Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 312 Homecoming
"At noon on Saturday, the creators of the 'fast-paced Richmond High School' crew arrived at New York's JFK International Airport. In the city, they would meet early arrivals actors Sean Penn, Judge Reinhall De and others gathered to participate in fan meetings in various theaters in New York.

The film was released early on Thursday and officially released on the east coast on Friday, and the explosive box office was sold out.This made Universal's distribution department very happy and regretful.

How much would it have done at the box office if it had been released nationwide simultaneously instead of the old regional distribution model?

The budget applied for by the marketing department is almost insufficient, and the fan meeting in New York has worked well. They plan to add some budget and hold two more meetings in New York.

'Fast-paced Richmond High' hits the West Coast with fans on the East Coast too...  

We're going to interview Jennifer and Phoebe, the two lead actresses. "

"Hurry up, this cutscene is finished, let's go to the Ziegfeld Theater." The host urged the cameraman to get in the car quickly and go to the theater where fans are active to continue filming.

Global Networks New York station sent a small film crew to capture news footage of "fast-paced Richmond High" being popular in New York as part of the film's marketing to cable subscribers.

Small TV stations don't have much resources, a host does his own makeup, and a videographer and recorder can do it.

They used Sony's new BetaCam camera. Although the picture quality is not very good, a microphone can be plugged into the camera, and one cameraman can do the work of two people, which is very suitable for such a small cable TV network.

"Let's go to the Ziegfeld Theater too." Ronald and the roadshow group walked outside the airport, where many taxis were parked.

He couldn't help but think of the scene when he came back from Los Angeles to go to college. He was also waiting for the bus here, and met Diane's father Bert who drove a taxi.

When they arrived at the Ziegfeld Cinema, Ronald was surrounded by Sean Penn and Judge Reinhold who had arrived earlier, and came up to hug him tightly.

"Director, I didn't expect this movie to be so popular when I was shooting it!" Judge was very excited, and his eyes were full of gratitude when he hugged.Recently, his agent has obviously received more script invitations and calls, more directors have recognized his acting skills, and producers have also recognized his market value.

"No one thought of it. I thought it was a simple teenage exploitation movie." Sean Penn took out the Spiccoli costume and put it on again, and was stopped by many fans at the entrance of the cinema to ask for autographs.

For a young actor, being recognized by fans on the street for the first time is a unique experience.

Sean Penn is obsessed with method acting. He didn't expect to become a star, but the image of the boy wonder boy who caught Brooke Shields in "Fast Tempo" made him suddenly become the idol of high school boys all over the country.

The fan meeting is mainly to let several main actors interact with the audience before the movie screening, answer some questions about the plot, and talk about some gossip during the filming.

The working cycle of actors is much shorter than that of directors.Directors are involved in the establishment of a film project, script, shooting, post-production, and publicity. It often takes half a year to a year and a half for a film.

Most of the actors are only involved in the filming period. At the same time, they may have made two or three films.

So when a movie is released, for actors, it is often the last movie they shot, or the last movie they made.

Fortunately, most of the actors in "Fast-paced Richmond High School" are new actors, and they don't have so many script invitations, so most of the actors still remember some things during the filming period that have not been diluted by the new movie.

So they interacted with fans, asking and answering in a decent way.

"How did you get along with Brooke Shields during filming?" A male fan was particularly interested in Brooke Shields' cameo.

"Oh, Baby, she's really beautiful." Sean Penn deliberately answered the question with the appearance of the character Spiccoli in the play, causing a lot of laughter.

"Phoebe, we like you! Where are you from?"

Phoebe Cates has very little nudity in this movie, but the public response it aroused was several times that of the upper "Paradise".The boys started putting large posters of her on the walls of the room.

"Thank you for liking, I am a New Yorker."

"Oh oh oh..." A burst of cheers followed by a few loud whistles made Phoebe very happy.

Judge Reinhold, who played siblings, and Jennifer Jason Leigh also had some questions from fans.

Seeing that the time for the interaction was coming soon, the host came to the stage to announce the end of the interaction and began to show the movie.

Most of the audience just watched some clips when Barbie Wygant and Brooke Shields were on the show, and it was the first time they watched the film in its entirety, and immediately the audience began to quiet down.

This kind of interaction with fans has nothing to do with the director.The marketing stage is more of a stage for actors and other front-stage personnel.

Ronald was quietly watching his first feature film with his family in the back row near the aisle arranged by the Global Marketing Department.

Cousin Donna has always admired her cousin's artistic level, waiting to see his performance like "Rock High School".Aunt Karen is more of a relief from watching Ronald's successful director's movie. She doesn't like watching movies of this kind.

An hour and a half passed, and with the ending song "Goodbye, Goodbye" sung by Oingo Boingo, the ending of each character began to flash across the screen.

Brad put on a suit and became the manager of the 71 convenience store.

Stacy and Mark are both in love, and they haven't done it yet.

Linda really dated a college professor as her boyfriend.

"Hahaha……"

The audience's favorite is the ending where Spiccoli saves Brooke Shields.

"Is this song a parody of the scene at the end of Ingrid Bergman's 'Princess and False'?"

"Yes, like at the end of 'The True and False Princess', the empress dowager said to the distinguished guests that the show is over, let's go home. It's a pun."

When Ronald heard someone ask him a question, he answered it casually.

"Hi, Helen. I'm so glad you're here." Ronald smiled. It was Helen Slater, who was as red as an apple.

"My dad Gerald gave me the ticket." Helen waved him.

Ronald pulled Helen over and gave her a hug.

Helen brushed her dark brown hair behind her ears, "You did a great job. I regret not being in this movie."

"That's Gerald saying that you are still underage. Our shooting schedule is very tight, and young actors will be bound by the union's regulations, so we may not be able to invite you to shoot." Ronald replied.

In this exploitation film, the heroine is off-screen.Ronald was not too willing for Helen to take this kind of scene.Maybe it would be nice if it was a cameo role.

"Hi, Karen, Donna." Helen went to the leg warmer store to buy a lot of goods, and said hello to Ronald's family.

"How is the filming of your TV series?" Ronald remembered that Helen returned to New York to shoot ABC's TV series after he failed to choose Coppola's "Urchin in the World".

"The filming is finished, and it will be played on the weekend." Helen Slater touched her face. The air-conditioning in the theater didn't seem to be cold enough. Her face was a little hot, and she must have turned red.

"Then I'll wait and see."

"Don't watch it, it's very boring." Helen was a little shy. She felt that the TV series she made must not be as exciting as today's movie, and the requirements for acting in TV series are also much relaxed.

"They were all roles that my dad Gerrard chose for me. I didn't really want to play such roles."

"What are you talking bad about me again?" Gerald finished the pleasantries with his counterparts from Global TV and came to pick up his daughter.

"Mr. Slater," Ronald greeted him.

"Good job, young people on our TV station are talking about your movie. Congratulations."

"Do you have many people waiting?" Gerald pointed behind Ronald, there were many people waiting to talk to him. "Let's go first. Congratulations again."

Gerald stretched out his arm, Helen circled it obediently, and the two walked out of the theater.

"Contact on the phone" Helen turned around and made a phone call gesture to Ronald, and then said something silently with her mouth.

"Call me." Ronald also responded with a smile and said goodbye to her.

"Hi, Ronald, congratulations!" CAA's manager Richard jumped in front of him.

"How did you come from Los Angeles?"

"It should be, although this is not the premiere, but it is the first time a film shot by my client is shown in the Ziegfeld Theater, and I should come."

"Thank you, come back and have a drink with me?" Ronald invited.

It wasn't the premiere after all, and there was no follow-up party.So except for a few actors who came from other places, they will go to the hotel to rest with the people from Universal.Like Ronald, Phoebe Cates, and several other New York natives, they are all ready to go home after the end.

"No, you should be with your family tonight. I'll call you tomorrow." Richard also gestured to him, "You have some scripts and director invitations, we'll talk tomorrow."

"Ronald, Ronald!"

After dealing with the people he knew and didn't know, a group of people inside and outside the circle, Ronald said goodbye to several actors and staff, and accompanied his aunt and cousin to the parking lot of the Ziegfeld Theater to pick up the car and go home.

Aunt Karen drove Ronald back to the apartment to rest in her SUV.

Ronald returned home, looking at the familiar furniture, a familiar smell got into his nose, he felt very comfortable to be back with his family.

"Do you still like my movies?"

"It's pretty good, but those people don't talk about grammatical structure. I think the education level of public high schools in California is really average."

Donna began to complain about the valley accent of the cheerleading girls in the movie, "Why do you have to start every sentence with "literally" and replace all the verbs with "like?"

Ronald laughed. Donna went to a key high school, and the students there were all with high IQs. She definitely didn't like the money-worshiping girls like Valley Girls.

"Donna, you should go to bed. Ronald, come here, I have something to tell you." Aunt Karen urged Donna to go to bed, and then made a cup of black tea for Ronald.

"What's the matter, Aunt Karen? Don't you like my movies?"

"I can't say I like it, and I can't say I don't like it. I'm already past the age of liking movies." My aunt also took a cup of black tea and drank it.

"Now that you are a director and your movie is a blockbuster, when can you go back to New York University to continue your studies?"

(End of this chapter)