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Speaking of Summit Entertainment, it is estimated that the first reaction of all movie lovers is the "dance my life tebp" series and the "Twilight" series. They started with distribution and then entered the field of production. After ten years of deliberation and development, they rose up strongly with the opportunity of "Twilight" and became a leader among independent film companies. In 20 years, Lionsgate acquired After Summit Entertainment, Hollywood has also ushered in a new opportunity to change the pattern.

Hugo is naturally familiar with the name Summit Entertainment, but he did not expect that Summit Entertainment actually learned to purchase at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. This is far more prescient than many Hollywood companies. No wonder Summit Entertainment was able to enter the 21st century, "wisdom eye" caught the hen that lays "Twilight".

However, Hugo did not ask too much, just nodded to show that he understands, ¨ I will talk to Richard, but I guess he does not have much opinion, you can go to Colombia and then talk. "

Rick watched Hugo's posture "I have finished talking", and quickly raised his mouth and said, "What about the new works?" This made Hugo stop, and Rick went on to say, "You know, Colombia not only hopes to get the distribution rights before sunrise, but also hopes to have further cooperation with you. "

¨Oh..." Hugo suddenly woke up, but he didn't immediately nod to agree, but frowned slightly. ¨I haven't finished my vacation yet. Isn't the next month very busy? I'm not too busy for the time being. I want to pick up the script."

Rick was sitting in a position, quite embarrassed.

Strictly speaking, after the "speed of life and death" was completed in January last year, Hugo did not receive a new script for a whole year, and after Rick took over the job of Hugo's agent, he did not win a contract for Hugo. The only work to be promoted "Before Sunrise" is a work written by Hugo.

Taking a step back, "It was four months before sunrise". In the past few months, Hugo did not participate in the promotion of "Pulp Fiction" or the follow-up promotion of "Bath in the Morning Light" album. I've been on vacation all the time, which really makes Rick very embarrassed. Although he doesn't want to force Hugo to take the script immediately, at least Hugo can start to read the script.

Rick wondered how to talk to Hugo about this issue. He looked back at Joseph subconsciously. Joseph hesitated, but he took the initiative to raise his mouth to relieve Rick. ¨ You can at least look at the script, maybe there is. Which one do you like? If not, let Rick continue to look for it. Isn't this where Rick's job responsibility lies? "

Rick also nodded in agreement. Joseph went on to say, ¨You know, since Life and Death Hour, you haven’t accepted the script. I mean, someone else’s script.

In this case, Joseph can say, and Rick can certainly say, but what Rick says will inevitably taste different. Therefore, Joseph came forward and was regarded as a relief for Rick. From this perspective, the current cooperation between Rick, Joseph and Hugo is already on track.

Sure enough, Hugo was not too repulsive, but raised his eyebrows in surprise, ¨Is that true? "He fell silent and thought carefully.

Since Hugo has been busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year in the past year, although he gave himself a vacation after October, he has been busy for the first three quarters, so Hugo’s memory has become a bit crowded. ¨But last summer..."Hugo remembered that he had read countless scripts, pile after pile, especially after "Schindler's List" was released, and "Life and Death Speed" after the box office success, ¨oh..." No need for someone else to answer, Hugo himself reacted: He refused all of them.

From this point of view, Hugo has indeed not taken over a new script since she was promoted in January last year. ¨Wow, this year has passed? I haven't received a new script for a year? I didn't expect it. "Hugo himself was shocked, time passed so fast that he didn't feel it himself.

Joseph and Rick's eyes widened, and nodded with an expression of "Otherwise you said".

Seeing his manager and agent nodding their heads at the same time, Hugo laughed blankly. He pursed his mouth, ¨Okay, yes, I can start reading the script, Rick, you can find some...suitable scripts for you. I. "

¨ Don't worry, I will take care of it. "Rick said with a smile. Although he was very happy at this time, he did not act too obvious and was rather restrained. But Rick knew that he and Hugo had been working together for more than half a year. So far, everything has gone smoothly, but the previous two recommended scripts for Hugo did not satisfy Hugo. This is his negligence in his work. Therefore, even if Hugo did not mention it, Rick did not choose the script this time. Knowing that he must behave well, this is the cornerstone of their continued cooperation in the future

After that, things developed very smoothly. First, Richard agreed to Columbia Pictures without any doubt, and then the confrontation between Rick, David and Columbia Pictures.

The Sundance Film Festival continued, and soon came to an end. However, the Sundance Film Festival did not call for an awards ceremony, only a closing ceremony was held, and the attribution of each award was announced at the ceremony, plain and simple. In the most watched jury award, "Before sunrise, "Finally constrained by the limitations of one's own subject matter, failed to make further breakthroughs. In the end, Edward Burns's "McMullen Brothers" defeated a group of strong men. , Won the Jury Prize of the Eleventh Sundance Film Festival.

When all the hustle and bustle came to an end, the "McMullen Brothers" stole all the limelight, and the news media were somewhat distracted, because people didn't care about the Jury Prize, nor did they care about the "McMullen Brothers", what people cared about was "Sunrise". Before “Can you win the award.” So, the headline of the major media’s reports became ¨ Before sunrise, I missed the jury award. This kind of reporting method is really dumbfounding, but it is also the reality of the press.

However, the media reporters quickly laughed, because on the second day after the Sundance Film Festival closed, Columbia Pictures officially announced that they had purchased the "before sunrise" at a high price of one million US dollars. Global distribution rights, and intensive arrangements have been made for the release of the film, in an effort to allow American audiences to enjoy the work by February.

You know, the Sundance Film Festival ended on January 26th. It can be seen that the deal was completed very early, and Columbia Pictures’ preparations had already risen, otherwise such a short period of time. It is not easy to arrange for the theaters to be released, even if it is an art theater.

In an instant, all the news media became lively, not only because "before sunrise" had to formally meet with the audience, but also because the transaction amount of distribution rights was really shocking.

Since the Sundance Film Festival was founded 11 years ago, there are only a handful of works that can successfully complete the distribution rights transaction at the festival, and the highest distribution rights transaction amount is unavoidable, but it will never exceed half a million US dollars. Take this year’s Sundance as an example, before ¨sunrise, the highest transaction amount of issuance rights was from ¨unspoken love.”

This work, directed by James Mangold, also completed the distribution rights transaction by Columbia Pictures, and the final transaction amount was 350,000 US dollars.

Now, Columbia Pictures has directly thrown out a million dollars to buy the "before sunrise" distribution rights. This can almost be said to be an earthquake-scale transaction. It not only created a new record of transactions since the founding of the Sundance Film Festival, but also Throw away other works a few streets far away.

Especially when the "before sunrise" production cost is only 2.5 million US dollars, Columbia Pictures paid one million US dollars for one distribution right, which is even more shocking.

From another point of view, Hugo does not remember the box office of "before sunrise", because no one cared about the box office of this movie that year. To be precise, "before sunrise" the impact of the movie that year The power is very limited, and it is more only spread among specific audiences, in other words, the continuous video tape market. It was not until "Sunset" came out in 20dl that this beautiful and romantic love attracted more attention and formed a trend.

In terms of "Before Sunrise" at the box office when it was released in 1995, Hugo only knew that the cost was recovered, but it was certainly not high, because the sincerity did not arouse widespread discussion.

Now, Columbia Pictures are willing to spend one million US dollars to purchase the distribution rights, which shows their determination and courage. This really surprised Hugo.

Even the Hugo, who knows the future, is so, let alone the American media who are confused about the current situation?

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ overnight, the craze that has not completely dissipated "before sunrise" once again became the focus of attention of major media, even those who did not go to the Sundance Film Festival, are unloading After taking the burden of the Golden Globes, they also focused on "before sunrise".

This is really unexpected situation one after another or the situation carefully created by Columbia Pictures. But no matter what, "before sunrise" this almost uninterested movie became a hot topic immediately after the Sundance Film Festival ended, plus the excellent reputation that the film won during its release at Sundance Many viewers have already expressed their expectations for this movie.

Who would have thought that it could be called a workshop work "before sunrise", actually sold a million dollars on the issue of copyright? No one, even David Geffin, did not expect it.

When Columbia Pictures announced the deal, everyone was boiling, not only because "before sunrise" became the highest number of distribution rights transactions in the 11 years since the founding of the Sundance Film Festival, but also because it was not just before that. "Before sunrise" is so popular, which is really an upset.

After the movie is released, in the face of people’s curiosity and high expectations, "before sunrise" will the box office present another situation? Hugo is even more curious than Columbia Pictures...).