The script of the film was first born before the "Mona Lisa", named solider's wife, and the plot is much simpler than the film. Later in Mongolian filming, the director and producer Stephen Woolley often went to the famous cross-dressing club in London to play, and came up with the whimsical idea of "founding a wife and finding that she is a man", and joined the real social background of Northern Ireland. It became the movie we saw.
The preparation of the film was extremely difficult, even though "Mona Lisa" was already a big success at that time. But the small production company that has made three films for Jordan has struggled. Producer Stephen Woolley believes that it must be recognized by the American market, but he and the script were pushed back "insultingly" by major American film companies (you know this subject). I had to turn to European investors. With the efforts of all parties, the British Channel 4, several other European investors, and a Japanese investor (a firm supporter of the director) decided to jointly invest. However, the funding process was still tedious and long, so that Stephen Woolley repeatedly wrote to Channel 4 threatening to self-immolate face to face. When the funds were delayed, Stephen even directly withdrew the ticket for the day from the two theaters he owned to maintain the crew. And director Jordan is also ready to go back to writing if the film is unsuccessful. Simply the excellent script was supported by some people of insight and Miramax's release agreement.
Even in the filming, there was still a lot of resistance. Channel Four did not like the ending of the script (what we saw) and insisted on the director to revise it. Although the director had no choice but to write another Hollywood ending (the protagonist flees and reunite with the "beautiful" after half a year, everyone is happy), although everyone does not like the new ending, and the filming of the new ending is very expensive, but still under the pressure of the investor I had to film the ending of the "pure waste of money" version-the DVD highlights included a video quality version. Although the fourth channel Gufang praised the new version of the ending, in the subsequent release and screenings, everyone still rejected the fake model of the reunion.
When the film was completed, it was sent to the exhibition in Cannes but received an unexpected cold reception. However, when it was released in the United States, due to the precise positioning of the distribution promotion, strict plot confidentiality, and the unexpected open-mindedness of American audiences, the film was a big success, and it was the best box office of the year. Ranked, and got 5 Oscar nominations, of course, in the end only got the best screenplay (both the director and you know). In any case, the film brought an unexpected receipt to everyone. Starring Stephen Ray was even chanted by gay fans on the street, and Jay Davidson even became the love of the imprisoned Northern Ireland activists (holding back for many years). At the time of DVD production and revisiting the famous JoJo club in London, a dress-up dancer gave the film a high degree of affirmation.
After watching these behind-the-scenes tidbits, I have a feeling, "Why can a non-big-name director who is dedicated to humanity and artistic expression get the unrelenting and relentless support of the producer? Think of the two people haunting the cross-dressing club and Many works on related themes, this...
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