《肖申克的救赎》 20年的吸金利器
<p><span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="Gunton">Gunton</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="actor">actor</span> <span word="with">with</span> 125 <span word="credits">credits</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="name">name</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="seasons">seasons</span> <span word="of">of</span> '24' <span word="and">and</span> '<span word="Desperate">Desperate</span> <span word="Housewives">Housewives</span>' <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="roles">roles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="films">films</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Oscar">Oscar</span>-<span word="winning">winning</span> '<span word="Argo">Argo</span>.' <span word="Vaguely">Vaguely</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span> <span word="pays">pays</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="roles">roles</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span>.</p><p>鲍勃・冈顿(<span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="Gunton">Gunton</span>)是一位性格演员,共饰演过125个角色,包括《24小时》(24)和《绝望的主妇》(<span word="Desperate">Desperate</span> <span word="Housewives">Housewives</span>)中的数季剧集,在奥斯卡获奖影片《逃离德黑兰》(<span word="Argo">Argo</span>)等多部电影中也出演过角色。在他所居住的洛杉矶地区,像他这样有些眼熟的面孔很常见,没有人会怎么注意他。他的很多角色都已经被遗忘。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="the">the</span> 68-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="actor">actor</span> <span word="says">says</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hears">hears</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whispers">whispers</span> -- <span word="from">from</span> <span word="cabdrivers">cabdrivers</span>, <span word="waiters">waiters</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="bag">bag</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="neighborhood">neighborhood</span> <span word="supermarket">supermarket</span>: '<span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="warden">warden</span> <span word="in">in</span> '<span word="Shawshank">Shawshank</span>.''</p><p>但是这位68岁的演员说,每天他都会听到有人窃窃私语──出租车司机、餐厅服务员、附近超市里新来的打包男孩:“那是‘肖申克’里的典狱长。”</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="residual">residual</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> -- <span word="not">not</span> <span word="huge">huge</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="steady">steady</span>, <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="film">film</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 10<span word="th">th</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004. <span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> '<span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span> <span word="income">income</span>' <span word="long">long</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="residuals">residuals</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="up">up</span>.</p><p>他仍然还会收到制作方的余款──数额不多但很稳定,到2004年电影十周年时已经接近六位数。从那时起,虽然早就过了接受余款的年龄,他还是会继续收到“十分可观的收入”。</p>
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