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Chapter 259 Nostalgic Classic

Because of the subject matter, even though "Chicago" was directed by Gilbert Jr., Touchstone Pictures still insisted on conservative distribution in North America.

On December 18, the film began to be screened on a small scale in 100 theaters in North America.

At the same time, "Shakespeare in Love" released by Miramax Pictures was also screened on the same day.

The two films seem to have formed a tacit understanding, each doing their own promotional work without interfering with each other. It seems that there is no conflict between the well and the river, but secretly it is full of competition.

In "Shakespeare in Love", the scandal between Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow is very popular.

The two also made a high-profile appearance, shopping hand in hand, and were photographed by reporters. The two of them cooperated very well and put on a sweet look.

When he was caught by reporters one time, Joseph held Gwyneth's hand and said that the two planned to get married.

The purpose of such hype is to continue to attract the attention of the public and the media, but unfortunately it has little effect, because the limelight has been taken away by the Cruise couple.

Hyping up the news with Tom Cruise is also good for Nicole Kidman.

Of course, the "Chicago" movie will not miss this group of people. When "Chicago" was released in theaters, several Broadway theaters were rearranged, and the "Chicago" musical version was re-staged on Broadway.

Since the opening of screenings, the reputation of "Chicago" has begun to spread with word of mouth from the audience.

"Gilbert Jr. is such a good director, he made the sexiest Tom Cruise."

To put it in later words, these female fans began to spontaneously speculate on the CP of Gilbert and Tom Cruise. In short, it was a shame.

If possible, I would like to watch it again. "

Many people are doubtful. At this time, many fans who have watched the film will come out and say that everything Bacher Lutz said is true.

"Little Gilbert told me about this project a long time ago. In order to meet his requirements, although I have never learned singing and dancing, I have been preparing for two or three years.

He is a loyal fan of the "Chicago" musical. He has watched it over twenty times and still never gets tired of it.

"Have you ever thought that little Gilbert and Tom Cruise are a good match?"

But Catherine was very satisfied. She enjoyed unprecedented spotlight attention, and suddenly realized that many people could call out her name when walking on the street.

So Nicole Kidman very cooperatively followed the plan of Tom Cruise's public relations team. Although she was pregnant, she did not forget to show affection to Tom Cruise in front of the media cameras and show off her growing belly. .

Unfortunately, Evans said it too late. When he wanted to go see it again, the theaters where it was screened began to have a serious shortage of tickets, and he could not buy them.

Naomi Watts' side is relatively simple. Apart from pulling little Gilbert to appear in front of the camera from time to time, she mainly hypes up topics such as how hard she practices dancing and how much preparation she has done for the role.

Although the hype was that the two were good friends and good brothers, this couldn't stop female fans, and CP fans began to fantasize.

So you can quickly see that today, little Gilbert and Tom Cruise went to play golf together, tomorrow they went to watch the Lakers game together, and the day after tomorrow they went fishing together.

But I didn't feel bored at all in the movie theater, but my blood was pumping.

Evans had a long time after watching it and said: "This is a very wonderful movie, I think I was affected by my inherent prejudice.

Little Gilbert and Tom Cruise fit in perfectly, not really anyway. It just goes along with the hype and satisfies some of the fantasies of fans.

Catherine Zeta Jones doesn't have a professional public relations team, and she can't afford one, so she basically focuses on cooperating with the crew for hype.

Tom Cruise poses as a good husband and a new father, takes great care of Nicole Kidman, and is ready to win the Oscar.

There are a lot of sexy beauties in the video, who wear sexy dance clothes and dance wild and unrestrained dances that make people stand up.

Bacher Lutz went to see "Chicago" for the second time, and this time his friend Evans also went to see it.

"Ahhhhhh, I'm dying. Billy, played by Tom, is the man of my dreams."

At the same time, he also proposed a plan to let Gilbert Jr. and Tom Cruise act as good brothers to deepen the sense of CP.

Thanks to word-of-mouth word-of-mouth among movie fans, a large number of male viewers want to buy tickets and go to the cinema even for the two hot and sexy female leads.

Richard is over 50 years old this year. He lives nearby and has always liked to go to Broadway to watch musicals and stage plays.

On the Internet, Sese is always the primary productive force. Bacher Lutz’s words immediately caused a lively discussion in the chat room.

Marco Wold, Gilbert Jr.'s public relations manager, said he was a little shocked when he saw the state of online entertainment. However, he immediately reacted and began to arrange for the navy to speculate on CP.

Bacher Lutz shared his feelings about watching the movie with fans online in a chat room: "The movie does not have the action scenes, car chases and explosions that little Gilbert is best at.

Especially the last scene between Roxy and Velma, I saw many men in the cinema drooling over their breasts and legs..."

Tom Cruise, who has neither divorced Nicole Kidman nor offended Paramount boss Sam Redstone, has an amazingly good image filter in this era, and his image appeal is extraordinary.

The film is indeed wonderful. The choreography of the songs and dances, the advancement of the plot, and the dark humor that makes people laugh, all bring a brand new musical experience.

"Chicago" is a very classic Broadway play. It has been performed continuously on Broadway for more than a thousand times. Over the decades, it has accumulated countless fans who love this musical.

I knew that without adequate preparation, it would be impossible for me to gain Little Gilbert's approval. " Naomi Watts said in an interview.

What's this? This is a manifestation of one's own fame.

In addition to using tricks such as teasing and speculation, the most commonly used method in "Chicago" is the nostalgic theme.

"I don't think so even if you don't tell me. But once you tell me, I really think they are a good match."

As for the female audience, Little Gilbert's navy was also mobilized, with the focus on Tom Cruise.

The rhythm in the front is fine, but the rhythm in the back is skewed by directors Gilbert Jr. and Tom Cruise.

If she cooperates with the crew's promotion and wins an Oscar, she will rise to another level in Hollywood.

The only pity is that little Gilbert is only a director and did not star in his own film. Otherwise, if he and Tom Cruise were in the same movie, the hype would be much better.

I heard that there is a movie version of "Chicago", but the conservative Richard sneered. I heard that the director of the movie version of "Chicago" was only 28 or less than 29 years old.
Do people this age know what "Chicago" is? He will ruin the movie.

With such a prejudice, when he heard that the latest Broadway production of "Chicago" was about to be performed, and there would be special surprises for fans of the show, Richard came to support it.

Unlike going to the cinema to see "Chicago", where most of the audiences are Little Gilbert fans and mainly young audiences, those who come to Broadway are basically middle-aged and older audiences who have been through the musical era.

Knowing that "Chicago" is very popular recently, they returned to Broadway to watch the re-interpretation of "Chicago".

Richard is lucky. Because he is a VIP of the theater, the theater will reserve a seat for him on a long-term basis, so he does not have to compete with other audiences for tickets and can just go directly.

When he came to the familiar theater, Richard was arranged in box number two. He was still dissatisfied and said: "I have always sat in box number one, why are you asking me to sit in box number two today?" The theater staff quickly apologized: "I'm sorry. Sir, there is an important guest in box number one today, so I can only arrange for you to sit in box number two."

"Dear guest?" Richard frowned, and immediately thought of whether it was a so-called mysterious surprise. Could it be that the starring actors from the movie version of "Chicago" were here?

Then they need to take a closer look, this is "Chicago", Richard thought.

Recently, Broadway and the movie "Chicago" have been jointly promoted. Richard has been in the mall for a long time and is very familiar with Hollywood's promotional routines.

With such a great publicity opportunity, the young director will definitely not miss it. He may arrange for the main creators of the film version to come over to watch a performance of the drama version, and then hype it up in front of the media.

Richard was a little disdainful of this. Such a young director speaking out loud would only destroy the classic in his mind.

But Richard didn't expect that the movie version would do more for publicity than he expected.

The backstage of the theater is busy preparing. This is the return of "Chicago" to the Broadway stage after several years. It is very important.

On the dressing table, the ones who received the most attention were undoubtedly the main actors tonight, three stars from Hollywood, including the famous Tom Cruise and Naomi Watts, as well as Catherine Zeta Jones.

That's right, this time the theater version of "Chicago" is re-performed in the first scene. The theater and the movie version have collaborated and invited the three leading actors from the movie version to star in the first scene of the theatrical version.

Catherine was familiar with this kind of stage. She had experience performing stage plays when she was at the West End Theater in London.

But for Tom Cruise and Naomi Watts, this is a first. However, the two of them, who were used to seeing big scenes, were very relaxed and not nervous.

Naomi Watts is still asking Catherine: "Catherine, this is my first time performing in a theater. Is there anything special I should pay attention to?"

Catherine said: "Just rehearse and perform according to the director's instructions. In fact, there is nothing to pay attention to. The performance in the theater is much simpler than in the movie."

Tom Cruise said: "I think theater will be more difficult. After all, film shooting can be repeated over and over again, but theater performances cannot make mistakes."

"This is true, but we are not professional musical actors, and I think the audience can understand." Naomi Watts said.

More than understandable, when the performance started, seeing the famous Tom Cruise appear on the stage, not to mention the surprise of the theater audience in the audience.

Little Gilbert sat in a box on the first floor, and Charlize Theron watched the show with him.

Charlize Theron also commented: "Wow, this stage effect is good! It seems that Naomi's first Broadway show trip can be considered a success."

Little Gilbert looked at the audience area on the first floor and found the audience dumbfounded and found it funny.

This was the effect he wanted. In order to attract these nostalgic middle-aged and elderly theater fans into the cinema, he teamed up with Broadway theaters to plan this show.

Now it seems that the effect achieved is quite amazing.

Of course it was amazing. Richard, who was sitting in the second box, looked at Tom Cruise, Naomi Watts and others performing on the stage. His mouth was wide open and he was so surprised that he could not speak.

Although he didn't often go to the cinema to watch movies, Richard still knew about the famous Hollywood stars in the United States.

But the fact that such a Hollywood star appeared in a Broadway theater tonight brought a shock to Richard that was no less than an atomic bomb explosion.

To be honest, as the leading actors in the movie version, except for Catherine, who has rich experience, Tom Cruise and Naomi Watts did not perform as well as the actors in the theater version.

But under the superposition of the fame effect, the flaws in the performance itself were ignored.

Because the appearance of a Hollywood star on the Broadway stage is a miracle in itself, enough to create a sensational effect.

Sure enough, after the performance the night before, when Tom Cruise took the curtain call with the leading actors in the theatrical version, the theater audience continued to applaud, contributing their own exclamation to this special performance.

Just this one performance is worth the ticket price, it’s so profitable.

While applauding, these mostly middle-aged and elderly audiences with status will wonder whether the movie version is as exciting as the one on stage.

If you are curious, you will walk into the cinema driven by curiosity, and then achieve little Gilbert's intended goal.

I believe that with the quality of the movie version of "Chicago", the film will conquer many middle-aged and elderly audiences.

After watching the performance of the leading actor in the movie version, Richard, who was sitting in Box 2, made an instant decision to buy a movie ticket tomorrow to watch the movie version of "Chicago".

And this is also the choice made by most theatergoers after watching this performance.

The main audience in the movie market has always been young audiences. Young audiences refer to the age group of 17 to 35 years old.

The number of viewers below this age group or above this age group will be significantly reduced. This is an objective data survey.

But after tonight, there's a definite shift in the age bracket of Chicago's audience.

The next day, the front page of the New York Times reported on the grand event at the Broadway theater last night.

"After completing the Broadway theater, "Chicago", which had been suspended for several years, was re-arranged and grandly performed again.

However, this performance gave the audience a big surprise. Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, the star of the hit movie of the same name, appeared at the Broadway theater with the film's leading actors Naomi Watts and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

They not only watched the performance, but also participated in the performance themselves, giving the theater audience a super surprise.

It is reported that the director of the movie version, Little Gilbert, and his female companion, Hollywood sexy beauty Charlize Theron, watched the performance together..."

As soon as this report came out, it is conceivable that those middle-aged and elderly audiences who did not go to Broadway last night would regret it.

Not to mention these middle-aged and elderly viewers, even young viewers feel like they have missed out on 100 million when they see this news.

Bacher Lutz and Evans were the same. Bacher Lutz saw the newspaper and wailed: "Farke, why didn't I notice this news.

If I had known, I would have gone to see this show on Broadway. "

Although he is a New Yorker, he doesn't like the outdated performance method of musical stage plays, so he has never been to Broadway to see a performance.

Evans was very moved and suggested: "How about we go see it today? We can't get tickets for the screening anyway."

"What a great suggestion. I'll buy the tickets right now and let's go to Broadway to see "Chicago" together. Maybe we can meet Tom Cruise today." Bacher Lutz immediately agreed.

So a very strange scene happened. Influenced by Broadway shows, many middle-aged and elderly audiences chose to go to the movies, while many young audiences also planned to go to Broadway theaters.

With this operation, the movie version and the Broadway theater version can be said to be a win-win situation.

It’s just that the audience has discovered that whether it is a Broadway theater or a theater chain where it is showing, "Chicago" is seriously short of tickets and it is impossible to get tickets.

(End of this chapter)