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Hugo flipped through the mountains of scripts in front of him, including the romance movie "Love. affair)" must have been the result of the success of "Sleepless in Seattle" that brought Hugo to him; There is also the horror sci-fi movie "Frankenstein" (Mary. shelley，s。 "This surprised Hugo, and he didn't expect the producer to think of letting him star in it.

There are also the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi (Sam). Raimi) (the. hudsucker。 proxy)" This social fairy tale with its satirical metaphor is clearly eye-catching; There was even a reason for "Ben." can" and the strong rise of thriller suspense large-scale theme films, "night 'color' (color. of。 This really made Hugo cry and laugh.

These works are good and bad, obviously even in 1994, when the best works were gathered, there were still many bad works, such as "Night 'Color'" and "Frankenstein" The quality of the finished products is not high, but "Shadow Tycoon" is also an independent masterpiece that makes people shine.

I have to say that this is a very interesting process, appreciating those scripts that I have not seen or heard, heard and never heard of, as long as I want, I may become a member of this crew, this feeling is very subtle. It's not just the condescending feeling of dreams coming true or holding the power of life and death, but also the wonderful experience of watching these scripts appear in your hands as a time-traveler.

But when Hugo saw the "cutthroat island" in his hand. island)", he couldn't help but laugh, not happily, but playfully.

"Cut Throat Island" is not a 1994 work, but a 1995 work, this work is famous not because of its 'color' or badness, but because of its loss of money, it occupies an unshakable place in the top ten most money-losing movies in Hollywood history, and was even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most loss-making film in film history.

invested 92 million US dollars, but only got 9.5 million US dollars at the box office, which directly led to the bankruptcy of the production company, which is definitely a model for a work to drag down the entire company! At the beginning, because of curiosity, Hugo also went to find out what kind of work this movie was to enjoy, and wanted to see what kind of work it was, and led to the bankruptcy of a company.

In fact, when it comes to "Cut Throat Island", Hugo thinks that this is a passable movie, even better than "Pirates of the Caribbean" (pirates. of。 the。 Caribbean) "Be a little more 'colorful'. Indeed, "Cut Throat Island" is a pirate movie!

When the film was first released, professional critics found the film to be full of holes in the plot design and nothing new, making it one of the most notorious adventure action films of the 90s. But in fact, this movie is a work that tells the story of a pirate in a down-to-earth manner, and it is much more 'colorful' than the later works of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series that rely on special effects to support the scenes, even compared to the story of the first part of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Cut Throat Island" is produced by the company Caroch Pictures (Carolc0. pictures) came from a long time before the successive production of "Terminator 2", "Cliffhaal. recall)", "Ben. can" and other box office successes and good reputations, which has gained enough confidence for them.

Carlock Films' willingness to invest $90 million in the early nineties to shoot "Cut Throat Island" is undoubtedly a big deal, and the initial budget of this work has actually exceeded $100 million, and the intention is to create a box office giant that surpasses "Terminator 2". In the case that the special effects are not yet mature, the crew all uses water live shooting, just to shoot a more 'colorful' picture effect, and the actors also go into battle to complete the thrilling shots.

However, in the process of making zuò, because the original script was too rough, it was impossible to shoot only one beginning, so I had to find someone to rewrite it temporarily

Finally finished filming, and Carlock Pictures also 'spent' a lot of effort to promote the film, hoping to achieve good results, but "Cut Throat Island" has a fatal wound, that is, its protagonist is 'female' and 'sex', which is a story told from the main perspective of 'female' pirates, which is undoubtedly a blow to the male-dominated Hollywood and the pirate field dominated by traditional male 'sex'.

Outcome...... As a result, the total box office revenue of "Cut Throat Island" did not exceed 10 million, so that the loss of Carlock Films was noticed by the Guinness Book of Records, and in the end, Carlock Films also completely lost itself, and after declaring bankruptcy, it was fully acquired by MGM United Arts.

The original script of "Cut Throat Island" was very rough, and Hugo only had less than twenty pages in his hand, but Joseph still kept it, and Hugo quickly got the answer from Anna, because Carlock Pictures took a fancy to Hugo's box office appeal and offered a salary of 10 million US dollars plus box office dividends to invite Hugo to star.

Although "Cut Throat Island" is a "female" pirate work, there are also many scenes of the male protagonist in it, and it can now be seen that Carlock Films hopes to use a big-name actor to pull the appeal of the movie. The salary of 10 million US dollars is already a first-line level, and he is still willing to give dividends, which is really an invitation given by ruthlessness and gritted teeth.

Joseph still hopes that Hugo's next work can take over the production with a salary of more than 10 million, which will be helpful to Hugo's entire career as an actor; But Hugo never thinks so, the salary is never the most important key, the work itself is. This is also the reason why their views on "vulgarity" have been so divided, and they continue to do so today.

Hugo thought about it, and threw the script for "Cut Throat Island" back into the pile of rejected scripts on the table.

If Hugo was still reading the script of "Cut Throat Island" with great interest when he saw it just now, he couldn't laugh when he saw the script of "Erworld" again.

Obviously, Joseph is clearly going to the end, he just hopes that Hugo can take over a work with a salary of more than 10 million, and he is not willing to communicate with Hugo at all, even if Hugo has his own ideas, he also holds a kind of "you can do what you love...... and you are a bystander", and directly 'handed over' the script communication task to Anna, and then left the scripts such as "Cut Throat Island" and "Future Water World" here to show his own attitude, and this is the end of the matter.

This made Hugo sneer directly, without thinking about it, he directly threw the script of "Future Water World" in the pile of rejection, not to say that "Future Water World" was originally a pit script, he had no intention of taking it; Even if he had planned to take this script, he would never accept it now!

The script of "Future Water World" can be called a wonder, before the "Titanic" came out, this was the world's most expensive work, with an investment of 175 million US dollars, even after 20 years, it is still the top super production. It invited Kevin Reynolds, the director of "Robin Hood". Reynolds) is directed, starring Kevin Costner, and Jenny Tryprichhorn, who previously took away the opportunity to act in "The Sugar Trap" from Umma, as the 'female' lead.

This work has been troublesome since the preparation stage, and after the start of filming, budget overruns and production bottlenecks have emerged in an endless stream, and even the actor Kevin Costner almost lost his life, and rumors of disagreement between the main creators are even more uproarious. From the screenwriter to the actors to the other staff behind the scenes, they all described the filming process as "a hellish period of time...... and the entire crew was out of order, and even the producers couldn't hold it down. Director Kevin Reynolds left directly two weeks before the completion of the film because he was very dissatisfied with the crew, which made Kevin Costner, who had won the Oscar for Best Director by "Dances with Wolves", have to take over the mess and finish the filming.

In fact, the story framework of "Future Water World" is a common sci-fi blockbuster in the 21st century, the storyline is relatively simple and rough, and then relies on countless special effects to attract attention, and those money-burning special effects will not fall behind too much even after ten years, especially the special effects of many high-tide scenes are commendable. But the problem is that the whole worldview setting is too advanced, the special effects picture does not meet the aesthetics of the mid-90s, the shoddy story line is even more difficult to look at, and the most important thing is that the character setting of the 'female' protagonist is strictly wrong, and there are huge problems with the casting, and the director zhì The whole movie cannot win a positive response from the audience at all.

In the end, "Future Water World" got 88 million US dollars in North America, and the global box office was 264 million US dollars.

But the problem is that the box office has never been owned only by the company, which can only get about 20% of it, and the rest has to rely on videotapes, TV rights and other peripherals to make a profit. Therefore, the "Future Water World", which collapsed in word-of-mouth, almost lost all its income in the surrounding area, which made the production company lose heartburn.

If the "Future Water World" is placed ten years later, for example, in 2007, when "Transformers" was popular, even if the story is simple and crude, but the "fine" color of the special effects and the new "trendy" world view of the Internet age, maybe the "Future Water World" can recover the cost. But it's a pity that "Future Water World" is too advanced, which directly leads to this work becoming a model negative teaching material for academic criticism of commercial films.

"Future Water World" is produced by Universal Pictures, and it is clear that this script has just been handed over, and no one knows the added value of "Schindler's List" on Hugo better than Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures proposed a salary of 15 million US dollars plus box office dividends, which is undoubtedly the remuneration of top actors, once it is announced, it is estimated that countless reporters will be popular, but Hugo didn't read it at all, and directly lost the script.

Anna watched Hugo directly throw the script of "Future Water World" on the pile of "garbage", and her heart was suddenly terrified, she finally knew what it meant to be heartache and couldn't help herself, it was a script worth fifteen million dollars!

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