Not only did Saving Private Ryan and Braveheart have the same Golden Globe nominations quite coincidentally, the similarities abound between the two films, equally epic, equally deeply thematic, equally brilliantly executed. The war scenes and even the soundtrack of the film are two of the top musicians in Hollywood, John Williams and James Horner. Therefore, the popularity of the two films in the award season is almost evenly matched. Recently, in the media, Supporters of the two films "Saving Private Ryan" and "Braveheart" are also full of gunpowder.
If Firefly and Fox were just pure competitors, then this year's awards season, both on the surface and in private, will see the two companies vying for the most important movie awards, and this situation will undoubtedly lead to The unnecessary expenditure on the public relations budget, and even the final award results are not in their best interest.
However, because of the relationship between Eric and Elizabeth, the two sides had formed a certain tacit understanding a long time ago.
"Eric, judging from the current situation, it is in the best interest of both of us to separate the best picture and best director," Harvey Weinstein seriously analyzed: " The global release of "Saving Private Ryan" has come to an end, and North America also released the film's video tape two months ago, so I think the best director for this film should be the best director. Although this film It is full of masculinity, but Catherine is a woman. In the more than 60 years of Oscar history, although there have been several female director nominations, but no woman has ever won the best director. Therefore, if "Saving Private Rui" "En" won the best director award, and the sensation caused was definitely no less than that of a best picture. After all, Oscar already has 66 best films, but there is not a single film for the best female director, and even the future For decades, the best female director will only be Catherine. As long as "Saving Private Ryan" wins the best director award, this film can maintain a lasting impact for many years to come."
Eric nodded, although Harvey Weinstein didn't mention any words related to movie revenue. But in fact, what he said was completely analyzing the pros and cons of the award from a commercial point of view.
Once Catherine becomes the first woman to win an Oscar for best director, "Saving Private Ryan" will have a very special place in film history, which means that before the second Oscar for best director, "Saving Private Ryan" will be unique whenever anyone thinks of the Oscar for Best Director. Often, the only woman among them will be noticed quickly, and then this film will be noticed, which means that "Saving Private Ryan" will be brought to Firefly on peripheral channels such as video tapes and DVDs for many years to come. to far exceed the profits of other best director films.
Noticing Eric's approving look, Harvey Weinstein continued: "Braveheart is still in theaters, so the best picture title is more important to us. If we both do public relations separately, 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 the exact opposite of what we expected. Because "Saving Private Ryan" is an American theme war Compared with "Braveheart", which tells British history, "Saving Private Ryan" is undoubtedly more likely to win the best picture. As for the best director, there are not many women in the Directors Guild. They are all old men with serious patriarchal tendencies. In this regard, Mel Gibson has a much greater chance of winning than Catherine. If we want the results to develop in the direction we want, after the Oscar nominations, our public relations strategies must Reach some tacit agreement in advance."
Although "Braveheart", which was released at the end of the year, has a lot of time compared to "Saving Private Ryan", which has been in North America for a long time, it can easily create the greatest media influence during the awards season. However, if you carefully analyze the Oscar potential of the two films, "Saving Private Ryan" has two major advantages: American theme and extreme political correctness.
Harvey finished. Eric nodded and said, "Well, Harvey, I'll call Katzenberg tonight 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, and he also wanted to hear the promise of cooperation from Eric. After all, it is the best win-win situation for everyone to divide the 'cake' happily. Otherwise, either the final result will be exactly the opposite of the expectations of both parties as Weinstein just said, or one party will be completely defeated. This is certainly not what the two companies with very good relations want to see.
Identifying the main issue, Harvey Weinstein also easily chatted about some details: "Eric, Ms. Bigelow is also the main producer of "Saving Private Ryan", but I heard that she It seems that she hasn't participated in too many Golden Globes public relations 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 up more, even if she doesn't do it in private. Attending too many PR parties, I think she should do a few more interviews with the public media or something."
The most important steps of award public relations include media campaign public relations and private public relations with judges. The ultimate goal is actually just like elections, through various influences to get votes from award judges.
Weinstein's suggestion is of course very pertinent. Although Eric agrees very much, he still smiled and said: "Harvey, you may not know that Catherine is a little... Well, it is idealistic, she is not very I like this kind of activity, and I can’t force it.”
Harvey Weinstein was stunned for a moment. If the operation is done properly, the post-production videotape and TV broadcast authorization of "Saving Private Ryan" can continue to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in net income to Firefly. The director's wild idealism just let her muddle along.
However, Harvey quickly remembered some rumors in private, and Catherine's beautiful face without any trace of age emerged in his mind, and he smiled knowingly, not planning to mention this matter again.
Elizabeth, who had been silently listening to the two talking about things, suddenly muttered sourly: "I am still idealistic in my forties, and I am my own little girl."
Eric almost choked on his coffee, quickly put the coffee cup carefully on the table, looked up at Elizabeth who was suddenly eating vinegar, but was stared back unceremoniously.
Harvey Weinstein keenly sensed that the atmosphere was getting a bit out of shape, so he tactfully got up and said goodbye. Obtaining a firm promise from Eric, of course, Eric does not need to worry about the details of the subsequent award public relations, and Harvey will communicate with the relevant person in charge of Firefly.
After getting up to send Harvey away, Eric and Elizabeth sat down again.
There were only two people left alone, and Elizabeth also realized that her petty temper just now was a little out of place, but she was unwilling to take the initiative to give in. Her eyes did not dare to meet Eric, and she looked into the distance flickeringly, as if counting the people on the hillside. Number of mansions.
Eric beckoned the waiter to change a pot of coffee for the two, and followed Elizabeth's gaze into the distance.
After being so quiet for a while, Elizabeth suddenly became a little annoyed again, staring at Eric and saying, "Julia is right, you bastard, you don't know how to accommodate us at all."
Eric felt a little baffled: "Your Highness, what did I do wrong again?"
"You should have taken the initiative to speak first, but you asked me to break the silence."
Eric was a little dumbfounded: "I thought you were thinking about life just now, so I didn't bother you. You're not a little girl, why bother with this."
"Why can some people still be little girls in their forties, but I can't."
Eric could only surrender: "Well, you continue to maintain the mentality of a little girl, so maybe when you are the same age as Catherine, you can be as beautiful as her."
"Yeah," Elizabeth suddenly felt a little smug, "When I'm forty, hey, just imagine what she will look like."
Eric can imagine it now, because he has seen it at all. After more than ten years, Catherine will be no different from now.
If this woman can live as a fairy in her whole life, she will not be in vain in this world.
Elizabeth noticed that there was a smile on Eric's thoughtful expression, and she pretended to tremble with aversion, and said, "You are actually imagining, and you can still laugh, it's so changed, no wonder some people say you have that complex .”
Eric didn't intend to discuss Catherine with Elizabeth anymore, and took the initiative to change the topic, saying: "I saw that Mel Gibson was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and his acting level won the Golden Globe nomination. It's a little bit reluctant, don't you still plan to nominate him for an Oscar?"
Eric and Harvey just didn't talk about the PR issue of the Golden Globes at all, mainly because the Golden Globes are irrelevant to "Saving Private Ryan", and the influence of the Golden Globes is often only in its awarding Before and after, it will be quickly covered by Oscar's influence. For the released films, the media attention of the Golden Globe Awards may have a boost to the box office, but this boost is not so influential for films that have entered the later stage of operation.
For "Saving Private Ryan", the most important thing is the Oscars. After all, when news of "Saving Private Ryan" appears in any media in the future, it will often be mentioned that this is the film's Oscar title, "Saving Private Ryan" When selling overseas videotape or television 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 the Golden Globe Award. This difference is more obvious in the actor awards. Like the little Li Zi who has been searching for the Oscar actor for many years in the original time and space, many people He didn't even know that Xiao Lizi had already won the Golden Globe Award for best actor ten years before he got his wish to win the best actor Oscar.
When Elizabeth heard Eric change the subject, she wisely stopped pestering her and said, "Speaking of which, Mel Gibson even had a fight with Harvey because of this nomination." (To be continued.)