Peter Sanders nodded, but said cautiously: "At least, Simon Westeros' driver's license shows that he is currently 18 years old. Ronald, if necessary, I can investigate."

Ronald Goldberg stopped talking and leaned on the sofa to think.

As the president of a major Hollywood film company and with years of experience in film promotion, Ronald Goldberg naturally knows what kind of attention an 18-year-old director's work will bring if it is released in theaters.

A few years ago, child star-turned-Hollywood actor Stephen Paul directed his first movie "Love Again" when he was 20 years old. Although the quality of the film was appalling, it only earned a few hundred thousand dollars after it was released in theaters.

Although the box office was US$1.5 million, it still attracted the attention of many heavyweight media including The New York Times.

Now, Simon Westeros is just 18 years old. This kind of gimmick is even more important than when he was 20 years old. Even though he is only two years old, in most people's minds, 18 years old is still just a boy.

, 20 years old but already an adult.

More importantly, judging from the film reviews from media such as "Variety" and "Hollywood Reporter", the quality of "Run Lola Run" far exceeds Stephen Paul's popular work.

If we win this movie, plus "The Butterfly Effect" written by Simon Westeros, and the two works are jointly formulated to formulate a complete publicity plan, we will definitely achieve unexpected gains.

When his thoughts came here, Ronald Goldberg suddenly remembered something: "Peter, if I remember correctly, the contract signed by Simon Westeros and us also included two priority choices for the script.

Right?"

According to the option contract, the scripts created by Simon Westeros must be provided to Fox Pictures first. Only if Fox Pictures voluntarily gives up can they negotiate cooperation with other film companies.

Most of the post-production work for "Run Lola Run" was completed at Fox Studios, and even Ronald Goldberg had actually heard about it. However, no one paid much attention to the experimental film created by a young man.

Therefore, no one has ever raised any objection to this.

However, once many things become serious, they will definitely be different.

Peter Sanders Hall Ronald Goldberg said this, nodded knowingly, but immediately shook his head and said: "Ronald, I have asked someone to re-examine the contract, and there is another item in it."

Exception clause, the film directed by Simon Westeros himself is not restricted by the option contract. Therefore, he is not in breach of contract."

Peter Sanders was responsible for administrative work such as contract drafting for "The Butterfly Effect". When Ronald Goldberg heard this, he glanced at him with some dissatisfaction: "How could you agree to such terms?"

Peter Sanders explained helplessly: ""The Butterfly Effect" was given the green light by Mr. Murdoch himself. Ronald, you also know the situation at that time. We must get this project done as soon as possible. Moreover, no one knew at that time

Do you think Simon Westeros, an unknown newcomer like him, can make a decent movie?"

Ronald Goldberg waved his hand, not intending to listen to Peter Sanders' blaming words anymore, and said: "In this case, let Simon Westeros send the copy. The day after tomorrow, I will be there in the morning.

If you have time, watch the video first and then talk about other things."

No matter what the movie reviews say, Ronald Goldberg still prefers to trust his own judgment.

Peter Sanders nodded, seeing that Ronald Goldberg wanted to see him off. He hesitated slightly and said, "One more thing about Sundance. The judge this time is David Anson.

He's my friend, I called him a few days ago."

Ronald Goldberg is very aware of the character of Peter Sanders, who is not an atmospheric person, so he doesn’t think he will help Simon Westeros lobby for awards at all.

Glancing at the film reviews on the coffee table, Ronald Goldberg shook his head and said: "With the current situation, do you think Sundance will let "Run Lola Run" go away empty-handed? Tell your friend, there is no need.

Just do these little tricks. Simon Westeros's increased reputation will also be good for "The Butterfly Effect."

…

After fielding phone calls all morning, Simon made an impromptu trip back to Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon after learning that Ronald Goldberg wanted to see the finished film of "Run Lola Run" in person.

On Wednesday morning, Ronald Goldberg saw the finished film and didn't offer much comment, other than doubling Peter Sanders' price to $2 million.

This is obviously still not what Simon is willing to accept.

So he simply rejected some other invitations, and Simon flew back to Utah in the afternoon, determined to wait until Sundance was over before considering the release.

On the other hand, as various media outlets praised "Run Lola Run" at the beginning of this week, the film's attention has gradually increased.

Although the Sundance Film Festival is non-profit, its project operations still adopt standard commercial processes. Whether it is the Utah government or advertising sponsors who provide subsidies, they naturally hope that the film festival can gain higher attention.

Therefore, when "Run Lola Run" began to attract attention, the film festival organizing committee continued to add fuel to the flames, intentionally or unintentionally, by proactively contacting more media for coverage.

Then, Robert Redford praised "Run Lola Run", movie tickets for the film were in short supply, Fox Pictures won a US$200,000 screenwriting contract, a young director completed the behind-the-scenes of the film alone, etc., various news appeared unknowingly.

It has entered the field of vision of more and more people, and continues to increase the popularity of Simon himself and "Lola Run".

Park City.

Time flies to the second weekend of the Sundance Film Festival.

In a conference room at the Sundance Institute at the foot of the western ski resort, David Anson, Randa Haynes, Jane Bennix, Kit...

Carson and Amy Robinson discuss the final awards results.

Although he is the chairman of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford has no right to interfere with the jury's selection results.

Of course, at least that's the case on the surface.

Robert Redford was in another office waiting for everyone to make a decision.

However, Robert originally thought that he had reached a tacit understanding with the five people in advance, but in the conference room, the discussion on the award was clearly divided into two groups.

On one side are Randa Haynes and Jane Bennix, both of whom strongly approved of awarding the Grand Jury Prize to "Run Lola Run".

On the other side, Kit Carson and Amy Robinson preferred another film, "Waiting for the Moon." As for "Run Lola Run," both felt that Simon was too young and only needed to be given a special jury award.

Enough. Of course, as compensation, you can also give Sundance's only technical award, the Photography Award, to the other party. "Run Lola Run" is also well-deserved in this regard.

Apart from the four people, David Anson was somewhat silent.

After everyone argued, Kit Carson suddenly looked at David Anson, and then said: "Randa, Jane, how about this, let's vote."

Randa Haynes and Jane Benix also glanced at David Anson, hesitated slightly, and agreed.

Then, there was no need for a show of hands at all. It was already two to two. David Anson only needed to express his attitude.

David Anson looked at a few people, but thought of recent events in his mind.

Before the opening of this year's Sundance, he received a call from his friend Peter Sanders, who is now the vice president of Fox. He expressed the hope that he could suppress Simon Westeros' "Run Lola Run" during the award selection process.

Then, after the first weekend of the film festival, perhaps because of the reputation of "Run Lola Run" or something else, Peter Sanders called again and said there was no need to do this.

However, this was not over yet. On Wednesday afternoon, he received another call from Peter Sanders.

Peter Sanders' tone seemed very helpless, but he said that Simon Westeros unceremoniously rejected Ronald Goldberg's very sincere cooperation conditions. Ronald Goldberg

Berg was also a little angry, and learned that Simon Westeros wanted to wait for a price after Sundance, so he once again hoped that David Anson could influence the outcome of the award.

Who do you think you are after going through so much trouble?

Although David Anson is also a screenwriter, his job is actually as a staff writer for Newsweek, and he does not rely much on Hollywood.

Therefore, David Anson had originally decided not to get involved in these messes at all, and planned to let the other four people make decisions.

Unexpectedly at this time, everyone put the final decision in his hands.
Chapter completed!