Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 91 The Fresh Prince of Wells

With the 48th Golden Globe Awards Nominees Luncheon held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel;
"Dances with Wolves" received multiple nominations!

"That's great! Dances with Wolves won Best Director, Best Picture (Drama), and Best Actor nominations. Kevin Costner is doing great."

"Kathy Bates is also nominated for Best Actress in a Drama for 'Days of Danger'!"

In the office of Dawn Pictures, Aaron looked at the Golden Globe nominations with a smile on his face.

Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates are the male lead and female supporting actress in "Ghost".

However, Warner Bros. will also release a movie about black gangs, "Black City, New York," in March next year;

The most direct competitors of "Boyz n the Hood" are the New York black gang and the Los Angeles black gang!

At night, Club 42 in Hollywood.

Aaron Anderson and Jennifer Connelly sat on the couch and enjoyed a rap performance on the bar's stage;

It is DJ Jeff and the Fresh Prince, a black rap group from Philadelphia, who won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance last year!
Aaron's gaze was fixed on one of the black men for a long time, the 22-year-old Will Smith, who looked very young and whose main identity now was still a rapper.

“They’re quite popular!”

Aaron listened to the screams from the audience. It seemed that this pair of singers had quite a few fans.

Jennifer Connelly nodded. "Their album sales are pretty good."

"However, Will Smith is more popular in the group, but he was extravagant and evaded taxes, so he was fined by the tax bureau;"

"The tax bureau confiscated many of his properties and seized his income, putting him on the brink of bankruptcy!"

Aaron was stunned, looked at Jennifer Connelly who was leaning on his arms, and smiled slightly, "How do you know so much?"

"It's in the newspaper. I bought their record album. I really like their fresh and humorous rap style!"

The current rap style is generally rough and stiff.

"Right now, it looks like he's working on the sitcom 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' with NBC and Warner Bros. Television!"

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?" Aaron knew that this TV series was a turning point in Will Smith's transformation into an actor.

Among black actors, Aaron is more interested in Will Smith and Denzel Washington;
It seems that cooperation is inevitable in the future.

"By the way, your part in The Rocketeer is over. Are you ready to go back to school?"

"I'm going to New York first and then I'll go back to school after Christmas," Jennifer Connelly hugged Aaron's neck and kissed him.

"Want to come to New York with me?"

"No, New York is too cold," Aaron shook his head. What's the weather like in New York now? Many locals have gone to the Caribbean or Miami for vacation!
Soon after, the two left Club 42 and prepared to return to Los Feliz. When they passed by the Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, the premiere of "The Godfather Part III" was being held there.
The red carpet was laid out, the sidelines were surrounded by reporters, and many Hollywood filmmakers gathered.

"It's indeed a work directed by Martin Scorsese, the premiere is so grand!" Jennifer Connelly stopped to watch.

Aaron put his arm around the girl's shoulders and said, "The Godfather Part III" has a lot of Golden Globe nominations, but the reviews from the previews were a little below expectations.

"Now that it's officially released, I don't think the box office will be very high. Do you remember the role of the Godfather's little daughter that you auditioned for?"

"I know, it's played by director Coppola's daughter, Sofia Coppola!"

"Well, her performance was a mess. She gave the worst performance in The Godfather Part III. Al Pacino's performance was okay, but the story wasn't very engaging."

Anyway, that role did not fall to Winona Ryder, and outsiders have no way of knowing the specific reason!

"I've filmed in Italy before, and I know that family is the most important thing there. Many things are centered around family members."

Coppola's family is Italian immigrants, and this traditional concept has not changed much. Look at the characters in his movies, they are basically all of Italian descent;
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, they are all of Italian descent.

Aaron smiled and shook his head, "The era of Coppola is over!"

Francis Ford Coppola is very good because he made classics such as "The Godfather" series and "Apocalypse Now";
However, most of his directorial works are very mediocre, with poor reputation and box office.

However, "The Godfather" series is enough to make him a movie legend!

With the arrival of Christmas, "The Godfather 3" opened in 1900 theaters in North America, but its first weekend performance was only 638 million US dollars;
However, the word of mouth was not satisfactory, with mixed reviews, but it could not be compared with the previous two films. "The Godfather 3" did not meet the expectations of critics and audiences.

Los Angeles Times: "Anyone who remembers 'The Godfather' and its sequels from the 1970s will shudder at how Francis Ford Coppola has reduced their powerful iconography to the level of a daytime soap opera!"

Empire Magazine: "'The Godfather Part III' is a bitter disappointment, a slow-moving film that says nothing about the moral decay of the powerful, though the first two films didn't say much better."

At Dawn Pictures, Jack Wells flipped through the newspaper in his hand. "Is 'The Godfather Part III' as bad as they say?"

“Although it’s not as good as the previous one, it’s still okay. At least it’s better than the average movie!”

Aaron leaned back in his chair and took a sip of wine. "The Godfather 1 and 2 have such a good reputation and such a high status.

"Now, Coppola has made 'The Godfather Part III' which doesn't live up to expectations. Everyone loves him deeply and criticizes him harshly."

We can’t blame Francis Ford Coppola either. After the success of the two “Godfather” series, he independently produced “Apocalypse Now” and lost a lot of money.

After that, Coppola released a series of films including "The Sweetheart", "The Fighting Fish", "The Outsiders", "The Cotton Club", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "The Stone Garden", etc., but they had no artistic achievements or box office results.

This directly led to Coppola's career falling into a trough, financial problems, and heavy debt;

At this time, he had no choice but to develop "The Godfather 3" to escape the economic crisis!
"The Godfather" is such a famous brand that even if "The Godfather Part III" is bad, it will definitely make money;
Besides, "The Godfather Part III" is definitely not a bad movie!

Jack Wells nodded. "I've made an appointment for you with Mr. Al Pacino for tomorrow night. Don't forget it, okay?"

"rest assured."

(End of this chapter)