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the part of Scarlett O'Hara had not
been filled, even though they had
interviewed 1400 actresses for over
two years. They made so many
screen tests that the test film was
almost as long as Gone With The
Wind itself.
In the end, David Selznick had
to start filming the burning of At-
lanta, which cost thousands of dol-
lars, without having found the right
actress. While he was shooting the
scene, his brother Miron, an actors'
agent, arrived with one of his cli-
ents, Vivien Leigh, a British actress,
unknown to American audiences.
She was so keen to play the part that
she read the novel and several histo-
ries of the civil war. She finally got
the job.
Gone With The Wind, an Oscar
winner, has also one of the most
often quoted lines in Hollywood
history, but you have to wait three
and a half hours to hear it. Rhett
Butler's final speech to Scarlett con-
tains the famous words: "Frankly,
my dear, I don't give a damn". Such
rudeness on screen broke the film
industry's code of conduct and cost
the producers $ 5,000 in fines. The
producers, however, were unmoved,
as not only did the film become an
overnight success but also turned
out to be the biggest box-office suc-
cess in cinema history.
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom.
By the end of '85, Warner's Pro-
duction Vice President Allyn Stew-
art had optioned Gump for $ 35,000
against $ 350,000.
Tom Hanks was the first choice
to play Gump. The actor agreed to
play the part.
Before it was all over, Forrest
Gump would gross more than $ 300
million in the US alone.
Was the film a paean to seren-
dipity, an attack on the countercul-
ture, an unabashedly romantic tear-
jerker, a monument to morons, or
what some critics called 'a really
funny movie filled with more irony
than any Hollywood movie we've
ever seen before?' The answer
seemed to be all of the above, and
an award-winning juggernaut too –
enough so that Paramount pulled
the film from theaters in mid-
January for one month to avoid any
pre-Oscar backlash.
The film was a grand-slam suc-
cess, it won a gagle of Oscar nomi-
nations.
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6 Recommending a film.
6.1 Below is a Premiere, the Movie Maga-
zine film criticism by William Goldman
in which the four paragraphs are out
of order.
1. Put the four paragraphs in the correct
order.
2. Which of these four headings describes
which paragraph?
Introduction
Final thoughts
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction.
A I liked them both a lot and I liked them both the same. For me, in some
nutty way, they were the same movie. Wonderful, unusual stories going
wonderful, unexpected places.
But I thought they were both way too long. I was really bored by the
sequence in Forrest Gump in which Gump jogs around what seems to be
the entire civilized world for what seems to be hours. Coming near the
end, it was damaging.
And what was that sequence in Pulp Fiction? We're in two hours and
this bloody body is in the car and this genius is called in to save the situa-
tion and what does he say? Something like: "Okay, guys, cover up the
blood with blankets, you're saved, see ya". That's genius?
Probably what I'm saying is that, for me, neither film accumulated.
B Oscar nominations are out and the tea leaf readers are busy indeed. But
this year, not many shockers. Oh, sure, a few. How did Four Weddings
and a Funeral get a Best Picture nomination and Hugh Grant not get a
Best Actor bid? Can you name another actor in the world who would have
helped the movie more? I sure can't. And the Academy's embrace of
Woody Allen – no one foresaw that. Bullets Over Broadway was going to
get nominations, but seven? Newt will glom on to this as further proof that
Hollywood is an even greater threat to World Survival than overpopula-
tion.
the part of Scarlett O'Hara had not Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. 6 Recommending a film.
been filled, even though they had By the end of '85, Warner's Pro-
interviewed 1400 actresses for over duction Vice President Allyn Stew- 6.1 Below is a Premiere, the Movie Maga-
two years. They made so many art had optioned Gump for $ 35,000 zine film criticism by William Goldman
screen tests that the test film was against $ 350,000. in which the four paragraphs are out
almost as long as Gone With The Tom Hanks was the first choice of order.
Wind itself. to play Gump. The actor agreed to 1. Put the four paragraphs in the correct
In the end, David Selznick had play the part. order.
to start filming the burning of At- Before it was all over, Forrest 2. Which of these four headings describes
lanta, which cost thousands of dol- Gump would gross more than $ 300 which paragraph?
lars, without having found the right million in the US alone. Introduction
actress. While he was shooting the Was the film a paean to seren- Final thoughts
scene, his brother Miron, an actors' dipity, an attack on the countercul- Four Weddings and a Funeral
agent, arrived with one of his cli- ture, an unabashedly romantic tear- Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction.
ents, Vivien Leigh, a British actress, jerker, a monument to morons, or
unknown to American audiences. what some critics called 'a really A I liked them both a lot and I liked them both the same. For me, in some
She was so keen to play the part that funny movie filled with more irony nutty way, they were the same movie. Wonderful, unusual stories going
she read the novel and several histo- than any Hollywood movie we've wonderful, unexpected places.
ries of the civil war. She finally got ever seen before?' The answer But I thought they were both way too long. I was really bored by the
the job. seemed to be all of the above, and sequence in Forrest Gump in which Gump jogs around what seems to be
Gone With The Wind, an Oscar an award-winning juggernaut too – the entire civilized world for what seems to be hours. Coming near the
winner, has also one of the most enough so that Paramount pulled end, it was damaging.
often quoted lines in Hollywood the film from theaters in mid- And what was that sequence in Pulp Fiction? We're in two hours and
history, but you have to wait three January for one month to avoid any this bloody body is in the car and this genius is called in to save the situa-
and a half hours to hear it. Rhett pre-Oscar backlash. tion and what does he say? Something like: "Okay, guys, cover up the
Butler's final speech to Scarlett con- The film was a grand-slam suc- blood with blankets, you're saved, see ya". That's genius?
tains the famous words: "Frankly, cess, it won a gagle of Oscar nomi- Probably what I'm saying is that, for me, neither film accumulated.
my dear, I don't give a damn". Such nations. B Oscar nominations are out and the tea leaf readers are busy indeed. But
rudeness on screen broke the film this year, not many shockers. Oh, sure, a few. How did Four Weddings
industry's code of conduct and cost and a Funeral get a Best Picture nomination and Hugh Grant not get a
the producers $ 5,000 in fines. The Best Actor bid? Can you name another actor in the world who would have
producers, however, were unmoved, helped the movie more? I sure can't. And the Academy's embrace of
as not only did the film become an Woody Allen – no one foresaw that. Bullets Over Broadway was going to
overnight success but also turned get nominations, but seven? Newt will glom on to this as further proof that
out to be the biggest box-office suc- Hollywood is an even greater threat to World Survival than overpopula-
cess in cinema history. tion.
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