Ace Hollywood

From the premiere, a film has embarked on the road to the box office and awards. According to different appeals, there will be a focus. Some films strive to make money-the competition for the number of screens, commercial reputation, hype attention, etc. They use all kinds of means, and some of them hope for awards. Trying to figure out the preferences of the Oscar judges, avoiding the deterioration of word-of-mouth, and spending a lot of money on public relations have become the main tasks.

"Gladiator" is of course more important to Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. "LA Confidential" and "The Insider" made this rebellious Australian man Hollywood's most important One of the men who can act, but he still lacks a trophy that can prove himself the most - the statuette. Not to mention Ridley, who, in Brent's words, was "crazy for Oscars"—so much so that he created such a purely Olympic film to win the favor of the Academy judges.

As for Daniel Sandler, he also pays more attention to acting skills and reputation. After all, this is his supporting role. There are big directors, first-line superstars, and a luxurious production team. He is not so sensitive to the contribution of the box office. But Daniel, who is in the limelight, desperately needs some acting affirmation-preferably an award that is influential and not particularly difficult to get, such as the Chicago Film Critics Association Award. For this reason, he asked Melissa and Kevin Goley to negotiate A few times, and even started to look for a PR company. These jobs are easier for them. If the cooperation is happy, the blood-sucking lice on these stars will indeed be inseparable, although they will take a lot of money and even share .

It can be seen that the purpose of the main creators is relatively consistent. In fact, DreamWorks and Universal also agree with this point. You must know that they understood the positioning of "Gladiator" when they decided to make Ridley's film. Of course, the goals of the two parties are different. One is to use awards to further boost the box office, and the other is to use awards to prove their status, but this is not important. The important thing is that the goals are the same.

After the premiere, the publicity and distribution department of "Gladiator" is at full capacity. The film critics who watched it on the spot and sent copies need you to negotiate constantly. These movie bandits are all glamorous bitches. If you get the money, he will do things, but you can't directly give a standard for how it will be done - this is a rape of their freedom and will, they have to write it themselves, what kind of writing it is, depends on whether you manage it properly, and depends on his mood , as well as the quality of the movie—this is all aimed at first-class film critics like Haven, Kent, Brent, and even Roger and Richard. Of course, small film critics have no right to speak, because they have little influence, no What kind of audience will go to the tabloids to read film reviews, and then decide whether to go to the cinema. The "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times" are more reliable.

The next morning, Daniel got up earlier, and Andy certainly got up earlier, with a pile of newspapers in her hand.

Daniel was more relaxed, and he was even in the mood to crack a joke.

"Andy, you look like you haven't slept well. Is it too long since you have been hugged by a strong hug? Oh, by the way, we have an appointment with Kevin this morning, right? Let me see first, There are still a few previews, and I am so busy."

Indeed, after the event last night, he rushed back to Los Angeles non-stop. Today, he was going to meet with CAA's Kevin. Daniel thought that the top agent alliance had loosened a bit—he had to put on a good show this time. .

"Daniel, something is wrong."

Daniel's face became serious, and Andy was a reliable girl, if she said it was wrong, something must have gone wrong.

"what happened?"

Daniel put down his milk, he has been exercising and it is very important to keep up his protein and calcium intake.

After receiving the newspaper from Andy, they all opened the pages related to "Gladiator".

"Early this morning, people from Universal contacted me, saying that you were blocked."

"check?"

"Yes, because according to the response last night, your performance almost conquered everyone, they were a little bit light-hearted, and the focus was almost all on the movie and Russell Crowe, but this morning the papers came out, and they found that a few Fewer movie critics gave you **. Your performance is not our illusion, in fact, it has been proved last night. So, this can only show one thing, someone is getting the result of your performance Afterwards, some film critics were publicized. What’s worse, because Universal did not make a clear request for your part, these film critics can even get two shares of the money with peace of mind.”

"We really need public relations personnel." Melissa, who came in a hurry, also got the detailed information. "Otherwise, I'm too passive, and I won't receive any information."

Daniel didn't speak, he started flipping through the newspaper. This was the first time since "Campus Blues" that he was featured in a newspaper because of his movie performance. Even in "Blues", he didn't get much coverage for this.

"Daniel Sandler has shown a rookie caliber -- which doesn't live up to his reputation."

"I was expecting to see some talent from Daniel Sandler, but to be honest, I was a little bit disappointed."

"It's over, it's over, it's an overworked performance, of course, it's understandable, it's his first time in such an important role - although I don't know how he passed the audition."

Andy is indeed very personable, she put the sex on the top, so Daniel turned several pages in a row full of yin and yang movie reviews.

"The following is a positive one. You can read the film critic Brent of The New Yorker. He posted it on his blog, and it will be published in the next issue of the magazine." At this time, print media and the Internet were not mutually exclusive. It is normal for film critics to post their articles on the Internet for the first time, and then publish them through newspapers and magazines.

""Gladiator" can get four stars, and the one deducted is that the film treats the fringe plot a little carelessly, and some side plots have obvious inappropriate problems, which makes people have to regret. Of course, this will not prevent it from being a A classic, the vast atmosphere of ancient Rome, the thrill of the arena, and the shocking realism of the war scenes are all enough to make you go to the theater to watch it again.... As far as actors are concerned, Russell Crowe may rewrite the charm of Hollywood men Direction, Jack Dawson (Titanic)'s creamy boy face is very attractive, but Maximus, a hard-core hero who calls for wildness, may also make your heart sway. There is no doubt that Crowe has contributed again Outstanding performance... The biggest surprise for me in the movie is Daniel Sandler, this young man who is more handsome than Leonardo is really not easy to get my approval at the beginning-it is impossible to be too handsome Can act, which may offend a lot of people, but truth be told. No one can catch two birds at the same time. Despite the generally taller looks in Hollywood, this law still works on a relative level. Commodius's It's amazing to appear on the stage-at least I think the ancient Roman prince should be like this, as perfect as those sculptures... His performance is very creative, and even creates a sense of anticipation outside the plot, which It's amazing... I think he's really the darling of Hollywood."

Brent's review was full of praise, which made Daniel feel a little better.

"What does Universal say?"

They also want to cooperate with "The Bourne Shadow". In fact, this news will be released when it is released, giving the film the last fire, so Universal is more concerned about his affairs, after all, the two parties are still in the same boat.

"They will track who it is. I also contacted Jones, and Jones will also go to find out. By the way, she also asked about Kusa and asked if we have any news about him." Melissa sat down and opened her notebook.

Daniel turned to look at Andy, and Andy shook his head, "I don't know, but his uncle called my mother recently, so it seems that the situation should have improved."

Daniel nodded, "Melissa, you reply to Jones, we need her help very much now, try to evoke her good memories."

Cusa Damon's affairs are not something he can intervene in, whether it's just the New York Gang or the FBI, it's the same.

"Stalking? Do people at Universal think that the most important thing now is to track the culprit?" Daniel frowned. If so, then the idiots at Universal would really make people doubt their IQ.

"No, they'll pay attention to your part in the next publicity, but if we want insurance, we'd better do something ourselves."

"Can we afford it?"

Andy shook his head honestly, "This expenditure must be at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we don't have this access, CAA—by the way, I just forgot to say, Kevin's assistant called me, you guys The meeting needs to be postponed."

Daniel snorted and laughed, "It's really keeping up with the times, why? Wait until "Gladiator" is actually released?"

After thinking about it, "Well, Melissa, don't think about CAA now. You can discuss it with an accountant, make a budget of 100,000 US dollars, and do public relations with people from Universal. But it’s better than just getting caught.”

The result is easy to find out. Fox's "X-Men" has been released for a week. When "Gladiator" was released, it had already passed its golden two weeks, so it is not worthy of death, but to add some blockage to "Gladiator", And it is indeed a good move to kill Daniel Sandler, who has a lot of variables.

Universal has nothing to do about this. It is almost an obvious rule for movies in the same period to attack each other. All they can do is to pay attention below and not be taken advantage of by Fox.

But Jones brought another message.

"UTA and WME are playing behind Fox's back."

Daniel didn't even need to turn his head to understand that the enemies were always the same.