The production team behind the crew of "L.A." is an old friend who has worked with director Curtis Hansen many times, and after three days of adaptation, he is like a finger and all departments cooperate tacitly.

The crew was completed, and Director Curtis was not in a hurry to speed up the filming schedule, and still proceeded according to the shooting plan.

After filming Danny DeVito's opening scene, he was followed by the filming of his rivalry with Spacey.

Meanwhile, Jerry Towne and Russell Crowe begin rehearsals while they memorize their lines.

The likes of Kim Basinger and David Straitzern are not far behind, and they are stepping up to familiarize themselves with the script, even though their scenes are after Jerry and Russell appear.

Director Curtis was born in the 50s, and the traditional idea of saving film production costs has been deeply ingrained in his bones, coupled with his own versatility, he has worked in every position in the crew, and has shot a large number of thriller-themed "film noir", so he has a deep artistic foundation, so he firmly controls the operation of the crew.

In the filming plan, Danny DeVito took the lead, followed by Kevin Spacey, who just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

In the film, Spacey plays the role of Jack Vinson, a police celebrity in the Anti-Narcotics Bureau, who is in cahoots with the gossip newspaper "Boo Magazine", specializing in exposing the peachy news of Hollywood stars in order to earn a lot of extra money.

Jerry carefully observed Spacey's performance, which was really personable, but gentle as jade, and Danny was more natural and smooth when combined with Danny, without a trace of performance, making people involuntarily enter the plot and show the demeanor of a performing artist.

It can be seen that Spacey's performance style at this time has become a great achievement, that is, he has found his own form of performance, and his gestures are integrated, and he can achieve the picture effect that the director wants without deliberate carving.

Of course, there is also a credit to the team behind the crew.

In order to faithfully represent the new post-war XC city of Los Angeles in the 50s, the producers assembled a heavyweight behind-the-scenes lineup, including Jenny Claudia Opvois, the production designer who was responsible for rebuilding Los Angeles in historical detail, Dante Spinoti, a director of photography who specializes in using light to convey the narrative characteristics, and Ruth Myers, a costume designer who recreates the luxury of the 50s.

As early as during the preparation of the film, the crew spent three months building the filming location to restore the luxury of the City of Angels in the 50s to the greatest extent.

After the official shooting, in order to achieve the desired effect, director Curtis arranged most of the scenes to be filmed in the afternoon and night, so as to ensure the authenticity of the film, and perfectly present the gorgeous lights of the City of Angels at night, but also to avoid scene goofs to the greatest extent.

As soon as the shooting plan was sent to the actors, all the actors, even the extras, adjusted their schedules.

Everyone rested during the day, worked the night shift in the evening, and it was already two or three o'clock in the morning at the end of the shooting mission every day.

So Jerry Towne's recent biological clock has also been a little out of order, when Mila and Monica came back at night, he happened to be filming, and Gwyneth would come to him when he was filming, but unfortunately they missed him.

Fortunately, the filming set was not far from Sini's apartment No. 5, and Jerry could go back to take a nap when he had time, and occasionally have a passionate moment with the woman who was deliberately waiting for him to return.

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The sun is setting, and it's time for night filming.

On set, in front of the camera.

Wearing glasses in a suit and leather shoes, Ed Eisley, who was svenven, took a glass of whiskey with milk from Sheriff Dudley, leaned forward slightly, his expression was slightly respectful, and he kept a distance of half a meter from Dudley, looking humble and polite.

Today is the day when Ed is assigned specific work at the end of the assessment, and it coincides with Christmas, and the police officers on duty in the bureau have the habit of drinking.

Sergeant Dudley took the wine glass, tilted his head, and said with a smile: "I have read the results of the exam, you are at the top of the list of 23 people, where do you want to be transferred? Patrol, political style, or where?"

Ed responded, "I want to come to the Criminal Division." The tone was firm, looking directly at James Cromwell, who was two meters tall.

Dudley hesitated a little, paced with his waist crossed, took four steps back and forth, and raised his head and said: "Ed, you are a scheming talent, you can see the weaknesses of human nature, but you don't have the courage of a tough guy. ”

Ed listened to the slight protrusion of the cheekbones on both sides of his cheeks, walked up to Dudley, and said without hurry, "You are wrong, sir." ”

Dudley asked disapprerovingly: "For a person who knows to be guilty, are you willing to use the method of framing to ensure that the court finds him guilty?"

Ed was slightly stunned, his eyes flickered, and he didn't answer directly: "Sir, we've already talked about this question before. ”

Dudley asked, "Would you like to?"

Ed shook his head: "NO." ”

Dudley pressed step by step: "Are you willing to torture the prisoner to confess?"

Ed shook his head: "NO." ”

Dudley: "Would you shoot a naughty criminal in the back so that the lawyer wouldn't help him get away with it?"

Ed looked up at him and said in affirmation, "No." ”

Dudley: "Then for God's sake, don't be a detective, go where you don't have to do such a thing." ”

The displeasure on Ed's face instantly disappeared, and he said with a smile: "Dudley, I know you have good intentions, but I don't have to follow you, or my father. ”

Jerry Towne, who plays Ed at this moment, is ten centimeters shorter than James Cromwell, who plays the sheriff and is more than two meters tall, but his firm eyes and confident smile on his face suddenly form an invisible momentum, giving people a righteous and awe-inspiring visual appearance.

Cromwell, despite his natural height advantage, was unable to suppress Jerry.

Dudley rolled his eyes and said sarcastically: "Then at least take the glasses off, I can't think of anyone in the bureau who wears glasses." With that, he staggered and walked away.

Ed shrugged casually, the corners of his mouth slightly curled, and a sneer appeared.

“Cut!”

With a three-second close-up of his face flashing, Director Curtis, behind the monitor, stood up and shouted "OK" to Jerry.

This scene, which is about two minutes of dialogue, is inconspicuous at first glance, but it is actually an important scene that echoes from beginning to end.

At the end of the script, Dudley just asked, "Would you shoot a stubborn criminal in the back so that the lawyer wouldn't help him get away with it?" Ed replied with practical actions, shooting Dudley in the back.

Compared with Curtis's implicit affirmation, the assistant director on the scene was even more excited, and directly gave Jerry a thumbs up and shouted: "Very good! Jerry!"

At the same time, there was a round of applause from the sidelines, Spacey and Danny walked over, Spacey put his arm around his shoulders and praised, Danny was too short to reach Jerry's shoulders, so he punched him on the waist with his fist to show his recognition of his acting skills.

Kim Basinger didn't come at night, there was no role for her in the past two days, and Russell Crowe, who was standing outside the court, saw Jerry's sweeping gaze, his face changed slightly, and he smiled at him reluctantly.

Jerry immediately waved his hand in thanks, but he still still hasn't figured out whether Russell Crowe is the result of his taciturn personality or is he prejudiced against himself?

But he didn't want to think much about it on the set, and next, Jerry had three more scenes, one of which was to perform on the same stage with Crow.

Filming continued, followed by group scenes.

The police station Christmas feast and the violent clashes that ensued, Jerry had very little room to play, and it was not difficult for him at all.

The next day, Jerry's scene was moved to the afternoon to start filming, which was the scene that director Curtis had asked him to audition on.

Repeating the enactment, Jerry's performance became more skillful, and the terrifying and weird smile made the actors watching from the audience stand on end, shiver, and slap their thighs, admiring them with joy and sincerity.

After the first week passed, the crew began to shoot in groups.

According to the shooting plan, director Curtis made corresponding arrangements, focusing on the roles played by Spacey, Russell Crowe and Jerry Towne, and divided the crew into three film crews.

Curtis personally directed the first group, shooting all the shots of the main character, Bad White, which is Russell Crowe's group.

The second group was executive produced by writer and producer Brian Hellgrande, with Kassel, one of the two assistant directors, directing the filming, with Jerry Towne among them.

The rest is the third group, with Spacey as the center, to start the shooting.

The three shooting teams started work at the same time, going hand in hand, both competing and working together, which greatly accelerated the filming progress.

According to the shooting plan, in the second half of the film, the three groups will merge again and focus on the main scenes where the main actors appear at the same time until the end of the filming.

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In this film, Jerry is only participating in the acting, not making it himself.

Therefore, in addition to filming, he often went to Brooks Studio to participate in the post-production of "Maguire", and his life was busy and fulfilling.

At the end of May, the post-production of "Jerry Maguire" was completed, and according to Jerry's suggestion, two versions were edited, a 130-minute G-rated mass version and a 140-minute USA-R version.

Down Pictures immediately got busy, contacting record companies to record the soundtrack, and negotiating with the seven film giants to jointly release the film.

According to General Manager Brad Gray, he wants the North American distribution rights of the film to be completed by the company independently, and the overseas distribution rights to the seven major film companies, so as to ensure that the company gets the most out of its profits.

The reason is very simple, because Chris Films, the predecessor of Down Pictures, has released six films in North America, and the box office has performed well, with the highest box office of more than 20 million and the lowest one of more than 7 million.

It can be seen that the company's distribution channels in North America are quite sound, so the films starring Jerry can be handed over to their own companies for distribution, as long as the box office is good, the seven major companies will take the initiative to come to the door to seek overseas distribution rights.

Gray's meaning is very clear, his own company can get about 50% of the box office revenue if it is released independently, and if it is handed over to the seven major companies for distribution, the box office revenue will not exceed 40%.

Compare the data at a glance.

But Jerry is negative about this, because he doesn't trust his company's distribution capabilities.

The highest box office is only more than $20 million, which is quite good for a low-budget independent film, but compared with his own film with an investment of more than $20 million, it seems too thin and unconvincing.

Therefore, Jerry insists on cooperating with large companies to co-distribute films, and if you want to be successful, you must first learn to share the benefits, and only after you are full-fledged can you seek to maximize the benefits.

People who are accustomed to eating alone tend to get narrower and narrower, and eventually end up in a dead end with no way out.

………… (To be continued)