Chapter 66: The Premiere (3)
A green blue planet flashed in the vast starry sky.
As soon as it appeared, the audience was shocked and shocked from the bottom of their hearts, such a vast and clear microcosm of the earth was presented on the screen for the first time.
The first time Jerry remembers this image was James Cameron's stunning appearance in the 3D film "Avatar", which took James Cameron five years to build, and audiences around the world were shocked and fell in love with it at first sight, and since then, the image has appeared in various documentaries and movies repeatedly.
During the post-production of the movie, Director James Sr. directly chose the previous blue and bright picture of the earth, and Jerry couldn't help but complain at a glance, "It's too low!"
Immediately, he personally sat in the special effects studio and described the picture in detail in his impression.
Paul Sr. has said in front of Jerry more than once that the company's special effects studio has five special effects production masters, and Jerry let it go, but he didn't think so.
It wasn't until Jerry gave them the company's opening credits and prologue screens that they produced the picture Jerry wanted in just half a month, with a 99% similarity, which was almost exactly the same as the picture in his head.
It's better to hear than to see.
Really seeing the results of their work, Jerry finally believes that these five people are indeed special effects masters, and he has really picked up a treasure by acquiring Chris Films!
At the same time as the vast water blue star appeared on the screen, the background soundtrack and line monologue appeared, and the English subtitles were simultaneously displayed at the bottom of the screen, which was dubbed by Jerry Towne.
A set of quick interspersed shots that accompany the dubbing, each shot takes three seconds, and the pace is very fast, and the protagonist Jerry Maguire appears in front of the audience with the interspersed shots.
"Huh? Is that Jerry Donn?"
"So old, how did he do that?"
"Makeup doesn't look like that, does it?"
"Looks like you're doing well?"
“……”
The eight giants in the middle of the third row saw Maguire appear and exclaimed in unison.
Half an hour ago, they had all seen Jerry Towne, tall and handsome, vigorous, sunny and handsome, but compared to the image on the screen, it was almost like two people, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would almost have wondered if there was something wrong with their eyes, or if they were old and dizzy?
But reason tells them that the person on the screen is Done Jr.
"So old! at least twenty years older, is that you?"
Glace was stunned and pointed at Maguire on the screen, pulled Jerry over, and asked softly while looking at him.
"Yes. Jerry nodded and said in a low voice: "The director asked for such a shot, I had to act like this, in order to meet the requirements, I went to the coffee shop to observe the man in his thirties, for half a month, watching it during the day, and coming back at night to practice facial expressions in the mirror, and I really put a lot of effort into it." ”
"It's really hard for you, kid ......"
Belice sighed and sighed, staring at the screen intently, watching the film intently.
………
After the interspersed shots passed, the film was officially screened, and the story slowly unfolded.
Mr. Maguire is like a fish in water in international sports agencies, shrewd and capable, handsome and chic, popular with female clients, thriving at work, and leaving no gaps in life, his girlfriend Avri is beautiful and sexy, exuding youthful vitality all over her body, and her beautiful posture is enviable.
The fly in the ointment is that the two live separately because of work, get together less and leave more, and can only complain to each other on the phone, which casts a shadow on the hearts of senior fans who watched the movie on the spot.
Because the heroine on the promotional poster is not Mira, who plays the beautiful and tall and youthful Avri on the screen at the moment, but Gwyneth who plays Dorothy.
As the plot progresses rapidly, Mr. Maguire is in trouble, and his athletes have accidents one after another, and he is so busy that he is so busy that the camera that appears on the screen is Maguire visiting Steven Raymond, a rugby player who was knocked down and unconscious, in the hospital.
This scene is a turning point in the plot contradiction of the whole film.
With this performance, Jerry Towne conquered James Brooks and Billy Wilder, two veteran directors, and persuaded them to join the film.
Through the stunning live performance, he successfully dispelled the concerns and worries of the five leading actors, including Gwyneth and Cooper Martin Jr., so that they could devote themselves to the filming of the movie, and willingly act as a green grass next to Jerry Donn, the big red flower.
In the middle of the fourth row of the theater, Spielberg and George Lucas sat on either side of the veteran director Billy Wilder.
Looking at Maguire's almost flawless expressive performance on the screen, Spielberg's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth appeared in a graceful arc, and he turned his head to look at old Wilder, just as Lucas also looked sideways, and the eyes of the two met unexpectedly, and the spirit flashed tacitly.
"Teacher, I heard that you decided to make a cameo appearance in the film after watching this audition video?"
When Spielberg was young, he made films with Wilder Sr. for a while, and asked him many questions about film and television production, so there was no name between them as a teacher and a student, but a master and an apprentice.
Spielberg has always called Wilder Sr. "Teacher", and even today he came in person because he heard that Wilder Sr. would attend the premiere, so he changed his itinerary and hurried to the theater.
Billy Wilder was wearing reading glasses, turned his head to look at them, smiled and nodded: "It's a good acting......, isn't it? It's not easy for young people to make their debut, so we should give them some opportunities and help them if they can. ”
After that, he turned his head and patted Spielberg's arm, and said softly: "I like little Don very much, he not only has excellent appearance conditions, but also has a calm temperament that is completely inconsistent with his age, his acting skills are quite good, and his professionalism is also very good, this is a good seedling, you can mention him for me in the future, so that he can take fewer detours." ”
Spielberg's eyes twinkled, and he glanced at Lucas, and found that his reaction was as shocked as his own.
"Don't worry, teacher, I'll definitely take care of him more if I have the chance, but ...... With the strong capital and influence of the Don family, George and I can make a difference in the entertainment industry even if we don't deliberately take care of him. Spielberg hesitated.
Old Wilder smiled, "Well, that's right, as long as the heart arrives, you don't have to take care of him." His grandfather, Don Sr., was a great man, eight years younger than me, a general for more than a decade, and a deputy finance minister for seven years.
He has rarely shown up in the last ten years, but before coming to the theater just now, I met him, hehehe...... As soon as we met, he startled me, and I almost didn't dare to come forward to greet him, he was too young!
He looks about the same as you do now, and even more energetic than you, but his actual age is over eighty.
I heard a long time ago that old Don En is a strange person, I didn't believe it at the time, I haven't seen him for twenty or thirty years, I believe in seeing him again this time, time never deceives people, all beings are equal in the face of birth, old age, sickness and death, but old Don is obviously not among them, in my opinion, he can live for more than a hundred years, so the Don family will not decline, and will become stronger and stronger in the future. ”
Spielberg and Lucas were dumbfounded, looking at each other, but they were speechless.
"Wow!
"Tut-tut, so handsome, so cool, so stylish!"
"OMG!Superman!"
"Oh! I ...... I'm sorry, Cruise, I'm in love with Jerry!"
“Oh……”
The whispered conversation between Spielberg, Lucas, and Wilder Sr. interrupted the whispered conversation between Spielberg, Lucas, and Wilder Sr., prompting them to focus once more on the big screen as Maguire tossed and turned in the hotel.
On the picture, Maguire is wrapped in a bath towel, his slender figure is tall and strong, and his muscles are shining with metallic luster, and the concave and convex textures are distinct, giving people a strong visual impact.
Spielberg looked at each other, and then smiled happily, smiled and shook his head, this is the welfare of young people, and they old men can only laugh except envy.
Despite this, Jerry Towne's physical talent still made them secretly admire: "This young man is indeed very good, there is hardly a single flaw on his body, and he is perfect to the point of being impeccable!"
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on screen.
As Maguire wrote a job testimonial on a whim and distributed it to his colleagues in the company, a small high-tide broke out in the first half of the film, with colleagues praising Maguire's insight and courage, but the company's management was so angry that they hated him.
The plot conflict is out of control, followed by a hearty drama between Maguire and his girlfriend Avri in front of the bookshelf.
The scene was quite hot, seeing that the male audience at the scene was squirming in their throats and kept swallowing saliva, and the female audience was more reserved, and many people covered their mouths with flushed faces, for fear that they couldn't help but scream.
The strange thing is that no one exclaimed this time, because this scene is not long, there is no foreplay to directly enter the theme, and after two minutes and forty-nine seconds, the picture flashes, the plot advances rapidly, and Maguire ushers in a low point in his life.
Maguire, who was in the limelight, was punished most severely by the company's management, and his former assistant fired him on behalf of the company, depriving Maguire of everything he once had.
At the same time, the former assistant dug into the wall, and the colleagues also rushed to pry away Maguire's customers, and rushed up and down the well, knocking Maguire to the bottom in an instant, leaving nothing, but fortunately, there was another person who stood up at his most embarrassing time, willing to go with him, and helped him save some face.
The woman who stood up for him in his toughest moments was Dorothy, a single mother who had a brief conversation with Maguire on the plane.
When the plot was quite flat, Grandma Belis, who was sitting next to Jerry, turned her head to his ear and whispered, "It's good that your grandfather didn't come, otherwise...... How old are you kid, and you're still wandering around naked, why don't you wear more clothes?"
Jerry listened to the black lines in his head, looked up at the fluorescent ceiling, and shook his head in a depressed speechlessness.
Belice patted him on the head and chuckled, "Are you still quite wronged? Grandma is wrong? But there is also something to be praised, sacrificing a little of your hue, but preserving Mila, doing a very good job, like a man, Mila is dead set on following you." ”
"What's the matter, acting, grandma, you better watch a movie...... By the way, don't talk to grandpa about this paragraph when you go back, just talk about the main point, and omit the trivial transition fragments like this. Jerry muttered under his breath.
"Got it, don't talk, the movie is very exciting, don't disturb me watching the movie. Belice stared at the big screen without squinting, and casually pulled Jerry to warn him not to talk much.
Jerry suddenly cried and laughed, who spoke first, and was he unreasonable?
………… (To be continued)