Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 794 The Most Thankful Person at the Oscar Party

"That way, they'd be sending more good scripts instead of me repeating 'Top Gun' as Instructor Charlie."

Kelly McGillis' big waves have been cut quite a bit to cape length.The golden hair color did not continue, but revealed some of the original brown background, the curly hair was also straightened, and there was a pure bang, which did not have a certain charm.

McGillis was very distressed. She came from an orthodox and systematic drama education. She went to the Pacific Academy of Performing Arts in high school. After getting her high school degree, she went to Julia School, one of the highest-level drama schools in New York.

All her preparations and dreams are to become a performance artist.Her previous role as an Amish widow in "The Witness" also received critical acclaim.

But who knows, what really made her famous was "Top Gun" directed by Ronald.What was thought to be a ridiculous air combat movie turned out to be a big star.Among the scripts received by the agent, eight and a half out of ten are sexy doctors, teachers, instructors, and other similar characters.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you a star." Ronald joked, stepping forward to give McGillis a warm hug.

"Giggle..." Kelly McGillis also laughed, "At least, this air combat MV allowed me to get a big-production heroine invitation that I couldn't get before. I have more choices."

After "Top Gun" became famous, Kelly McGillis has become the image of the most female star posters posted by American high school boys, in lockers, and behind bedroom doors.I don't know how many teenagers are swaying their youth to the image of her flaming red lips.

This raised the script she received to a higher level, and she will soon participate in a movie "The House on Carroll Street", which is about the experience of left-wing Hollywood progressives who were persecuted by the African-American Committee after World War II.

There are still several favorite movies that show complex dramatic conflicts between people, waiting for her to start shooting.This is all thanks to the popularity that "Top Gun" brought.

So this time, when she was needed to stand for "Top Gun" and be able to get together with her old friend Ronald, McGillis immediately agreed.

The two set off to the haute couture shop, where McGillis ordered a black dress.

Without the sexy elements that Ronald expected, with an open back or low cut, it was a simple black evening dress.Coupled with the square-frame glasses that McGillis specially put on, Charlie's sexy temperament is gone.

The beautiful elements of her whole body seemed to be all introverted, becoming an intellectual beauty.It really has the temperament of a teacher who is giving lectures.

Ronald knew in his heart that McGillis still didn't like the positioning given to her by "Top Gun", and deliberately avoided the influence of that instructor Charlie in terms of dressing, makeup and clothing.

"You still need some feminine elements." Ronald took out a pearl bracelet, opened it and helped McGillis put it on.Out of thin air, a few feminine femininities were added to the tightly wrapped dress she wore that did not reveal her figure.

"Heck...thank you", McGillis looked in the mirror, no matter how much she wanted to avoid the sexy image of a female star, she didn't object to jewelry that could make herself more beautiful.

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"Oh, let's see, this is Top Gun's leading lady, Kelly McGillis, and she's not like Instructor Charlie today, and next to her is director Ronald Lee."

Fast-forward to the night of the Oscars dinner, and Ronald and a conservatively dressed McGillis were captured by ABC's live cameras at the entrance outside the Dorothy Chandler Hall, giving an entry shot.

After entering the venue, Ronald found a seat at the back of the hall and sat down.Here's where some of the crew and stars who have been nominated for the smaller awards sit.

Ronald accidentally meets Roger Coleman here.

"Ronald," Coleman smiled as usual.

"Hello, Roger. Is there any film nominations from your new company this year?"

"No, it's not a movie made by my new company. It's a horror movie I made before. The copyright was bought to remake, and it was also nominated for best original song."

"Oh, then we are competitors." Ronald and Coleman joked.

"Haha, isn't it? My 'Little Shop of Horrors' was filmed in three days after betting with someone. I didn't expect Geffen Films to like it very much. They also found Steve Martin and John Can Dee will play the leading role."

"Candy", Ronald noticed the fat John Candy next to him, and quickly hugged him and said hello.The Canadian comedy star is also gaining popularity in Hollywood, and he and Steve Martin also starred in John Hughes' new work "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", which will also be released in the second half of this year.

"It's a great script, Mr. Coleman's film, and a lot of my inspiration."

Several people chatted in the back. This "Little Shop of Horrors" is very interesting. Originally, Coleman improvised the script in order to make full use of the set of another movie, and then found Jack Nicholson and others. starring people.

Nicholson plays a weirdo who likes going to the dentist.The whole movie is very absurd. It tells the story of a man who bought a green plant and finally found out that it was a piranha. After killing many people, he died with it.

For some reason, this shoddy movie was favored by Broadway, and it was adapted into a play a few years ago, which was well received by theater critics, saying that it told the tragedy of people being alienated by material society.

Because of the good reviews off Broadway, Geffen Films found Roger Coleman and bought the rights to remake it into a movie.Back then, Roger Corman spent less than 2500 U.S. dollars and made the movie in three days. The remake cost [-] million U.S. dollars to produce, and there are many big names.

Fortunately, the box office also got less than 4000 million, barely losing the pants.Ronald admired the boss of the record company who decided to invest. This kind of whimsical imagination of remaking a small-budget B-grade movie into a group show with big-name stars is simply admirable.

Ronald turned around, and nodded to David Geffen, the new Hollywood player who made this decision and the owner of the record company, and said hello.

After these record bosses came to Hollywood, their style of play was really "refreshing".

This year's Oscars ceremony was bought by ABC, so the style of hosting has changed.

They hired Samuel Godwin Jr., the son of Hollywood tycoon Samuel Godwin (among the three companies that merged into MGM), to make the show, so they used a lot of new thinking.

For example, comedian Chevy Chase (Chevy Chase) was used as the host instead of the previous talk show host or movie star.

"Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 59th Academy Awards. I'm actually a substitute host, and I'm sorry to tell you that Jim and Tammy Barker cannot attend."

"Hahaha……"

Ronald sat in the back, laughing all over the place with his friends.

Jim and Tammy Barker, one of the magic tricks on TV.Their husband and wife are evangelical TV hosts. They always say on TV that you should not go to the doctor when you are sick. It is nonsense that is not devout enough to deceive the ignorant people to buy their gospel tapes and videos.

Although he has a good face, he is actually a liar who takes advantage of the credulity of the poor people to make money.Fortunately, they have recently been investigated for tax evasion, and Jim Barker was also prosecuted for rape.So their gospel TV station has changed hosts, and the ratings have plummeted.

Every time the substitute host has to repeat, I'm sorry to tell everyone that Jim and Tammy Barker can't be there.

This was cheaply quoted here by Chevy Chase, and everyone immediately laughed knowingly.

Chevy Chase saw that the first joke worked well, like a cannonball, and he teased that Disney's live-action movies are simply boring.He also said that Minahan Golan paid Stallone 1200 million yuan. Is it because their English is too poor, and one star paid the film company.

Ronald didn't laugh as loudly as before. The host just made jokes about whatever was in his heart.

The camera moved over to Minahan Golan, and Ronald could see that he was laughing so badly that the muscles in his face were shaking.

"This year's nominees, really, are very 80s. Platoon is like a badly shot American Army recruiting ad, and Top Gun... is a Navy recruiting ad."

The camera gives Oliver Stone and Ronald himself two seconds each.

Ronald kept smiling, already feeling uncomfortable seeing the host.The mouth is too cheap.

"Children of God who fall out of favor and have sex in a swimming pool without waking up the neighbors. Sister Hannah, Woody Allen as a psychological exhibitionist and Michael Caine as a sister."

Ronald stopped laughing. The host has turned into a personal attack. This kind of words hurt the actors a lot.

Fortunately, the host who spoke outrageously soon went down.Ronald felt that the transformation of this year's awards show had failed. This kind of comedian who relies on his mouth to get to the top is not suitable for hosting this kind of awards show.It always hurts people, and those who are hurt also have friends. Many people may not be too happy.

"Don't take it to heart, he's always been so disrespectful." John Candy saw Ronald's displeasure, and came forward to say a word of relief.

The award presentation continued, and Ronald was happiest when his friend Cameron's "Alien 2" won the best sound design award.Although it is not his award, this kind of technical award is also an affirmation of him.

After the winner Don Sharp took the stage, he especially thanked Cameron and Gail for their encouragement and support.

Ronald clapped desperately below.

After that, the best visual effects award was also awarded to "Alien 2".The award presenters specially invited "Captain Kirk" William Shatner and Leonard Nemo who played Spock.As the leading actors of the well-known "Star Trek" TV series, the award for visual effects, which has a strong sci-fi flavor, is a high recognition.

This time there were four winners on stage, and the representative also thanked Gail for his support and Cameron's overall design, which allowed them to win the award.

The camera focused on the Cameron couple and gave a shot.

"Cameron was thanked twice," Ronald clapped and was happy for them.Alien 2 was not nominated for the best director, best movie and other awards. It is very good to be thanked in this way.

This year's Oscars made special arrangements for Marlene Matlin, the heroine of "Children of God who fell out of favor".

She took the stage to present "Platoon" with the first award of the night, Best Sound Effects. "Platoon" included a number of heavyweight award nominations tonight, best sound effects being the hors d'oeuvres.

The next award for Best Actress was a surprise, as Jane Fonda, Sigourney Weaver, Sissy Spacek and others did not win.

The award was given to last year's Best Actor, William Hurt, who played her lover in "Fall of God's Children".In reality, the two are also dating and living together.Hurt opened the envelope and found that it was Marlene Danlan, excitedly using sign language to signal Marlene to come on stage.

Marlene Matlin once again took the stage and became the youngest Oscar-winning actress.The speech was also typed in sign language, which was simultaneously translated by the interpreter on the spot.

This year, in order to make the broadcast time more compact, a reminder device was used. All winners who spoke beyond the specified time will be reminded with a "beep".Only Marlene Matlin is exempt from this rule because she is disabled.

After applauding for a while, Ronald felt a little boring.The host is very tasteless, and the winner has little to do with him.

Suddenly, Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss, the actor who once played "Jaws", came on stage and began to speak.

"Every few years, the chairman of the Oscar Organizing Committee will present an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the film industry..."

"Who is it?" Ronald realized that a special award was about to be presented.

"It must have something to do with Richard Dreyfuss," Roger Coleman looked eagerly.This kind of award generally requires many people to promote it at the same time before it can be awarded.The artistic value of Coleman's exploitation films cannot be affirmed by the organizing committee. Only this Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, relying on the many friends in the circle, he has some hope.

"Could it be?" Ronald thought more and more that the winner was Spielberg.

In the past two years, in order to suppress Spielberg, the great director of commercial films, the Oscar judges did not even give him a nomination for best director for such a good film as "Purple".And he didn't win any of the films that were nominated for best director after that.

If Spielberg doesn't come to the Oscars in a fit of rage, it's everyone's loss.

"This time, they took Steven Spielberg and rewarded him for his significant contribution to the film."

Sure enough, Spielberg came out from behind the scenes.Received the spherical commemorative award trophy, which looks completely different from the statuette, and delivered his acceptance speech.He started with the first batch of directors, and finally talked about himself, as their successor, and gave a speech for several minutes.

Because Oscar owed Spielberg a lot, so this time he was not "beep" when his speech was overtime.

"It must be suffocating." Ronald stood up and applauded with everyone, applauding Spielberg, who should have won the award long ago.

In recent years, the Oscars have become more and more distant from movies that really sell commercially.

Before the 60s, big-selling commercial films, such as "Gone with the Wind", must also be the big winners of Oscars.But this year's Oscars, among the top ten box office in [-], only Field Battle Platoon was nominated for five major awards.

"Top Gun", which ranked first, and "Alien 2", which ranked in the top ten, both won some technical awards.Art and business are so out of touch, in the final analysis, it is because of the large number of voters, most of the seats are occupied by members of the Screen Actors Union.

The Oscars are no longer what they were when they first started. They are a big gathering for everyone in Hollywood to entertain themselves, and they are insider awards for last year's outstanding movies.It is an outsider's award that is broadcast on a public TV station, the advertisement is worth tens of millions, and people all over the country are eager to watch.

Therefore, the criteria for everyone to evaluate the best movies, directors, leading actors and actresses, and best scripts have changed from whether they are blockbusters to whether they are artistic.

Interspersed with some performances, after finishing for a while, it was awarded the best foreign language film award.

This time, it's Minahan Golan's cannon shot of The Assault.Awarded in the name of the Netherlands.

Minahan was very excited. He ran up to accept the award on behalf of the director, and then began to thank the people on the list.

"I am grateful to the main creators of the film. This award should belong to them. I also thank the main creators of other films who have contributed to Cannon Films being able to stand here, such as Ronald..."

Ronald couldn't help being moved below, but Minahan was still thinking about himself.I also have to thank myself for beating around the bush.

"Beep..."

Still thanking Minahan Golan, reminded.The organizing committee doesn't like this Israeli, and the best foreign language film is also a small award, and they don't want him to occupy too much time.

"I would also like to say that we are not the ones who initiated the star salary increase, but because Hollywood indulged the stars too much and did not reflect all their value..."

Minahan also wanted to defend himself that he was not the culprit for increasing the star's salary.

"Beep……"

A louder electronic sound knocked him down.

When the best original song award was presented, Terri Nunn, the lead singer of the Berlin band who was persuaded by Ronald to participate in the song performance, heard the news of her award.

She also jumped onto the stage, "I'm very happy. If the director Ronald hadn't asked me to come, I might not be here today, and say something to my mother, Mom, I love you!"

Her thanks were very short, and she shared time with the songwriter for her speech, and this time there was no beeping.

Then came another unexpected figure on stage for Ronald, "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan.

"I'm from Australia, and the organizing committee asked me to come up and say a few words. Several big awards will be presented soon, so I'll remind everyone not to get too excited and save time.

For those winners, don’t be too hypocritical in your testimonials. For example, I think that XX, who was nominated with me, is more qualified to receive this award.If you really think so, tell us first, and we will change the list of winners in the envelope. "

"Hahaha……"

The audience burst into laughter again.Ronald felt that Hogan's humor was far superior to that cheap-mouthed Chevy Chase.

"He who didn't win, don't have to put on a face that I'm glad he won. I flew sixteen hours to come here and they nominated me. If I don't win, I guarantee I If you don’t win an award, don’t pretend to be happy, if you cry, or rush out of the awards hall, I guarantee everyone will think you’re real.”

"Hahaha……"

Ronald felt that Paul Hogan satirized the performance of those who won and those who did not win the award.And he's not a Hollywood guy, which is more appropriate.

However, Hogan's irony did not appear tonight.

Ronald found that the award presenters selected by ABC TV were too suggestive.

Just like Richard Dreyfuss gave Spielberg a special award just now, the two have a relationship.And this time the Best Actor award was invited to the golden age old actor Bette Davis to present the award.

It was easy to guess that her contemporary, Paul Newman, won the award.

"The winner is... a second stop at this time..." Bette Davis was still pretending, and everyone had to pretend to hold their breath.

"Paul Newman."

"Sure enough, he won the award," Ronald applauded with everyone.

"It seems that I am the one who suffers when I play opposite a big star." Ronald thought of Tom Cruise who played opposite Paul Newman in "The Color of Money".If you want to win an award, this road is definitely wrong.

The final Best Director Award was presented by Elizabeth Taylor, a veteran star who has always opposed the war and supported charitable causes.

Ronald looked at Oliver Stone in front of him.

The implication was too obvious.

"I am very happy that such a movie can be preferred by the judges. Maybe some people only know what happened in Vietnam after watching this movie. I thank the actors for their cooperation and Ronald for giving me some hints. to find the right actors.”

"Thank you again, I have been thanked more than Cameron." Coleman said to Ronald beside him.

"Hi..." Ronald laughed, "It's not a good word either."

Oliver Stone took an anti-war standpoint, and he didn't know what the Vietnam War was all about in the sentence just now. He was cryptically criticizing his "top ambition" for beautifying the air combat.

"I hope, in our lifetimes, we never see a war like Vietnam ever happen again."

"Huh, huh, huh..." Ronald had no choice but to stand up and applaud with everyone.

"Anyway, America fought a terrible war, so don't do it again, right?" Ronald complained secretly. In fact, the audience still like to watch his "Top Gun" movie where America beats up its opponents in the Cold War.Talking about anti-war, the box office is still high.

(End of this chapter)