copyright lawsuit
In 1998, a novelist named Joe Quick published a novel called "Ultimate Rush" (Ultimate Rush), this novel tells the story of a courier with too much adrenaline, traveling across the city , The story of expressing a mysterious package. This novel was Quaker's first novel, and it sold very well, and the copyright was bought by Warner Company. Warner was also planning to put this novel on the screen at the time, but it didn't stop at the end. In 2010, Rob Weisbach, the publishing agent who published the novel at the time, discovered that a street below his home in Manhattan was blocked. After inquiring, he knew that a movie called "Fatal Urgent" was shot here, and continued to inquire, and he found that the plot of this movie was surprisingly consistent with the "Ultimate Express" he published that year.
The final script, after countless revisions, has been quite different from the original novel, but Quirk obtained the first version of the film's 2009 script from an anonymous source. In this script, the names of the characters, occupations, love relationships, police intervention, and crimes controlled by the Chinese gangsters are exactly the same as the novel written by Quaker-except for the protagonist's means of transportation. In the novel, the protagonist walks on roller skates to deliver the courier, while in this film, the protagonist uses a bicycle.
Quirk, full of confidence, took Sony and the related staff of the film to court. He thought this was a must-win lawsuit, but the actual situation was not as smooth as he had imagined. A copyright protection lawyer from Los Angeles said: "In the past 15-20 years, none of the authors who have fought such copyright lawsuits with these mainstream studios have won the lawsuit." Because of complex investigations and evidence collection. , The strong background of the production company, and the means of out-of-court settlement, many authors have given up asking the question to the end. Regarding this failing lawsuit that he cannot afford and cannot support, Quaker said: "This is the status quo of the industry. Powerful entertainment companies are gradually pushing some starving authors and artists to a ruin. I This is not an exception. This is a common phenomenon in this industry.” For this, Madd said: “This is the behavior of the mafia. Some people have the right to use the law to protect themselves, while others should be protected by the law. People can only be exploited."
Quirk's lawsuit was finally over, and Sony and the film staff refused to comment on this time, leaving a lot of room for the public to fantasize.
Extreme movie
Although this is a film about the "delivery accident" of a bicycle courier, the director of the film still added a lot of spectacle shots in it. In fact, this is not surprising, because the film’s director David Cape has written the scripts of blockbuster movies such as "Mission Impossible", "Jurassic Park" and "Spider-Man". How to add "entertainment elements" to ordinary stories is his specialty.
This time, David Cape put the element of extreme sports on the story of the bicycle deliveryman. Cape said: "I think the two can be combined perfectly. Watching the bicycle shuttle between the crowd and the vehicles, I will have a feeling of shooting Spider-Man. Unlike that movie, In this movie, we adopted the method of real shooting instead of relying on CG production. Moreover, I added some elements of extreme sports to the work of these couriers, such as riding a bicycle to jump, flip, vacate, dodge, etc. . In this way, it can make the film review more exciting without lacking a certain degree of authenticity. There are some big-name actors in this movie, but the most interesting ones are the scenes of running desperately on the road. There are already a lot of car chases, but Chasing with a bicycle and a car together will surely make the audience scream."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has just become popular in the past few years, played the leading role in the film, a first-class courier with both driving skills and courage. . Speaking of playing this role, Levitt said: "I like this role very much, because I am also a cycling lover. This movie just gives me this opportunity to ride a bike. Therefore, I will try my best on the set. Go to star in every shot. There are some stunt shots I will personally play. For me, starring in this movie is more like an opportunity to enjoy cycling, rather than intense work and filming. Although there are some in the process of shooting a little accident, but overall, starred in the film, still makes me very happy. "
Highlights
Joseph Gordon - Levitt did not use a substitute in the film, all the high-speed racing shots are his personally done.
·The film was filmed in New York in mid-July 2010.
·At the shooting scene, Joseph Gordon-Levitt ran into a taxi because he was riding too fast. He instinctively covered his head with his arm. The broken glass shards scratched his arm, and eventually Joseph Gordon-Levitt's right arm was stitched with 31 stitches.
·A documentary called "Triple Rush" (Triple Rush) was also launched at the same time as this film. This documentary tells about the work and life of a bicycle courier in New York. Many couriers in this documentary also appeared in this film, and they completed many stunts that professional actors could not complete.
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