous awards, and of course their box office success was also not affected.

For other directors, getting an Oscar nomination is enough to bring them a lifetime of glory, but for Clint Eastwood, he can get it whenever he wants, just like it's his own home.

Moreover, Uncle Dongmu is also a master in music composition. He often takes charge of the post-production music of movies by himself and wins several awards. Chen Xunqi, who is known as an all-rounder, can only be regarded as his younger brother in front of him.

At the same time, Uncle Dongmu has a characteristic when filming, that is, he is fast.

"Unforgiven" was shot in 28 days, "The Bridges of Madison County" in 42 days, "Mystic River" in 39 days, "Million Dollar Baby" in 37 days, and "Gran Torino" in 35 days.

He can shoot quickly and guarantee quality, which perfectly embodies what talent is.

Investors like this kind of director the most. They can save costs by shooting quickly. Who doesn't like this? Therefore, there is a long queue of companies that want to cooperate with him and invite him to make a film, but the prerequisite is that he is interested in the script.

Mr. Fuyuki also went into politics and worked as an official in California, but he had conflicts with Governor Schwarzenegger, and eventually the cowboy was defeated by the Terminator and resigned.

Of course, if you ask Eric what he envies the most about the old man, his answer is his love life.

Like many male stars, Clint Eastwood is also very fickle. Although he has only been married twice, he has many lovers.

When a reporter asked him how many children he had, he himself couldn't remember clearly and only gave an approximate number, which seemed to be seven.

Eric's goal is to surpass him, not only to do it, but to do it well, to make a group of women live in harmony and live happily under the same roof.

Due to the falling out with the TV station, which has close ties with the newspaper, the number of media reporters coming to the red carpet today dropped sharply. There were hundreds of them before, but only a dozen this time.

Not many film critics came, but it would be wrong to think that the premiere was deserted.

The more you want to laugh at me, the more I'm going to slap you in the face, and the more spectacularly I'm going to make it.

Not only does it have to be big enough, it also has to be the best premiere in history.

Since the media reporters are not coming, it’s your loss. I don’t care.

If you don't come, won't you find someone to support you? The Writers Guild, the Actors Guild, the Artists Guild, the three major talent agencies and other organizations have already said that they will not participate in the dispute between MGM and the Big Six and the TV stations.

Celebrities don’t need to worry too much about what they want to do, let alone worry about being targeted.

So tonight's red carpet can be said to be star-studded. In addition to the film's main creative team, Nicole, Theron, Gadot, Ashley, Mary, Deadpool, Chris Evans, Heath Ledger and others who have a good relationship with Eric were all present.

In addition to these people, Eric also invited those who had acted in MGM movies and had had some connections with him.

Hugh Jackman, Pierce Brosnan, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Nicolas Cage. In addition to actors, Eric also invited many singers. Of course, he couldn't just rely on his own reputation, so he still had to ask Michael for help.

Stars naturally have fans, and MGM spent money to hire a large number of people in advance just in case the scene was not lively enough.

But it turned out that they had overthought it, because when these stars appeared on the red carpet, the screams never stopped.

Not only were the extras arranged by MGM not used, but the security force that was provided seemed stretched to the limit and could hardly stop the crazy fans.

More than a dozen small and medium newspapers at the scene were staring at these stars, and Lionheart.com started a simultaneous live broadcast.

"I'm sorry Clint, this will probably be the least watched premiere of your movie."

Uncle Fuyuki straightened his cuffs and said, "I don't think so. The people you got are enough to host a small Oscars."

"Although there are no TV stations or newspapers, the spread of the Internet is increasing day by day. I'm afraid it will become a hot topic tomorrow."

“Do you often go online?”

Eric looked at the other person with some curiosity. In his impression, old-school tough guys like Clint Eastwood probably have less exposure to the Internet.

Unexpectedly, the other party laughed and said: "Don't look down on old people. Although I am 74 years old this year, I still love life very much and like to try new things."

"Clint, you old guy!" Gold medal supporting actors Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank walked over.

Eric shook hands with the former and hugged the latter.

There is an interesting rumor that every time Morgan Freeman stars in a movie, he gets one more age spot on his face. I don't know whether it's true or not.

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Hilary Swank looked at Eric's profile with some emotion. This young man was really too bold. Look at the scene he made today. It was clearly a challenge to those people. He would not give up until he turned Hollywood upside down.

Lionheart.com, the live broadcast audience of the premiere increased from hundreds of thousands to millions, and then from millions to tens of millions, and finally directly exceeded the 10 million mark. The comments below were like a tide, one wave after another.

"There are so many celebrities. This is not a movie premiere, it's clearly an award ceremony. There are so many celebrities. It's so cool!"

"Can anyone tell me where the venue is? Is it too late to go now?"

"It's the Arclight Cinema. If you're in Los Angeles, you should be able to catch it if you leave right away!"

"I really envy those audiences who went to the scene. I like Charlize Theron, she is so hot."

"Ryan Reynolds is so handsome, I really want to touch his pectoral muscles."

"It looks like MGM is going to fight the Big Six and the TV stations to the end. Eric Cooper is so fucking fierce. Even if I were as rich as him, I wouldn't dare to do what he did!"

"Wow! It's Kevin Spacey. His acting as Frank is amazing. Now I am his biggest fan."

"And Robin Wright."

"Maiko, even Maiko is here. I hope all four mentors of The Voice of China can get together. That must be very interesting."

"The premiere of The Polar Express is also tonight. Does anyone know anything about it?"

"I just went to see it, and it was pretty lively. Robert Zemeckis is a big director, but The Polar Express is an animated film, so there weren't many actors and stars supporting it, but there were quite a few directors who showed up to support it."

"What is there for the director to watch? Of course it's interesting to watch the stars, Britney and Beyoncé!"

At the scene, with the arrival of Michael Jordan, the fans' screams rose several decibels. His popularity is really too high.

Not only were his fans obsessed with him, but many celebrities at the scene also came over to ask for his autograph and take photos with him when they saw him arriving.

For a moment, Uncle Dongmu and Morgan Freeman smiled helplessly.

“I don’t think anyone remembers that this was the premiere of our movie.”

"You're right. This place is more like a Grammy Awards ceremony now. Shouldn't we give him a microphone?"

"That's a good suggestion. I really like the song 'Rolling in the Deep'."

"Are you kidding?"

"Of course, I love life and I also followed Jackson's concerts back then."

Eric walked over and hugged Britney Spears. As the two young goddesses of Europe and the United States when Eric was young, Eric listened to a lot of songs of Britney and Avril Lavigne.

The two sides met at the Grammy Awards a few months ago, but they were just acquaintances.

Although Eric screwed Justin Timberlake, theoretically he avenged Lani, but this matter cannot be said openly. You can't just say I know what bad things that scumbag did to you.

At present, Lanni only regards him as a talented super rich man. She probably thinks that it will not be wrong to have a good relationship with him, so her attendance is considered a great honor.

"What! You really can't understand the music score?" Lanni looked at Eric in disbelief.

"I really don't understand. I can't even distinguish the basic notes clearly. That's the truth."

"Oh my God! This is impossible, absolutely impossible! Because it is unscientific. If you don't even understand basic music theory, how can you create "Rolling in the Deep"? "

"It's all about feeling. I usually hum some tunes myself, and then record them in a way that I can understand but professionals may not. Slowly the melody becomes complete, and then I write the lyrics, and it becomes a song."

Britney still couldn't believe it: "You have to be kidding me, this all sounds more like a fairy tale."

"If this is how you write songs, then I'm just going to go home and hide under my covers in shame. You're kidding me, aren't you?"

"I can testify that everything Eric said is true."

Mike added something as he passed by, and Lanni immediately fell into deep self-doubt.

The news that the red carpet of "Million Dollar Baby" was bustling and half of Hollywood gathered together soon spread to Warner and the premiere of "The Polar Express".

The executive asked worriedly, “Robert, are you confident?”

Robert Zemeckis naturally has no intention of getting involved in the struggles between companies. He just wants to make the movies he wants to make.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Jones, didn't you also attend the internal screening of The Polar Express? You should have an idea of ​​its quality."

“And we used full 3D and achieved great results, which is a huge attraction for the audience.”

"Besides, our film is for all ages, but Million Dollar Baby is rated PG13, so we also have an advantage."

"We have a much richer publicity campaign, so a premiere doesn't mean anything."

"Remember, in the end, the outcome of movie matters will be decided by movies, not anything else!"

(End of this chapter)