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So far this has been the awards season, and it's clear to everyone that Inglourious Basterds won't be the biggest Oscar favorite, but it's definitely one of last year's best films. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Inglourious Basterds was named one of the top 10 films of 2008 by The Hollywood Reporter, as well as one of the top 10 films of the year by Roger Albert, and ranked sixth on the BBC's list of the top 10 most influential films of the year.

If Inglourious Basterds' current $212.6 million North American box office and $422.71 million worldwide box office represent the choices of many audiences, then these are testaments to the film's professional reputation.

Although "Inglourious Basterds" didn't win much during the awards season, it wasn't for nothing, with Christopher Waltz winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Colonel Hans Landa, and Inglourious Basterds also winning Best Director and Best Picture at the just-concluded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.

Therefore, although this film is not the biggest favorite for the Oscars, it is also recognized as one of the films with a high probability of appearing in the nomination list.

In mid-January 2009, the 81st Academy Awards nominees luncheon was held at the Regent Hotel on Wihill Street in Beverly Hills.

Inglourious Basterds was nominated for a total of eight awards: Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Effects, and Best Sound Editing.

However, Murphy knows very well that it is okay for this film to hit some not very important awards, but due to the subject matter, there is basically no hope of making a difference in the two awards of Best Picture and Best Director.

"Slumdog Millionaire", which almost swept the awards season, is the real hit, this film is said to have spent nearly $15 million on the public relations promotion of the awards season, if the film does not win the heavyweight award in the end, the producers and distributors will really lose and cry on the street.

Sometimes, the Oscars are still very fair, and there is a lot of output when there is a lot of input.

With the announcement of the Oscar nominations, Murphy achieved his goal of accumulating qualifications for himself, and since there was basically no hope of winning the best director, he temporarily put aside the Oscar matter and turned to Leonardo DiCaprio, who expressed his desire to work with Leonardo DiCaprio, ready to start negotiations.

Before negotiations began, Murphy had already revealed the project to Carla Firth, and with his current fame and achievements, there was no surprise that Twentieth Century Fox would be the same investor and publisher after the usual process.

Bill Rothes and Leonardo DiCaprio's agents are currently in several contacts, and Murphy's Stanton studio has numerous disagreements with Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, many of which are not resolved by the agents and require the two of them to negotiate in person.

As Murphy knows, Leonardo DiCaprio's production company has been investing in the films he has worked on in recent years, including several projects with Martin Scorsese, which are the tools that Leonardo DiCaprio uses to challenge for the Oscar for Best Actor.

Of course, this kind of cooperation is beneficial to both parties, a great actor needs an equally good director to raise points, and a good director needs an equally good actor to help out, but the director is more dominant, especially the director who has the final editing rights.

No matter how good an actor's performance is in filming, if he is cut by the director in post-editing, it may end up showing the worst side of his performance.

Leonardo DiCaprio was born as a child star, has worked hard in the circle for more than 20 years, and knows these very well, so he always fights for the most power in the films he participates in.

This is one of the biggest differences between Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio, with the other point of disagreement coming from the two companies' investments and future earnings distribution.

It can be said that this is more difficult to solve.

Therefore, this negotiation about Jordan Belfort's autobiographical film ultimately fell to Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio.

"Murphy, it doesn't matter what the production cost you calculate."

In a reception room at the Death Star Tower, Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also a CAA client, told Murphy, "I'm going to take 60 percent of the investment." ”

Murphy frowned slightly, such an investment ratio also means that in the future crew, Leonardo DiCaprio will be the only one, if it was placed five years ago, in order to cooperate with a super A-level superstar like him, he would not hesitate to agree, but now to give up the dominance, unless Leonardo DiCaprio makes huge concessions in terms of income, it will never be possible.

"The project was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, and they were also interested in investing in the film." Murphy's words are still more euphemistic, "Sixty percent of the investment ratio is impossible." ”

Leonardo DiCaprio thought for a moment and said, "Fifty percent, that's the bottom line I can receive." ”

"Yes," Murphy agreed in surprise. Leonardo DiCaprio was beaming, but before the smile could be put on his lips, Murphy added, "This fifty percent investment income includes your salary." ”

Murphy's meaning is clear, even if Leonardo DiCaprio participates in this movie, he will get income as an investor, not as a Hollywood superstar.

"Impossible," how could Leonardo DiCaprio accept this condition of self-depreciation, watching Murphy not give an inch, "Of course, my salary has to be calculated separately." ”

Murphy's brows furrowed even deeper, Leonardo DiCaprio was a very professional investor at the moment, and he didn't think about the friendship between them at all.

Having said that, when he proposed the conditions just now, he also didn't consider these things.

"What's your salary," Murphy asked directly, "that number does your agent pay for Bilty?" ”

"That's right." Leonardo DiCaprio nodded and said, "2+2 is my bottom line. ”

Leonardo DiCaprio has gradually dispelled Murphy's idea of working with the superstar without the slightest concession, and the 2+2 salary condition is not $4, but a base salary of $20 million, plus 20% of the global box office share.

This also means that if the project takes shape, most of the future income will fall into Leonardo DiCaprio's pocket, and if he is lucky, it is not impossible to get an OSK Best Actor nomination, which can be described as fame and fortune.

Murphy can only sigh secretly, Xiao Li is not only a superstar, but also a successful businessman!

Seeing that Leonardo DiCaprio refused to back down, Murphy simply stopped reluctantly, he really wanted to cooperate with the superstar, but if the conditions were not suitable, it didn't matter if he cooperated or not.

After a few more words, Murphy said duly, "For now, Leo, I need time to think about it." ”

Leonardo DiCaprio nodded lightly and said with a smile, "I hope to wait for your good news." ”

Murphy smiled and shook Leonardo DiCaprio's hand and left the reception room first.

Watching Murphy's figure disappear at the door, Leonardo DiCaprio could see that Murphy was very repulsive to the conditions he proposed, but he was not ready to back down, especially in terms of salary, a concession may bring a chain reaction, which may lead to lower the salary in the future.

Walking out of the reception room, Murphy did not leave the Death Star Building, but went to Bill Rothes's office.

"How's the talk going?" Bill Rothes saw Murphy come in and asked with concern, "How was the conversation with Leonardo DiCaprio?" ”

Murphy walked across from Bill Rothes's desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, shook his head and said, "The results are far from ideal, and from my point of view, the negotiations have broken down." “

"How so?" Bill Rothes was a little surprised.

In fact, he and Leonardo DiCaprio's agent wanted to facilitate this cooperation, and CAA also wanted to facilitate the cooperation of two of its biggest customers.

"Leotti's conditions are too harsh." Murphy also knew that the CAA would not declare these thoughts, "I can't take it." ”

He added, "Twentieth Century Fox as the publisher is not acceptable either." ”

In any case, Murphy could not accept Leonardo DiCaprio's conditions, not to mention the investment, the high salary alone made him retreat.

Although he really wants to promote the cooperation between Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Rothes knows very well that even if he gathers the power of the entire CAA, he can't force the current Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio, they can only match in the middle, and if they really want to force their A-level customers, the consequences may be very serious.

At their level, the brokerage becomes a veritable service provider.

Bill Rothes still asked, "Can't we talk about it anymore?" ”

Murphy shook his head without hesitation, "There's no need. ”

"What about the actors?" Bill Rothes asked with concern, "Is there a suitable candidate?" ”

"Don't worry about it for the time being, I haven't prepared my script and plan yet." He looked at his watch, stood up and said goodbye, "I have to go back to prepare the script for the new project, and call me if I have something." ”

Leaving the CAA's office area, two bodyguards immediately followed, escorting Murphy to Studio Stanton, also in Century City. (To be continued.) )