The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 321
"Saturday Night Fever", also known as "Saturday Night Fever", is one of John Travolta's famous works. In the play, he plays an ordinary shop assistant, but on Saturday night, he will change into his favorite Beautiful costumes, dancing at the disco...

Immediately after the film was released, a wave of disco dance craze was set off in the United States, and as the film was released around the world, the craze spread throughout the world.

Xu Guanwu's impression of this movie is actually because of his interest in John Travolta.When watching "Face Changing" and "Broken Arrow" directed by Wu Yusen at the beginning, Xu Guanwu was very impressed by the actor with a very personal appearance. Later, he found out that he has such a big background.

John Travolta, the most popular actor in Hollywood at the end of the 70s, was nominated for an Academy Award and was invited by President Carter to a dinner at the White House.His huge stills were published on the cover of "Time" magazine. At that time, there were reports of John Travolta in any one.And he was adored like Marlon Brando when he swayed in a white suit in "Saturday Night Fever."

It's just a pity that the climax came and went quickly. In the 80s, John Travolta took on many bad movies, and the box office was so miserable that it couldn't be worse.As a result, this superstar, who was already in full swing, fell from the peak to the bottom overnight, and was also called "a fool who strayed into Hollywood".Before, people called him "John Travolta forever".

It can be seen that if you want to be popular in Hollywood, you must continue to perform good works.And another caveat is that the media are bitches, never trust them to have any morals.

John Travolta's resurgence is already a matter of the 90s. This dude has climbed to the bottom of the valley for more than ten years, and finally he was able to rise from a salty fish and climb to the top again. I have to thank Quentin for "Pulp Fiction".By the way, the film made Uma Thurman and Samuel Jackson popular, and Bruce Willis, whose career was declining at the time, regained the throne of red star.

It can be seen from this that a good work will have a great effect on actors, and it also teaches people one thing, even if people are at the bottom, it doesn't matter, as long as they keep climbing, salted fish will eventually turn over.

Xu Guanwu read Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" but didn't understand it. The part that impressed me the most was the part where John Travolta and Uma Thurman danced on the dance floor. It was really amazing. a play.And then Zhou Xingchi also paid tribute to this scene in "The Variety Star". Of course, Xu Guanwu knows this scene better.

As a half fan of John Travolta, Xu Guanwu naturally still has some impressions of his famous work.So when I saw the name of John Travolta, as well as the name and introduction of the movie, I immediately decided that this movie was the third place in the box office in 77.Without hesitation, he drew a circle on it.

Lei Shidong, who was sitting in front of him, kept looking at Xu Guanwu without blinking his eyes, following closely the movement of the pen.After seeing Xu Guanwu groaning for a while, he finally ticked off the first movie, Lei Shidong couldn't help his heart beating violently.

Curiously, he turned his head to see which movie Xu Guanwu ticked, and saw that the movie "Saturday Night Crazy" was circled by Xu Guanwu.Lei Shidong couldn't help frowning slightly, he didn't have a deep impression of this movie, it should be just a low-cost movie.

However, there are countless examples of Hollywood low-cost films achieving high box office, such as "Rocky", such as "The Exorcist", such as "The Omen"...

Therefore, Lei Shidong would not underestimate low-cost movies, but this movie does not seem to be outstanding in terms of cast, crew, and theme. It is just a song and dance drama.However, the most popular era of song and dance dramas has passed, and whether this film can perform miracles depends on whether God favors it.

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After Xu Guanwu selected "Saturday Night Fever", he did not stop, but continued to look down, and then another familiar name appeared in front of him - "007: Underwater City".

The 007 series of movies is a movie that has to be mentioned in the history of American movies. Since the first "Dr. No" was released in the 60s, it has been widely loved by movie fans.

The protagonist, James Bond, is smart, wise, unyielding, suave, and extraordinary in skill. He walks between crime and evil, easily resolves a series of big conspiracies, defeats every madman who tries to destroy the world, and can also gain a share Romantic love is indeed a role model for men.

There are many reasons for the success of the 007 series of movies. Among them, the charming male protagonists, beautiful and passionate Bond girls, grand action scenes, novel criminal techniques, and various high-tech equipments that emerge in an endless stream all make this series of films popular. Full of infinite charm.

Sean Connery was the first to play 007. He starred in "Dr. No", "From Russia With Love", "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "Thunder Valley" and "Diamond Diamond", etc. Starred in a rumor "cruising missile".It is worth mentioning that half of the plots in "Cruising Missiles" are similar to "Thunderballs".

In the 007s when Sean Connery starred in the 60 movie, because the Cold War mentality was very strong, the opponents he had to face were generally the Warsaw Pact countries headed by Soviet Russia, and Chinese elements also appeared frequently.

For example, Dr. Nuo in "Dr. Nuo" is a Chinese-German mixed race. He once held a high-ranking position in the CCP, and then fled overseas with a huge sum of money, and engaged in the work of sabotaging US missile launches.His attire is also similar to that of the CCP leaders at that time, with a straight-looking Zhongshan suit and a big back, which is exactly the stereotype of the CCP leaders in the West.

In "Goldfinger", China became a partner of Goldfinger, providing him with personnel and nuclear weapons, helping him break into Fort Knox, where gold is stored in the West, and using nuclear bombs to contaminate the gold stored there to attack the West. The Brinsenton monetary system paralyzed their financial markets.

In the early stage of the filming of "Goldfinger", the Cuban missile crisis had just been lifted, and the nuclear threat that the Western countries feared finally dissipated.At that time, China was actively developing nuclear weapons, and then successfully tested China's first atomic bomb. After the news spread, it shocked the whole world.

The producer of the 007 series originally wanted to use the gimmick of the nuclear bomb to promote the film. After learning the news, he immediately re-shot part of the plot and changed the supplier of the nuclear bomb from Soviet Russia to China.

When Sean Connery decided to quit after filming "Thunder Valley", the film studio found George Lazenby, an Australian model, to play 007.But the sad thing is that the box office of the only "Queen's Secret Service" he starred in was a disastrous failure, with only more than 6000 million US dollars. Compared with the previous "Thunder Valley" starring Sean Connery, the box office was half.

So this also made George Lazenby ashamed. He only starred in this movie, and then resigned from the role of 007.But frankly speaking, the quality of this "Queen's Secret Service" is actually not bad, both the storyline and the action scenes have great merits.

It's just that people don't want to see 007 walk into the grave of marriage and become a widower in a blink of an eye.This is not in line with the image of the romantic, unrestrained, romantic and affectionate agent in the hearts of movie fans.So it was unanimously boycotted by fans.

The film crew also immediately learned the lesson, brought Sean Connery back, and played a big role in the subsequent "Diamond Diamond", allowing Bond to flirt with two beauties at the same time, greatly satisfying the audience .

When Roger Moore succeeded Sean Connery and George Lazenby as the third 007, the world pattern changed again.The Cold War has been going on for 30 to [-] years, and people in both the East and the West have gotten used to this atmosphere, so it is unlikely to hype the war between the East and the West.

Therefore, in order to give James Bond the important task of saving the earth again, careerists with billions of dollars and attempts to destroy the earth emerged one after another.One after another, they thought about using various methods to provoke wars, destroy human beings, and blow up the earth... Entrepreneurs who are so successful in their careers have such simple and childish second-year ideas. I have to lament the greatness of the screenwriter, hard Shengsheng wrote the strong man in the world as a passionate middle school student.

Xu Guanwu was a fan of the 007 series of films before, and he has watched all 23 films in the main story and one rumored film, and he has enjoyed it more than once.In his mind, "Underwater City" is actually not very good-looking, not only because the heroine is too ugly, but also because the plot is too brain-dead.Even the female Soviet secret agent couldn't stand Bond's invincible charm, and threw her boyfriend's death behind her and threw herself into the arms of the enemy.

However, considering that in "Tomorrow's Empire", even the Xinhua News Agency agents who have been armed with communist ideology end up kissing Bond forgetfully, you know that in the movie world, the screenwriter is actually God. Became mentally disabled.

However, in "Underwater City", the chase in the snowy mountains at the beginning of the film, the beautiful scenery of Egypt, and the starring of Da Gangya are still one of the few highlights.

Xu Guanwu then circled "007: Underwater City".

Lei Shidong saw that Xu Guanwu then drew a circle on "007: Underwater City", and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.More than a dozen films in this series have been filmed, and they have already cultivated a solid fan base, so the box office has always been guaranteed.However, this also led to many theaters wanting to compete for this movie, and National Entertainment may not be able to compete with them.

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Xu Guanwu circled "007: Undersea City" and then looked down, but only circled "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and then handed the list back to Lei Shidong.

"Why did you only choose these four movies?" Lei Shidong asked in surprise, "It's not enough, you can choose two more."

"I also want to help you choose a few more. Except for these four movies, I am not sure about the other movies. You don't want me to point at random." Xu Guanwu spread his hands.

He didn't know much about the movies of the 70s, and he only had a few impressions of them, so in the list of hundreds of movies, he only circled the four movies he had impressions of.And there are two of them that he invested in, but the movie "Star Wars" alone has a box office of more than 4 million U.S. dollars in the United States. This movie alone has surpassed the box office of four movies, so Xu Guanwu can't help it. Worried that Lei Shidong would have no money to make.

After hearing what Xu Guanwu said, Lei Shidong had no choice but to give up, but fortunately, even if the movie released was not a blockbuster, the theater chain could not lose too much.So with these four movies as a basis, I believe that even if the company's profit this year is not as good as last year, it will definitely make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Lei Shidong couldn't help laughing happily, carefully put away the list, and Lei Shidong was waiting to go back and work overtime to negotiate with the distributors of these movies.

By taking the lead and taking the lead, Lei Shidong will naturally be able to win the opportunity to be screened more easily than other theater companies, and he can also get a good share.In comparison, other theater operators do not have such guidance as Xu Guanwu, so they are bound to be hesitant when accepting films, which always gives Lei Shidong an opportunity to take advantage of.

Last year's six films were Lei Shidong's first step, and he won the films before those theater operators made a decision.As a result, they all achieved extremely high box office, which made all the people in the industry sigh, and they would have taken the first step if they knew about it.

It's just that these words are just talking, when it comes time to choose films again, they will definitely continue to choose carefully, lest they choose the wrong film and the company will not make money.

(End of this chapter)