Bob finally calls them back. "This is the call," Joel says. "This is the one we live and die on." Joel begins to listen to the call and John hears the news, coming to the door to hear it, and Bob asks that the camera crews and everyone else to step out so that he can take the call privately.
Last week we left off waiting for Bob Weinstein to weigh in on the film. Joel was on the phone with him negotiating the film. "Well, you know what, I hope you like it as much as I do," he tells him. He's supposed to watch it that day as he was at the Golden Globes the night before. They're waiting for the word from Bob through Andrew.
Bob Weinstein liked the movie. "That was good," Mike says, "That was huge." Andrew says, "There's a lot of potential in the film." He admits they picked the right script and the right director. They joke about whether or not Andrew is still going to be involved with the project because of the dissolution of Dimension Films from Disney. "Now, we're no longer under the radar," Chris says. Ben comes in and sits down, and he's very ecstatic about what Bob said.
"This reaction from a studio is unprecedented," Ben says of Project Greenlight. They decide they want to do some focus groups on the film before doing screenings for the public's reaction. They're continuing to edit things through the rough cut in the rooms. "I just hope we can whip it into shape," John says.
Forty-eight hours later, they're having a bunch of big names come in to watch the film. Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Andrew Rona and a bunch of other industry names come in to watch the next step of the rough cut. "He's like a different guy," Ben jokes. "John is getting a further grasp at the image of a director," Joel says of the changes in John going from wallflower to the spotlight.
They watch some scenes that are put together much better than they were during the last showing. At the end, they all clap, and they seem very pleased. "See, I told you he was a good director," Matt jokes. Afterwards he fielded questions from everyone to get feedback on what he has now. "He's reminding everyone that it's not perfect, yet," Joel says. They say they might want to do a few reshoots to put in. "We're saying great job, if you want to fix it, let's do it," Andrew says. "That's a unique thing for the project for the studios to want to put more money in the film," Matt explains. "I thought he did a really good job." Kevin Smith was also very impressed and said so.
They decide they want to do a test screening with a real audience. However, they want to try to get the sound and visuals put together before they do that, even if they don't have enough time to do it. "We'll get some honest feedback," John says of the next slew of screenings. "We have a huge task in front of us," Mike says, "We have to lock the cut. We have to get the picture very pretty."