Chapter 141、I bought a watch last year
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The film is called Home Alone, and it's about a family in Hong Kong who is going to Hawaii for a vacation at Christmas, but accidentally leaves their young son, Lui Tsai, who has made a mistake and is locked up, at home. What's even worse is that their home is targeted by a pair of thieves and becomes the target of theft, and Lei Tsai's situation is very dangerous, and his parents are unaware.
Lei Zai, who found himself in danger, tried his best to resist these two thieves, and thought of all kinds of ridiculous tricks, using electric irons, paint, video tapes, glass marbles and other objects at home to arrange his home into a trap everywhere. After a heart-wrenching and hilarious contest, the two stupid thieves were finally subdued.
The biggest selling point of this film is that it is funny, it is constantly funny, making people laugh until their stomachs hurt, then this film is considered a success. I won't explain the specific bridge design one by one, it will be reflected in the script, Mr. Huang has done funny comedies like "Happy Ghost", he should have a lot of experience, I believe you should have no problem as a director. ”
Could it be that Lei Juekun and Huang Baiming were the seers, and after briefly telling the story outline, they didn't talk more about the plot. The script has been written very clearly, and as long as the director gets the script, he will be able to get started immediately. And this play is very simple, except for the children in the play who need to be trained, the other roles are very easy to complete, as long as the director is not too stupid, he can get the film done, and it is definitely right to shoot brilliantly with Huang Baiming's strength.
Then there is the issue of investment and sharing ratio, the investment in this drama is not high, you only need to rent a larger villa, take a few shots on the plane, and then there are props and post-production costs, the total will not exceed five million, but a script is enough to get half of the shares.
The actor Mo Fei in the film didn't participate in too many opinions, but arranged for Chen Baixiang of Phoenix Culture to play one of the two stupid thieves, and the other thief only made image requirements, tall and vicious, looking a little clumsy and clumsy, and all other aspects were left to Princess Jin to handle by herself.
After reading the script, Huang Baiming was amazed again and again, and he was impressed by Mo Fei's screenwriting methods, and said excitedly: "Mr. Mo, I really have to admire!" The last time I made a cameo appearance in "Party A and Party B", I thought your script was very powerful, and it was even more amazing to see this "Home Alone", these scenes will make people laugh to the end just by looking at them, and the effect of the film will be much better, you definitely deserve the title of Hong Kong's No. 1 screenwriter. As an aside, I don't know if you can accept disciples or not, Mr. Mo, I already want to learn screenwriting from you. ”
"Hehe, Mr. Huang, you really like to joke, with your words today, I am even more full of expectations for this film." Mo Fei knew that Huang Baiming was joking, and also quipped.
This "Home Alone" was the No. 1 box office film in North America in the 90s, and the total box office revenue exceeded 500 million US dollars, ranking first in the global box office rankings.
The reason why Mo Fei took out this film to cooperate with Princess Jin was not to give Princess Jin a big gift, but in essence, he was actually thinking about himself. Not to mention the strength of Princess Jin, in the original history, even Hong Kong could not find a movie that could win the global box office of 500 million US dollars.
After Fox released this film in 90 and was a big hit, it followed up with a second film in 92, but the box office was not so ideal, falling by more than a third, and the third was nominated for the worst sequel of the year by the Golden Sour Plum Award.
Now that Princess Jin is filming this film, the box office will definitely not reach the height of the first part in the original history, and it will not even reach the height of the second part, and Mo Fei only plans to shoot the first part for Princess Jin, and the next few films will have other plans.
After talking with Lei Juekun and Huang Baiming, Mo Fei met He Guanchang of Jiahe again. The film that Phoenix Culture and Golden Harvest want to cooperate with is also a comedy, although the box office in history was much worse than "Home Alone", but now it can be filmed on a par with each other.
Mo Fei handed the script of "Nuns Are Crazy" to He Guanchang, and made a brief introduction, saying: "Menglan is a singer in a nightclub in Macau, and is also the lover of Wu De, the owner of a local casino.
Wu De was afraid that Menglan would betray him by leaking the news, so he asked his men to kill Menglan, and Menglan escaped and found the police to call the police, and the police agreed to arrest Wu De, but the police officer Chen Zhan asked her to testify in court at that time. And in order to ensure her safety, she was hidden before the court and sent to a convent in Hong Kong to pretend to be a nun.
Meng Lansheng's surname is lively and active, and she likes to show her face, she can't stand the cold and quiet life in the monastery at all, and makes a series of ridiculous things, which also attracts an interview with the TV station, and also disrupts Chen Zhan's layout and plan. Just when the court was about to open the arraignment of Wu De, Wu De inserted the inside line of the police to reveal the news of Menglan, and when Chen Zhan got the news and went to save people, Menglan had been taken away by Wu De's men.
When the nuns learned the news, they also decided to go together to save Menglan, but after Menglan was tied up in the original nightclub, she began to talk about Wu De's subordinates, persuading them to put down the butcher's knife and join the church to be a good person. Wu De was furious when he learned about the situation, and rushed to the nightclub to prepare to kill Meng Lan with his own hands, and Chen Zhan also arrived at this time and rescued Meng Lan and a group of nuns. ”
In this film, Phoenix Culture also arranges actors to star, with Yongjiang and Lin Wei playing police officer Chen Zhan and casino owner Wu De respectively. As for the heroine's performance, it is actually a bit detrimental to her image, but she doesn't want her artist to be classified as a mentally ill actor, so this opportunity is left to Golden Harvest's people.
Like "Home Alone", Phoenix Culture's stake in the film is also fifty percent. These two films are different from "God of Gamblers", the main market of "God of Gamblers" is in Chinese-speaking regions and Asia, and the performance of the European and American markets will not be very good; And these two films can go to Europe and the United States to make box office, as for how much they can make, it depends on the means of the two of them, so they don't care about this issue. At least in essence, there is still competition with each other, and the distribution channel is the key to a film company, and it is impossible to introduce it to others.
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The Hong Kong Film Awards have been successfully held for three times, accumulating a certain amount of experience, and gradually progressing towards a successful film award. It's just that it seems that there was a little problem in '85, but fortunately it was solved in time and didn't become an untimely farce.
The Hong Kong Film Awards in 85 years finally got started, and there were two more awards than before, which were awarded to Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Wu Mengda, an artist under Phoenix Culture, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards again after the Golden Horse Awards, becoming a strong contender for the first Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards.
Several other actors of Phoenix Culture are also competing for the Academy Awards, Zhong Chuhong was shortlisted for Best Actress with three films "Stealing the Sky Trap", "Peace Hotel" and "Across the Seas", and Wang Zuxian was also shortlisted for her outstanding performance in "Green Snake" and "A Chinese Ghost Story". Wu Yusen was shortlisted for Best Director, Wu Zhenyu was shortlisted for Best Newcomer, Mo Fei was also nominated for Best Screenplay, several films were shortlisted for Best Picture, and there were also finalists in Best Cinematography, Editing, Soundtrack, Film Song and other awards.
Including the actors who cooperated with Phoenix Culture, there were many shortlisted, Zhang Guorong and Zhou Yunfa were shortlisted for Best Actor, Xiao Fangfang was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress, Huang Zhan was shortlisted for Best Movie Song, and other awards were also nominated.
"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has already won an award in Berlin, so I didn't take this film to participate in the Academy Awards, it's not that I look down on the Academy Awards, but I don't want to eat a big meal and grab snacks, and the Academy Awards are left for other movies.
I don't know if it's bad luck, or the judges are specifically against Phoenix Culture, in the 4th Academy Awards, Phoenix Culture, which has gained a lot in the Golden Horse Awards, almost returned home.
Zhong Chuhong's three films were shortlisted, but he failed to win Siqin Gaowa in "Years Like Water"; Zhou Yunfa is still invincible to Li Xiuxian's public servant image, and the best film was also awarded to "Years Like Water", and Wu Mengda, the best supporting actor at the Golden Horse Awards, also lost to "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers".
If there are still claims about these awards before, it is because there are special reasons, then the awards for best soundtrack, movie song, screenwriting, cinematography, etc., are also the same without Phoenix Culture, which is worth taking a closer look.
Several shortlisted films of Phoenix Culture can all be classified as good films, and several actors also performed well under the guidance of the director, but they didn't win a single award.
In the past year, the most successful thing in the Hong Kong film industry is Phoenix Culture, which all Hong Kong filmmakers understand and acknowledge. There is such a phenomenon at the Academy Awards, not only the people of Phoenix Culture can't figure it out, but even many other people who participate in the awards can't figure it out, and in the hearts of some people, the fair surname of the Academy Awards has also begun to be questioned.
After the award, he was surprisingly surrounded by reporters, hoping that he could give an evaluation of this award and share his views on Phoenix Culture's empty-handed return.
To say that there is no discomfort in the heart at all, it is absolutely impossible, but what can you do if you are uncomfortable, is it useless to say that it is different, but it makes people feel too stingy.
Facing the camera, Mo Fei could only keep smiling, and generously praised the work of the Academy Awards for making significant progress compared with previous sessions, and it is gradually developing, and it will become one of the most important grand awards for Chinese films in the future. For other questions, it can only be said that the judges have the criteria and considerations of the judges, and the awards have the rules of the awards, and congratulations to each winner.
finally got rid of the entanglement of the reporter and was about to get into the car, but was stopped by Huang Zhan behind his back. Huang Zhan was also worried that Mo Fei would care too much about today's defeat, and wanted to catch up and play a joke with him to divert his attention.
Said: "Hey, you haven't told the joke you owed me last time, and I finally caught you today, so you have to give me an explanation anyway." ”
Mo Fei turned his head to look at Huang Zhan, this dead salty wet guy, at this time, he was still in the mood to say this, as if he was not the one who won the three nominations. But to be able to comfort others when he needs comfort, this friend is really not in vain.
After thinking about it, he said, "Okay." Today's opportunity is not bad, so I'll satisfy your curiosity and tell you one of the two most salty and wet jokes in history, with the least number of words. ”
"The least number of words? Don't lie to me, big guy, I know a lot of jokes, if you don't say the least number of words, you can't count. Huang Zhan became interested as soon as he heard Mo Fei's title, but he was very skeptical about this "least number of words".
Mo Fei didn't talk much, and asked Wu Long, the assistant sitting in the passenger seat, for a pen and paper, wrote four lines of words on it, handed it to Huang Zhan, and said: "You can see if the number of words is the least, if not, I will compensate you ten." ”
Huang Zhan picked up the paper and looked at it, there were only ten words on it, and sure enough, he had seen the least number of words.
M: Does it hurt?
F: Yes!
M: Forget it.
Woman: Hmm~~~
"Haha......" Huang Zhan laughed a little breathlessly, and after laughing for a while, he patted Mo Fei's shoulder and said: "Okay, it's really good, use the least words to express the richest connotation, especially the last 'um~~~' is simply too incisive." ”
Then he laughed for a while, rolled his eyes and said, "Look, you owe me this joke for so long, no matter how you say it, it should have a little interest, so it's better to use another historical best to make up for it." ”
Could it be that he was also amused by this salty wet guy, he said that it was the best in history, and he used it to fill up the number, and he was really embarrassed to open this mouth. Shaking his head helplessly, he picked up the piece of paper again and began to write on it.
Huang Zhan thought that Mo Fei was writing a joke, but when he took the paper and looked at it, he realized that Mo Fei had just written a riddle on it: Snow White undressed. The mystery is the name of a drink.
"As for this riddle, if you can guess it, I'll tell you it now, and if you can't guess it, then when you guess it and when you tell it."
Huang Zhan really couldn't guess for a while, and said with a bitter face: "Big guy, are you mistaken, I never drink drinks, where can I give you the answer, is it okay to change it?" ”
Mo Fei was indifferent to Huang Zhan's request, but patted Ah Huo, who was driving, on the shoulder and said, "Ah Huo, send Uncle Zhan home first, and then we will leave." ”
Then he said to Huang Zhan: "Actually, this riddle is easy to guess, let me give you a hint, you just try to think in the direction of salty and wet, in short, you can guess the next joke." ”
Along the way, Huang Zhan didn't guess a clue, and said that more than a dozen extremely salty and wet answers were all wrong, so anxious that he almost broke Mo Fei's head to see what kind of answer this guy had in his head.
When it was time to get off the car, Huang Zhan did not forget his original intention of looking for Mo Fei, and he had to comfort him after making a joke, saying: "Don't think about some things, you have already won awards in Berlin, it doesn't matter whether you have the Academy Awards or not, making more good films is the best ending." ”
has been shortlisted for more than 20 awards, but has not won a single award, is indeed a little unhappy, but it is not so much that I can't think about it. Not to mention that this year's Academy Awards is special, but there are no special circumstances at all, and there is nothing to lose if you can't get it, but it's just that the mood is inevitably a little uncomfortable.
patted Huang Zhan's hand and said, "Ah, speaking of this, I think of a sentence to give to this Academy Award, it is the most vigorous foul language, but there is no rough appearance on the surface, do you want to learn?" ”
"Okay, okay, I also have a lot of research on slang and vernacular, you name it, let's learn together." Huang Zhan never misses out on all kinds of interesting things.
"I bought a watch last year", Mo Fei said a sentence, and then explained to Huang Zhan: "This sentence cannot be completely translated literally in Cantonese, it must be combined with Chinese to fully understand, which is very meaningful." ”
Watching Mo Fei's car leave, Huang Zhan began to chant the sentence that Mo Fei handed him, and only then did he react violently until the car was out of sight.
"I'm going to fuck you, haha, this guy is so interesting." Huang Zhan stood on the street and laughed: "If you can say this, it seems that he still doesn't care." ”
(Originally, it was written that it was a big harvest at the Academy Awards, but later I didn't think it was very good, so I deleted it all and replaced it without winning the award, and I will get it later.) The first shift is sent, I go to the second watch, and the students who work tomorrow can see it in the morning. (To be continued.) )