I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 690

[Chapter 684 Differences]

Not only are “Saving Private Ryan” and “Braveheart” the same Golden Globe nominations very coincidentally, the similarities abound between the two films, equally epic, equally profound themes, equally brilliant The war scenes, and even the soundtrack of the film are two of Hollywood’s top musicians, John Williams and James Horner. Therefore, the popularity of the two films in the award season is almost equal. Recently, in the media, The supporters of “Saving Private Ryan” and “Braveheart” are also full of gunpowder.

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If Firefly and Fox are pure rivals, this year’s awards season will see both companies battling each other for the most important movie awards, both on the surface and in private, and this situation will undoubtedly lead to The wasteful spending on PR budgets on both sides, and even the final award outcome, was not in each other’s best interests.

However, because of the relationship between Eric and Elizabeth, the two sides had formed a certain tacit understanding long ago.

“Eric, from the current situation, it is in the best interest of the two of us to separate the best picture and the best director,” Harvey Weinstein analyzed earnestly: ” “Saving Private Ryan” has come to an end worldwide, and North America has also released videotape of the film two months ago, so I think the best director for this film should be the best director. Although this film She is full of masculinity, but Catherine is a woman. In the more than 60 years of Oscar history, although female directors have been nominated several times, no woman has ever won the best director. Therefore, if “Saving Private Rui” “En” won the Best Director Award, which caused a sensation no less than a Best Picture. After all, the Oscars already have 66 Best Films, but there is still none for the Best Female Director, or even the future. For decades, the best female director has only been Katherine. As long as “Saving Private Ryan” wins the best director award, the film can maintain a lasting impact for many years to come.”

Eric Points Nodding, Harvey Weinstein didn’t mention anything about the movie’s earnings though.

But in fact, what he said was completely analyzing the pros and cons of awards from a business perspective.

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Saving Private Ryan will have a very special place in film history once Kathryn becomes the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director, meaning “Saving Private Ryan” will have a very special place in film history before a second female Best Director Oscar appears. will be unique whenever anyone thinks of an Oscar for best director.

Often you will quickly notice the only woman among them, and then notice the film, which means that “Saving Private Ryan” will be available to Fireflies on videotapes, DVDs and other peripheral channels for many years to come. to far outweigh the profits of other best-directed films.

Noting Eric’s approval, Harvey Weinstein continued: “Braveheart is still in theaters, so the Best Picture title is more important to us. If we both do PR, With the equal strength shown by the two films, the final result will be difficult to predict, even, I personally think. The final result is likely to be diametrically opposite to what we expected. Because “Saving Private Ryan” is an American theme war

Compared with “Braveheart”, which tells the history of the United Kingdom, “Saving Private Ryan” has a better chance of winning the best picture. In terms of the best director, there are not many women in the Directors Guild at all, and most of them are

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They’re both male-dominated old men, and Mel Gibson has a much bigger chance of winning than Katherine in this regard. If we want the results to go in the direction we want, after the Oscar nominations, our PR strategy will have to be Get some tacit understanding ahead of time.”

Although “Braveheart”, which will be released at the end of the year, takes up a lot of time compared to “Saving Private Ryan” that has been in the North American market for a long time, it can easily make the greatest media impact during awards season. force.

However, if you carefully analyze the Oscar potential of the two films, “Saving Private Ryan” has two major advantages: American theme and extreme correctness. If both sides go their separate ways in the next Oscar PR, the result is really unpredictable.

Harvey finished.

Eric nodded and said, “In this way, Harvey, I will call Katzenberg at night and ask the person in charge of the Firefly Awards PR to contact you tomorrow, so you can communicate in private.”

Harvey Weinstein appeared here because he also wanted to hear the promise of cooperation from Eric.

`After all, it is the best win-win situation when everyone happily divides the ‘cake’.

Otherwise, either the end result will be exactly the opposite of what Weinstein just said and the expectations of both parties, or one party will be completely defeated, which is certainly not what the two companies with a very good relationship want to see.

Identifying the main issue, Harvey Weinstein also chatted lightly on the details: “Eric, Ms. Bigelow was also the lead producer on Saving Private Ryan, but I heard she It seems that she hasn’t been involved in too many Golden Globes’ PR activities recently. Of course, the Golden Globes don’t matter, but if “Saving Private Ryan” wants to win the Oscar for best director, she should show more face, even if she doesn’t privately. Attending too many PR parties, I think she should also be interviewed by the public media a few more times.”

The most important steps in the PR of the awards include media public relations and private PR to the judges, and the ultimate goal is actually like an election. Pull votes from award judges through various influences.

Weinstein’s suggestion is of course very pertinent. Although Eric agrees very much, he still smiles and said: “Harvey, you may not know, Catherine is a little… um, it is idealism, she does not I love this kind of activity too much, and I can’t force it.”

Harvey Weinstein was stunned, if run properly, “Saving Private Ryan” later videotape and TV licenses can continue to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in net income to Firefly. Earnings, such a big business, how could Firefly let her perfunctory because of the director’s inexorable idealism.

However, Harvey quickly remembered some rumors in private, and the beautiful face of Catherine, who had no trace of years, appeared in his mind, smiled knowingly, and did not intend to bring it up again.

Elizabeth, who had been silently listening to the two of them talking about things, suddenly muttered sourly: “I’m still idealistic when I’m in my 40s. I

‘m still a little girl.”

Carefully placed on the table, she looked up at Elizabeth, who was suddenly jealous, but was glared back unceremoniously.

Harvey Weinstein keenly felt that the atmosphere was beginning to get out of shape, and got up and left very wisely.

Get a firm promise from Eric. Of course, Eric does not need to worry about the details of the follow-up award public relations. Harvey will communicate with the relevant person in charge of Firefly.

Getting up to send Harvey away, Eric and Elizabeth sat down again.

There were only two people left. Elizabeth also realized that her petty temperament just now was a little out of place, but she was unwilling to take the initiative to surrender. Number of mansions.

Eric beckoned to let the waiter change a pot of coffee for the two of them, and followed Elizabeth’s gaze into the distance.

After being so quiet for a moment, Elizabeth suddenly became angrier and stared at Eric: “Julia is right, you bastard, you don’t know how to accommodate us at all.”

Eric felt a little inexplicable: ” Her Royal Highness, what did I do wrong again?”

“You should have spoken first, but you asked me to break the silence.”

Eric couldn’t help laughing: “I didn’t bother you because you were thinking about life just now. , you’re not a little girl, why bother with this.”

“Why can some people still be little girls in their forties, and I can’t.”

Eric could only surrender: “Okay, you continue Keep a little girl mentality, so maybe when you are the same age as Catherine, you can be as beautiful as her.”

“Yeah,” Elizabeth suddenly became a little smug: “When I’m forty, hey, do you imagine Let’s see what she will look like.”

Eric can imagine now, because he has never seen it, and after more than ten years, Katherine is no different from now.

If this woman can live as a fairy all her life, she will not be in vain in this world.

Elizabeth noticed the smile in Eric’s thoughtful expression, and pretended to shiver with a chill, and said, “You’re actually imagining, and you can still laugh, it’s so changeable, no wonder people say you have that complex. .”

Eric didn’t plan to discuss Katherine with Elizabeth again, and took the initiative to divert the topic, saying: “I saw that Mel Gibson was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and his performance level won the Golden Globe Award. The nomination is a bit reluctant, don’t you still plan to run an Oscar nomination for him?”

Eric and Harvey just didn’t talk about the public relations of the Golden Globe Awards at all, mainly because The Golden Globes seem irrelevant to “Saving Private Ryan”. The influence of the Golden Globes is often only around the award, and then quickly covered by the influence of the Oscars.

Media attention at the Golden Globes may be a boost to the box office for films that are released, but that boost isn’t as strong for films that are already in their late stages of operation.

For “Saving Private Ryan”, the most important thing is the Oscar. After all, when any news about “Saving Private Ryan” appears in the media in the future, it is often mentioned that this is the Oscar title of the film, “Saving Private Ryan”. When selling overseas video or TV rights, buyers often only care about the Oscars.

Most of the time, even if it is just an Oscar nomination, the gold content is much higher than that of the Golden Globe Award. This difference is even more obvious in terms of actor awards. Like Xiao Lizi, who has been chasing the Oscar winner for many years in the original time and space, many people I don’t even know that Xiao Lizi was already the Golden Globe Award winner ten years before he got his wish.

Hearing Eric changing the subject, Elizabeth wisely did not continue to entangle, saying: “Speaking of this, Mel Gibson had a quarrel with Harvey because of this nomination.” (To be continued.)

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