I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 21

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The test film of “Return to Seventeen” will be very successful. Whether it is the executives of 20th Century Fox or the representatives of the theater business, they are unanimously optimistic about this youth campus comedy.

Thanksgiving-Christmas, if Eric hadn’t shown up, 20th Century Fox would have released a comedy starring Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver on Christmas Day on December 23rd “Working Girl”.

Eric had seen the film, a light-hearted office comedy.

With the strong box office appeal of Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver, plus several Oscar nominations, the previous life film won $63 million at the North American box office. Sri Lanka’s “Rain Man” is too strong at the box office, and it may be squeezed into the top ten of the annual box office list.

Now with “Back to Seventeen”, the November Thanksgiving slot that had no release plan was just filled with this film.

After discussion, “Return to Seventeen” was confirmed to be released on November 18. Eric was very satisfied with this release time. From the movie schedule information he saw from Twentieth Century Fox, Eric found that the entire November , there is no high-box-office movie in my memory, it is simply tailor-made for “Back to Seventeen” to quietly enter the village.

Among the movies released in December, only the previous life squeezed into the top ten of the North American box office list in 1988, including “Rain Man”, “Dragon Brother and Mouse Brother” and “White-Headed Detective”.

Near noon, James Brooks finally led Eric to a middle-aged man in his forties with eyes.

This is Karta Hunter, the distribution director of 20th Century Fox. They introduced each other. James Brooks left space for the two of them. Although he feels good about Eric now, they are not related to each other after all. Therefore, he will not waste his favor on helping Eric’s low-budget movie.

“Hello, Mr. Karta.” Eric shook hands with Karta, and the other party politely praised Eric’s acting skills in “Return to Seventeen”.

However, after Eric explained his intentions, Karta refused without thinking: “I’m sorry, Eric, the company’s release plan for this year is full, and it is impossible to temporarily put in a small cost. movie, so I can only apologize.”

The reason for this kind of shirk is far-fetched. If Spielberg recommended his own movie, it is estimated that Karta Hunter would have cried and jumped up to hug her thighs.

Although Karta refused very succinctly, Eric still fought for it: “Mr. Karta, can we watch my movie first, I just brought the copy, you only need to spend more than an hour to watch it, I swear it’s a great movie.”

Karta shook his head again, and many of the small companies that marketed his movies to him are almost all these words, especially recently, because of the approaching popular schedule, many movies that do not have their own distribution channels The company tried every means to sell the films it made to him, and he had watched a few of them out of favor, and basically they had little commercial value, so it is even more impossible to waste time on a low-cost comedy of an 18-year-old boy: ” Eric, you know, I am very busy with work now, I have to arrange the release of “Return to Seventeen” soon, and I have to go to the headquarters for a meeting in the afternoon, so I can only apologize.”

Eric is not so easy .

The person who gave up made a cheeky plea, and Karta finally impatiently found an excuse to turn around and leave.

“Eric, what’s the result?” Penny Marshall asked when she returned to the crowd she knew.

Eric shook his head with a wry smile, and Penny Marshall patted Eric on the shoulder comfortingly and said, “Don’t be discouraged, Eric. Movie distribution also costs money, and the cost of publishing many movies is even higher than the production cost. The cost is even higher.

Once the box office is not ideal, the person in charge needs to take responsibility, so you should understand Karta. You should spend a lot of money to make your own movie. After this time, I can help you Introduce a videotape distribution company. After the release of “Return to Seventeen”, with your fame, you can recover some funds by directly releasing the videotape. And I think you should spend more energy on screenwriters and actors, your talent is good , if you keep your feet on the ground, you will always make a difference.”

“Thank you, Penny.” Eric thanked him, but felt a little bitter in his heart, everyone seemed to regard “Home Alone” as a rookie. The experimental movie, he really wanted to tie all the people present to their seats and forcibly play “Home Alone” again.

It’s a pity that this idea needs the help of God and his old man.

Returning home a little frustrated, since 20th Century Fox is out of play here, it can only try other film companies.

Aniston curled up on the sofa in the living room like a cat, watching BBC soap operas boredly. When Eric opened the door and came in, he asked, “Eric, how is the situation?”

Eric came over He took Aniston into his arms, rubbed her back and said, “Twentieth Century Fox refused, but it doesn’t matter, I will try another film company.”

Aniston felt a faint tone in Eric’s tone. Depressed, he hugged his boyfriend’s waist and raised his pretty face to comfort him: “It doesn’t matter, Eric, “Home Alone” is so good, it must be their loss for them to refuse, I believe that after “Home Alone” is released, they will definitely I

regret what I did today.”

“Oh, baby, your words are so heartwarming.” Eric squeezed Aniston’s cheek.

The two couldn’t help kissing each other, and after a while, the phone rang, and after several rings, Eric was reluctant to let go of the girl under Aniston’s push.

“Hey, this is Williams’ house.”

“…”

“Jeffrey, hello, what’s the matter?”

“…”

Eric raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard the voice on the phone, Annie Knowing that this was a gesture that her boyfriend only made when he was happy, Ston approached curiously, but he didn’t understand what Jeffrey Hansen was saying on the phone.

Eric nodded in agreement, hung up the phone, and turned Aniston around in his arms.

“Hehe, Eric, I’m a little dizzy, let me down, what’s the good news?”

Eric put Aniston back on the sofa and said, “Jeffrey happened to meet Columbia Pictures this morning. A friend, talking about “Home Alone”, his friend is very interested in this movie. Jeffrey said that if I don’t sign an agreement with 20th Century Fox, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com can take it try.”

“Columbia Pictures? That’s the…” Aniston made a Statue of Liberty pose.

“That’s right, that’s it.” Eric nodded.

…

“Amy is a good friend of my wife, very capable. She was already a high-level Colombian in her early thirties. My wife has two films that she helped to fund and distribute. Yesterday I met She, just mentioned you, she seemed to know you, and then I told her about “Home Alone”.” In a coffee shop, Jeffrey Hansen recounted what happened.

Eric, who was sitting opposite, asked curiously, “Amy, you mean that the other party is a woman?”

“Of course.”

Eric thought it wouldn’t be so coincidental, and thinking about Columbia Pictures, Eric couldn’t help but ask Said: “Well, what is Amy’s full name?”

“Amy Pascal.”

Sure enough, it was her, perhaps in the 1990s, the first female head of Hollywood who brought Paramount from a low point to a peak again. Shirley Lansing has a little more exposure, but Amy Pascal is not far behind Shirley Lansing, a strong woman who has ruled Columbia Pictures longer than Shirley Lansing.

Eric had a few more chats with Jeffrey, and when the appointed time was two minutes away, Amy Pascal came in a hurry. He was about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a small black suit, long brown hair, and delicate facial features. Very airy.

After greeting each other, the three of them sat down together.

[End of this Chapter]