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Paramount, the only large Hollywood production company that still sticks to the region, in the past 1993, as a representative of Hollywood's traditional large companies and independent studios, Paramount finally fell under the Viacom Group's Golden Yuan Offensive, which also marked the complete end of the Hollywood independent production era, and the film industry ushered in the era of real giant competition.

But Paramount Pictures, which has just received the support of Viacom, a huge media conglomerate, has not had a smooth time in the past.

First, because of the acquisition, many of its film projects, including "Forrest Gump", had to be temporarily suspended; finally waited for the project to start, and "Forrest Gump", which had been planned for several years, had a dispute with the original author Winston Grumman because of adaptation issues, and the two sides almost went to court; After the first qiē subsided and the crew was completely on track, a fire broke out on the set inexplicably, which made a lot of work for the crew have to start over......

Also, when the film was established in the first half of the year, it was announced that it would be released in North America in early July next year, who knew that there would be an "Independence Day" behind it, and it was said that the release date had been oscillating between the Independence Day holiday and Memorial Day, and Paramount chose to wait and see for the time being, and a few days ago, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox finally announced the release date of "Independence Day" - Independence Day holiday!

This is very close to the release time of "Forrest Gump", and there will inevitably be fierce competition between the two sides.

"Wendy, what do you think?"

Sitting behind her desk, Paramount's new CEO, Shelly Lansing, looked at the producers of Forrest Gump, "Does Forrest Gump have the strength to compete directly with Independence Day?" ”

"Shelly, you should know about the director Duke Rosenberg."

As a famous Hollywood producer, Wendy Fehnerman seems to be full of concerns, "In my opinion, Duke was simply born for the summer, "Independence Day" is a hot sci-fi action movie, from his first two films, it can be guessed that he is very unlikely to miss, and "Forrest Gump" is naturally at a disadvantage in terms of investment and genre. ”

"Jonathan, what about your opinion?" Shelly Lansing asked Paramount's executive director.

"I don't want to collide with that saboteur's film directly in the summer file." Jonathan Dugan said directly, "It is true that "Forrest Gump" has a readership, and Tom Hanks also has a certain box office appeal, but don't forget that "Interview with the Vampire" and Tom Cruise, to be exact, their themes have an advantage over "Forrest Gump", but they lost in the fire with "Brave Island". ”

What is the best film for the summer season? None of you are laymen, and in terms of subject matter, Duke Rosenberg's popcorn film can be said to be a typical summer blockbuster.

"Now the official promotion of Forrest Gump has not begun." Shelly Lansing asks for advice, "It's still too late to adjust the release date......"

Hollywood doesn't have too many secrets, and the news that Paramount Pictures had advanced the release date of "Forrest Gump" by a month quickly reached Duke's ears, and he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation is obvious, Paramount Pictures wants to avoid "Independence Day", which is the reason why Duke is stunned, after all, "Forrest Gump" is a work that can sweep North America, and the relief in addition to the lack of strong competitors in the same schedule, but also to understand the reason.

He knew that "Forrest Gump" had swept North America, but Paramount and the investors of "Forrest Gump" didn't know that although this film has a distinct nostalgic theme, compared with the typical summer popcorn like "Independence Day", the subject matter is obviously not dominant, in addition to the investment amount and the attention of the audience and the media in the early stage, it can be said that it is much worse.

The important thing is that he has proven his competitiveness in the past two summer files, and "Speed of Life and Death" faced the series of advantageous projects of "Alien 3", not only successfully overwhelmed the box office, but also won the box office top for two weeks.

When it came to "Death Island", the opponents were replaced by the more powerful "Interview with the Vampire" and Tom Cruise, but they still won the competition, not only grabbing the top spot at the weekly box office charts, but also suppressing Stallone's "Desperate Heroes", and once again won two consecutive championships in North America.

Paramount won't ignore these factors, even if the film has Tom Hanks, the new Oscar-winning actor.

What's more, the relative failure of "Night Interview with the Vampire" has also made many filmmakers more aware of the importance of the subject matter for the summer file.

Of course, not every film company thinks that only popcorn movies are suitable for the summer file, although Paramount's "Forrest Gump" chose to back down, but the vacated weekend schedule let other companies see an opportunity, so a prison-themed film produced by Castle Stone Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures immediately cleverly occupied the schedule that originally belonged to "Forrest Gump".

This schedule change can be said to be an alternative competition in Hollywood, and it is also a smart choice that many movies that think they are weak will make.

However, none of this affected Duke, and the film's pre-preparations finally came to an end before Christmas, and after returning to Santa Monica to spend the Christmas holidays with his mother, the filming finally ended up being about stunts and explosions, and the actors were joined in one after another.

"Stan, are you ready?"

Through a layer of glass, Duke asked Stan Winston, who was beside him, "I don't just want two hands, I want all the tentacles of the aliens to be able to move." ”

"Don't worry." Stan Winston cocks his thumbs up at Duke.

Duke nodded and shouted behind him, "John, prepare!" ”

John Schwartzman personally controlled a camera, and Ben Watts set up the Steadicam and moved the shot at the right angle.

"Let's go!"

Through a layer of glass, Duke gestured to the people in the isolation room and retreated into the distance.

Mr. President, who had already chosen his position, and several soldiers immediately walked over, and one of them also checked the situation under the glass wall, and suddenly a scientist whose neck was strangled by tentacles clinged to the glass tightly, looking extremely frightened......

Standing next to John Schwartzman, Duke watched the performance of this group of actors, frankly speaking, except for Bill Pullman, who played the president, everyone else had traces of excessive force, and his expression was slightly exaggerated, but he didn't mean to stop, for this film, the acting requirements are above the level line, if this group of people are not qualified, then the current Will Smith can be dismissed directly.

The shoot ended with the glass wall shattering, and Duke checked the shot and nodded his head.

The aliens here are all filmed using models, and the wielding tentacles come from the mechanical operation of a special effects artist, holding the scientist's two alien hands, which are just two prop hands, which are controlled by another prop master's arm.

Except for the rows of aliens in the last outer space battleship that were generated by CGI, the other aliens were shot using models, and Stan Winston led the industrial light and magic special effects team to make the models, just like Scarlett Johansson said, enough to be real.

A few more scenes of aliens were filmed, Duke led the crew to the transition, and the scene here was already set up, with Will Smith and Jeff Columbus sitting inside the alien spaceship, familiarizing themselves with the environment and rehearsing the next scenes.

"Jeff, and Will."

Standing in front of the two guys, Duke said as succinctly as possible, "You see hope in the predicament, and more nervousness in the excitement, don't forget, there are not only pursuers behind you, but also nuclear bombs that will explode at any time." ”

For Jeff Columbus, Duke is more assured, although his acting skills are also limited, he has starred in many films, and his experience is rich, and Will Smith is the difficulty, since joining the filming, even if Duke is very lenient in his requirements for actors, his average number of NG shots per shoot is close to double digits.

This time is the same, the filming has just begun, the alien spaceship Park is shaking, and the future superstar whose acting skills will be bad all the time immediately turns into an almost exaggerated lion's roar.

“Cut！”

Shouting to stop, Duke dodged the cables on the ground, walked into the spaceship, looked at Will Smith who looked apologetic after making a mistake, and finally suppressed his anger, losing his temper will only increase Smith's pressure, since he chooses to use him, he should be mentally prepared.

"Will!" Duke still said very strictly, "Remember, you are an actor now, not a hip-hop singer, if this hip-hop singer's expression appears on the next shoot, I will send you to the roof of the studio and let you sing on it all day R&B!" ”

"You just have to be excited, nervous! Think about the first time you took the stage! Don't tell me, you'll be able to handle it then. ”

Although some guidance can be given, and the camera position and camera angle can be used to appropriately improve Will Smith's appearance in the shot, Duke is just a director, not a director with his own super aura.

The crew's time and energy are limited, and if Will Smith continues to be bad, Duke plans to only give him a backside shot, but fortunately, in the subsequent shooting, Will Smith's watch is slightly better, although the progress is limited, but it also ends the shoot after NG three times.

Maybe it's because Duke's requirements are relatively loose, maybe it's because of the run-in of "Brave Island", the backbone team cooperates more tacitly, and after Duke shoots two movies in a row, he has made great progress.

1993 passed in a blink of an eye, 1994 followed, and halfway through January, news came from the Pentagon that Edward Air Force Base and Baisha Missile Range would enter a short period of use, and the crew could enter the field to shoot.

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