Chapter 81: There Is No Need to Continue to Cooperate [Second Update]

The updates in the past two days have really sucked.,It also affects the quality of the chapter.,I'm sorry everyone.。

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"Justin Chen's Little Miss Sunshine?" Dan Fellman stared at his assistant, "bury that Justin Chen alive?"

The assistant nodded, a little afraid, but he knew very well that when "Buried Alive" pressed the Terminator two months ago, Shan Fellman: "That's what it says on the official website. ”

"Alright, I got it. ”

"It's nothing, I'll leave first. The assistant immediately left the office.

When I opened the website, I quickly found the official website of the New York Film Festival.

On the homepage of the official website, it is written that the 41st New York International Film Festival is about to kick off, and the opening film below clearly reads the world premiere of Justin Chen's "Little Sunshine Beauty".

The news that "Little Miss Sunshine" squeezed out "Mystic River" and "Dogtown" as the opening films of the New York Film Festival quickly spread, and the news was crazy.

Clint Eastwood, known as America's "City Cowboy", is the director of Mystic River, and he has an important place in the history of Hollywood cinema both as an actor and as a director.

As an actor, he almost represents the pinnacle of American Westerns, starring him in the famous Red Dead Redemption.

He was almost single-handedly brought westerns to the pinnacle of what they could, and having him starring in the sixties and seventies meant a blockbuster box office.

As westerns went downhill, Clint Eastwood became a director.

In 1992, he directed and starred in the new western film "Unforgiven", which gave the soul of the western heart, and this film brought him two heavyweight awards at the Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Director.

At the same time, he himself was nominated for Best Actor, but he is best known for his sensational "Dream of the Covered Bridge".

In this film he directed and acted in, he did almost the extreme, and Clint Eastwood truly became one of the top directors.

And although the investment in this "Mystic River" is not large compared to blockbusters, it is only 30 million.

But it was destined to be noticed from the start, and "Mystic River", based on the best-selling novel of the same name, focuses on an extremely sensitive topic: child sexuality-abuse.

Before filming began, almost everyone thought that Clint Eastwood could shoot this film perfectly, and this "Mystic River" became a strong contender for the Oscar early.

Another rival that "Little Sunshine Beauty" defeated was "Dogtown," starring Hollywood superactress Nicole Kidman, a film that satirized American society.

The thrill of exploring the differences between good and evil in human nature was met with a hearty thrill that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival four months ago and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Although it was lost to another "Elephant" that has a small chance of becoming the opening film, this did not affect the good reputation of this film.

After its world premiere at Cannes, "Dogtown" received insane acclaim and became an Oscar hit.

In contrast, Chen Tian had only filmed a "Buried Alive" at a cost of only about 15,000 before.

Although the final return on investment of "Buried Alive" set a terrifying record, Chen Tian did not get the recognition it deserved.

While recognizing Chen Tian's certain level of directing, more people don't think that such a high box office is because "Buried Alive" is good enough to get such a high box office.

Most people believe that this qiē is just because Chen Tian was too lucky to have a box office miracle.

And the investment in this "Little Sunshine Beauty" is only 8 million, and the filming cycle is only one month.

There is nothing to be said about the absence of famous actors, except for a worthy critic who teaches underage girls to dance.

It's crazy that this ordinary-sounding work has beaten two Oscar hits.

Soon there was a normal film festival participation process online, and films generally need to register in advance two months in advance, and then they will be notified.

As a well-known international film festival, the New York Film Festival has an important position in the world film industry.

And "Little Sunshine Beauty" only started filming at the end of July and early August, and it was completed in September, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't conform to the normal process.

In industrial Hollywood, almost everything has its own set of rules.

It's incredible enough that "Little Miss Sunshine" can be shortlisted for the New York Film Festival without following the process, let alone beating two Oscar-level good films to become the opening film.

Eric Lomis, who was exposed to be in contact with Chen Tian two days ago, naturally became the primary object of suspicion, and now MGM is in the ascendancy, and is soon the target of everyone's criticism.

"Isn't that funny? What do you get for a sharing contract that is so generous that we are almost labeled as brain-dead?

"Dogtown" competing for the Oscar will be a big help for us, and it's a great opportunity to increase Lionsgate's influence.

For a guy like that, I don't think there's any need for us to continue working together and go to MGM with his shit documentary, Lionsgate is a small company that can't accommodate him. James Butch said with a sneer.

Tom Thornberg didn't know how to speak, but he knew what "Dogtown" meant to Lionsgate.

Although it was not Lionsgate, Lionsgate beat out many large companies to get this opportunity to issue easily.

If this film succeeds in hitting the Oscars, it will greatly enhance Lionsgate's influence.

Now it is an indisputable fact that Chen Tian's "Little Sunshine Beauty" squeezed out "Dog Town", which was likely to be the opening film, and it was basically able to lock the closing without the opening film qualifications.

However, now not only does it not have the opening film qualification, but also the closing ceremony film qualification.

"Dogtown," which had participated in Cannes, was also not eligible for the main competition, so it would not receive as much attention at the New York Film Festival as originally planned.

Without this publicity, it will also affect the journey of "Dogtown" to the Oscars, and Tom Thornberg naturally understands the reason for the anger of the executives.

"James, we don't need to ......," Jon Fittimmel could say before James Budge interrupted.

"Jon, needless to say, as the company's CFO, I have the right to refuse your offer.

Either ask him to lower the price or go to his MGM, and we will never accept a share of the previous 30 percent DVD sales market. ”

"Tom, I'll leave this matter to you. James Budge said to Tom Thornberg.

In such a situation, he could only agree to come down with his head.

Chen Tian at home didn't know that Little Sunshine Beauty had become the opening film of the New York Film Festival, and her mobile phone rang to reveal that it was Eric Lomis.

"You go to the hotel to sleep, the bed at home is a little small, you two young people can't sleep. Grandma Wang took Scarlett's hand and said.

Hearing Grandma Wang's words, Scarlett's face turned red with a brush.