The producer of One Flew Over the Asylum is Michael Asylum. Douglas, when he saw this name for the first time, Xu Guanwu felt a little familiar.

But when he saw him, he immediately realized, "It turned out to be him!" ”

Michael. Douglas, a famous Hollywood film actor, has starred in films such as "Wall Street" and "King of California", and once won the Oscar for Best Actor for "Wall Street".

The most enviable and jealous thing is that this guy eats tender grass and marries a peerless stunner who is 24 years younger than him - Catherine. Zeta. Jones.

"Hello, Mr. Douglas!" Xu Guanwu stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

Michael. Douglas was working as a producer for the first time, and his goal was to fulfill his father's wish to make "One Flew Over the Asylum" into a movie and release it on the big screen.

His father, Kirk Douglas, is also a mythical figure in Hollywood, playing countless tough guy roles. And the most commendable thing about this person is that he has always maintained his true character as a tough guy in front of and behind the scenes.

While other stars were content to be puppets of the director, Douglas had already set up a production company, starred in his own films, and grew.

"One Flew Over the Asylum was a big fan of my dad, and he always wanted to bring it to the big screen. But you also know that the film market is very sluggish right now, and I took this script and searched for people, and they didn't want to take money out of their pockets. So sir, you're my zuihou chance. "Michael. Douglas said pitifully.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, "How much does this film need to be invested?" ”

"Three million dollars should be enough because we need a lot of extras for this film, and we also have to pay a lot of rental fees to the location." Michael. Douglas explained.

Xu Guanwu smiled, no wonder it was difficult for him to get the funds.

"Flying Over the Asylum" is a typical social and political film of the 70s, and the ideas to be conveyed are basically the same as those scripts that Xu Guanwu has seen before.

All of them are indictments of the injustice of Shijie, the greed of capitalism, and the freedom and emancipation of human nature.

But this kind of art film is without exception, and the box office is all very miserable.

If you invest $3 million in such an art film, you will probably lose all your money.

In order to make money, those Hollywood film companies have all knocked down the idea of third-level restricted films, how can they still throw money on such sunny films?

"Sir, if three million dollars is too much, I can cut it down a little more." Seeing that Xu Guanwu did not answer immediately, Michael. Douglas said quickly.

"No, I'm wondering if three million dollars is enough." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and smiled.

"So, sir, are you planning to invest?" Michael. Douglas was very excited.

"Yes, I am very optimistic about this work, and I believe it will become a classic in film history." Xu Guanwu nodded.

The works that can be included in the Chinese "Chinese Reader" must be quite ideologically and artistically accomplished, otherwise they will never be selected.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Xiexie." Michael. Douglas looked excited.

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With Michael. Douglas signed a contract, stipulating that Xu Guanwu would wholly invest in the production of the "One Flew Over the Asylum" movie and enjoy the copyright of the film.

Michael. Douglas with his father, Kirk. Douglas enjoyed a 15% net profit at the box office, with Kirk. Douglas himself owns 10 percent, because he paid for the script.

Michael. Douglas probably knew that the film would not be too popular, and that he could shoot it in order to fulfill his father's dream, so he did not charge the production fee and only received 5% of the film's net profit share.

After the contract was signed, Xu Guanwu generously paid the funds, and everyone was happy.

The news that Xu Guanwu invested in the filming of "One Flew Over the Asylum" was somehow reported by the media.

In the United States, there was an uproar in society.

"One Flew Over the Asylum" or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a product of the hippie movement in the United States in the sixties, and together with "The Catcher in the Rye" and "On the Road", it is known as the three masterpieces, and is worshiped and respected by hippies all over the United States.

The book was later staged on Broadway by the famous Hollywood tough guy superstar Kirk Brown. Douglas starred as McMurphy, which was released 82 times in two years from '63 to '64, and it can be said that it was very popular.

However, now that the natural pomp is no longer in full swing, the hippie movement has been replaced by the yuppie movement, and "One Flew Over the Asylum", which was previously regarded as a masterpiece, has naturally faded its halo.

Kirk. Douglas didn't want to see the eight major Hollywood studios, thinking that in order to pursue profits, they used all the actors as a tool to make money, and treated them like puppets.

So after obtaining the copyright of "One Flew Over the Asylum", although there were also film companies that wanted to shoot this film, Kirk Douglas did not compromise.

Ten years have passed, and "One Flew Over the Asylum" has gone from a best-selling hit to a ballast in the corner of a bookstore. Kirk. Seeing that its time was coming to an end, Douglas naturally photographed it before it was forgotten.

But before the book was a bestseller, Hollywood Studios was interested in investing. Now that there is no topicality, who wants to make this loss-making deal?

Fortunately, the mountains and rivers are poor and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village.

Michael. Douglas really found the culprit and wanted to bring this book that was all the rage in the sixties to the big screen.

For a while, this news evoked memories deep in people's hearts.

Memories of that era full of psychedelics/stimulants, carnival freedom, jealousy and rebellion, and the release of individuality.

That's the memory of an entire generation in America.

"Investor Stanley, who became famous with the box office dark horse "Rocky". Xu also invested in the new film "One Flew Over the Asylum". ”

"'Rocky' delighted American audiences with the American dream, and 'One Flew Over the Asylum' evoked a generation of collective nostalgia for Americans!"

"Weishenme tells about our American films, to have an Oriental to invest? Are you ashamed of Hollywood? ”

The newspaper media reported on the incident from various angles, which made "One Flew Over the Asylum" get a lot of attention.

"One Flew Over the Asylum" was not filmed before it became popular, and Michael. Douglas was broken.

As a producer, he naturally wants his film to be a blockbuster, not to mention that this movie is still his father's dream.

After getting the funding, he immediately joined the director of Milos. Foreman selects the actors together and enters into intense preparations.

As for the filming location of the movie, Michael has already chosen, which is the place where the author of "One Flew Over the Asylum" grew up - Oregon.

Just in Michael. Douglas led a large group of people to Oregon to shoot "One Flew Over the Asylum", Xu Guanwu took his wife Zhao Yazhi on a flight to Hong Kong.