Chapter 1932 1934 [Dreamworks]

  In March, Universal Pictures launched the movie "The Philadelphia Story" starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.

   "Philadelphia Story" tells the story of the GAY male protagonist Andrew suffering from AIDS. After his identity was exposed, he was fired by the company.

  In order to help himself seek justice, he turned to his friend Daniel, who is also a lawyer, for help. In the end, under Daniel's unremitting efforts, Andrew got the compensation and dignity he deserved...

   "Philadelphia Story" was actually filmed in 1993, but I couldn't find a suitable schedule. To be honest, such a movie was very bold under the social background at the time, and even Universal Pictures had to worry about its influence.

   Fortunately, in the past six months, the atmosphere in the United States has changed. The most direct example is the wedding of Ross's ex-wife and girlfriend in the second season of "Friends". Originally, the screenwriter was also worried about receiving complaints, but he did not expect that after the episode was broadcast, the public would instead call to express their support.

  So Universal Pictures decided to release the movie in March this year.

   After the film was released, it really caused a lot of repercussions in the society. But generally speaking, it is still within the foreseeable range.

  And generally speaking, the public still prefers this movie. Not only did it give high praise, but judging from the box office performance, the public is also very supportive.

  It has won a box office of 76 million US dollars in North America, and the global box office has reached 200 million US dollars. From this point of view, it is a very successful work.

  Its most important meaning is to let people start to face up to AIDS, stop avoiding it, and stop demonizing it. Therefore, the film has also received praise from certain organizations.

  …

   In March, it's the Oscars again.

  In this year's Oscars, "Forrest Gump" was shortlisted for 13 awards, but this year's Oscars only had 23 regular awards, which shows how powerful "Forrest Gump" is.

  As an investor in "Forrest Gump", Xiang Nan was also shortlisted for the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, so naturally he happily participated in the awards ceremony.

   Accompanying him on the red carpet was Famke Jansen.

  Famke Jansen was born in 1965 and is almost thirty years old this year. She can be considered an older young woman in Hollywood, but she has only debuted for three years.

  Although she debuted late, her achievements are amazing. Last year, she was selected as a Bond girl in "Golden Eye 007". Although she is a villain Bond girl, she is still very emotional.

In 2000, she will be selected to play the Phoenix Girl in "X-Men", and will also star in popular dramas such as "Hemlock Grove", "Plasty Room", "How to Get Away with Law", and can be regarded as a late blooming actress .

  The reason why Xiang Nan invited her to walk the red carpet together was mainly because he wanted her to play the leading role in "Mission: Impossible 2". He needs a woman who is strong and beautiful, and Famke Janssen fits his needs.

   After Famke Jansen received his invitation, he naturally went with pleasure.

   And she is worthy of being a Bond girl, from face to figure, from temperament to style, everything is impeccable. Walking on the red carpet, the scenery is unparalleled for a while, attracting countless attentions.

  …

   "Charles, you walked the red carpet with Famke Janssen, do you want to cooperate?" the host asked curiously.

   "That's right, she will be the heroine of my new movie "Mission: Impossible 2." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

   "Wow, I really want to congratulate her." The host laughed, "Although this question is a bit tricky, I still want to ask, can you reveal the plot?"

   "Although this answer is a bit routine, the plot still cannot be revealed. I hope everyone will go to the theater to watch it for themselves. I don't want to spoil everyone's interest." Xiang Nan laughed.

   "Okay then, let's look forward to it." The host nodded and smiled.

  …

  The subsequent Oscar Awards Ceremony was simply a harvest feast for the "Forrest Gump" crew.

  It successively won the six awards of Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film. It can be said to be the biggest winner worthy of the name.

   Especially Xiang Nan, who once again won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, made all the guests applaud and cheer for him. In terms of talent alone, he can be regarded as the most outstanding talent in Hollywood.

  In Hollywood, many people claim to be screenwriters to pick up girls. If they have written one or two episodes of TV series, or a drama, or a short film, they will often be able to be invincible in love.

  Because there are too many beauties in Hollywood and the pressure of competition is too great, so in order to develop, they can only seize the opportunity as much as possible. Even if this opportunity is false, at least give them some hope.

  The greatest fear in life is that there is no hope.

   And someone like Xiang Nan who has won multiple Academy Awards for Best Screenplay is even more comfortable picking up girls.

   This can be seen from the number of business cards he received at the party after the Oscars. For a party, he received hundreds of business cards from actresses, while the number of guests was actually only 3,000.

  Excluding men, the elderly, and children, at least half of the actresses present don't mind what happens to him. And the actresses who can receive invitations and come to the scene are basically second-tier or above in Hollywood.

   Having a reputation, status, and popularity, and even so crazy. As for those third- and fourth-tier actresses who didn't come, I'm afraid the proportion will be even higher, and their performance will be even worse.

  Xiang Nan has long been used to it, so he didn't make a fuss.

  He raised his wine glass while greeting people, and took the opportunity to finalize the cooperation project.

   "Congratulations, Stephen, you finally realized your dream and established your own production company." Xiang Nan smiled at Spielberg.

Its DreamWorks started to create in October last year. The first film in preparation is the action blockbuster "Doomsday Alert", which tells the story of Dr. Kelly and Second Lieutenant Will investigating a nuclear explosion accident and finally discovering that terrorists are plotting to attack the United States. .

  The reason Xiang Nan knew so clearly was because Nicole Kidman, Sophie Marceau, and Jennifer Connelly had all received invitations to audition.

   "Thank you." Spielberg nodded with a smile, but looked at Xiang Nan with emotion.

  He became famous in the 1970s, and "Jaws" was a global hit, which once scared the American people from going to the beach for vacation. The films produced after that are also more popular, "ET", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Captain Hook", "Purple", "Empire of the Sun", "Schindler's List"...

   But it wasn't until last year that he founded DreamWorks Pictures and had his own production company. But his company can only produce movies, but has no ability to distribute movies, so it can only be regarded as a medium-sized company.

  In comparison, Xiang Nan made his debut later than him, but now he has a giant like Universal Pictures, not only has super production capabilities, but also has the ability to distribute globally.

   It really made Spielberg feel a lot of emotion.

  (end of this chapter)