Behind the scene of Hollywood, the casting storm of "Graduate"

Can a person learn to be a leader? How much skills and resources do you need to master to become a producer?

This is the precious memoir of the top Hollywood producer Lawrence Teman who has been in the experience of many years of experience. It is also an entry -level producer guide.

Although he was not from a science class, he quickly grasped the core of this profession in actual combat.

In this book, he reviewed the bloody film career, and analyzed the method and key character required by the producer with the work process as the context. The whole process.

Lawrence Teman "Become a Producer"

Dustin Hofman is one of the emergence of actors reported by the New York Times.

Dustin Hoffman

He aroused our interest.

Coincidentally, our producer director George Justin has just completed the production of The TigerMakes Out, and Dustin has briefly starred in this movie. George's stait Mike and I went to watch the show.

Although we only saw Dustin's performance on the screen for at least a minute, that minute made us the idea of ​​letting him try to read a show for us.

I thought of two words at that time (since then, I have always used these two words to describe the quality of Dastine for "Graduates"): warm and crazy.

When I wrote it here, today's 35 years later, I realized for the first time that I might subconsciously want to use these quality to offset these characters in the novel that is annoying and lacking compassion.

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I like to choose an actor who is opposite to the character type, so it is not that Dustin himself is like that.

Joanne Linley (director Mark Raydel's wife at the time) and many possible young actors tried to read the lines of Mrs. Robinson. Dustin made her cry when she played with her. Only he did it. We conducted a audition of Dastin and several other actors, including Charles Grodin, Mike liked his interviews and trials) and Tony Bill (he later obtained Oscar with "deception and deception". prize).

Tony Bill

In order to make a mirror for the actors, Mike did a thing I didn't know before, and hadn't seen it since then: he asked Buck to write a new play for the purpose of audition. Mike felt that if he used a scene in a movie script over and over to audition, then he would feel without feeling when he was really going to shoot this scene. Very wise, right? I thought so at the time that I thought so now.

Dustin and Catherine Ross performed. When shooting their auditions, Mike whispered to me, "He didn't find the point." However, two days later, when we saw all the edited audition results, Dustin and Catherine seemed to be more suitable for our videos.

But we didn't feel sparks. We didn't jump up and down, "Wow, that's the one we are looking for." I remember that I said to Mike at the time, "I think I would be satisfied with the two actors of Dastein and Catherine." He said nothing and said nothing. Essence

Then, on the way back to the office, Mike turned to me and said, "Yes, I am too. Let's choose them."

Catherine Rose and Dustin Huffman in "Graduate"

By the way, Readford's audition shows that he is a talented and skillful actor. He can do everything very beautifully, but it is difficult to convince him to be a person who is insecure and clumsy, even -especially -especially -and the beautiful Kandi Bogen play opponent. By the way, Bob and Dastine were 29 years old, and they were competing for a 21 -year -old role.

But this is the charm of Hollywood.

William Holden, Gali Grant, Grigeria Parker, or Harrison Ford rarely appear in the role that conforms to their true age. But they always win the joy of those girls who are more beautiful and younger than them, isn't it?

Before we conducted an audition of actors candidates, I knew that Dustin was the best candidate. Why?

the reason is simple. In that era, if he got this role, then naturally, as part of the return of the actor's service, he could bind the cooperation of several films in the future with a relatively low salary to prevent him from letting him shot in this movie to make him a gun. Famous.

Among the six people in our audition, Dustin was the only person who rejected this. I was not superstitious, but I silently thought at the time: "This is likely to mean that he is the person we want." This is a hunch.

I think everyone will agree that Anne Banckerrovt is the best candidate for Mrs. Robinson.

But she was not the first actress to appear in my mind. I think I want to find Doris Dai. As I said, I like to find an actor who is opposite to the character type. In my opinion, Doris Dai is a neat, lively, and authentic American. I think she will form a sharp contrast with Mrs. Robinson's sorrow and dark side.

Annie Bancorov

Although Doris Dai is not the top actor in the Hollywood entertainment industry, she shows her talent in "Love Me or Leave Me" and James Cagini in the "Love Me or Leave Me".

Earlier, I sent this book to her husband and manager Matty Mercy, hoping to get at least feedback from the other party.

Doris Dai

However, Melche was even unwilling to show her the book -he didn't like it very much. Mike is considering another excellent actress, Patrixia Neil. She may also be an excellent Mrs. Robinson. Unfortunately, she had a stroke before, and she had not fully recovered her physical strength at that time.

So Anne Bancorov became our first choice and the only formal offer for this character.

When I read the script with all the actors for the first time, everything went smoothly, but to me, I was surprised that when Annie said the lines, it was bland and monotonous, and she did not show her delicateness in the film.

But our decision was both clever and lucky, because in the end, no one could perform better than her.

This film has three unusual casting experiences.

The first was the bustling blond woman sitting next to Ross when Dastein Hoffman chased Catherine Rose's Berkeley bus. She is Edra Gael.

who?

It is the woman who danced crazy on the beach in the classic "Eight and Ags" in Ferini's classic "Eight and a half parts".

When she told us, Mike and I were stunned, so she hired her immediately, hoping that she could bring us good luck and represent some kind of tribute.

Edra Gael in "Eight Half"

It is a sharp contrast to the decision made by this time when the decision made by the machine is the audition of the stripper dancer. The film needs to wear a terrier on the breast, and then rotate the tassel on both sides in the opposite direction at the same time. The only girl Leni Miller who came to the interview showed us the "product" and left the room.

Mike said to me very seriously (remember, he is also an actor himself): "Larry, this role is too important. I think we should look at the performance of everyone and let the more actors try to try this role as possible . "(Yes, although making a movie is very difficult, you can also get a lot of fun in it.)

In the end, there was a gas station waiter who guided Dastein Hoffman at the end of the film. He was not an actor who was hired by Mike at the beginning.

Somehow, there was a problem with the communication between us and the casting director. He hired the actor wrongly, and finally starred in Nim Pitki, not the actor we first chose. However, Pitrick's performance was very good, and it was clear that this error did not damage our film.

I really have a contradiction with Mike ...

What kind of car to drive in the film.

At that time, the three major automobile companies of the Detroit would allow the famous producers and directors to use one or two new cars within one year, and hoped that these producers and directors would do their best to show them on the screen. I have an agreement with Chrysler, so I told Mike about this idea. He didn't seem to accept it, perhaps because -at least I think it is -he has a transaction with Ford.

But he is also an artist. It is impossible for him to make the right choice for the role and the movie. So we chose Alpha Romeo. If I am a certain type of producer, I may also negotiate some free exchange conditions for me and Mike and Alpha Romeo. Alpha Romeo in "Graduate"

But how many cars can you drive at the same time?

In any case, you can only drive one at a time. Of course, this behavior will now fall in the category of bribery, but at that time, this was legal and very common.

The above paragraph is taken from "Become a Producer". The author Lawrence Turman is a famous Hollywood producer who is active in the 1960s to 1990s. He participated in more than 40 works in his career, including "" "Graduates", "Strange", "Wild River", "American X Files", etc., have been nominated for Oscar with "Graduate".

"Become a Producer"

He has attended the Celebrity Hall of Celebrity Association of the American Producer and the Classic Branch of the School of Film Arts and Sciences. From 1991 to 2021, he served as the head of the University of Southern California Peter Stark.

This is the precious memoir of the top Hollywood producer Lawrence Teman who has been in the experience of many years of experience. It is also an entry -level producer guide. Although he was not from a science class, he quickly grasped the core of this profession in actual combat.

《成为制片人》，作者劳伦斯·特曼（Lawrence Turman）是活跃于20世纪60年代到90年代的好莱坞著名制片人，职业生涯中参与逾四十部作品，其中包括《毕业生》《 "Strange", "Wild River", "American X Files", etc., have been nominated for Oscar with "Graduate". In this book, he dismantled the whole process of the birth of his masterpiece "Graduate" from his personal perspective.

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