Chapter 200: Waiting for the release
"Yes, yes, Russell? Councillor Parken meant that these worries were unnecessary, and we left the matter to the professionals, like ...... Sean, a young actor who just received an Oscar nomination last year? Don, gave up his career as an actor to become a producer! The middle-aged man in the TV said with a bitter face, his two eyebrows raised, and it was particularly funny to look at it with the rhetoric.
This is the host of CBS's ace show "The Daily Show", the famous Jon? Stewart, his humorous and exaggerated language adds a lot to this talk show, especially the satire and mockery of the Republican Party, which attracts a large audience, and even gives people the feeling that it is an honor to be mentioned by him or even exemplified.
But for Sean, such an example is not a pleasant thing, because Stewart is clearly satirizing the man named Russell? Parken's Republican congressmen are letting the layman do the inside, but who made his production of "My Grand Greek Wedding" already a well-known thing?
After the Los Angeles Times published that report, although it was only mentioned in the middle, as the tabloids discovered new ammunition, many people who originally thought he had just invested in the film and then hung the title of producer found that he had actually set up his own production company.
"Are you just following in my footsteps?" Drew asked him on the phone.
"It's courageous, Sean, and it's thoughtful, come on." Clooney said the same, but like Pete, he looked like he had discovered something interesting.
"When it will be released, I will definitely go back to cheer." Soderbergh was an uncompromising encouragement.
"You're so bold that you're going to try to make a movie right now." Julia commented.
"How does the producer feel, if it's good, I might be able to try it." Diesel asked curiously.
"I don't care what movie you make, you have to listen to me here, drive me quickly!" This is...... Well...... Cohen's view.
And so, and with the fact that Stuart mentioned in passing on his show - God knows what this guy was thinking, and honestly they were still quite connected, Sean had a role in a movie for the first time...... Well, to be exact, the first school horror film called "The Teacher Is Not a Person" was played by Stewart.
Regardless of these, in short, things began to ferment so quickly, spreading from Hollywood to the whole United States, more and more people began to know that there is a young actor who is not doing a big acting career, but wants to be a producer, and I don't know whether to say that he has the courage to challenge or is not self-sufficient.
Then, the Oscars came as scheduled, Julia got the Best Actress as she wished, and Sean didn't even enter the door of the Holy Auditorium, so he was afraid that the media in the world would take out this scandal again. The guys belittled Sean to nothing, and the New York Post added fuel to the fire again by suggesting that he was borrowing some woman to take the position, like a swarm of annoying flies who wanted to slap them in the face, but didn't know where to slap them.
"I'm going to buy the New York Post and sell them piece-by-piece." Sean said this to his two best friends, and repeated it to Neil on the phone.
"It's a pity, I don't think Murdoch will sell it." Neil poured cold water on him like he did last time.
"Next time you say that, Neil, wherever you are, I'll come over and give you an over-the-shoulder throw!" Sean immediately threatened.
But at the end of the day, it's up to them to make a fuss now, because Weinstein personally called him: "Well done, Sean, you've managed to hype up the fame of this movie." ”
That's right, with the discussion of Sean, "My Grand Greek Wedding" has also attracted more attention, and they are all curious about what kind of movie can be made as such a young actor with no qualifications, even if it is a bad movie, they also want to know how bad it is.
What's more, in the Internet, the reputation of this movie is still not bad, many people who participated in the Sundance movie and watched "My Grand Greek Wedding" have expressed their praise through various channels, such as their own blogs, emails to friends, forums related to the movie, etc., and on IMDB, this movie also has a rating of almost 7 points, although there are only dozens of people involved.
In addition, Google's business is shrinking because of the IT bubble in 00, and Yahoo, as a competitor, has also suffered certain losses, but after all, it still has an advantage, so they are very careful about every business, not to mention that it was introduced by one of the board members - speaking of which, there is also a rather interesting thing, the members of Google's board of directors are either billionaires or talents who have been invested in Jishu, and the two founders, only Sean, who has little net worth except for Google's shares, So much so that Neil was a little embarrassed when it came to fighting for his board seat.
Don't mention this now, in short, Google has done a very good job of promoting it, and people are very comfortable to browse, which indirectly increases the good impression of this movie, so most people have a feeling that they hope to be released soon to see the real face, so Weinstein, who is watching, will give Sean a phone call.
Well, for the sake of the promotion of the movie, everything is bearable, and Sean now regrets a little, knowing that this would not have allowed Miramax to schedule the movie for late April.
Wait and see, when the movie is released, those who question it will be dumbfounded! Sean thought so, and then received another heavy blow.
On April 3, Drew produced the sci-fi film "Death Illusion" starring Sean, which also participated in the Sundance Film Festival and almost won the award, ...... in the United States Well...... Almost 60 theaters were officially released, and then, the box office of 220,000 was obtained in the first weekend......
That's right, it only got 220,000 in the first weekend, even if there are only 60 plus theaters, this is a very low number, not to mention that the second weekend fell by half, with a box office of only 110,000, and the number of theaters released has also been reduced by half.
Suddenly, a group of tabloids led by the New York Post seemed to smell the smell of blood, and they all surrounded them, revealing their sharp teeth.
"Just last week, Sean? Don's latest work has been released, not "My Grand Greek Wedding" for which he is the producer, but with Drew? Barrymore collaborated again after "Breaking Bad" and served as the leading actor in the sci-fi film "Death Illusion". The young actor, who has successfully played roles beyond his actual age in "The Genius Ripley", gave up what he was good at and played a high school student again like "The Grim Reaper", but unfortunately this time there was no thrilling and weird but attractive plot to help, the boring plot, the jumping discontinuous pictures, the inexplicable lines, and the pale and weak performance all made people feel tired, like a piece of moldy cheese that has been moldy for a long time, even if the surface layer is cut off, it still can't smell the fragrance it should be.
In short, this is a freaky movie with no bright spots under the name of sci-fi, but without any exhilarating plot, and the 220,000 weekend box office in the first week is enough to prove this, Sean has paid the price for his arrogance, and may soon pay the price for a second time. ”
That's the New York Post's review, and sure enough, it's a guy who can change roles at any time if he needs to, and you know, early last year, before the release of "The Genius Ripley", they all swore that his performance would ruin the movie. And after that, the box office word of mouth was bumper, and they didn't seem to see it, and only after finding Sean's real age did they pop out and shout again.
Now, they have completely forgotten what they said at the beginning, a young rookie actor will ruin the movie, and instead start shouting that playing roles beyond his age is what he is good at, which is really worthy of undisciplined gossip tabloids.
Frankly speaking, the evaluation of "Death Illusion" is not low, and many critics have praised it as a science fiction movie with a lot of ideas and interesting views, which is worth pondering.
"Whether it's the main shijie and the offline shijie, or the living receiver and the dead controlled, it's a surprising setting," said film critic Ross? William wrote in his column, "At the same time, the different interpretation of the conservation of energy also makes the film have a unique science fiction flavor, which may not be rigorous enough in the eyes of real scientists, but the director's bold ideas are undoubtedly worthy of recognition, and every detail is worth figuring out." ”
Of course, he also gave a certain criticism: "The biggest problem of this movie is that it is not friendly enough to ordinary audiences, if you don't have a certain understanding of the shijie view of the story in advance, you will not understand many places, and at the same time give people a dull feeling, just once or twice It's nothing, but after a long time, people will get tired of it." ”
That's the real problem, Richard? In order to express everything he wanted to express, but he couldn't make it too obvious and explicit, Kelly had to use various metaphors, but the time of the movie was only about 90 minutes, which was not enough, and after various tinkering, it became what it is now, so it was only 220,000 box office in the first week...... Within normal limits.
However, at least on the Internet, there are many ordinary people who are very appreciative of this movie, and the evaluation on IMDB is also as high as 8 points, and there are many more people participating in the evaluation than "My Grand Greek Wedding".
But the New York Times guys don't care about that, they just know that Sean starred in this movie, and then the box office was a mess after the movie was released, and they just told readers that, so as to instill a kind of, Sean? Don suffered a major defeat, so there will be more failures to follow.
In this regard, Sean can only pretend not to hear or respond, and then wait for his movie to be released, and the scheduled April 19 is not far away.