"The Longest Day" (The Longest Day) was filmed in 1962. Because the filming of "Cleopatra" by the 20th Century Fox Company was so expensive that there was no extra money to shoot other blockbuster films, so I had to cut down on food and clothing to make "The Longest Day" a black and white film.
And this World War II classic film brings together an ultra-luxury star lineup. However, with the exception of John Wayne, who has the most drama, received 250,000 pieces, all the other big names only received 6,000. In fact, this is also a travel expense, which is equivalent to the company’s difficult time. Volunteer labor.
At this time, Richard Burton has become popular, headlines every day, and the salary has risen to 500,000. The other film "The Sound of Music" made by Fox originally wanted him to play, because he could not pay for the film and had to choose someone else.
Burton flew from the crew of "Cleopatra" in Rome to Paris to film "The Longest Day". After he arrived on the crew of Paris, he and Fox CEO Wange complained about the messy management chaos in Rome and severely delayed the filming. The progress and the huge amount of money burned.
This has also caused turmoil and personnel changes among Fox executives. It also triggered a series of lawsuits before and after the release of "Cleopatra". Fox Company therefore angered him and Taylor, and took the couple to court and demanded that they compensate the company with 50 million yuan.
However, this "million-dollar couple" who dominated the 60s film industry is not easy to provoke.
Tyler, who is as fierce as a tiger and a ghost, not to mention, is Burton, the king of gold suckers with the title of master of performing arts, a bully? Can Burton, who has been able to shoot bad films in Hollywood for nine consecutive years and still hold the highest pay among Hollywood male stars, or is Burton, a shareholder of a Swiss bank, not mindful? From the fact that he dared to buy Taylor a necklace of 700,000 yuan when he paid 250,000 yuan, he knew how confident he was.
So the hapless Fox Company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, not only did not ask for a cent from them, but was sued by Taylor and compensated her and Burton each with 1 million.
Let’s talk less about Lieburton’s performance in "The Longest Day". I simply suspect that this role is tailored specifically for him.
He played a second lieutenant of the Royal Air Force, and he himself did serve in the Royal Air Force in 1944. This is a true performance.
This second lieutenant was selected as a pilot because he enlisted in the army and all the people who were selected as pilots died in the battle. He was the only one who survived by chance. As a result, he developed a strong mood of war exhaustion and became a depressed and decadent alcoholic. And when he played again before the finale, he showed his smoky character again. These two points are exactly the same as him.
His lines here can be called the finishing touch of the film, extremely classic, "He (Germany) is dead, I am lame (British), you are lost (America), things always happen like this, I mean It's a war." It predicted the actual outcome of Germany, Britain, and the United States after World War II.
What's interesting is that when I saw this episode, I didn't expect him to appear in this situation. The person came first without a sound, but when I heard it, I knew it was him, because the voice was too magnetic, thick, and recognizable. Although this episode is not long, it is brilliant and dazzling. The lines are so strong that you can show off your skills without knowing it.
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