"Give up James, you are going to lose anyway."
"Shut up Keith! Why don't you give it a try? You too got your ass handed to you by Alex." James said between heavy breaths.
"It's called wisdom and after an entire year of your butt getting kicked by Alex, you should have earned it." Keith retorted.
"But come on, look at him, he's just 5'1 weighing 78 lbs with a face of baby angel. If the girls hear that we lost to him, we will be laughing stock." James grumbled.
"Last year Alex was 4'10, but we still picked a fight with him" Keith countered.
The boys names are James Gilbert and Keith Richards.They are the heirs of rich families who tried to bully him , when he enrolled at Harvard boys for School, one of the prestigious prep school in in the USA. After getting their ass kicked, they asked Alex to teach them how to fight so that they can beat him. Keith gave up after three months but James was stubborn.
Alex looked at them with an amused expression. Though they started on wrong foot they became friends. Alex was just 13 while James and keith both were 16 year-old and all three of them were in the 11th grade( junior year). Harvard boys school students graduate early compared to their peers as they all are very intelligent.
"Alex, did you see latest Forbes edition?" Keith questioned looking into the magazine.
"OhGod, another article about Alex. What's this time?" James inquired.
" Not specifically about Alex but the year end box office results. "The Sixth Sense" grossed $363.2 million and "Home Alone 2", released early in november, grossed $210.7 million worldwide. "Pretty Woman", written by Alex, grossed $231.8 worldwide making Alex the hottest commodity in Hollywood."
In early 80s these figures are extremely dazzling but it was all part of Alex's plan. With his first film "E.T ." he got inernational recognition and next chose the phenomenal commercial value scripts. His popularity combined with solid scripts got these results.
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"Well, Miss Basinger was hot in "Pretty Woman"" James said with a dreamy look in his eyes.
"Yeah, she was" Keith replied with the same look as James.
"And I am gonna kick your both asses again" Alex said with the smile of a devil.
"Mommy.......!"
"Help......!"
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It's Christmas day and Kim's family members came to visit. Kim's mother, Ann Lee (née Cordell), was a model, actress and swimmer.Her father, Donald Wade Basinger, was a band musician and loan manager; as a U.S. Army soldier, he landed in Normandy on D-Day. The third of five children,kim has two brothers, James Michael "Mick" and Skip, and two sisters, Ashley and Barbara.
Though they are Kim's family Alex was not close with them. Alex had serious trust issues, so Kim never forced him. Golden globe nominations were announced and "The Sixth Sense" was nominated for Best Picture, director, actor in Drama for al Pacino, supporting actor for Alex, original screenplay, supporting actress for Susan Sarandon and best editing.
"Home Alone" got 2 nominations for the Best picture Musical or comedy and best actor in musical or comedy for Alex.
For "Pretty Woman", Kim was nominated for Best actress in Musical or Comedy.
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Alex was busy with the preparation work of "Empire of the Sun" . Its budget is $30 million with Phoenix studios and Amblin Entertainment sharing half of the investment with half of the profits.
Phoenix Studios negotiated with Shanghai Film Studios and China Film Co-Production Corporation and permission was granted for a three-week shoot in early May 1982. It was the first American film that's going to be shot in Shanghai since the 1940s.
Since the movie schedule is pushed to May, Alex decided to film a new movie "Lucas"(1986).
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