Hollywood What If Chapter 305
Sony-bia khat their most formidable oppos were Warner Brothers and Walt Disney.
If the other studios were willing to bleed to acquire Grey Pictures, then Sony-bia was also willing. Sony-bia was the weakest of the Big Six and they could turn it around ohey acquired Grey Pictures.
If Walt Disney was willing to trade 1.2% shares for 30% of Grey Pictures, then Sony-bia was willing to trade 2.3%, and this amount had already been approved by Sony's chairman, Nobuyuki Idei.
Akio Morita, the st chairman of Sony, died in 1999 and Nobuyuki Idei became chairman.
Sony and Sony-bia uood that they needed someoo tio produce high quality films and Kazir fit the bill.
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The Toronto Iional Film Festival was one of the most prestigious and rgest publicly attended film festivals in the world, founded in 1976 and held every September. Many movies are released every year at this festival and people love to attend this festival.
The film festival was a way for small directors to present their projects to the public.
Movies released at the festival were mostly arthouse films and only a few were lucky enough to get distribution deals from some studios.
The Toronto Iional Film Festival gave out awards, and many of its winners went on to make box office hits when they were released iers.
Some of these films were:
Croug Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Slumdog Millionaire
The King's Speech
12 Years A Sve
La La Land
Green Book
These movies won the festival's People's Choice Award, and these movies made a name for themselves at the box offibsp;
And guess what? All of these movies received nominations/wins at the Academy Awards (Oscars).
In a way, for a movie to get Osominations, it had to participate in film festivals and award shows like the Golden Globes.
This was the method used by Grey Pictures. Like the others, The Revenant had its first sing at the Toronto Iional Film Festival. This was the beginning of their kno the door of the Academy Awards.
Even Tom Cruise attehe sing. Mind you, the Toronto Iional Film Festival sted 12 days. From September 5 to September 17. The actor khe importance of this film festival, so he attehe 12-day festival even though their movie would be released o day. You know, a kind of promotion and publicity.
Not going to lie, Tom Cruise did a lot of selfies and autographs for the fans within 12 days.
Tornado Iional Film Festival hosted 343 movies this year and it was a lot of movies. Why 343 movies? Because many movies from different tries were sed in this film festival. Different nguages, different regions and different races. The Toronto Iional Film Festival was for everyone. One of the reasons why this film festival was famous all over the world.
Also, one of the reasons why the Toronto Iional Film Festival was famous was because of the superstars who came. This year the biggest actor who showed up was Tom Cruise.
The opening film was Ararat, while the closing film was Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale.
As for The Revenant, it was the sed to the st movie.
Kazir had already finished post-produ on The Revenant and made sure it would be at the Toronto Iional Film Festival. Kazir followed the usual procedure.
He knew film festivals were biased against Hollywood movies, but that didn't stop him.
Their goal was to win the People's Choice Award and gain positive reition from the members of the Academy Awards.
The days passed and the festival went well. Many viewers stayed throughout the festival, appreciating the art they saw.
However, the st day was quite crowded and almost all the seats were taken.
Kazir Grey and Tom Cruise sat in the front row with the cast, waiting for their movie to start.
Both were fident in the film, they had seen it before the festival and were pleased with it.
But fidence was not enough to win the Oscar. After all, the Academy was biased against blockbusters, movies produced for the sole purpose of making money. And Kazir was known as a director who pursued money.
It was unknowher they would accept The Revenant. One of the reasons they wao test the waters at this film festival and see what the audience rea would be.
The logo of 20th tury Fox and Grey Pictures appeared on the s saying that the movie had started.
[The Revenant is an epic survival drama set on the Ameri frontier in the 1820s. The story revolves around Hugh Gss (Tom Cruise), a frontiersman and fur trapper who faces a series of harrowing challehe story begins with a brutal bear attack that leaves Gss badly injured. Fighting for his life, he is betrayed by his own expedition team, led by John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy).]
[Left for dead, Gss defies the odds and embarks on a treacherous jourhrough the unfiving wilderness. Battling harsh weather, hostile Native Ameri tribes, and a quest for revenge against Fitzgerald, Gss's resilience bees a testament to the strength of the human spirit.]
[The Revenant] is a gripping tale of one man's struggle to survive against the brutality of nature and the betrayal of those he trusted, creating a visceral aionally charged ematic experience.
The audience cpped at the end of the film, and Tom and Kazir were happy. Judging by the audience's rea, the film romising.
Well, they were both veterans of the industry and knew how to make great movies.
Sihe Revenant was sed to st, Femme Fatale was released after their movie ended.
While this was happening, some of the audience had already decided which movie they were going to vote for.
Movies made by Hollywood were usually high quality, and The Revenant fit the bill. They were eained. So the audieed for the movie.
Many expected this year's wio be obvious. You see, many people know Tom Cruise. This actor erstar, famous all over the world. To make it eveer, The Revenant was also a great movie.
So the winner of the People's Choice Award was undoubtedly The Revenant. There was no acceptance speech, but Kazir Grey and Tom Cruise were happy with the results. After this event, The Revenant has a good ce to be nominated for an Oscar.
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[Author's note: I used Chatgpt for the summary of Revenant with a little editing.]