NOVEL WEB Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 16 New World Productions
Chapter 16 New World Productions
"Iron clothes, press trousers."
The next morning, Ronald got up and ironed his shirt and trousers.Muttering the ironing formula learned from Aunt Karen.The shirt should be dragged back and forth with the iron; the trousers should not be dragged back and forth, but fixed in one place and pressed for ironing.
Putting the iron aside, picked up the trousers and put them on, and looked in front of the full-length mirror by the door of the living room, the trousers were neatly lined.Ronald put away the iron, and put away a movable ironing board fixed on the wall. The ironing board bounced back into the closet and became part of the wall.
The design of this apartment is mainly for young couples who just got married, and the living facilities are complete.However, this kind of ironing is usually done by housewives in America, and it is a bit strange for a big man to do it by himself.Aunt Karen had to go to work every day, and Donna was still very young, so she taught Ronald to do housework.
After waking up early and exercising, I took a hot shower, shaved my beard, and took the sliced bread from the refrigerator and threw it into the toaster.Now that the bread was toasted and popped out, Ronald served it with sliced tomatoes, a few slices of pickles, a squeeze of mayonnaise, and cut the bread into two triangles.
Touching his smooth chin, Ronald tucked his shirt into his belt.Ronald still hopes that there will be a gentle and beautiful woman in the future to do this for himself.
The taste is not as good as Aunt Karen's, but it is freshly made, and it is not worse than the $1.5 McDonald's breakfast when paired with black tea.After eating two sandwiches I made by myself, I tidied up my grooming, and then set off to see a sample at Shinsegae Productions.
The office of New World Productions is in North Hollywood, not far from the Avenue of Stars.Ronald drove into the company.
The office is a small two-story building. The outer walls on the left and right sides of the gate are painted brick red and ivory white, very elegant.There are four metal numbers 1607 on the gate, which is the house number of the company.
Maybe the boss wants to save money by not having any company logo or name to indicate that this is a strange company that produces 15 low-cost exploitation films a year and makes money from each film.
After saying hello to the beauty at the front desk, Ronald went to find Gail, the assistant to the president.He knocked on the door of the best office on the corner of the second floor.
Gail, who was sitting in the outer secretary's seat, was chatting with Jim, looking up at Ronald, Gail happily walked out from behind the desk: "Ronnie, you seem a little different today, you look a bit like the one in the movie." Superman, very handsome. Roger will be late, and I will watch your dailies with Jim later."
Jim winked at him beside him.
"No, I came early." Maybe it's because he shaved his beard and became handsome?thought Ronald.
Ronald signaled Gail and Jim to continue without calling him, and continued to go around the company by himself.Go out the door and look around along the corridor.After the filming started, it was the first time for me to come to the office.Ronald used to work in the screenwriter's office on the first floor, and rarely went to the second floor.
On the walls of the second floor are posters of various movies directed or produced by Roger Corman.Ronald quickly found what Roger said yesterday, his only loss-making film "Invader".A white man with a big head and thick neck was looking in the mirror in front of the cigarette vending machine.Ronald looked a little familiar, and looked for it in the starring column at the bottom of the poster, and it turned out to be William Shatner.Captain Kirk of the spaceship Enterprise on the hit sci-fi TV show "Star Trek."
Going forward, I saw another movie poster with a very murderous name "Death Speed 2000". On the poster, the mouth is crooked, holding a machine gun and killing people, isn't it the phenomenon-level movie of the year before last, " Rocky" actor Stallone?
Ronald couldn't help laughing. This kind of low-cost exploitation film must have been shot before Stallone became famous, otherwise Roger Coleman couldn't afford it.But his ability to discover talents is really great.If this movie is released now, Stallone's fame alone can make a lot of money.
The doors of the rooms on both sides are closed, and the inside is the editing room.Ronald knew that the two editing rooms were staffed 365 hours a day almost 24 days a year, and with 15 films a year, the workload of editing was huge.
Turning the corner and about to go down the stairs, a strange voice came.
"Roger, we've bought the remake of 'Midnight' for $2500, and we're ready to start our airplane comedy."
"Whoa, that's cool. You finish the second set of 'High School of Rock' and you can go find funding."
This is the voice of Roger Corman.Ronald paused, it was rude to eavesdrop.But that person really spoke quickly and urgently, as if he was going to quarrel with Roger, and Ronald was a little embarrassed to go out now.
"Hey, Roger, you can find someone else to do the filming on your behalf. We have already received investment and are going to make a movie at Paramount, one of the eight major studios." The strange voice became excited, "You know we were in the Who did Paramount see? It was Michael Eisner. Michael Fxcking Eisner. And his general, Jeff Katzenberg."
"Paramount will give us money, a big budget. Do you know how much it can be? Three hundred · Fxcking · 50. It's more than the total of 12 films in the whole year of New World."
"There's no need to yell at all, Jerry. A contract is a contract. I don't understand why you're in such a hurry to get to Paramount, the lead-ups at the big studios are long. Just five more days of filming for me, and you'll be able to Finish the second set, and then you'll never have to do a film for me."
"Okay, okay, Roger. Look, me and David, Jim, have been working on this movie for 5 years, and now Michael Eisner has nodded, we still need to work with their writers, in the Rewrite the script in two weeks until Katzenberg gives the green light."
"Can you imagine? Me and David, Jim, this is the moment when three of our dreams come true, you're not going to let us kiss our five-year dream goodbye?"
"Then who will complete your filming tasks? Jerry, this is a matter of principle. You should learn from this and respect the spirit of the contract."
"Why don't you let Joe Dante do it? He hangs out with Ellen all the time, and you could just let him do the second set. Please."
"Okay, I'll think about it, let's go to last week's dailies first."
"OK, Roger, our second group took a lot of shots, and there is only a little finishing touch in the end..."
Ronald heard the footsteps of Roger Coleman and the man named Jerry leaving, and headed to the left, which should be the direction of the conference room on the first floor.So he also went downstairs slowly.
After drinking a cup of instant coffee at the front desk, I finally saw Roger Coleman walking out with that Jerry, ready to go to the other side of the screening room.
"Good morning, Mr. Coleman."
"Ah, you're here, just in time, help me move the sample to the screening room." Then Roger picked up the phone at the front desk and called Gail, "Gail, come to the screening room, we're about to start."
Ronald and the projectionist brought the sample into the projection hall on the first floor. After entering the door, there was a narrow staircase leading to a small projection room.Watching the projectionist put the film on the projector, turn on the power, the cooling fan buzzed loudly, Ronald hurried downstairs.
When I came out, I saw Roger talking to a middle-aged beauty in a professional suit.
"Ronnie, let me introduce. This is my wife, Julie. Julie, this is the young genius I told you about, Ronald Lee."
"Mrs. Coleman, hello." Ronald hurried forward to say hello.
The proprietress, Julie Coleman, is also the producer of New World. Like Roger, she is a highly efficient producer. I heard that she manages 5 production crews and has to take care of 3 children at home. Really iron lady.
The couple sat down on the sofa in the middle of the auditorium.Ronald picked a seat behind Roger's side and sat down.
A few more people walked in one after another, namely Gail and Jim, and they sat down behind Ronald.Then there was the producer of "High School of Rock," who took a seat directly in front of Ronald, with Roger on the other side of the vacant seat.
Roger Corman leaned over to the producer, and the two began talking in low tones, and Ronald heard a little,
"...I didn't see Mr. Eisner at all... 350 million is real"
Another small man entered, and he deliberately sat on the far side from Roger Coleman.
"Who is this?" Ronald asked Gale.
"Second director of Rock High, Jerry Zucker."
It turned out that he was Jerry Zucker, the same Jerry who had just quarreled with Roger Coleman.He and the producer of "Rock High School" went to meet with people from Paramount yesterday to discuss cooperation in the new film. They were not on the set, otherwise it would not be Ronald's turn to film.
The last to come in was Joe Dante, who shut the door behind him.
Ronald greeted Joe, and Joe nodded with a smile. He seemed to be in good spirits, and the coffee at the police station was okay.
"Play yesterday's dailies first," said Roger Coleman.
Gale motioned for the projectionist to start the show.
The lights went out and a bright light shone from the rear projection room.Ronald couldn't help sitting upright, feeling uneasy.This is the first time he's seen a segment of himself filmed on screen.
(End of this chapter)
"Iron clothes, press trousers."
The next morning, Ronald got up and ironed his shirt and trousers.Muttering the ironing formula learned from Aunt Karen.The shirt should be dragged back and forth with the iron; the trousers should not be dragged back and forth, but fixed in one place and pressed for ironing.
Putting the iron aside, picked up the trousers and put them on, and looked in front of the full-length mirror by the door of the living room, the trousers were neatly lined.Ronald put away the iron, and put away a movable ironing board fixed on the wall. The ironing board bounced back into the closet and became part of the wall.
The design of this apartment is mainly for young couples who just got married, and the living facilities are complete.However, this kind of ironing is usually done by housewives in America, and it is a bit strange for a big man to do it by himself.Aunt Karen had to go to work every day, and Donna was still very young, so she taught Ronald to do housework.
After waking up early and exercising, I took a hot shower, shaved my beard, and took the sliced bread from the refrigerator and threw it into the toaster.Now that the bread was toasted and popped out, Ronald served it with sliced tomatoes, a few slices of pickles, a squeeze of mayonnaise, and cut the bread into two triangles.
Touching his smooth chin, Ronald tucked his shirt into his belt.Ronald still hopes that there will be a gentle and beautiful woman in the future to do this for himself.
The taste is not as good as Aunt Karen's, but it is freshly made, and it is not worse than the $1.5 McDonald's breakfast when paired with black tea.After eating two sandwiches I made by myself, I tidied up my grooming, and then set off to see a sample at Shinsegae Productions.
The office of New World Productions is in North Hollywood, not far from the Avenue of Stars.Ronald drove into the company.
The office is a small two-story building. The outer walls on the left and right sides of the gate are painted brick red and ivory white, very elegant.There are four metal numbers 1607 on the gate, which is the house number of the company.
Maybe the boss wants to save money by not having any company logo or name to indicate that this is a strange company that produces 15 low-cost exploitation films a year and makes money from each film.
After saying hello to the beauty at the front desk, Ronald went to find Gail, the assistant to the president.He knocked on the door of the best office on the corner of the second floor.
Gail, who was sitting in the outer secretary's seat, was chatting with Jim, looking up at Ronald, Gail happily walked out from behind the desk: "Ronnie, you seem a little different today, you look a bit like the one in the movie." Superman, very handsome. Roger will be late, and I will watch your dailies with Jim later."
Jim winked at him beside him.
"No, I came early." Maybe it's because he shaved his beard and became handsome?thought Ronald.
Ronald signaled Gail and Jim to continue without calling him, and continued to go around the company by himself.Go out the door and look around along the corridor.After the filming started, it was the first time for me to come to the office.Ronald used to work in the screenwriter's office on the first floor, and rarely went to the second floor.
On the walls of the second floor are posters of various movies directed or produced by Roger Corman.Ronald quickly found what Roger said yesterday, his only loss-making film "Invader".A white man with a big head and thick neck was looking in the mirror in front of the cigarette vending machine.Ronald looked a little familiar, and looked for it in the starring column at the bottom of the poster, and it turned out to be William Shatner.Captain Kirk of the spaceship Enterprise on the hit sci-fi TV show "Star Trek."
Going forward, I saw another movie poster with a very murderous name "Death Speed 2000". On the poster, the mouth is crooked, holding a machine gun and killing people, isn't it the phenomenon-level movie of the year before last, " Rocky" actor Stallone?
Ronald couldn't help laughing. This kind of low-cost exploitation film must have been shot before Stallone became famous, otherwise Roger Coleman couldn't afford it.But his ability to discover talents is really great.If this movie is released now, Stallone's fame alone can make a lot of money.
The doors of the rooms on both sides are closed, and the inside is the editing room.Ronald knew that the two editing rooms were staffed 365 hours a day almost 24 days a year, and with 15 films a year, the workload of editing was huge.
Turning the corner and about to go down the stairs, a strange voice came.
"Roger, we've bought the remake of 'Midnight' for $2500, and we're ready to start our airplane comedy."
"Whoa, that's cool. You finish the second set of 'High School of Rock' and you can go find funding."
This is the voice of Roger Corman.Ronald paused, it was rude to eavesdrop.But that person really spoke quickly and urgently, as if he was going to quarrel with Roger, and Ronald was a little embarrassed to go out now.
"Hey, Roger, you can find someone else to do the filming on your behalf. We have already received investment and are going to make a movie at Paramount, one of the eight major studios." The strange voice became excited, "You know we were in the Who did Paramount see? It was Michael Eisner. Michael Fxcking Eisner. And his general, Jeff Katzenberg."
"Paramount will give us money, a big budget. Do you know how much it can be? Three hundred · Fxcking · 50. It's more than the total of 12 films in the whole year of New World."
"There's no need to yell at all, Jerry. A contract is a contract. I don't understand why you're in such a hurry to get to Paramount, the lead-ups at the big studios are long. Just five more days of filming for me, and you'll be able to Finish the second set, and then you'll never have to do a film for me."
"Okay, okay, Roger. Look, me and David, Jim, have been working on this movie for 5 years, and now Michael Eisner has nodded, we still need to work with their writers, in the Rewrite the script in two weeks until Katzenberg gives the green light."
"Can you imagine? Me and David, Jim, this is the moment when three of our dreams come true, you're not going to let us kiss our five-year dream goodbye?"
"Then who will complete your filming tasks? Jerry, this is a matter of principle. You should learn from this and respect the spirit of the contract."
"Why don't you let Joe Dante do it? He hangs out with Ellen all the time, and you could just let him do the second set. Please."
"Okay, I'll think about it, let's go to last week's dailies first."
"OK, Roger, our second group took a lot of shots, and there is only a little finishing touch in the end..."
Ronald heard the footsteps of Roger Coleman and the man named Jerry leaving, and headed to the left, which should be the direction of the conference room on the first floor.So he also went downstairs slowly.
After drinking a cup of instant coffee at the front desk, I finally saw Roger Coleman walking out with that Jerry, ready to go to the other side of the screening room.
"Good morning, Mr. Coleman."
"Ah, you're here, just in time, help me move the sample to the screening room." Then Roger picked up the phone at the front desk and called Gail, "Gail, come to the screening room, we're about to start."
Ronald and the projectionist brought the sample into the projection hall on the first floor. After entering the door, there was a narrow staircase leading to a small projection room.Watching the projectionist put the film on the projector, turn on the power, the cooling fan buzzed loudly, Ronald hurried downstairs.
When I came out, I saw Roger talking to a middle-aged beauty in a professional suit.
"Ronnie, let me introduce. This is my wife, Julie. Julie, this is the young genius I told you about, Ronald Lee."
"Mrs. Coleman, hello." Ronald hurried forward to say hello.
The proprietress, Julie Coleman, is also the producer of New World. Like Roger, she is a highly efficient producer. I heard that she manages 5 production crews and has to take care of 3 children at home. Really iron lady.
The couple sat down on the sofa in the middle of the auditorium.Ronald picked a seat behind Roger's side and sat down.
A few more people walked in one after another, namely Gail and Jim, and they sat down behind Ronald.Then there was the producer of "High School of Rock," who took a seat directly in front of Ronald, with Roger on the other side of the vacant seat.
Roger Corman leaned over to the producer, and the two began talking in low tones, and Ronald heard a little,
"...I didn't see Mr. Eisner at all... 350 million is real"
Another small man entered, and he deliberately sat on the far side from Roger Coleman.
"Who is this?" Ronald asked Gale.
"Second director of Rock High, Jerry Zucker."
It turned out that he was Jerry Zucker, the same Jerry who had just quarreled with Roger Coleman.He and the producer of "Rock High School" went to meet with people from Paramount yesterday to discuss cooperation in the new film. They were not on the set, otherwise it would not be Ronald's turn to film.
The last to come in was Joe Dante, who shut the door behind him.
Ronald greeted Joe, and Joe nodded with a smile. He seemed to be in good spirits, and the coffee at the police station was okay.
"Play yesterday's dailies first," said Roger Coleman.
Gale motioned for the projectionist to start the show.
The lights went out and a bright light shone from the rear projection room.Ronald couldn't help sitting upright, feeling uneasy.This is the first time he's seen a segment of himself filmed on screen.
(End of this chapter)
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