Chapter 565: First Weekend
"APLUS, MR. MICHELLE SENT A PACKAGE, IT SEEMS TO BE AN OIL PAINTING."
In Tribeca, New York, Song Ya, who was lying on the sofa and pretending to sleep, received a call from the maid in Highland Park, "Has she left a message?" ”
"Call you back."
"Okay."
Find Michelle's phone and dial it, "It's the one you sent." The other party replied.
"Why?" Song Ya thought she was trying to break off her relationship, "Is there something wrong between us?" ”
"No, uh, we have to do some preparation, he wants to go into politics, so ......" Michelle laughed, "he finally made up his mind after listening to that song of yours." ”
"So?"
Song Ya suddenly said, "What exactly are you going to do?" Maybe I can help. But this isn't an election year......"
"I'm not going to be polite when we need help, we've got to do some preparation in advance, you know, straighten out some relationships, and probably aim for the late '95 election for the state House of Representatives in the Hyde Park constituency." Michelle replied.
"No problem, my voter credentials are also hanging up there, so it's logical to help." As a trivial matter, Song Ya happily agreed.
"APLUS, MISS KELLY, IT'S TIME TO GO." Linda came over to remind.
On Sunday night, Songya and his fiancée show up in New York to catch up with the theater event here, "Hey, Hallie, Spike, welcome." ”
Hallie appeared with Spike Lee in her arms, and she was glamorous and high-spirited after two consecutive summer hits in the summer of the movie, while Spike Lee, who had just pounced on one next to her, was wilting and unable to keep her spirits up.
"It's a pleasure to see you again." After Spike Lee and Mariah Carey hugged, they asked Songya, "How much is the box office expected to reach in the first weekend?" ”
"The specific number will not come out until tomorrow morning, and the global estimate is around nine million." Song Ya replied.
"That's a lot of competition with the baseball angels, huh?" Larry Sr. came with Stanbrak Haven in the back, and a ****** little white old man behind the two said.
"Mr. Woody Allen! Welcome, thank you for coming. ”
Song Ya was overjoyed to see each other, and took Maria Carey to hug each other affectionately, and Stan Blackhead next to him blinked, Song Ya knew that they all belonged to the New York gang in the American film industry, and they were a little estranged from the Hollywood people on the East Coast, but they were more closely connected with the European New Wave and avant-garde film circles, and liked to discuss human nature and social issues, and Spike Lee was also one of them.
can let a famous director like Woody Allen run to support pure youth commercial films, and the elder Larry is also hard enough for this movie, and it is estimated that he has spent all the points he has accumulated for many years.
"Angels help win the game, how do you think this is also a Disney self-deprecation movie."
Spike Lee complains. The prototype of the baseball team in that movie is the California Angels, Disney is one of the team owners, starring thirteen-year-old Joseph, when he asked his biological father when he would be a family again, his father's excuse 'wait for the Angels to win the championship' became his belief, the little boy kept praying to God, and finally really got a response, and then the angels helped the losing team win one victory after another.
This kind of overly metaphysical development has not been embraced by bored baseball fans during the offseason, especially after their favorite home team has become one stepping stone after another on the road to success for the Angels with the help of the Angels, such as the Chicago Red Sox who have become a member of the losers' backdrop, and there are obvious signs of decline in word of mouth.
In the end, the angel disappears, and the audience compares the angel wings to inspire the players to win on their own.
Of course, as a sports film, the inspirational line is the best to handle, and Disney is particularly good at it, so Universal expects them to win about 9 million box office in the first weekend, which is almost exactly the same as Dancing My Life, and it is unpredictable to win or lose until the last minute.
"Don't talk about that, let's go inside." Stan Brakhead laughed.
In fact, the inspirational line of my life is not bad, and the inspirational theme of the baseball angel 'believe in miracles, miracles will happen' is different, and the dance of my life focuses on the female protagonist and the male protagonist, the second male protagonist relies on personal efforts to overcome and surpass himself, the female protagonist has always had the pressure of her family expecting her to transfer to a prestigious school, and the male protagonist and the second male protagonist are both street bastards with potential, but self-abandonment.
"That's what I'm worried about, he won't take it seriously."
Spike Lee hasn't seen the finished film, but he still remembers the script, and now on the screen, the headmistress sees through the male lead, and says when the female lead asks her to let the male lead be a dance partner.
The male protagonist is really like this, when he was complained by the second male and the little chubby dun that he was bent on practicing dance with a rich girl and not having fun with his brothers, on the one hand, he also felt that the real dance performance was more difficult than he imagined, and on the other hand, he was also tempted by the 'carefree' life on the street, and he fooled around with the second male brothers.
"So far so good." Spike Lee whispered to Harley, "In the end, it all went according to the APLUS script, right?" Happy ending? ”
"You don't know him yet?" Harley asked rhetorically.
"No artistic pursuits."
Without the confidence of the box office, Spike Lee can only whisper this kind of thing now.
Then when the male protagonist watched a baseball game with the second male, he mentioned the talent and dreams of the second male, he asked the second male so powerful, why don't you try it on the professional team, and after being rejected by the second male, he persuaded a few more words, and the second male replied: "Don't talk about me, aren't you also the same ghost?" Whatever it is, you always give up quickly! ”
The male protagonist was woken up by this rather hurtful sentence, and returned to the female protagonist, who didn't dare to believe him anymore and said that she would test him once, so the two came to the ballet studio where the female protagonist worked part-time.
"Hahaha!"
The audience was amused again by the big black man who was wearing ballet tights and standing in front of the girls with an aggrieved face and practicing leg presses.
"The old bridge in the hibiscus out of the water." Spike Lee, who has read countless films, complained again.
When the male protagonist sent the female protagonist home, the wary eyes of the rich white neighbors made him even more regretful, "It shouldn't be brushed along, there are a lot of things that can be dug deep here." ”
Hallie secretly rolled her eyes.
The male protagonist, who was accepted by the female protagonist again, went to the female principal, but the other party still saw through him, "Nothing will be easy to succeed, and you haven't proven that you have the ability to deal with setbacks." She said.
Then the male protagonist gave up for the second time, because the female protagonist's original dance partner returned from injury.
And the heroine's little white-faced boyfriend was also dumped by the heroine for stealing songs, and the dance career and feelings of the male and female protagonists were entangled together, after the heroine's dance partner's old injury recurred, and the little chubby dun was shot by the other party because of offending PJ, the male protagonist finally learned from the pain, and rushed to the scene at the last moment before the heroine reported the performance, and helped her complete the perfect performance.
The second male in the audience was deeply moved after watching the performance, so he also began to try out for the Chicago White Sox.
"Did you find it? The one in the back row is Mariah Carey. The female audience in the back whispered, it should have been a second or third brush, "Yes, it's her." They were thrilled to finally find the eggs.
The movie ends with the affectionate embrace of the male and female protagonists.
"Is the heroine's name Amy Adams right? The dancing is not very good, but the performance is quite spiritual. Spike Lee stands up and applauds the group along with the closing credits.
"What does Woody Allen say?" Songya asked Stan Blak Hatch.
"He's not interested in this kind of film."
Stanbrakhead laughed, "I finally brought him over." ”
"Okay......"
Early the next morning, Linda put the first weekend box office calculated by Universal at the bedside, 9.3 million, ahead of the baseball angels' 8.5 million, ranking fourth that weekend, this result can be the weekly box office champion in the off-season, but now it is the summer file, and there are three mountains in front of True Lies, Forrest Gump and The Lion King.
"The sixth speed of life and death, the ninth Phantom Wizard, and the eleventh of the Modern Stone Clan."
Yeremov spoke to Song Ya over the phone about this report card, "If nothing else, we can get more than 15 million at the box office in the first week, and next week we will face the competition of Warner, Paramount and Columbia Pictures, three blockbusters will be launched, among which Warner's client has a lot of voices......
"I heard it's a legal thriller?" Song Ya asked.
"Yes, it doesn't overlap much with our movie-going group."
Yeremov excitedly replied, "Boss, we should be successful!" ”