Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1306 Ronald Becomes the Winner

"Welcome to the Oscars. Tonight we gather together for movies... When it comes to watching movies, in the past, cinemas only had one hall, but now there are multiple halls. Multiple halls mean that you can watch one movie, but you can hear the sound of four..."

Billy Crystal put down his Silence of the Lambs mask and started being funny.

"We have our first animated feature nominated for Best Picture, and I have a feeling everyone will love it... Also welcome to the youngest nominees for Best Screenplay and Best Director, John Singleton... His neighborhood story is about two irresponsible people who create chaos, right or wrong, and who could get into legal trouble... It's a shame Bill from Arkansas and Brown from California can't be here tonight..."

His joke was about two Democratic politicians trying to win the election nomination, whose campaign was full of chaos, gossip and sex scandals.

"Let's talk about Bugsy, 10 nominations. Warren Beatty had an extraordinary year, he was depressed, then had a child, then got married... (This is a joke that he does things backwards...)
Although the recent economic situation is not good, the recession has affected everyone, and the famous producer Orion has also announced bankruptcy reorganization. Their Amadeus and Platoon won the Oscar for Best Picture a few years ago, and then they fell into financial difficulties, sold Dances with Wolves to others, won the Best Picture last year, and this year they sold The Silence of the Lambs to others... Sometimes success lies in holding on a little longer..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The director on the scene timely turned the camera to Ronald and Mike McDavoy, the two people who contributed the most to the two films that won multiple Oscar nominations in the previous and next years.

Ronald kept a reserved smile. Generally speaking, the host would make fun of the movies nominated for Best Picture at the beginning of the show. From the time he allocated to each movie, we can know which movie is the hottest in Hollywood.

Billy Crystal then started singing and dancing in an old-fashioned musical style, incorporating elements from various nominated films into his routine to make some jokes.

If Warren Beatty was a little uncomfortable with the applause given to Anthony Hopkins, he is now back in his comfort zone. Billy Crystal spent almost half of the film mocking his "passion for the world".

Another person who took up a lot of time was Barbra Streisand's movie "Prince of Waves", who, after some hesitation, still attended the award ceremony at the "request of the public".

Although there were no nominations for Best Director and Best Actress, Barbra Streisand's "Prince of Waves" still received seven nominations. She did not dare to offend other crew members too much.

Billy Crystal listed the achievements of the film on stage, and then asked, "Did you direct this film yourself?"

Streisand managed a forced smile. Actually, to the TV audience, this was a complaint for Barbra Streisand not winning the Best Director award, but to people in the industry, it sounded like a satire on her not doing any directing work.

"The Silence of the Lambs" and "Other People's Money" didn't get much teasing time, appearing only in Billy Crystal's final few lines, and like supporting roles, were dismissed with one line of lyrics each.

Now it was Ronald's turn to mutter to himself, "This doesn't feel right?"

……

The first award is, as usual, the Best Supporting Actor. This year's presenter is Whoopi Goldberg, last year's Best Supporting Actress winner. She and director Emil Adolino collaborated on "Sister Act," which was filmed at the beginning of the year and is now in the intense editing process.

Ronald saw the sample film and found it to be a very interesting comedy that was really funny.

Whoopi was sitting behind Ronald. She stood up and went backstage to prepare for the award presentation. She also patted Diane on the shoulder and made a good luck expression.

The award process has changed this year, and then it will be Diane's Best Supporting Actress.

"Oh, so nervous... Who will win the Best Supporting Actor award?" Diane pretended not to think about the Best Supporting Actress award.

The competition for Best Supporting Actor this year is actually very fierce. In addition to the two Best Supporting Actor nominees for "The Assassin", there are also Tommy Lee Jones for "JFK" and Jack Palance for "City of Dreams", both of whom are talented actors with a long history of filming.

"The winner of the Best Supporting Actor award is..." Whoopi Goldberg didn't try to be mysterious and directly called out the winner's name, "Jack Palance..."

"Oh oh..." Diane clapped quite enthusiastically.

Ronald was also very happy. The failure of Haoqing Sihai's expedition was good news for him.

"Oh... you know, when you reach a certain age, when the producer discusses whether to use you, they will ask, what do you think? Should we take the risk of using him? Another producer will say, forget it, let's find a younger one. Young people can use makeup to make them look old, but old people... it's a bit difficult..."

The audience below, especially Jessica Tandy in the first row, the oldest film actress, felt very much like me.

"But they are old-fashioned and forgetful, so let me go to the scene and I will do something for them..." Jack Palance ran to the side, lay down on the spot, and did five push-ups with one hand.

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

The whole audience burst into laughter. Originally, the Best Supporting Actor speech didn't last long, but more speeches from actors like him would have been very helpful in boosting the ratings.

"Actually, this is nothing. I do more than 200 push-ups every night... no matter if she's down there or not..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Once the old actor started making dirty jokes, no one could stop him. Ronald and Diane almost laughed to death.

"I was just resting backstage, and Jack Palance was running on the treadmill..."

Billy Crystal took the stage after a short break and made another joke about Palance.

"Next up, Christopher Lloyd and Rebecca De Mornay..."

Two popular male and female stars a few years ago came on stage to present the Best Makeup Award. Neither of them has had many works recently, but their roles back then still left a deep impression on the audience, so this small award was most appropriate.

"The winner of the Oscar for Best Makeup is... Hey, where's the envelope?" De Mornay, who had an unforgettable passionate scene with Tom Cruise, pretended to be surprised.

"Forgot, did anyone give us the envelope?" Lloyd, who plays the role of Dr. in Back to the Future, looks back...

A small car was pulled by a model of a hand, with two fingers constantly fiddling with it, and it came on stage with an envelope for the winners, which vividly demonstrated the role of makeup in movies.

"Stan Winston, Terminator Part II..."

After thanking Schwarzenegger and Cameron, Billy Crystal came up and announced that the next award was the Best Supporting Actress.

Ronald suddenly felt Diane beside him stiffen.

"Relax..." Ronald held Diane's hand to give her some support.

"It's a joy to announce the Best Supporting Actress nominees, and what we see is five nominees whose ages range from none of your business to none of your business... It speaks volumes that acting is a job that depends on talent, not time..."

Last year's Best Supporting Actor winner, Joe Pesci from Home Alone, showed his humorous side when it was his turn to announce the winner. Last time he won the award, he couldn't say a word...

"Diane Ladd... Julia Louise... Jessica Tandy... Kate Nelligan, and Diane Lane..."

His joke was very appropriate because Jessica Tandy is 82 years old, making her the oldest film actress in history.

"The Oscar goes to... Diane Lane, and everyone else's money..."

"Oh oh..."

Diane let out a long sigh and finally relaxed. She and Ronald kissed in front of the camera, then stood up and pulled the back of her black evening dress, trying to create the most perfect image.

"Don't forget to give your acceptance speech..." Ronald quickly reminded him, taking it out of his pocket and handing it over.

Because female stars' award-presenting dresses must be graceful and they will never use pockets to ruin their image.

Diane held the note of thanks in one hand and took the trophy from Joe Pesci in the other.

"Ah..." Diane's face was full of a confident smile. The trophy seemed to give her confidence. As soon as she put the trophy down, she began to give her acceptance speech.

“My father taught me acting when I could just talk, and I was on the Broadway stage at the age of four… But like all actresses, I went through audition rejections, small roles, being picked up by famous directors, box office failures… everything.

Today I can finally put it all behind me and enjoy this moment. I want to thank Mr. Gregory Peck for his unforgettable presence. I want to thank Tom Hanks, hi Tom... and finally my husband, director Ronald... Thank you! "

"Congratulations……"

Several people around him who were also nominated, such as Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, came to congratulate. Because Diane was about to go backstage for an interview, they congratulated Ronald.

"It looks like the momentum is good..." Ronald knew that this was a kind of psychological comfort. The upcoming highlights, the Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director awards, the Silence of the Lambs, Prince of Waves, and The Passionate Four Seas are direct competitors, and they need some good luck.

But Diane's good luck did not continue...

"Jack Palance just bungee-jumped off the Hollywood sign in Beverly Hills. Kids these days really love adventures..."

Billy Crystal now always makes jokes about Jack Palance, "Of course I didn't get nominated, Jack did, why? Because I'm a woman..." He also made fun of Barbra Streisand.

"Now, please welcome Annette Bening to present the Best Art Direction..."

"Hmm..." Now there is a strong hint as to who will receive this award.

"The Oscar for Best Art Direction goes to... hehe..." Annette Bening couldn't help laughing on the stage, "Dennis Castro, Passionate Pursuit... and Nancy Hager, the set design..."

Now the crew of "The Legend of the Four Seas" sitting in front of us were all smiling. Although it was a small prize, it was also a very good sign.

"Hmm..." Ronald stroked his beard. Small prizes don't count. Small prizes don't count...

The next guest to present the award was Steven Spielberg. He held a trophy that was different from the ordinary Oscar statuette. The trophy was in the shape of a large head of a person.

"I'm going to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. The Academy doesn't give out this award every year, but only when they feel an important filmmaker deserves it.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is given to a talented young man who, in the 1920s, changed the way all movies of that era were made with a vision that was ahead of his time, a keen sense of story, and a precise eye for actors.

Fifty years later, another young man changed Hollywood movies with his outstanding vision and unremitting pursuit of vision.

He is my great colleague and loyal friend, George Lucas..."

"Wow, wow, wow..." Everyone stood up and applauded this great director and producer who introduced special effects wonders into Hollywood movies, expanded the limits of imagination, and most importantly, changed foreigners' views on Hollywood movies.

“A movie is not made by one person. It’s all the producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, backstage staff, assistants, and projectionists who make me stand here.

I would also like to thank all the mentors in my life. My parents first gave me the passion to pursue my ideals, and Francis (Coppola) supported me. Finally, my two children, who are also my most important mentors, have taught me a lot...

I hope this is the midpoint of my career and I will continue to work hard to bring you more films in the future..."

"Wait a minute, someone else wants to thank you..." Spielberg stopped Lucas who was about to leave while singing the theme song of "Star Wars".

On the screen behind, the Atlantis space shuttle, which is currently carrying out a space mission, appears.

Led by the commander, the seven astronauts thanked George Lucas's films for bringing enthusiasm for technology and space exploration to a new generation of young Americans.

There was also an Oscar trophy on the screen, floating in the air in front of everyone.

"Wow..." This unique congratulatory video brings a different feeling to the audience - Lucas' influence has actually exceeded the film industry.

……

There are two movies currently in theaters, one is a Spanish movie called "The Sexiest Man in the World", and the other is... ahem, many people think that the heroine is the sexiest woman in the world, "Basic Instinct".

Sharon Stone and Antonio Banderas present the award for Best Sound.

Terminator 2 won this award. Then Demi Moore also presented the award for Best Costume Design, and the winner was "The Silence of the Lambs". Ronald and the Silence of the Lambs crew around him were really silent.

Next, Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, the two leading actresses of "Thelma & Louise" who did not win any awards tonight (both were nominated for Best Actress), came on stage to present the Best Editing award.

"Thelma and Louise's ending was edited, so it's a little blurry." Geena Davis was clearly dressed sexier than Sarandon.

"How can it be blurry? The two of us drove into the Grand Canyon...what else is blurry?"

"We can grab something midway, or just fly across the canyon and land on the other side?"

"Well, then we can make a sequel..."

The two joked about the "Terminator 2" that won two minor awards, "The Best Editing Award goes to... The Assassination of JFK..."

Finally, I laughed at Oliver Stone, who won the Best Director award three times. This editing award usually overlaps with the Best Director award. In many cases, it is difficult to distinguish between editing and directing, so when the judges affirm editing, they also affirm the director to a certain extent.

"Jack Palance has gone backstage and is riding his spinning bike..." Billy Crystal came up to make fun of Palance again, and it was time for the last award presentation before the halftime show.

"The presenter is a good actor. He has played a prehistoric iceman and a Chinatown gangster. Of course, his most famous role is the last emperor of the East. He is John Long. His performance in The Last Emperor made audiences all over the world regard him as the spokesperson for the emperor, except for China, of course..."

"Filmmaking is not just something you learn in school. Filmmakers also need to learn how to make movies from social reality..."

John Long's English was excellent and made the audience feel at home. "The nominees for Best Foreign Language Film are... Iceland - Son of Nature... Hong Kong - Raise the Red Lantern...

The winner of Best Foreign Language Film is..."

John Long smiled slightly...

“Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Yimou Zhang!”

Ronald was very happy clapping in the audience. This award was a great encouragement to him.

The videotape strategy seems to have worked well. In addition to Diane's Best Supporting Actress, Raise the Red Lantern also won the Best Foreign Language Film. Moreover, the organizing committee specially invited Chinese actor John Long to be a guest in advance. It seems that the effect of this public relations strategy is amazing.

"I'm sorry, Idonte, Spike, English..." Yimou was wearing a custom-made tuxedo, which managed to hide his rustic look a lot.

He finished saying the sentence he had memorized by rote, then switched to Chinese and asked John Long to translate for him.

"I would like to thank the organizing committee for the honor, the producer Era International, and the American distributor Daydream for their help. Thank you everyone..."

Just then, Diane came back from an interview backstage, "Hey, did they win an award?"

"Yes..." Ronald was different from the crew members of The Silence of the Lambs around him. He was in a more relaxed and cheerful mood. He also looked at Warren Beatty and Oliver Stone in front of him and exchanged glances briefly.

"Huh? Why is he so confident? Is he confident that he can win the award or has he given up?" Warren Beatty looked at the two golden statues his crew had already won, and in his heart he chose to believe in his party offensive...

(End of this chapter)