Chapter 131: National Chorus, Begin!
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"Oh, when night falls, your mysterious and quiet magic turns everything into a dream."
On the silver screen, the melodious and moving chorus is narrated under the baton of Jenny.
Leona straightened up and wanted to start her solo as before, but as soon as she spoke, the voice of the choir overshadowed her singing.
"Where's my solo?" Leona looked at her companions in surprise and asked Jenny.
"What solo?" It was as if Jenny was going to teach her some lesson.
"My solo!" Leona looked up stubbornly and questioned.
"Yes, your solo, but there will be no more soloists with you, your voice is good, but we can do it without you! If you sing it or not, we don't care! Jenny said lightly, after all, it was Leona who had gone too far, and she had to be told that she was wrong.
Different from the original version of the turn and leave, Leona close-up at this time zooms in, it is her clear and angry eyes, slightly sad, but more stubborn.
Tears swirled in her eyes, and the little tears flickered, and Leona didn't say anything, just turned her head and ran out.
"Nope! You can't do that to Leona, she loves to sing! The boy in front of Zhou Shaoming stood up suddenly, waving his arms and shouting like crazy.
He was already completely fascinated by Avril, and he couldn't see her being wronged a little bit to be so out of shape.
The friends pushed him down in a panic, and Lisa asked York worriedly, "You can't really keep Leona from the choir, right?" She has the voice of a lark! ”
"I don't know, just watch it patiently." York replied, just staring at the big screen.
The film is interrupted, and the Charity Committee learns of Jenny's choir and comes to listen to the children sing, while Leona stands alone and watches her friends show off their singing voices cheerfully and happily.
Waiting, waiting without disappointment, Leona seemed to lose her energy, leaning helplessly against the pillar.
"Has this girl been punished?"
"No, no, she's just an exception. We're singing now. ”
The heavenly children's singing sounded, like a clear spring slowly flowing through the heart, lingering and sympathetic, crisp and sweet, just this scene made the audience fascinated.
The highlight of the movie appears.
Leona still leaned against the pillar, sad and desperate at the choir's performance, but her eyes were still so stubborn and unruly, as if she would never recognize her mistake.
But Jenny did not abandon this child, and in the face of the observation of the Charity Committee, such a significant time, and may even change the status of the choir in the school, to everyone's surprise, handed back the most important solo to Leona, who was standing aside because of the punishment.
Turning around, Jenny waved at Leona, motioned for her, and began to sing solo.
The warm eyes, the respectable teacher's gesture to guide life, and the glorious praise of the new mother's surname, at this moment, directly moved the audience.
Leona looked at Jenny in disbelief, and even involuntarily stood up straight, this kind of care and concern completely opened her heart, and the unruly girl who was not a few steps away from the fall was finally pulled back by Jenny with thoughtfulness, equality, and singing!
Picking her hand out of her trouser pocket, Leona puffed out her chest and began to sing solo as if she had accepted her sacred duty.
"Oh, the night, over the earth." The crystalline sound sounded again, and the camera caught her eyes close-up.
With gratitude, with joy, with tears, with laughter that is valued, cared for, and surrounded by love......
This scene directly made many emotional viewers cry, Lisa kept wiping her tears with tissues, and York took advantage of her lover's inattention to wipe her eyes with the back of her hand.
Several priests and spectators struggled to draw crosses on their chests, ignoring the tears streaming down their faces, and muttering thanks to God for His mercy.
And the boy in the front row of Zhou Shaoming who refused to accept Leona's punishment cried into tears at this time, and his heart was also full of gratitude.
There are more and more tear-jerking scenes, tears of joy and tears of sorrow.
The oppressive atmosphere in the cinema coalesced as the excitement unfolded, and the cinema was filled with irrepressible sighs and low sobs as Jessica's Lucy set fire to the school, erupted in heart-rending cries into the sky, and then murmured Jenny's songs.
When Jenny is kicked out of school because of this, and the girls can't see her one last time, so they can only throw paper airplanes full of blessings from the high windows, Isabella's performance is a classic! is different from the "acting queen" Meryl's performance, which is light and full of aura, Isabella's feelings that erupt but have nowhere to put are approachable, and the children's singing accompanied by her withered tears directly made many people in the entire movie theater cry, and later it simply led to crying.
When Isabella got out of the car and lovingly and regretfully carried Nichol with the bear and school bag into the car, the movie theater was silent, only the suppressed crying, only the movie's theme song floating, the lights were re-lit, and the credits were flying.
Why, no one applauded?
Could it be that the audience did not accept this film and did not feel the thinking brought by this movie?
Zhou Shaoming was a little panicked, looking blankly at the tearful audience around him, full of puzzlement.
"Don't worry." Robert Jr. knew that Zhou Shaoming was under a lot of psychological pressure, although he didn't know why the audience didn't applaud and said they were optimistic about this movie, but he keenly found that the show was over, but none of the audience left!
Suddenly, the boy sitting in the front row who came to see "Spring in the Cattle Class" just to listen to the song stood up, his face was full of tears, but he hummed loudly along with the ending song:
"Look at the way you passed, the kids got lost!"
The feeling of sadness comes naturally, but it awakens the people who are still meditating on sadness in the plot of the movie, and even infects these crying people.
"Stretch out your hand to them, pull them by the hand, and walk backwards!" A male pastor, who also stood up at this moment, picked up the boy's singing, and wept in tears, but sang earnestly and loudly.
"Direction in the darkness, light of hope, enthusiasm in life, alley of glory! The joy of childhood, fleeting and forgotten, a brilliant golden light, shining at the end of the path, the direction in the dark! ”
One, two, the whole audience stood up collectively, and used their singing voices to vent the tears that flowed because of warmth, cried because of gratitude, and everything was in this last song, chorus!
At this time, everyone, whether it is the audience who sings Meilun Meihuan or just the ordinary level audience, stands up, sacredly and gratefully, and sings along to the ending song
Chorus, chorus!
For this touching movie, the audience did not leave, but just stood up and sang along with the final music!
Almost all the audience were standing, their eyes were confused, and they couldn't help singing until the end of the movie, until the lights came on, not noticing that their eyes were already full of tears, and when they sang to the back, they couldn't cry.
There is a person who breaks into your world, teaches you a lesson, and then leaves without anyone knowing.
The touching chorus, the chorus of the whole people, I didn't expect that in this cinema, the audience of the first show completed it by themselves, and unexpectedly made history again!
First Avril Lavigne, who stood up and closed softly, then Isabella, whose eyes were red from crying, followed with great determination.
Then there was Christina and Little Robert, they all sang along, looking at Zhou Shaoming's eyes, full of admiration and admiration.
Zhou Shaoming sat on the chair and didn't sing along, he just lowered his head, feeling the true feelings of the audience around him, holding his forehead with his hand, in the last row where no one noticed, tears of happiness flowed.
Yourself, finally succeeded!
"The Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" lived up to expectations and was recognized by the audience with the most sincere recognition!
Although there was no applause, the audience who sang in unison gave him the most enthusiasm
The applause, at this moment, is far more enjoyable than everything!
The next day, Yahoo Entertainment made the headline: All Chorus, Begin!
Special correspondent Armstrong wrote in the article: "In the cinema, I heard the chorus, the heavenly chorus, and there was no applause for this film!" Only the audience, who did not want to leave after the end of the show, spontaneously and consciously stood up and sang loudly along with the ending song of the movie, it is hard to imagine that after listening to it once, everyone can open their mouths and sing along, this is God's will! That's the magic of cinema, the magic of director Smith Chow! ”
The Los Angeles Times also published a special page and wrote: "I can't imagine that a simple and direct movie without explosive fights and special effects can be so moving, "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" completely surpasses people's imagination, and it is not inferior to the 1990 Academy Award "Dead Poets Society"!" ”
The Washington Post Entertainment reporter wrote the most literary review for the movie: "There is no need to be sad and sad, and there is no need to part with life and death, a soft, gentle, slightly witty and ups and downs of life stories can also give us incomparably moved and spiritual shock, which is the most direct inspiration given to me by the movie "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class". moved because of the broad and deep love of the teacher played by the ordinary little person, the cleaning lady Isabella; Shocking, because the power of music is so huge, so many stubborn and confused souls can be redeemed. ”
For the heroine of the movie, Isabella, almost all the media have something to say, this American dream in the new millennium, so completely recorded by film and text, this touching road of struggle got the best ending, and with such a perfect movie, it is simply exciting, amazing and emotional.
"Isabella - the 73rd Oscar Best Actress Hot Candidate!" - San Francisco Chronicle
"From the ugly duckling to the white swan, Isabella is the perfect interpretation of the American dream!" -- "America Today"
"From the cleaning ladies to the red carpet, it's happening right before our eyes!" ------- New York News
"The power of dreams shocks the world!" ------ Entertainment Weekly
People are sure that it is not only Isabella, but the supporting actors in this play also make the audience love it crazy.
Roger Albert, the most well-known film critic in the United States, was naturally unwilling to be unwilling, and watched the first screening first, and he was very excited to say in his review: ""Gladiator" is a good movie, but it is still far from our lives, and I would rather hold a bucket of popcorn and follow it." But "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class" reminds me of my teacher, when I was most confused, he guided me in the direction, although he has long left me and ascended to heaven, but this friendship between teachers and students transcends life and death, transcends time and space, and makes me cry so much that I can't help myself after watching the movie. It is worth mentioning that Isabella, a cleaning lady, was completely reborn under the careful and skillful hands of Smith Chow, which makes people have to marvel at Smith Chow's directing level, and this moment miracle happened here!
Mention another character casually, Lucy played by Jessica, which makes people sigh heavily, and makes people think deeply, what kind of education can make all children understand where their own path is? How many rebellious, incurable and hopeless children actually have a key that can open the door to their hearts, the key is whether the teachers have the desire and patience to find this key! It's a great movie for all teachers and students to watch! Also, do we have a choir in our community? I want to participate! ”
Subsequently, it was he who applied for the trademark for himself with two thumbs up "two-thumbs-up!" ”
In addition to the newspaper media, the official website of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" has exploded several times, and countless people with tears have been moved by their hearts, writing down their feelings on the official BBS, venting themselves, and discussing with people who feel the same way, according to statistics, after the first day of release, the number of new posts on the official BBS reached as many as 985402 within 24 hours, and the number of new comments exceeded 8.03 million within 24 hours!
A registered user named "Angels are the smiling faces of children" was pinned by the moderator, and the newly registered user wrote in an emotional tone: The depression at the beginning of the story, the protagonist Jenny, as a teacher who has just stepped into the school, slowly comes into contact with everything in the school, and I can't help but be indifferent to the change from gray to positive and bright. I couldn't help but cry when I played back the clips of the chorus in the dormitory before going to bed, the gratitude that flowed in the eyes of the lead singer Leona, the paper airplanes full of children's childish fonts and deep thoughts flying through the window when Jenny left her job, and the old photos that seemed to have been oxidized and yellowed by time.
When Jenny was forced to leave the school, the children did not say goodbye to her, because they were bound, struggling, trying to overthrow, and the little hands that shook so little seemed so small in the windows of the tall walled school building, like their hearts that could not be let go, and the children used paper airplanes to narrate everything in immature fonts and beautiful songs, and to get rid of everything.
In the movie, there are always achievements that make people move sideways, because of the barrenness in reality, so I am here with a dry mouth and never tired of chattering. When writing this text, movie music has been playing, and it is still easy to fall into the girls' natural chorus, a simple happiness, intoxicated them, and how many times have they been intoxicated.
Of course, many more people don't write at length, they simply write down what they think touches them the most.
"Only love is the only way to solve all educational problems!"
"Love music, love God, love children!"
"Rotten wood can't be carved? That's because I wasn't lucky enough to meet a good teacher like Jenny! ”
"Thank God for not leaving us!"
In line with the overwhelming praise, it is the box office of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class"!
With a good reputation and novel publicity, Pastor Billy Graham spared no effort to once again issue a call for God's believers to go to the movie, and the box office of Director Smith Chow's second film was unstoppable like a landslide and tsunami!
The 3,000 movie theaters were packed, and the box office reached $15,400 per theater on the first day, with a total of an eye-popping $46.2 million!
In other words, because of the low cost of this movie, the ticket price is also very close to the people, a movie ticket can be obtained for only four dollars, and in other words, $46.2 million on the first day is equivalent to more than 10 million Americans, walking into the cinema to watch "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class"!
Later, according to the statistics released by the theater chain, the average number of screening halls for each theater to screen "Herding Cow" was about 7, and the average number of seats in the 5 theaters was 183, which was almost 100% attendance, and the number of audiences exceeded 915 after one show.
There were 3 prime-time screenings in the evening, which means that 2,745 people walked into the same cinema in one day to watch this moving movie.
My God! That's an unbeatable speed of gold absorption!
From May 12 to 14, 2000, the North American weekend box office rankings exploded the American media, as if there was no comment on "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class" in his newspaper, and a comment on director Smith Chow was full of "out"! For a while, all kinds of reports were full of all kinds of reports, and all kinds of hollowing out interviews and revelations emerged in endlessly!
It's him again, and it's this damn Smith Week again!
The Chicago Sun reported on Zhou Shaoming's success with a sour stomach, but it also showed in a low profile that it was a great film, after all, it was not a wise idea to get along with Zhou Shaoming now.
You must know that the audience who goes to watch the movie is divided into three categories, one is the die-hard fans of Zhou Shaomingsaw, and the audience who likes flesh and blood splashes will not be unable to accept warm films, but it has strengthened their confidence that Smith Zhou can control any movie, and is no longer just a horror film expert, not just the "father of chainsaws".
And the other type is the new new human beings who have received flash mob publicity, this kind of people like all new and interesting things, and the music that touches people's hearts makes them even happier, whether it is death heavy metal or hymns, as long as it sounds good, they are believers, and this kind of people are the main force in buying the movie soundtrack of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", and they are also them, the second item in Zhou Shaoming's task within a week, the movie soundtrack sales exceeded one million copies and was easily completed.
The third group of people are called by Pastor Billy Graham to watch the movie with respect for God, and the song of praise for God in the play makes them empathize, and the God-like loving and deep Isabella makes them the most tearful crowd in the movie theater, and this kind of person is also the positive force that supports the box office.
No one can underestimate the power of America's 156 million believers in God.
If you go up against the wind and scold Smith Zhou for making bad movies and cheating money, it is estimated that the next day at the door of the Sun newspaper headquarters, there will be either a large group of muscular men with Harley opening the door to block the door, or new new humans of various hairstyles will hack the Sun website on the Internet.
Of course, this is not the worst of it.
The worst thing is to provoke the anger of the third group, and it is estimated that there will be thousands of priests and nuns plus God's followers blocking the door and singing hymns......
Does this still make people live?
The aggrieved and miserable Chicago Sun-Sun can only turn a blind eye and treat it as if he has seen nothing.
"The Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", which was released in 3,000 theaters, firmly held the position of the weekend box office champion, crazy as a wild horse, and received a box office of $120.2734 million in three days, breaking 100 million in three days!
This movie, which accounted for 87.8% of the weekend box office (a total of 112 movies were released this weekend), can also leave a strong mark on Zhou Shaoming in the history of film.
Due to the sudden rise of "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class", which was originally expected to be high, it was released on May 5, with 2,938 theaters in its first week, and the performance was also quite strong (last week's weekend box office was 34819017 dollars), and "Gladiator" starring Russell Crowe was lifted off the altar in one fell swoop, with only $13 million in revenue. And the original second place, "Hunting U-571", which grossed $49591290 in three weeks of release, only received $6.3 million.
On this day, Zhou Shaoming and Lionsgate were ecstatic, but it was a day of tears and grief for countless directors!
This really doesn't let people live!
On Rotten Tomatoes, for "The Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", 100% of people said they liked it, and countless people left crazy messages that skyrocketed geometrically, due to the excessive number of people who browsed, the server crashed for the first time in the history of Rotten Tomatoes!
Sweep it all!
All of this comes from Zhou Shaoming's perseverance, from Avril's peerless beauty, from the soundtrack of the palace-level film soundtrack musician John Williams, and from Isabella's earth-shaking change from a cleaning lady to the king of acting.
The 10,000 flash mob publicity, the repetition of Billy Graham's unremitting efforts to publicize the text, coupled with the innate flattery of God's believers in the movie itself, made a box office explosion, which is also reasonable.
The box office of "Herding Cows" rose again and again, making the movie theater owners laugh toothless, Lionsgate boss Frank was almost excited to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment with cerebral congestion when he got the first-hand news, and the box office of more than $100 million in three days after the premiere surprised all those who were prepared!
I knew that "Herding Cattle" would be a big hit, but I didn't expect it to be so popular!