Chatty Hollywood

"This guy……"

Watching Charlotte walking towards the background of the monitor, Bruce Willis rubbed his nose.

As an old actor who has been on the set for more than ten years, he can certainly realize that when Charlotte came to chat with them just now, it was not just a matter of emotion and farewell.

In fact, the director was still subtly helping the child Sam Fehr adjust his emotions.

As for what he said, although it was not a lie, it could make him, an old man, feel a little sore in his nose in just a few words. If there was no performance element in it, Bruce Willis would not believe it.

"Mr. Director's acting skills are superb!"

Bruce Willis muttered to himself,

"But no matter what, as he said, the filming of "The Sixth Sense" is almost over!"

As a veteran who has experienced many movie crews, Bruce Willis naturally does not have as many separation emotions as a child.

However, when he thought that the filming of this movie was coming to an end, he did feel a little bit reluctant.

——This is a rare shooting experience in which he can perform well in literary and opera performances. Especially, the feeling of being complete in one go and hearty during the shooting made him feel unwilling to end the filming.

And this time, he got along really well with the people in the crew, including Sam Fehr, who played against him the most.

Bruce Willis lowered his head and looked at Sam Fehr, who was holding a toy soldier——

At this time, the song "Time To Say Goodbye" sung by Sarah Bomer and Andrea Boliche actually sounded on the set...

"This sensational bastard!"

Bruce Willis twitched his sore nose, but after all, he did not choose to resist the emotions aroused in his heart.

He stretched out his fist and touched it lightly with the fist handed over by Sam Feier, which was regarded as a farewell between men...

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"!"

After all, "Time to Farewell" didn't play on the set for too long.

After a little boost of atmosphere, the shooting started again——

Bruce Willis, no, "Dr. Malcolm" is having a final conversation with Cole.

"You did a great job!"

Cole had just participated in a performance in a stage play organized by the school. He got along well with his friends. When Dr. Malcolm first met him, his lonely and desolate look had completely disappeared.

This made Dr. Malcolm feel that his job of helping the child was over.

——It’s time to say goodbye!

Cole seemed to realize this. He was silent for a while and suddenly said to Dr. Malcolm,

"I can make your wife listen to you."

"Talk to her while she's asleep so that, unconsciously, she can hear you."

The doctor didn't speak. He just looked at Cole with a relieved smile on his face.

Cole was a little hesitant,

"We shouldn't see each other again, right?"

After getting along for a while, Cole and Dr. Malcolm became familiar with each other. At this moment of farewell, Cole was a little reluctant to leave.

Dr. Malcolm is actually a little reluctant to give up, but as an adult, he knows that this is an inevitable process——

"I've done everything I can. The rest needs to be communicated between you and your relatives."

"..."

Cole was still a little reluctant to give up. For him who has few friends because he can see ghosts, Dr. Malcolm is a rare friend.

He was silent for a while, then showed an okay smile,

"We can pretend we'll see each other tomorrow - just pretend."

"Yeah, just pretending."

Dr. Malcolm smiled.

"Good!"

The scene ends, and Charlotte, the director, raises her thumbs up from behind the monitor.

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A few days after this scene ended, the entire filming of "The Sixth Sense" was quickly completed.

Bruce Willis continued to shoot other movies with a bit of unfulfilled interest.

Sam Fehr didn't "pretend to meet again tomorrow". He did often come to the Spectre studio to play, sometimes looking for Alexis and sometimes looking for Charlotte.

He said that after filming "The Sixth Sense", he is no longer afraid of ghosts.

Of course, these are all minor episodes.

For the actors, the end of filming means the end of their work. But for the director and other behind-the-scenes staff, this is just the beginning.

Heavy post-production work awaits them.

In particular, thanks to Kathleen Kennedy's matchmaking, the distribution of "The Sixth Sense" was ultimately handed over to Warner Bros.

Before Disney rose to prominence through massive acquisitions in the 21st century, Warner Bros., which held DC Comics and was backed by Time Warner Group, had always been the leader among the seven major Hollywood companies.

Although this company's decision-making speed is slow due to serious infighting among the company's senior executives, its profound foundation and talent training mechanism ensure that they are strong at the execution level.

In particular, Warner Bros. has a trait that is envied and hated by other Hollywood companies, and that is its willingness to spend money.

Because of the strong support of Time Warner Group, Warner Bros. often demonstrates what it means to be wealthy in front of its Hollywood peers.

Among other things, Warner's favorite thing to do is to make a movie and find three or four Oscar-winning actors and actresses to play supporting roles.

- Even if it's just a waste.

Warner Bros. executives seem to have a common superstition, that is, having a few more actors and actresses in a movie can greatly increase the probability of box office success.

For this reason, some people even privately nicknamed Warner Bros. "Kai Zihua".

Of course, Warner Bros. wouldn't be the best among the seven major Hollywood companies if it was just a kid.

In fact, Warner is a company that is very good at spending money.

In other words, Warner has more experience in the production of large-scale films than other Hollywood companies.

The blockbusters they produce will neither suffer from insufficient effects due to too little investment, nor will they lead to cost overruns due to excessive precision.

This awareness of being willing to spend money but paying attention to costs prevents Warner from making a stunning movie like "Titanic", but it also won't drag the company to death with movies like "Windtalkers".

To put it simply, not losing anything is the standard for Warner's blockbusters.

And this kind of Warner seems to be very sincere when it comes to the release of the movie "The Sixth Sense".

Because as the director of the 1995 North American annual box office champion film, Charlotte has the capital to attract Warner's attention.

What's more, the leading actor in this movie is Bruce Willis.

In 1996, as an action star, Bruce Willis's box office appeal was still very high.

Coupled with the optimism of many big-name producers such as Kathleen Kennedy, these have strengthened Warner's confidence in the movie "The Sixth Sense".

Therefore, even though "The Sixth Sense" is not a purely Warner-derived film, they still agreed to strive for more than 2,800 opening screens for the film and prepared a detailed promotion plan.

However, there is a premise for all this, that is, they hope that "The Sixth Sense" can be released around Memorial Day in 1996, giving Warner Bros. the first shot at summer.

This means that the post-production work of "The Sixth Sense" cannot be carried out leisurely, but must go all out.

Fortunately, this time Charlotte has the power of writer, director and producer, and has complete final editing rights, so she will not be restricted by others.

This made the post-production work of "The Sixth Sense" less controversial and repetitive. Everyone just needed to work together in the direction determined by Charlotte.

——Although this also made Charlotte's pressure and responsibility suddenly increase, it is also the inevitable price of gaining power.

In short, in this busy post-production atmosphere, March 25, 1996 arrived——

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony has begun.