Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1194 Birthday Song at the Oscars
"Oh my gosh, I finally have a chance to use this..." Denzel Washington is one of the very handsome black people, with very upright facial lines and facial features. "45 seconds, right? First of all, I want to thank you..."

Nielsen's ratings and viewing ratio sampling data are slowly rising.More and more viewers are turning to ABC to watch the Oscars live broadcast.

Ronald has fully communicated with ABC. It is no longer the previous method of focusing on on-site awards and only giving the TV station a chance to broadcast.Instead, they consider the TV station at all times and strictly limit the time of the award speech, which is an important content. The TV station is very grateful for this. Precise time control is very helpful to the selling price of TV advertisements.

After awarding several minor awards, Oscar introduced a new link.

This year’s Best Foreign Language Film Award will be awarded at the Moscow branch venue.Relations between the two countries have eased under the new commander-in-chief.So this is also a good gesture to express peace for all mankind in the cultural field.

The famous Hollywood actor Jack Lemmon is currently hosting in Moscow, and his companion is Natalia Negoda, the heroine of last year's Soviet Union box office hit movie "Little Vera".

This movie attracted 5490 million viewers into the cinema (the alliance does not count ticket prices but the number of people), second only to "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" in [-] in history.

Of course, this cannot be entirely attributed to the wonderful filming. On the contrary, the plot of this film is not a blockbuster commercial film routine, but a description of people losing their faith, everyone hating each other, and finally ending with the death of the protagonist.

The reason why it became the annual champion is not because people there like to watch boring tragedies, but because this movie has the first sex scene during the Soviet Union period.

Through satellite connections, live broadcasts from both places can appear on television cameras at the same time. For this little tidbit, ABC spent a lot of money to rent a satellite and put a lot of effort into setting up a temporary venue in Moscow.

Although there were some echoes, it did not affect Jack Lemmon's award speech.After mentioning multiple nominated films, actress Natalia Negoda, who spoke metaphorically with a thick Russian accent, opened the envelope and burst out with an exclamation:
"Best Foreign Language Film goes to...Italian Film...Cinema Paradiso"

There was a burst of applause, and the camera cut back to the awards show. Director Giuseppe Tornatore, who was sitting in the seat, stood up with a smile and went up to receive the award with the producer.

Ronald hadn't seen the movie yet. He looked back to his agent Richard. When the latter came over, he asked him about the details of the movie.

It turns out that Giuseppe Tornatore is also a strange person. This is his second directorial work.The original 155-minute version was released in Italy in 1988 without causing any ripples. However, the re-edited 123-minute version last year caused a huge response and crowds of moviegoers.

Richard said the film is a meta-story about cinema.The whole plot revolves around a small town movie theater that wants to cut out all the kissing scenes.Ronald became interested and said that he wanted to buy a copy of the video tape produced by Maoguo Company and have a look.

The next award was for Best Supporting Actress. Presenter Kevin Kline finally announced the winner. Among the five nominees, it was Brenda Fricker from Ireland for her wonderful performance in "My Left Foot" , earned this honor.

The other four nominees shown by the camera all had official fake smiles on their faces: "Although I didn't win the award, I'm very happy that she won the award."Especially Julia Roberts. Among the five, the most ordinary-looking Irish aunt with a body like a bucket won the award last, which made people... a little speechless.

The lens was specially used to capture the expressions of award winners, and surprisingly it was her who finally captured a close-up of Brenda Fricke's face.

"What the fuck...", Ronald almost didn't mention it in one breath. It turned out that this tough Irish actress was caught in a close-up with her mouth shape, and she was the one who said "What the fuck..." and she was awarded the award. There was loud music playing at that time, covering her voice...

All the minor accidents have been taken care of well, and the Oscars have entered the important awards ceremony period.The first important award is the Best Editing Award, which has the iconic role of Best Director and Best Film.

Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy took the stage to present the award.Ronald arranged it very carefully. The 80-year-old actress dressed up to attend the award show, and he must give her a chance to appear on stage in return.

"The winner... was born on the Fourth of July..."

The camera was given to two editors, and director Oliver Stone and actor Tom Cruise were interspersed.

This small hint is the innovation of this year's broadcast.Everyone wants to see if Stone and Cruise, two nominees tonight, will get the same results as the editors.Judging from previous experience, the possibility is still quite high.

"Born on the Fourth of July" received eight nominations, second only to "Driving Miss Daisy" which had nine nominations. Since it won the important Best Editing category, the next few awards are also very promising. .

But the next best photography award was awarded to Freddie Francis for "The Glorious Battle". This was his second win.There is also a lot of correlation between Best Cinematography and Best Film. It seems that the final prize still depends on luck.

Next, Gregory Peck took the stage to present the Best Actress Award. He also reviewed the earliest Oscars. In the first Oscar, the actress still won the award for her performance in three movies.

It is indeed appropriate for him to present this award. He is one of the few Hollywood old men who has witnessed the golden age.

Gregory Peck introduced the five nominees, three of whom are famous Hollywood beauties.

Isabelle Adjani in "Rodin's Lover," Jessica Lange in "The Music Box," and Michelle Pfeiffer in "The Mythical Baker Boys."

The outside world generally thinks that Adjani's performance is very good, but she is from China and the movie is in French.Lange won another Oscar, and Michelle Pfeiffer was generally favored by the outside world.

"The Oscar goes to...Jessica Tandy..." Gregory Peck read the name from the envelope.

The Best Actress award went to an unprepared Jessica Tandy. Jessica Lange on the side could only smile bitterly. Parker spoke slowly. Many people thought she had won the award. Fortunately, she did not celebrate immediately. Otherwise it would be a big joke.

Jessica Tandy was kissed by her husband next to her and smiled. At the age of 80, she has seen all the ups and downs and is relatively calm. After taking the stage, she said she took a deep breath:

"I would never have thought in 1 years that I would be standing here...I thank you all..."

A big upset occurred. Ronald and his assistant whispered a few words to each other. Fortunately, there were no problems in the broadcast.

The award ceremony has reached its midpoint, and Billy Crystal made a few more jokes, asking everyone not to forget to pick up gift bags when leaving and attend the dinner hosted by [-]th Century Fox.The stage was given to the award guest for Best Visual Effects, Dan Ackroyd.

The Canadian comedian was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Driving Miss Daisy" this time. Although he lost to Denzel Washington, he was in a good mood.

But the guest next to him, Chevy Chase, was annoying. He kept making vulgar jokes about Dan. The audience couldn't help laughing, but they also got bored over time.

Ronald originally didn't want to invite this host who caused the ratings of the Oscars to plummet, but because the Academy didn't want to live up to the facts, they asked him to present an award and make an appearance to show the unity of the two presidents.

Seeing Chevy Chase start running the train again, no orders from Ronald were needed here, the people in the background had already started to raise the volume of the music to remind this bad comedian to get off early.

"The Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to...The Abyss!"

Ronald raised his hands and clapped, his old friend was really recognized this time.Although the four visual effects directors received the award, Cameron's name was not included.But each of the four people's acceptance speeches of more than ten seconds mentioned Cameron's control of the entire film's special effects.

how to say?Although people are not present, their presence is not weak at all.

Finally, it’s time for the highlight of this year’s Oscars.The president of the academy personally introduced the ceremony, and the two most important award-giving guests, Spielberg and Lucas, slowly walked out.The soundtrack given to them was the theme song of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which was originally a movie that the two collaborated on.

Spielberg spoke first, "This year, the Academy's trustees voted to award an honorary award to a person. Many people believe that he is the greatest living film director...

Akira Kurosawa made 47 films in his 27-year film career.Among them are undisputed film and television classics, such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Lust for Life, Spider's Nest, and Rebellion..." George Lucas responded, "Many people ask Director Akira Kurosawa, what are the total number of his films? What is the theme?The answer is simple, he said he always asks a simple question, why can't people live happier together...

In his movies, he always answers this question with very elegant strokes, sometimes with heartbreaking tragedy..."

"What follows are some clips from some of this great artist's films..." Spielberg took on the role of host.

A line of words appeared on the screen, which was Kurosawa's own words, "To be an artist, don't take your eyes away [from reality]"

As soon as the lights dimmed, representative images from many of Kurosawa's past films appeared on the screen.

This time, the audience was more attentive than the mixed editing at the beginning. Kurosawa Akira is known for his shocking images, and Ang Lee's mixed editing did a good job of connecting the scenes in Seven Samurai, Lust for Life, and Chaos. (The original film was insufficient and only a few cuts could be made).

What finally appeared on the screen was a scene of Akira Kurosawa working at the filming site. He was wearing sunglasses and a hat, working very hard in the sun at the age of eighty, and received a round of applause from the audience.

The lights came back on, and Spielberg called Kurosawa's name above.Invite him to the stage to present the award.

At this time, the broadcast camera swept over. Akira Kurosawa, who had just turned 80, had a serious face and was a little nervous.After all, they are two of the biggest directors in Hollywood, and they were the investors in his past two movies, Kagemusha and Wanran respectively.

The camera focused on the old man and the music began to play, but Kurosawa's English was not good, and he did not yet understand whether he was going to go on stage to award an award.

Ronald, who was sitting in the back, quickly stood up and stretched out his hand, giving Akira Kurosawa a signal for him to come up.Akira Kurosawa first bowed to Ronald and then stepped forward.

"Before we award the award, we are going to connect with your hometown, where some of your old friends have something to say to you." Spielberg asked Kurosawa to look at the screen.

On the line were Kurosawa's colleagues in Tokyo, where they and their families took turns congratulating him on the award.Then someone rolled out a big cake, and the staff and their children sang "Happy Birthday to You" in unison.

Especially the child's innocent singing also moved the audience. Everyone stood up and applauded, and then started singing Happy Birthday to the music.The atmosphere was very harmonious.

George Lucas presented Akira Kurosawa with a statuette on behalf of the academy. A Japanese translator hired by the organizing committee translated Kurosawa's acceptance speech beside him:

"I'm deeply honored, very privileged to receive such an honor, but I have to ask myself if I really deserve this award. I'm a little worried because I feel like I don't understand film yet. I really don't feel like I've got it. the essence of.”

The audience was speechless for a while. They were not used to this kind of Eastern self-effacement.They immediately reacted and started clapping even more enthusiastically.

"Film is a wonderful thing, but it's very, very difficult to grasp its true meaning. But what I promise you is that from now on, I will try my best to make movies as hard as I can, and maybe go down this road If I go on, I will realize the true meaning of movies and be worthy of this award.

George [Lucas], Steven [Spielberg], and then waved to Ronald in the audience, Ronald, thank you."

The camera gradually zooms out and preparations for the theatrical performance begin.Ronald sighed, so far, everything is going very well.

There were few popular works in the following awards, with the best original screenplay going to "Dead Poets Society" and the best adapted screenplay going to "Driving Miss Daisy."

The Best Director award was presented to Martin Scorsese and his long-time partner Bob De Niro.

The clips of the nominees continued last year's tradition, using photos or videos of several directors' on-site work to introduce them.

"The Oscar goes to...Oliver Stone!" Scorsese handed the statuette to Stone.

The live footage took care of Tom Cruise again. Today "Born on the Fourth of July" won the Best Editing, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. According to previous practices, Cruise has a good chance of winning. .

"My deepest gratitude to you..." Oliver Stone seemed very emotional above, "The Vietnam War is not over yet, some people say it is. But the Vietnam War is a state of mind that will never end, as long as There are also people who have a desire for power and want to use power to interfere in other people's lives..."

Ronald was about to ask his assistant to turn up the volume again, and Oliver Stone kept blinking. Could it be that today was... coming in the future?

"Thank you to Kovich (the prototype of the movie), and thank you to Tom Cruise for making Kovich live on the screen..." Fortunately, he returned to normal, stopped talking nonsense, and thanked many crew members and his own spouse.

But then, Jodie Foster awarded her the Best Actor award, which made Cruise, who appeared in the broadcast three times, have his dream come true.

Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" won Best Actor.You could tell that although Tom laughed and clapped, he was obviously acting.Next to him, the British actor and director Kenneth Branagh (he directed and starred in Henry V and was nominated for Best Director and Best Actor) knew that his chances of winning the award were slim, so he was very happy. Sincerity.), is the real applause. The contrast between the two is very strong.

The last grand prize, best film, also had an upset."Born on the Fourth of July", which won directional awards such as best director and best editing, did not win, but was awarded to "Driving Miss Daisy."

Jack Nicholson, who had made a lot of money, went on stage to present the award, and Richard Zanuck, the producer of "Driving Miss Daisy," picked up the trophy with his wife Lily.

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Finally, the frustrated Tom Cruise found Ronald after the awards show. "Are you going to the party at Fox?" Cruise tried to hug Oliver Stone's thigh but failed. He then thought of Ronald, who had not yet won the best director. Maybe it would be easier to win the award by working with him?
"Nomination is strength, winning is luck..." Ronald patted Cruise and comforted him.His performance this year was actually very good. His loss to Daniel Day-Lewis may be due to the jealousy of his fellow actors about his high salary and large number of fans.

"Ronald..." Richard came over to call him and had his phone number.

After hurriedly talking to the phone for a few words and then hanging up, Ronald came back and said to Tom Cruise, "Diane is a little lonely at home. He asked me to go back early. Let's talk some time to see if there is anything suitable." script."

Ronald declined the invitations from many guests and got into Little Bud's car under the protection of his bodyguards.Diane rarely called her to ask him to go back. Ronald felt that his wife was more important, so he gave up invitations from several female celebrities to take him to various after-parties.

"You stop at the video store next door, and I'll go see if there are any Cinema Paradiso videos..."

Passing by an intersection, Ronald saw a video rental store. He asked Little Bud to stop. He heard that this best foreign language film was very good and he wanted to buy it and watch it at night.

"Sorry, I can't find the movie you want. I have to ask my dad..." The video rental store is not big, with only one clerk, and he is Chinese.She wasn't familiar with this movie, so she looked through it for a while and couldn't find it, so she came over to apologize.

"It's okay. Does your dad know about this movie?"

"He understands it very well... Wait a minute, Dad..." The girl turned to the back and shouted, "He is watching the Oscars and will be out soon..."

"Here we come..." A deep man's voice came, sounding very depressed.

The curtains before and after the partition were lifted, and a dark, thick-set Chinese man came out?
"Old Wu? Why are you here?" Ronald's jaw couldn't close in surprise.

(End of this chapter)