Post by Naj on Jun 29, 2006 14:19:42 GMT -5
The Producer Of 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Shares Secrets Of Success
June 29, 2006
Jerry Bruckheimer (CBS)
(CBS) If you're a fan of the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, then you probably already know this: While it still was being filmed, some studio executives became alarmed at the offbeat performance of Johnny Depp as he breathed life into the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know that he was not one of them.
"When you hire Johnny Depp, you hire an enormously creative actor. Don't hire him if you want something by the book," Bruckheimer told co-anchor Harry Smith during an interview on The Early Show Thursday. "He is not going to give you something by the book. He's going to give you something fresh, unique and interesting, and that's why you pay him the money."
And there was quite a brouhaha when certain powerful people first got a gander at Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack.
"Total panic. Complete panic," recalled Bruckheimer. "A young executive watches the dailies, and with dailies, you have ten takes of the same scene. So he (Depp) goes from a very conservative take to a really outrageous take, and they have no idea what the director and editor are going to put in the movie. So right away, they run to their bosses and: 'We have a disaster on our hands. We got a gay, drunk lead!' … As it turned out, it was a wonderful portrayal, totally fresh, and he got nominated for an Academy Award."
If Depp is a big star, then movie producers don't come much bigger than Bruckheimer. Next week, he brings us the highly anticipated sequel to "Pirates," this one subtitled, "Dead Man's Chest." This time around, Captain Jack and his team are on the hunt for the key needed to unlock the "Dead Man's Chest."
Asked by Smith if Bruckheimer attributes his success to not going "by the book," Bruckheimer said, "No. It's by working with really talented people. That is the key. That is why I'm here today. Surround yourself with talented people and why I'm here today with the TV shows: great actors. We have had enormous success with CBS because of that."
Bruckheimer is the man behind the "CSI" series, "Without A Trace," "The Amazing Race," "Cold Case" and "Close to Home." And he told Smith he can produce both movies and TV programs, again, because of "great people who work with me: our staff in L.A., a terrific man who runs my television business, great people who run our feature business. So they take the workload off of me, and then you hire talented people to surround them and that's the key to our success: Knowing talent."
Actually, Bruckheimer told Smith that one of the keys to making a sequel to a hit like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" was "by getting the same actors back. You start there. You want the same director and same writers and we put everybody back together again, and it's very exciting, because the second movie is dark, funny, full of action."
Getting Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom back is only part of it, though. Bruckheimer pointed out that "Dead Man's Chest" also has "new characters. Great villain.
One of the best."
But, as a producer, how does Bruckheimer pull it all together?
"First of all, they have to want to do it," replied Bruckheimer. "Once they want to do it, then you figure out a way to make a deal. If they don't want to do it, no matter how much money you pay them, they're not going to come back."
The "Pirates" stars wanted to come back, according to Bruckheimer, and so did the director and the writers.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is setting sail to theaters nationwide July 7.
First in partnership with Don Simpson, and then as the chief of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Bruckheimer has produced such films as "American Gigolo," "Flashdance," "Days of Thunder," "Bad Boys," "Dangerous Minds," "Crimson Tide," "The Rock," "Con Air," "Armageddon," "Enemy of the State," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Coyote Ugly," "Remember the Titans," "Pearl Harbor," "Black Hawk Down," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Bad Boys II," "Veronica Guerin," "King Arthur," "National Treasure" and "Glory Road."
source: CBS
June 29, 2006
Jerry Bruckheimer (CBS)
(CBS) If you're a fan of the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, then you probably already know this: While it still was being filmed, some studio executives became alarmed at the offbeat performance of Johnny Depp as he breathed life into the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know that he was not one of them.
"When you hire Johnny Depp, you hire an enormously creative actor. Don't hire him if you want something by the book," Bruckheimer told co-anchor Harry Smith during an interview on The Early Show Thursday. "He is not going to give you something by the book. He's going to give you something fresh, unique and interesting, and that's why you pay him the money."
And there was quite a brouhaha when certain powerful people first got a gander at Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack.
"Total panic. Complete panic," recalled Bruckheimer. "A young executive watches the dailies, and with dailies, you have ten takes of the same scene. So he (Depp) goes from a very conservative take to a really outrageous take, and they have no idea what the director and editor are going to put in the movie. So right away, they run to their bosses and: 'We have a disaster on our hands. We got a gay, drunk lead!' … As it turned out, it was a wonderful portrayal, totally fresh, and he got nominated for an Academy Award."
If Depp is a big star, then movie producers don't come much bigger than Bruckheimer. Next week, he brings us the highly anticipated sequel to "Pirates," this one subtitled, "Dead Man's Chest." This time around, Captain Jack and his team are on the hunt for the key needed to unlock the "Dead Man's Chest."
Asked by Smith if Bruckheimer attributes his success to not going "by the book," Bruckheimer said, "No. It's by working with really talented people. That is the key. That is why I'm here today. Surround yourself with talented people and why I'm here today with the TV shows: great actors. We have had enormous success with CBS because of that."
Bruckheimer is the man behind the "CSI" series, "Without A Trace," "The Amazing Race," "Cold Case" and "Close to Home." And he told Smith he can produce both movies and TV programs, again, because of "great people who work with me: our staff in L.A., a terrific man who runs my television business, great people who run our feature business. So they take the workload off of me, and then you hire talented people to surround them and that's the key to our success: Knowing talent."
Actually, Bruckheimer told Smith that one of the keys to making a sequel to a hit like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" was "by getting the same actors back. You start there. You want the same director and same writers and we put everybody back together again, and it's very exciting, because the second movie is dark, funny, full of action."
Getting Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom back is only part of it, though. Bruckheimer pointed out that "Dead Man's Chest" also has "new characters. Great villain.
One of the best."
But, as a producer, how does Bruckheimer pull it all together?
"First of all, they have to want to do it," replied Bruckheimer. "Once they want to do it, then you figure out a way to make a deal. If they don't want to do it, no matter how much money you pay them, they're not going to come back."
The "Pirates" stars wanted to come back, according to Bruckheimer, and so did the director and the writers.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is setting sail to theaters nationwide July 7.
First in partnership with Don Simpson, and then as the chief of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Bruckheimer has produced such films as "American Gigolo," "Flashdance," "Days of Thunder," "Bad Boys," "Dangerous Minds," "Crimson Tide," "The Rock," "Con Air," "Armageddon," "Enemy of the State," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Coyote Ugly," "Remember the Titans," "Pearl Harbor," "Black Hawk Down," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Bad Boys II," "Veronica Guerin," "King Arthur," "National Treasure" and "Glory Road."
source: CBS
