Kenneth Horn couldn't help but become serious when he heard Eric's words.
Although after so many years, other Hollywood film companies have been able to roughly understand the Weinstein brothers' award public relations methods, but understanding does not mean that they can imitate. After all, the contacts of the judges of the major awards in the hands of the Weinstein brothers are definitely not something that can be established simply by throwing money at them.
If the Weinstein brothers really put all their efforts into public relations for "The Horse Whisperer", New Line really has no chance of winning.
However, after thinking about it for a moment, Kenneth Horn couldn't help but said: "I think, if I were Harvey, I would never do this. Miramax's eye-catching performance at the Oscars these years has attracted many People’s criticisms. If Harvey turns such a work that is not expected by everyone into a major award winner, both the media and the academy are likely to rebound. Once this happens, Miramax will not want it for a long time. Then think about what you can gain at the Oscars."
Eric nodded in agreement.
In the original time and space, under the operation of the Weinstein Brothers, "Shakespeare in Love" achieved more brilliant achievements than "Forrest Gump" at the 71st Oscar, including Gwyneth Pat Luo's jokey actress.
The "success" of "Shakespeare in Love" finally made the Hollywood Film Academy completely explode, and for several consecutive years, Miramax almost got nothing in the Oscars. It wasn't until later, with the impeccable reputation and box office musical "Chicago", that Miramax regained some vitality in the awards. But at that time, under the deliberate suppression of the film academy, it was difficult for Miramax to reproduce the scenery of some important awards almost every year in the 1990s.
"I think Harvey must understand this truth." After nodding, Eric immediately said: "It's just that Harvey's current state is like carrying a rock down a mountain, and he can only keep going."
In the past weekend, the cumulative box office of "The Horse Whisperer", which was released for the sixth week, has reached 114.93 million US dollars. Although the single-week box office has fallen to more than 3 million US dollars in the final stage, such box office results are definitely considered very successful compared to the film's production cost of 50 million US dollars.
In this case, Miramax, who thinks he has enjoyed the sweetness of "big production", will definitely spare no effort to go further in order to gain more autonomy from the parent company Fox. Then, the Weinstein brothers are very likely to forcefully publicize the Oscar for "The Horse Whisperer".
Although Eric will not ignore the potential economic value implied by the Oscars, he has never taken the Oscars too seriously, and he will not let the company invest too much energy in imitating the public relations model of the Weinstein brothers.
After all, abandoning the business strategy of commercial films with a more stable and lucrative profit model to delve into Oscar public relations is completely worth the candle. Every year, the Oscar adds up the profit gains brought by all the nominated films under its name, and perhaps none of them earn as much as a "Teddy Bear".
Therefore, for "Elizabeth" who is about to compete with "The Horse Whisperer", Eric's expectation for the new line is only to do his best.
In the next few days, with the growing atmosphere of Christmas, the whole of North America is frantically looking forward to the release of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace".
The publicity budget invested by Fox for this Star Wars prequel is unprecedented, and the manufacturers who have obtained the peripheral authorization of the Star Wars series are also sparing no effort to cooperate. For a time, various events related to Star Wars are being held all over the country. Activities, and the streets of some big cities can see cosplay related to Star Wars everywhere.
In this frenzied atmosphere, on December 18, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" was finally released in 3126 theaters in North America, with a box office score of 16.5 million US dollars in the midnight show, which also easily broke the summer file "Charlie's Angels". 3" just set a midnight show record.
In the days that followed, although critics and ordinary audiences had polarized comments on the film, this did not affect fans' enthusiasm for the Star Wars series in the slightest.
In the first three days of the weekend, the film raked in $81.65 million at the box office in North America. In the following four days, the film grossed another $54.53 million. After a full week, the cumulative box office of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" has reached Reached 136.18 million US dollars, creating a new box office record again.
Thanksgiving was spent with women and children in Maryland, and Christmas naturally stayed in Los Angeles.
Christmas Eve was spent with the girl and Aniston, but Eric called Elizabeth and Julia, hoping that they could come together, but they were directly rejected, and Elizabeth also scolded Eric on the phone. Dayton, and then flew to New York with Julia from afar.
On Christmas Eve, it was a 'harassing' phone call from East Hampton. Because of Emma, Julia often went there, and Elizabeth and Joanna got along well.
Being in Los Angeles basically means that you can’t avoid work. Fortunately, Christmas this year happens to be Friday, so Eric plans to rest for three days. He brought two girls to Northern California early on Saturday morning San Simon Hurst spent the weekend.
Although it was nominally donated to the California government, just like countless charitable funds in the West, the Hearst family still has a lot of control over San Simeon Castle, and it is not a problem at all to entertain guests.
Inside the castle, in the gorgeous Baroque-style indoor swimming pool, the girl and Aniston were swimming not far away in their swimsuits, while Eric was leaning against the pool and flipping through a copy of "Hollywood Reporter" a little bored.
In all fairness, Eric is not at all interested in this gorgeous Baroque castle, or he is not interested in all buildings with an old-fashioned atmosphere. It's just that the two girls' interests are exactly the opposite, and they look very excited. After all, Westerners all have an aristocratic plot, and one of the most important elements associated with nobility is naturally the castle.
After all, the Weinstein Brothers launched a forced public relations strategy for "The Horse Whisperer". In the just-announced Golden Globe nominations, "The Horse Whisperer" included seven of the most important nominations, including best drama film and best director. Nominations, even Scarlett Johansson got a Best Supporting Actress nod.
At the same time that The Hollywood Reporter published the nominations, it was apparent that commentators were attacking Miramax for her excessive public relations behavior.
After a few days of operation, everyone agrees that "The Horse Whisperer" is a very good movie, but most professional media and film critics also agree that the commercial and artistic nature of this film are completely divided. There is not enough cultural connotation to make people think.
Compared with "The Horse Whisperer", "Elizabeth" has only received three nominations, namely Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director and the undisputed Best Actress for Cate Blanchett.
Flipping through the newspaper in his hand, the two girls in the swimming pool began to quarrel for some reason. Eric raised his head and swept over helplessly, and the two girls swam over together, leaning on Eric around.
It is also a very interesting thing to say. Although the girl has a bad relationship with all the women around Eric, she is the only one who can freely "shuttle" between his different women, and, whether it is Joe Anna, Elizabeth, and Aniston beside her clearly recognized her identity as a girl.
Throwing aside the newspaper in his hand, Eric reached out and hugged the two girls into his arms, and said, "So, what's the matter?"
Hearing Eric's question, the chick struggled arrogantly, and did not break away from Eric, but turned her head arrogantly: "No."
"Hehe," the girl grinned and grinned into Eric's arms, and said, "Eric, did you know that this month's "Vanity Fair" magazine has now sold 710,000 copies."
Eric didn't pay attention to the sales of these best-selling magazines, and said with a smile: "710,000 copies is a lot, I remember the "Sun" in Leeds, with a daily circulation of more than 3 million copies, and that is still in the UK."
"How can a magazine be the same as a newspaper?" the girl said, "The average sales volume of "Vanity Fair" magazine is only a little over 500,000 copies per month, and the current 710,000 copies of this issue have already broken the record in the history of "Vanity Fair"." As for the best-selling record, hehe, guess who set the record before "Vanity Fair"?"
Noticing the little girl's playful appearance, Eric immediately understood, smiled and hugged the chick on the other side: "Are you angry about such a boring thing?"
As the most popular American sweetheart of the new generation, coupled with the girl's hint, Eric knew the result without thinking too much.
The chick pouted and turned her head away again.
But the girl added with a smile: "The cover of the September issue of "Vanity Fair" this year is Jane, and the sales volume is only 680,000 copies."
The September issue, presumably, should be a promotion for the tenth season of "Friends" this year. As "Friends" that has accompanied the entire United States for ten years, at the moment when it is about to end, Aniston naturally receives far more attention than usual.
"680,000 copies is already a lot," Eric lowered his head and kissed the chick on the cheek, and said, "You know, your opponent is actually your own man, and it's no big deal if you are surpassed."
"You egomaniac," Aniston couldn't help but rolled his eyes, seeing Eric's rogue continue to stick over, he kissed the man reluctantly.
The girl on the other side looked at the two of them, and suddenly said: "Eric, you really want to end "Friends". I think it's okay to shoot a few more seasons. It's a pity to end now."
Hearing the girl's words, Aniston also showed a strange expression in his eyes.
If it was before the two reunited, Aniston would be very reluctant to continue filming. After all, if a TV series has been filmed continuously for ten years, anyone will feel tired. But at this time, the girl couldn't help thinking about Eric, ABC is his company, and Aniston is still very aware of the importance of "Friends" to the ABC TV network.
At this point, if Eric speaks, she doesn't mind continuing the TV series. In the group of six, the others are not comparable to Aniston in all aspects, and the relationship between them happens to be very close. If Aniston speaks, the others will definitely agree to return.
Eric felt the emotion in the little girl's eyes, smiled and leaned over, kissed her lips again, and said: "The end will always end, ABC can't always rely on a TV series to live , Once there is too much dependence, it will be harmful instead of beneficial.”
In the past, the producer paid a million dollars for a single episode and forcibly extended "Friends" to the tenth season. But because it paid too much attention to the influence of "Friends" and neglected the development of new dramas, after the end of "Friends", NBC directly slipped from the top spot of several major TV networks to the bottom position, and has been sluggish for several years.
This kind of situation is very common in the operation of TV networks, and Eric will naturally not repeat this mistake.
Moreover, after the end of "Friends", the ABC TV network still has "Emergency Room Stories", "Everyone Loves Raymond" and "Survivor". Although the popularity of "Love Raymond" cannot be compared with "Friends", it is enough to support ABC's comedy market after "Friends" is over. At the same time, ABC will also launch the "American Idol" reality show next year. This reality show can also succeed the "Survivor" that has begun to decline.
Therefore, the choice to end "Friends" now seems to be just right. ABC isn't going to be hit hard by losing "Friends."
The girl watched Eric and the chick start to look like you and me, and suddenly became a little upset, rolled her eyes, suddenly thought of something, climbed out of the swimming pool and ran out, and after a while, she He ran back with a laptop in his hand: "Eric, I'll show you something good."
The girl said, put the laptop by the pool, and quickly clicked on a video file.
Eric and Aniston looked puzzled together, and soon an audition video of a blonde girl appeared on the laptop screen.
At first glance, this girl was somewhat similar to Aniston in appearance and temperament, but Eric was even more surprised when the girl on the screen spoke.
Because, if it's just about looks, this girl's accent is exactly the same as Aniston's.
Next to Eric, the chick looked at the girl vigilantly like a kitten being teased when she saw the video on the screen: "What do you want to do?"
The girl giggled evilly, and said, "I don't want to do anything, I just feel very interesting, ha ha."
Eric stretched out his hand and knocked on the door of the girl's head, otherwise the girl would become a jerk, but he still asked curiously: "What's going on here?"
"Her name is Traylor Howard." The girl covered her forehead and turned innocent in a blink of an eye. "I just discovered it by accident. If I think it's interesting, I'll show you."