Chapter 1942 1944 [A Little Golden Man]
Xiang Nan then began to prepare the "Evaporation Secret Order".
?At the same time, "Leaving Las Vegas" starring Nicolas Cage was officially released by Universal Pictures.
This movie tells the love story of an alcoholic and a dancer. This is a very literary and artistic movie, with almost no distinct storyline. What is there is just the process of two lonely people hugging each other for warmth and hurting each other.
?The whole film is filled with deep despair and pain. In fact, the screenwriter of this film suddenly committed suicide two weeks before the filming of the film started.
The director once wanted to stop filming, but in the end, in order to commemorate his friend, he chose to complete the film.
After the film was released, it immediately received acclaim from the industry.
The well-known film critic Robert Eakins commented, "They (referring to the male and female protagonists in the film) are an alcoholic and a prostitute with a heart of gold. Cage and Sue made this character who could easily fall into clichés a... An unforgettable person.”
Many fans of literary and artistic films also came to support the show. In the end, this movie, which cost less than 5 million, earned more than 30 million US dollars at the box office in North America alone.
In the field of literary and artistic films, this movie is considered quite a hit.
? Nicolas Cage also received high praise from the industry for his performance in this film. Some film critics even said, "With Cage''s performance in the film, he is definitely qualified to win a statuette."
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In April, "The Shawshank Redemption", also starring Nicolas Cage, finally met the audience.
In fact, this movie was completed as early as 1993. But Xiang Nan considered this movie to be too good. It was released in 1994 and collided with "Forrest Gump". It was really unfair.
By 1994, I still couldn’t find a suitable schedule, so I kept putting it off until now. Now Nicolas Cage is winning the hearts of art film lovers with "Leaving Las Vegas."
In addition, this period is also the off-season at the box office, which is suitable for such a literary and artistic film performance, so Xiang Nan released the film and stepped up its promotion efforts.
?Historically, the reason why "The Shawshank Redemption" failed at the box office was because of poor promotion, which led many viewers to misunderstand that it was a variety education movie as soon as they saw the name.
?That type of movie is usually dull and boring, so the audience is not interested, and as a result, they missed such a good movie.
?Hence Xiang Nan chose to increase publicity efforts, investing up to US$5 million in publicity alone, equivalent to half of the production cost.
?With strong publicity, "The Shawshank Redemption" has become well-known to many literary film lovers. Therefore, after its release, many viewers went to the theater to watch it and were quickly fascinated by the film.
? In the end, "The Shawshank Redemption" achieved great success after its release due to its effective publicity and high quality.
??The box office in North America alone exceeded US$40 million. In the field of literary and artistic films, this box office can be said to be quite high.
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In May, the Coen brothers’ “Fargo” was released.
??This is a dark humorous film about a male protagonist who hires someone to kidnap his wife in order to borrow money from his father-in-law to build a parking lot. As a result, two unreliable kidnappers shot and killed a police officer and two passers-by during the crime... Things suddenly got out of control, and the final outcome was even more unexpected for everyone.
??The total investment for this movie is actually not high, only US$7 million. In 1996, this could only be regarded as a small investment.
But the Coen brothers used their intelligence to make this small-budget movie exciting. In particular, its plot has ups and downs and constant twists, keeping the audience in a state of excitement all the time. Therefore, this movie not only received high praise from the industry, but also won the favor of the audience. In the end, the film grossed 56 million US dollars in North America and nearly 100 million US dollars in global box office. It was the highest-grossing movie of the Coen brothers and brought the two brothers into the mainstream attention.
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In June, the summer vacation arrives.
??The first movie to be released is the fantasy comedy "Elf" starring Natalie Portman.
It tells the story of the heroine’s family moving to an old castle and making friends with the elves living there.
This movie is humorous and has a lot of emphasis on friendship, love, family affection, etc. It is a very wonderful movie.
Hence, after its release, the box office performance was quite good.
??? North America grossed US$100 million and global box office reached US$230 million.
Natalie Portman became famous in 1994 with Luc Besson''s "The Killer". However, although that movie had a very high reputation, the global box office was only over 40 million US dollars, which was far behind in terms of box office. This "Ghost Horse Elf".
So, with this movie, Natalie Portman really became popular.
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In July, "Mission: Impossible 2" directed by Chen Musheng and starring Xiang Nan and Famke Janssen was released, continuing the story of Ethan Hunt''s fight against crime and saving the world.
??Xiangjiang directors are used to working in a screw shell, spending a small amount of money to do big things. They know that their film investment is not large, so in order to attract audiences, they can only work **** plot arrangement.
?Hong Kong films are therefore very entertaining, and sometimes even a little over the top. As a certain film critic said, they are all crazy and over the top.
?? Chen Musheng also brought this style into "Mission: Impossible 2", making the plot of this movie more tense and exciting than the first one. Some dangerous moves can make the audience scream in fear.
?For this reason, "Mission: Impossible 2" became an instant hit with its exciting story and thrilling action scenes, becoming the most popular movie in the summer.
??In the end, the North American box office was US$240 million, and the global box office was nearly US$600 million, which was no worse than its predecessor. Because of the success of this movie, Xiang Nan continues to be one of the top stars in Hollywood.
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In August, the movie released was "Stargate".
??This science fiction film was originally a leftover from 1994. In fact, the story and special effects are very good. It''s a pity that there were too many masterpieces that year, so this movie was buried.
Xiang Nan has now released it for release. The story is the same as the original version, but the special effects technology has been greatly improved, so the quality is higher than the original version.
After its release, this science fiction masterpiece was quickly recognized by the audience, who went to the theater to enjoy it. In the end, the film''s box office in North America was US$120 million and its global box office was nearly US$250 million.
Compared to an investment of 60 million US dollars, it can be said to be a huge profit.
After the movie became a hit, Xiang Nan immediately ordered the Creative Department of Universal Pictures to use the movie as a blueprint to develop a TV series, preparing to eat more than one fish to maximize the value.
(End of this chapter)