Almost a word of the script has not been changed.
The screenwriter of the film, J. Michael Strasinski, was a veteran who worked in the TV industry for 20 years and created many TV series such as "Babylon 5". TV man. He has maintained close friendships with friends from his earliest days as a journalist, and in 2005, when a friend of his who worked at Los Angeles City Hall suggested that he check out a copy of the case record on Christina Collins , which happened to be the moment when he wanted to take a break from his TV work. After reading the record of the entire case, he was immediately attracted by the story, and then spent a whole year investigating and researching the beginning and end of the case and all related archives. In his own words: "The story itself is bizarre enough that I have to be careful to keep reminding myself that these are not made up by me with sufficient facts. So it was important for me to put those Newspaper clippings are collaged together, and the information in these papers confirms all my speculations, so when writing the script, it is enough to write strictly according to the facts themselves, which is surprising enough." When he thought he had all the information And when I knew how to tell this story, it only took twelve days, and the whole script was completed overnight. And throughout the play, he claimed there were only two places where he needed to figure out what was going on, including a scene in a mental hospital, where he could only see a very limited courtroom due to the lack of official records. Testimony, so I had to analyze the situation at that time according to the medical level and conditions at that time and then add it to the script.
Strasinski's agent handed the script to Ron Howard, who almost immediately decided to buy the rights to the script. When the script was handed over to future director Clint Eastwood, Strasinski told him that he was willing to revise the script according to his wishes, "You can make any changes you want, add Some or less will do." But Eastwood made it very clear that he himself did not expect the script to be so satisfactory to him, "No, this is no problem, let's just shoot it like this." That's it. After an incredibly simple discussion, the script remained virtually unchanged from the first draft to the shot.
The twists and turns of the preparatory work
As early as June 2006, Universal Pictures and Ron Howard's Fantasy Entertainment bought the script for "Baby Tuning" and planned to direct the film by Howard himself. After completing the commercially successful The Da Vinci Code, the film was a natural fit for Howard's next work plan. Strasinski knew at the time that this was a very "heavy" project for Universal Pictures, and many first-line Hollywood actresses had already expressed great interest in this film. At this time, Angelique Na Jolie apparently hasn't been the first choice for the producers.
In March 2007, the pre-planning work for this film was in full swing within Universal Pictures, but at this time, news suddenly came that Howard had chosen "Foster Conversations with Nixon" as his successor to "The Da Vinci Code". "The next work after, so only in 2009 he was able to put "Baby Tune" on his schedule again. This news obviously almost killed the film. "This script has also become the perfect script that seems to have been cursed, floating in the sky over Hollywood over and over again, and famous directors and actors are constantly being read by famous directors and actors. I was deeply moved and said that I wanted to work on it, but no one could really implement this project..." Strasinski recalled the embarrassing situation at the time, "There were always situations like this that could make This project continues or just dies...it's driving me crazy." So Howard and another producer, Brian Glazer, came forward and started looking for other directors, and they approached five Hollywood's A-list directors, eventually Clint Eastwood surfaced, to sign them. After reading the script, he unabashedly expressed his fondness for the script, because it was an opportunity for him to revisit the era of the Great Depression that he was familiar with, the era he grew up in, so he was very interested in what happened. In the stories of that period, he was always very interested and full of confidence as a director. He thought "Baby Tweak" could be a companion to his 2003 film "Mystic River," because it also depicted the defilement of society as a result of indifference and tyrannical treatment of a child by adults. It was not until Eastwood signed the contract that the film "Baby Transfer" finally ushered in the dawn again.
independent women not recognized by society
Angelina Jolie was signed to play Collins in March 2007, the result of Howard's suggestion to Eastwood, who agreed because he thought Jolie's face was very suitable for the background of that era. Jolie said that at first she thought it would be the hardest role for her, but in fact it may actually be the easiest role for her. Because Julie is also a mother herself, and the kidnapping of her own child is something that every mother doesn't even want to think about, so her whole performance reveals her true feelings and is very touching.
Eastwood said the role of Collins reminded him of the role played by Ingrid Bergman in 1944's "Gaslight", a woman who also wondered if she was crazy. In the film, Eastwood directly uses a photo of Collins smiling while holding a child who is clearly not her own, and the psychiatrist who "treated" Collins directly quoted testimony from the case record. What appears to be a film about a child kidnapping case is actually a depiction of the fact that a woman who yearned for independence at the time was considered a threat by male society. Eastwood summed up the role by citing the exact words of one of the officials who decided to send Collins to the reformatory at the time: "There must be something wrong with you, you are an independent woman." "And this," Iss "It was unacceptable for that era," said Turwood.
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