[外电] 年终强档分析-裘莉新片“永不屈服”

楼主: sampsonlu919 (欢迎所有球队教训旧金山)   2015-01-05 23:32:51
Holiday 2014 Forecast: 'Unbroken'
http://bit.ly/1yrTANs
by Ray Subers
Release Date: December 25th
Studio: Universal
Genre: War Drama
Director: Angelina Jolie
Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson
编剧/导演介绍:
相较于演员,本片的导演与编剧可能更加有知名度。担任导演的正是好莱坞女星身价属于
前段班的“裘莉”。编剧群中的那两位“柯恩”也正是多次入围奥斯卡也曾经拿奖的柯恩
兄弟,而这也是他们从影生涯中,少数只编不导的电影
Richard LaGravenese擅长改编畅销书籍,多年前卖座的催泪电影“PS我爱你”他甚至还
兼任导演。年龄超过60的William Nicholson则是对欧美历史颇有研究的史学派编剧,“
神鬼战士”与“悲惨世界”这两部在奥斯卡有斩获的卖座片,其剧本都有他的参与。
Cast: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Alex
Russell, Finn Wittrock, Takamasa Ishihara
演员介绍:
对照了天后级巨星转任的导演以及开外挂的编剧群,“永不屈服”的主角群的确没有那
种只手遮天的一线大牌,不过他们的演艺生涯还是颇被看好的。
.头号主角杰克欧康纳先前在“三百壮士2”中虽非主角,但也有重要的戏份
.唐纳葛利森正是卖座英式喜剧“真爱每一天”的男主角,他年底还将参与备受影迷瞩
目与期待的科幻大片“星际大战七部曲”
.葛瑞特赫德兰曾参演科幻动作片“创:光速战记”,今年他将在奇幻冒险喜剧“彼得
潘”与修杰克曼对戏
.来自澳洲的杰寇特尼曾经在“终极警探5”饰演麦克连二世,而他也入选了华纳明年根
据漫画改编的动作大片“自杀特攻队”
Studio Description: A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini (Jack O'Connell
), an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World
War II.
剧情大纲:
这是一个关于曾经代表美国参加奥运跑步赛的军人“詹帕瑞尼”,在二战期间被日军监禁
过程的传记故事。
Analysis: Movies set during the second World War can be a tough sell: so far
this year, The Monuments Men fell short of $80 million, while Fury will
likely wind up below that mark as well. Both of those movies had considerable
on-screen starpower, which is something that Unbroken lacks.
卖座情势分析:
故事背景发生在第二次世界大战的电影,很容易成为片商手中的棘手产品。以今年为例
,“大寻宝家”在美国的收盘还不到八千万美金,“怒火特攻队”大概也不容易超越
这个门槛。上述两部电影起码还有强大的卡司群作为卖点,这也正是“永不屈服”最缺
乏的。
译注:此分析文原文发表于“怒火特攻队”与“永不屈服”上映之前,“怒火特攻队”
北美仍有突破八千万,但在感恩节后美国放映的戏院大幅减少,已确定无法破亿
Unbroken does, however, have some pretty serious credentials behind the
camera. Angelina Jolie doesn't much of a track record as a director—her
first movie, In the Land of Blood and Money, wasn't particularly commercial—
but she is undeniably popular: there's no way Maleficent makes over $240
million without Jolie in the lead role. Unbroken is a serious passion project
for Jolie, and she'll be campaigning aggressively for it.
不过,“永不屈服”在幕后负责的导演却是一个大有来头的名人,那就是“安洁莉娜裘
莉”。尽管她在担任导演上的资历并不多,导演处女秀“爱在血泪交织时”(又名血与
蜜之地)在商业表现上也没有太明显的成就,但无可否认她仍然拥有相当高的人气。
毕竟,“黑魔女”假如没有她的存在,是不可能光在美国就卖出2.4亿美金票房的。
“永不屈服”对裘莉而言是一个题材严肃却又让她充满热情的电影企划案,可以想见她
在电影上片前将会积极地到各大场合宣传。
It also helps that the movie is based off a bestselling book, written by
Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. The recent success of Gone Girl and The
Fault in our Stars reinforces the notion that readers can be converted to
viewers when an adaptation is well-timed and faithful to the source material
(and Unbroken appears to be both).
电影的故事来源来自“奔腾年代”原作者另一本同名畅销书,对于影片的行情也有不小
帮助。稍早前“控制”与“生命中的美好缺憾”这两部片的成功,证明了畅销书读者也
可以转化成买票的观众-只要上映时机合宜且改编忠于原著的话。“永不屈服”看来
应该也可以做到上述这两点。
译注:奔腾年代的原著曾经以“海饼干”的名义在台湾发行中文版,不过目前中文版已
经处于绝版状态,无法购买
If it's at least a generally well-made movie, Unbroken should also benefit
from some serious awards buzz. The movie is an inspirational true story set
during World War II, and is focused on an Olympian and war veteran (Louis
Zamperini) who just passed away in July. All of these elements will likely be
catnip to awards voters.
假如“永不屈服”能够成为一部拥有好品质并进而带来好口碑的电影,它甚至可以在
奥斯卡季节中获取一些关爱。由于“永”片本身乃是根据今年七月过世的前奥运选手
暨战争退役老兵“詹帕瑞尼”在第二次世界大战经历的真实故事改编,以上的元素
相信应该可以对奥斯卡在内的各大奖项投票者造成吸引力。
A good comparison for Unbroken is Steven Spielberg's War Horse, which was
also an awards-contending PG-13 war movie starring mostly unknown actors.
That movie earned $79.9 million around the same time in 2011; with a more
accessible story and more popular source material, we're betting that
Unbroken exceeds that figure.
“永不屈服”有一个可以对照的范本,那就是史匹柏的“战马”,这也是一部积极报名
各大奖项的PG-13分级战争电影。尽管同样没有强力卡司作为后盾,“战马”在2011年
圣诞档上映后,还是拥有将近八千万美金的好成绩。由于更容易感人的故事加上更受欢
迎的原著,我们相信“永不屈服”的票房应该可以超越“战马”的数据。
Forecast: $105 million
作者: ooic (ooic)   2015-01-06 07:20:00
推, 奔腾年代超好看的,原来是同作者
作者: Anzar (是一只安萨)   2015-01-06 10:25:00
这部片跟前两年的 心灵勇者 是不是完全相同的剧本啊?

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