After a short break, everyone cheered up, as screenings of the second film were about to begin, although compared to the star-studded "Steel Magnolia" (four of the six leading actresses have already won Oscars. ), the main creative lineup of "Small Island Cry" is not worth mentioning, but it is enough to have Eric's name in the screenwriter column. Before "Home Alone" created a box office miracle, the main creative lineup was not worth mentioning at all.
After the opening title, Grace’s storytelling voice sounded against the background of the comics. Slowly, the voice disappeared, and scenes full of horror appeared in the scribbled pictures. The frightened girl with wide-eyed eyes stretched out to The shadow of a child, a marionette with a broken neck...
On the big bed, Grace suddenly opened her tearful eyes, opened her mouth and took a few quick breaths like a fish out of water, her body trembling violently.
Everyone knows that the heroine has a nightmare. If she is smarter, she may be able to realize that the comic scene at the beginning is exactly the girl's dream.
In this version, Virginia did not scream hoarsely like the original Nicole Kidman, but the fear conveyed in those big tear-filled eyes was no less than that of Nicole Kidman How much weaker, and this kind of silent fear and despair, combined with the mottled scene in the dark bedroom, can even make the audience feel a chill down the spine.
This is Eric's first change to the script, because in his previous life memory, Eric didn't experience any other emotions except being startled by Nicole Kidman's scream.
It was not easy to shoot the camera. Virginia was really terrified. The fear in her eyes did not mean to pretend at all, because beside the camera, there are a bunch of cute animals such as Zhizhi Beast, Xiaoqiang, and Liuer 'Looking covetously. Although with the help of 'props', in Eric's opinion, Virginia's performance is much better than Nicole's, which also corresponds to that sentence. In Hollywood, no one is irreplaceable. All people lack is opportunity.
Unknowingly, everyone in the screening room was immersed in the weird behavior of Grace, the two children and the three servants. Except for Eric and other insiders, everyone was trying to guess what happened to the house. What, where did those strange voices and figures come from.
If this is a ghost film, why hasn't there been any ghost shadows since it started? Why did Grace's husband suddenly come back and leave suddenly
Although the answer to the mystery has not been solved, the tense plot has immersed even the representatives of the seven major companies who have read countless films. As calm as Michael Eisner couldn't help asking Eric some of his doubts, but Eric smiled and refused to answer on the grounds that he couldn't spoil it.
It wasn't until more than eighty minutes later, when Grace's two children discovered the tombstone, that the identities of the three servant 'ghosts' were not revealed.
However, no one had a look of sudden realization, but instead had some doubts, why did the three 'ghost servants' appear, and what was their purpose? From the previous words, everyone knew that the three ghosts had no malice towards Grace's family.
At this point, the plot has completely reached its climax. When Grace pushed open the door of the upstairs living room, another family and the psychic old woman appeared, which solved all the doubts for the audience.
"Suspenseful, detailed, beautiful!" Seeing this, Michael Eisner couldn't help giving a rare admiration, and Paramount president Nader Thane, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, clenched his fist quietly. , I felt a determination to win the distribution rights of this movie. Several other executives who were unwilling or unable to win the distribution rights of the film all showed regretful expressions, and the calmest Warner representative was not so calm.
The thick fog of symbolic nature dissipated as all the truth came to light.
The lights were turned on again, and the applause was much warmer than that of "Steel Magnolias" for several minutes.
Seeing this situation, Jonathan Demi, who was sitting in the back row, twitched the corners of his mouth a few times. In the end, he couldn't keep his restraint. He grinned happily and showed his white teeth. He knew that he had succeeded.
Michael Madsen patted his sister's hand lightly, his eyes full of congratulations.
The applause stopped, and everyone in the projection hall, led by the waiter, went to the banquet hall on the lower floor. Eric, who was walking in the front, was sandwiched between Michael Eisner and Nader Thane. Warner representatives who were not too enthusiastic at first also came over and greeted Eric cordially again.
Representatives of Fox and MGM, who were destined not to get distribution rights, followed behind.
Elizabeth Murdoch approached Karta and asked in a low voice, "Carl, why don't you go forward and fight for it?"
Karta shook his head slightly, and explained softly to Elizabeth: "It won't work, Eric's next two films have already belonged to Fox, and they will not give us distribution rights."
Elizabeth thought for a while, and then said: "Why can't it be like this? At the end of the year, what we value most is the sequel of Eric's "Home Alone", so let's give up the distribution rights of another movie and replace it with this one. I think this is a good idea." This horror film is very special, maybe it can create a box office miracle like "Home Alone"."
Karta Hunter couldn't help but glanced at the girl beside him, feeling quite surprised in his heart. Originally, he thought Elizabeth was just a somewhat arrogant and willful young lady. After all, today this girl pestered him and asked him to take Her participation in this audition is a relatively willful decision.
However, due to Elizabeth Murdoch's identity, Carta Hunter reluctantly agreed after considering it. Fortunately, Eric was more familiar with him, and the other party also knew Elizabeth's identity, so he did not reject the girl.
Unexpectedly, after the trial film was over, the other party was able to come up with a very feasible solution in such a short period of time.
Although Elizabeth came to Fox in the name of a vacation internship, the girl did not spend a few days honestly in the position that Fox arranged for her. It is impossible to understand the inside story of the cooperation between Fox and Firefly. This kind of half-knowledge It is impossible for Karta to look at the girl differently if he can come up with a highly feasible solution so quickly. You know, Karta himself has just tried to win "Small Island Cry" in the screening hall. Thoughts, but I can't think of any good way.
"Well, Miss Murdoch, I will submit this plan to Mr. Barry Diller in the form of a formal document. However, I must say that Fox has not seen the script of Eric's other film at the end of the year , I don’t know if it’s too late to make a decision before other companies win “Small Island Cry”. After all, it’s conceivable that some people inside Fox will object to your proposal, because the box office reputation of the films directed by Eric himself has already passed. It’s been proven so many times that he wrote the movie himself and it’s absolutely brilliant, but I don’t think a lot of people are willing to take the risk.”
"It's really ink. If I'm in charge of Fox, I'll take it down," Elizabeth curled her lips, and began to show her savage side again.
This time, Karta did not despise the other party in his heart, but patiently explained the key to the girl: "Miss Murdoch, this matter involves too many interests, and it doesn't mean that we can change it by wishful thinking. Even if we are willing to change, will Eric Williams agree? Will the other film companies agree? You also saw that today Michael Eisner and Nader Thane are here, and they have a lot of love for Eric Williams. It is conceivable that K Williams attaches great importance to it, and we don't have much advantage in competition."