Chapter 616 Suspension of filming due to accident

   "Art Scholler had an accident."

   "What?" Ronald, who was shooting the cockpit of the ring built by Cameron, heard the assistant's report.

   "Cut! Sorry, Tim."

  Tim Robbins is 6 feet 5 inches tall (approximately 1.96 meters), and all the shots in the cockpit of his role as "Merlin the Wizard" must be shot in the ground stunt cabin. Ronald interrupted the shoot just now.

   "What accident? Is it serious?"

   Ronald asked the assistant director to direct everyone to rest, and he and the assistant walked to the side.

  "Mr. Bruckheimer called. He received a report from the director of the second group that Art Scholler was missing."

   "Missing? What is missing?"

"His plane just disappeared over the sea. We heard him on the radio saying that his plane went into a horizontal spiral and couldn't recover, and then the pilot and cameraman following him saw his plane dive into a Yun, and no one saw any trace of him after that.”

   When Ronald heard this, he was missing at sea, and it was more ominous. It is very likely that someone died, so he hurried out the door and headed towards the production office.

   "It's been four hours, we've notified the Coast Guard, we've called Art Scholler's family."

  Bruckheimer looked depressed, and he was completely dumbfounded when he got the news. Who knew such an accident could happen.

"I heard that Art Scholler had completed the shooting of the day, and he insisted on doing it again, hoping to get the best shot. Then something happened. After he passed through the clouds, the plane behind him couldn't find him. They thought he had pulled it up, but they didn’t find it after pulling it up, and when they returned to the low altitude, they couldn’t find his trace.”

   "Too bad, we bought accident insurance, right?" Don Simpson came in cursing from outside.

   "Can anyone tell me, do we have accident insurance for Art Scholler?"

   "I bought it. Ronald mentioned the risk at the time, so I asked for it." Bruckheimer glanced at his partner and said that these are not good at this time.

"That's good, that's good," Don Simpson crossed, "You may think I'm a bit cold-blooded, but for his family, it means a lot. And it can also give the crew a buffer. Not now In the 1950s and 1960s, it was time to make movies that were dead. Paramount will also conduct an independent investigation."

   "You said Paramount will investigate this matter?" Ronald found the key to Simpson's words.

   "This is a fixed process, and Mancuso will not give up this opportunity, will he?" Don Simpson glanced at Ronald.

   "This was a pure accident, no one wants to see this tragedy happen", Bruckheimer also came to discuss, and the three quickly reached a tacit understanding. In this matter, the interests of the three of them are completely consistent.

  …

   "No one wants to see this tragedy happen. God said that there is a time for everything, and there is a time for everything in the world: a time to live and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted..."

  Ronald, wearing sunglasses, and the two producers, listened to the pastor's sermon at Art Scholler's funeral.

  At the side, Art Scholler's family members watched the coffin silently, but there was no Art Scholler's body inside. The Coast Guard could not locate the exact location of the crash. The Pacific Ocean is big, and the Super Chipmunk Stunt Plane is small.

  The family members of the deceased did not express any great grief. Perhaps they had long thought that Art Scholler, who was keen on challenging aerobatics, would inevitably end up on this day.

   "Condolences", Ronald and the people from the crew expressed their condolences to the family one by one.

  The three of them finished the funeral and came to Don Simpson's home to discuss countermeasures.

   "Mancuso took this opportunity to suspend the filming of the crew and conduct an independent investigation into the accident. This will take a lot of time."

  Don Simpson pours brandy for the two.

   Ronald took a sip, diluting the solemn atmosphere at the funeral, "We didn't do anything wrong, what can he do?"

"The safety measures are not in place, the shots are too dangerous, and there are investigations by the stunt practitioners' union and the actor's union. In short, there will be many troubles. We must stand on the same line." Bruckheimer is more familiar with these regulations. , he added.

"The one you told us, is it okay?" What Don Simpson is most afraid of is that Mancuso will use the safety accident to put a hat on the producer and director for poor shooting, and then use his own people to take over the final Filming and editing sections.

  This is something they cannot allow. Although their names will still appear in the positions of producers and directors, editing is the last creation of the film. If Mancuso's old ideas are implemented in editing, the box office will fail, and the collapse will be the three of them. name.

"No problem, I am a stunt invented by John Ford, developed by directors such as Billy Wilder and Fred Zinneman, against the haphazard editing of Hollywood. Except myself, and my teacher Walter Murch, there's no one in Hollywood right now who can cut my material."

  Ronald has a well-thought-out plan. This method of editing his own work against other editors is to start from the basics of editing, which is very tricky. If it weren't for the difficulty of shooting fighter jets, I wouldn't use this method to design editing.

  But precisely because of this, the three of them now have the capital to fight against Paramount.

   "Can't you find the commander-in-chief?" Don Simpson was still deeply impressed by the speech of the commander-in-chief at that time.

   "I really don't have any friendship with him. That was when I went to the White House to deliver a copy, and I met the Grand Commander and his wife by chance." Ronald shrugged. I am indeed not familiar with the Grand Commander's family, but I am more familiar with the Deputy Commander. However, the deputy commander has no real power.

"Well, let's take a look and see who is our friend and who is our enemy." Don Simpson got Ronald's confirmation, and he didn't think about anything else in his heart. No big problem. The three drank the wine in one gulp and formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

  …

   "Ronald, I heard that you have been robbed of the editing rights?" Cameron heard the news from his wife and specially called to care.

   "Nothing, I was just wasting some time. No big deal."

"That's good, Fox has promised Gail and me to shoot the Alien sequel, and the heroine Sigourney Weaver will return to play the role of female officer Ripley in the previous episode. If you are not comfortable there, you are always welcome Come play in my set."

   "It's all right, Jim, I know."

   "Then take care of yourself."

  Hung up Cameron's phone, Ronald continued to the opposite agent Nisita and Richard, "I only need some time here, and Mancuso will soon find out that his thinking is outrageous."

  Nisita stared into Ronald's eyes for a long time, and found that this client was not blindly confident, but had such a strong confidence. "I will continue to put pressure on Paramount to respect your editorial rights. Ned Tanin is a man who can be won, and I believe you have a way."

"Ronald, if you need help, Rick and I can go to Mr. Michael Ovitz. He has a certain influence on the current Paramount." Richard Lovett has not been in the industry for a long time, no Like Nisita, there are certain guesses about Ronald's hole cards. He is still quite anxious about this kind of thing.

   "Since Ronald has his own ideas, we can follow his ideas."

   "That's it", Ronald left.

   "Rick, is this really okay? I'm not like you, I only have this one high-quality client." After sending Ronald out, Richard asked Nisita.

   "Pfft, as if I had a better client than him. Now that Coppola's creativity has waned, and projects are getting harder and harder to negotiate. I'm in the same boat as you, Richard."

Nisita reassured his partner, "Ronald has his own ideas. Don't forget that his friend is Walter Murch, one of the best editors in Hollywood. If you say that he didn't do any preparation, I wouldn't believe it. "

   "I haven't heard of anyone having such a trick?" Richard was silent.

   "Of course not everyone can do it. How many directors can cut high-quality movies without taking the main shot or over the shoulder shot? Ronald is not like a blindly confident person."

   "I agree", Richard shook his head, all he can do now is trust Ronald.

   "Are you okay? Now Hollywood is saying that your movie has been stopped." Diane made a long-distance call from San Francisco, and she was going to her first audition.

   "Don't worry about me, you concentrate on your audition." Ronald replied to Diane, "I'm fine, it's just a small setback. Remember not to tell Donna and my aunt, I don't want them to worry."

   "Well, you don't have to worry about my affairs. I have prepared a lot for this audition. Director Lucas seems very satisfied. I think he will send a notice to my agent."

  Diane completed her first audition, put on a rock singer costume, and took some poses with an electric guitar. She felt that the result of the first audition was good, and she heard that the actress who came with her was talking about Ronald, so she hurriedly called him. Now, he should be fine, right?

   "Ronald, are you okay?"

  This time it was Helen Slater calling from New York. Her "Billy King Legend" had already been filmed, and her father, Gerald, found her a voice-over job in another television cartoon.

   "How do you know? I'm fine."

   "They trample artists like this, Ronald. If you need help, I can find my dad..."

   "I'm fine, this matter will be resolved, it just takes some time."

  …

   "Hahahaha..." Emilio Estevez laughed wildly in the bar. Next to him are some buddies from the "Breakfast Club" shoot.

   "That Ronald, actually turned against Paramount, let's see how he ends up now. What kind of media will tout that he can only shoot exploitation films..."

   "He really doesn't know much about real drama," echoed Eric Stoltz. Since he was fired halfway from the "Back to the Future" crew, he no longer has the respect for Ronald that he used to support him.

   "Hey, don't say that, Ronald is still good to us." Rob Lowe was recommended by Ronald twice for auditions, and he didn't want to be passed on to Ronald.

   "You don't have to do this, you and I, Demi, filmed 'St. Elmo's Fire', and it will be released soon. There is no need to be afraid of him."

   "What are they talking about?" Cher and Val Kilmer broke up after Top Gun started filming, and then caught up with Eric Stoltz, who was not yet famous. He was talking to Emilio's girlfriend, Demi Moore.

   "Let's talk about Ronald again, Ronald Lee, I heard that his crew was stopped by Paramount."

   "Oh, it's him?" Cher likes young people with an artistic temperament, but Ronald doesn't have such a strong artistic style, so she quickly lost interest.

   "I'm going to the bathroom".

   "Ronald, are you okay?" Demi Moore seized the opportunity, slipped out and hung up on Ronald.

   "It's okay, you don't have to worry." Ronald recognized Demi's hoarse voice, "Congratulations on finishing the filming of St. Elmo's Fire."

   "Oh, it's good that you're fine. I can tell you're very confident. I have to go back. If there's anything else, I'll call you again."

  Demi has a lot of confidence in Ronald.

   "Ronald, I heard you are free recently?"

  Another phone call came, with a familiar thin voice, but this person surprised Ronald.

   "I do have time, why did you think to call me, MJ?"

  (end of this chapter)