Chapter 637: Twelve Angry Men Released
Yuzhou Longda Cinema.
Twelve leading actors, including Zhang Xiao, Chen Daoming, and Li Xuejian, stood at the entrance of the theater to welcome friends who came to watch the movie.
The premiere of "12 Angry Men" was very low-key. Zhang Xiao just called some good friends and asked Qingtian Entertainment to invite some film critics. It was considered a success.
What Zhang Xiao didn't expect was that many people in the circle, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Xu Zheng and other celebrities were curious about what Zhang Xiao's movie was shot in less than four days, so they came uninvited.
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This made the originally low-key premiere instantly become star-studded.
Chen Daoming sent Zhang Yimou into the movie theater in person. When he came back, he looked at Zhang Xiao and asked, "Zhang Xiao, how many movie guests are there?"
Zhang Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "Mimi and I invited more than ten friends and more than thirty film critics, and the total number was less than fifty. But who knew there would be so many?"
Li Xuejian said: "Fortunately, the theater you chose is big enough, otherwise it would be really troublesome."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Mi, Reba, Zhao Xiaoying, Xia Wanxin and others walked in. The reporters focused their cameras on them, and the flashlights kept lighting up.
Zhang Xiao said helplessly: "What are you doing here?"
Yang Mi said: "Of course I'm here to increase your popularity?"
Zhang Xiao sighed and said: "There will be no more seats left in the theater, so why do you need to help?"
Reba was very surprised and said: "Didn't we only invite a few people? Why can't we sit down?"
Zhang Xiao explained: "Many friends from the industry and famous film critics have come, and the hall of 260 people is now almost 70% full."
Yang Mi asked: "What should we do? Shall we go back again?"
"Forget it!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "I don't want the headlines tomorrow to say that I kicked the four beauties of Qingtian out of the cinema. You guys should hurry in!"
After the four women entered the theater, several film critics from the industry came one after another.
Zhang Xiao checked the time and saw that it was almost time, then walked into the theater with eleven other actors.
At midnight, the premiere of "12 Angry Men" officially began.
Zhang Xiao did not delay. He explained the general cause of the matter in the first minute, and the twelve people were brought to a conference room by a director of the school.
There has been a lot of discussion around the case of an eighteen-year-old boy who murdered his father.
In the first round of voting, 11 out of 12 people voted guilty, and only one person, Zhang Xiao, voted not guilty.
The problem is that in order to complete the task of this mock court, everyone must agree on guilt or innocence, so the debate begins.
Seeing this, everyone understood that the core of the entire movie was that Zhang Xiao had to successfully convince the other eleven people to change their innocence.
When Zhang Yimou saw this, his eyes flashed and he said: "What a great idea!"
Chen Kaige said: "I feel like it's not just as simple as convincing the other eleven people, but it should also extend to other things."
Zhang Yimou nodded in approval.
Sure enough, the identities and occupations of the twelve people were quickly revealed. There were businessmen, insurance people, natives of Yandu, taxi drivers, lonely elderly people, canteen owners, school security guards, etc., covering almost all walks of life.
And everyone’s thoughts are different.
When Zhang Xiao took out a switchblade that was similar to the murder weapon, he finally won the support of Old Man No. 7.
As the doubtful points were analyzed one by one, the stories of everyone were also revealed. Unknowingly, everyone's eyes were attracted to this small conference room.
"Who are you to decide a person's life or death? Even if a person is really guilty, we all have time to discuss whether he should be sentenced to death. You have the power of life and death. If you kill an innocent person, what is the difference between you and the murderer?"
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"It's not over yet? The one on the left is taking trouble, and the one on the right is a capitalist. Do you hate the rich? Come on, follow Forbes and kill them one by one!"
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"There is a bus full of college students and professors. There is only one out-of-towner. A wallet is missing on the bus. Tell me, who do you look at first? Don't tell me, who do you look at first? A Ferrari
Don't tell me that Xiali was crushed, don't you think it was the Ferrari who bullied me?"
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"I don't know what the truth is, really, I really don't know, and no one knows, but we have reasonable suspicion. This is a protective measure of great value in our society, and no one can announce it casually.
A person is guilty unless the evidence is conclusive!"
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A series of classic lines were uttered by the actors, which not only contained preaching, but also contained some injustices in society, which made the whole movie thought-provoking.
Xia Wanxin said softly to Gao Weiguang: "Brother Gao, you did a good job. Compared with these acting masters, you are not inferior at all."
Gao Weiguang smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know how difficult it is for me. Among the twelve actors, I am the only one with the worst acting skills. Fortunately, when I was filming the first scene, I got some advice from Brother Xiao. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it in a row."
I’m not even qualified to act opposite these seniors.”
At this time, Yang Mi said: "Weiguang, don't be too modest. Your performance in it is completely different from before, and your aura is also very strong. Have you learned a lot in this crew?"
Gao Weiguang nodded and said, "Yes, even though this drama was only filmed for a week, I really feel that my acting skills have improved a lot."
Yang Mi smiled and said, "I can tell."
Soon, the movie came to an end.
The last witness's doubts were revealed, and the entire case was completely reversed. Only the taxi driver was still holding on.
Eleven eyes all looked at him without saying anything.
When the driver couldn't bear it anymore, Chouchou told the story of the conflict between himself and his son, burst into tears, and supported everyone's conversion to innocence.
The whole movie ends here.
The lights came on and warm applause erupted in the theater.
Zhang Xiao led eleven actors onto the stage and bowed to thank everyone.
Zhang Xiao took the microphone and said: "First of all, thank you very much for coming to the premiere of our "Twelve Angry Men"."
"This movie is the most special movie I have ever made. It took three days to conceive, seven days to shoot, and three days to complete post-production. It only took about half a month from start to finish."
"As for whether this movie can impress everyone, I won't ask here, so as not to embarrass everyone. There are many reporters out there. You can tell them your true feelings as much as you want, whether it is good or bad, I am happy
accept."
"Okay, that concludes today's premiere of "Twelve Angry Men". See you at the premiere of "Zhu Xian"!"
Applause rang out, and Zhang Xiao personally sent everyone out of the cinema.
At the door, Zhang Yimou patted Zhang Xiao on the shoulder, gave him a thumbs up, and said, "Good shot!"
Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Director Zhang, we are all filmmakers and we are not trying to be fake. Tell the truth. How would you rate this film?"
Zhang Yimou said straightforwardly: 8.9 points, which is still a little short of a classic movie. If my guess is correct, you should have the overseas version of "Twelve Angry Men" first and then change it to the domestic version, right?
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Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "Director Zhang has a burning eye. The focus of the overseas version of "Twelve Angry Men" is on the rationality of the law, but our country does not use a jury system, so I have to focus on
Chapter completed!