Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Oh my god, I finally have a chance to use this..." Denzel Washington is a very handsome black man, with very upright facial lines and features. "45 seconds, right? First of all, I want to thank..."

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

Ronald and ABC have made full communication, no longer focusing on live awards and only giving TV stations a chance to broadcast. Instead, he considers the TV stations everywhere and strictly limits the time of the award speech, which is an important content. The TV stations are very grateful for this. Accurate time control is very helpful for the price of TV advertising.

After awarding several small awards, the Oscars introduced a new link.

This year's Best Foreign Language Film Award will be awarded at the Moscow branch venue. The relationship between the two countries has eased under the new president. So this is also a good gesture in the cultural field to show peace for all mankind.

The famous Hollywood actor Jack Lemmon is hosting in Moscow now. His partner is Natalia Negoda, the heroine of the box office champion movie "Little Vera" of the Soviet Union last year.

The movie attracted 54.9 million viewers to the cinema (the Union does not count ticket prices but counts the number of people), which is second only to "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" in 1980.

Of course, this cannot be entirely attributed to the wonderful filming of the movie. On the contrary, the plot of this movie is not a routine of a hit commercial movie, but describes people losing their faith, everyone hates each other, and finally ends with the death of the protagonist.

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

Through satellite connection, the two places can be broadcast live at the same time on TV. ABC spent a lot of money to rent a satellite for this little tidbit, and also spent a lot of effort to build a temporary venue in Moscow.

Although there was some echo, it did not affect Jack Lemmon's award speech. After mentioning several nominated films, the actress Natalia Negoda, who spoke metaphorically with a thick Russian accent, opened the envelope and burst into an exclamation:

"The Best Foreign Language Film is awarded to... the Italian film... Cinema Paradiso"

A round of applause broke out, and the camera cut back to the awards ceremony. Director Giuseppe Tornatore stood up with a smile and went up to receive the award with the producer.

Ronald had not seen the movie yet. He looked back for his agent Richard, and when he saw the latter coming, he asked him about the details of the movie.

It turned out that Giuseppe Tornatore was also a strange man. This was his second directorial work. The 155-minute version was released in Italy in 1988 without any ripples. The 123-minute version that was re-edited last year caused a huge response and a large number of moviegoers.

Richard said that this movie is a meta-story about movies. The whole plot revolves around a small town cinema, where all the kissing scenes have to be cut out. Ronald was interested and said he would buy a copy of the videotape produced by a British company to watch.

The Best Supporting Actress award was presented next. The presenter was Kevin Kline. Finally, the winner was announced. It was Brenda Fricker from Ireland, one of the five nominees. She won this honor for her wonderful performance in "My Left Foot".

The other four nominees that the camera showed all had an official fake smile on their faces, which said, "Although I didn't win the award, I'm glad she won." Especially Julia Roberts. Among the five people, it was this Irish aunt with the most ordinary appearance and a body like a bucket who won the award. It was a bit speechless.

The lens that was specially designed to capture the expressions of the winners was also unexpectedly hers. It took a lot of effort to capture a close-up of Brenda Fricker's face.

"Fuck me..." Ronald almost couldn't catch his breath. It turned out that the sturdy Irish actress was caught by the close-up and her mouth shape was "Fuck me..." Fortunately, there was loud music playing during the award ceremony, which covered her voice...

All kinds of small accidents were well taken care of, and the Oscars entered the important award presentation period. The first important award is the Best Editing Award, which is indicative of the Best Director and Best Picture.

Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy went on stage to present the awards. Ronald made a very thoughtful arrangement. This 80-year-old actress dressed up to attend the awards ceremony, so she must be given a chance to appear on stage as a reward.

"The winner is... Born on the Fourth of July..."

The camera gave the two editors, and interspersed with director Oliver Stone and actor Tom Cruise.

This small hint is the innovation of this year's broadcast. Everyone wants to see whether Stone and Cruise, who are also nominated tonight, will get what they want like the editors. If we look at previous experience, the possibility is still quite high.

"Born on the Fourth of July", which received eight nominations, is second only to "Driving Miss Daisy", which received nine nominations. Since it won the important Best Editing, the following awards are also expected.

But the next Best Cinematography was awarded to Freddie Francis of "Glory", which was his second award. There is a lot of correlation between Best Photography and Best Picture. It seems that the final grand prize still depends on luck.

Next, Gregory Peck took the stage to present the Best Actress Award. He also recalled 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.

Isabella 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 will be a big joke.

Jessica Tandy was kissed by her husband next to her and smiled. At the age of eighty, she has seen through 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 ten thousand years that I would be standing here...I thank you all..."

A big upset occurred. Ronald and his assistant whispered to each other, but 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 the gift bags when they left and attend the dinner hosted by 20th 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...

Kurosawa, in his forty-seven years of film career, made twenty-seven films. 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 is the common theme of his films? The answer is simple. He said that he always has to ask a simple question, why can't people live happily 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 in the opening scene. Kurosawa Akira is known for his shocking images, and Ang Lee's mixed editing perfectly connected the scenes in Seven Samurai, Lust for Life, and Chaos. (The original film was insufficient and only a few cuts could be made).

The last thing that appeared on the screen was the 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 burst of applause from the audience.

The lights came back on, and Spielberg called out Kurosawa's name. 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 started to play, but Kurosawa's English was not good, and he didn't know yet 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 the award ceremony, we will connect to your hometown. Some of your old friends there have something to say to you." Spielberg asked Kurosawa to look at the screen.

The connection was with Kurosawa's colleagues in Tokyo. They and their families took turns to congratulate him on his award. Then someone brought out a big cake, and the staff and their children sang "Happy Birthday to you" in unison.

The innocent singing of the children especially moved the audience. Everyone stood up and applauded, and then began to sing the birthday song to the music. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

George Lucas presented Kurosawa with a little golden man on behalf of the Academy. A Japanese translator recruited by the organizing committee translated Kurosawa's acceptance speech next to him:

"I am deeply honored and very honored to receive such an honor, but I have to ask myself if I really deserve this award. I am a little worried because I don't think I know much about movies yet. I really don't think I have mastered the essence of movies."

For a while, the audience was a little speechless. They were not used to this kind of oriental modesty. They reacted immediately and began to applaud more enthusiastically.

"Movies are a wonderful thing, but it is very, very difficult to grasp their true meaning. But I promise you that from now on, I will try my best to make movies, and maybe along this path, I will understand the true meaning of movies and deserve this award.

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

The camera gradually pulled away and began to prepare for the cultural performance. Ronald breathed a sigh of relief. So far, everything has been very good.

There were almost no hot works in the following awards. The best original screenplay went to "Dead Poets Society" and the best adapted screenplay went to "Driving Miss Daisy".

The guests presenting the best director award were Martin Scorsese and his long-time partner Bob De Niro.

The clip of the nominees continued last year's tradition and used photos or videos of several directors working on the spot to introduce them.

"The Oscar is awarded to...Oliver Stone!" Scorsese handed the little golden man to Stone.

The live camera 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 conventions, Cruise has a high chance of winning.

"My deepest thanks to you..." Oliver Stone seemed very emotional, "The Vietnam War is not over yet. Some people say it is over. But the Vietnam War is a psychological state and will never end as long as there are still people who want power and want to use power to interfere with other people's lives..."

Ronald asked his assistant to turn up the volume again. Oliver Stone kept blinking. Wouldn't it be... later today?

"Thank you Kovic (the prototype of the movie), thank you Tom Cruise for bringing Kovic to life on the screen..." Fortunately, he returned to normal and stopped talking nonsense. He thanked many crew members and his lover.

But then, the Best Actor award presented by Jodie Foster made Cruise, who appeared in the broadcast three times, dream come true.

Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" won the Best Actor. It can be seen that although Tom laughed and applauded, he was obviously acting. The British actor and director Kenneth Branagh next to him (he directed and starred in Henry V, and was nominated for Best Director and Best Actor. He also knew that his chances of winning were slim, so he was very happy.) was the one who really applauded. The contrast between the two was very strong.

The last big award, Best Film, also had an upset. "Born on the Fourth of July", which won the Best Director, Best Editing and other directional awards, did not win the award, but was awarded to "Driving Miss Daisy".

Jack Nicholson, who had made enough 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 award ceremony. "Are you going to the Fox party?" Cruise failed to hug Oliver Stone's thigh, and he thought of Ronald, who had not won the Best Director award yet. Maybe it would be easier to win the award by working with him?

"Nomination is strength, winning is luck..." Ronald patted Cruise on the shoulder to comfort him. His performance this year was actually very good. His loss to Daniel Day-Lewis may have been caused by jealousy of his fellow actors for his high pay and many fans.

"Ronald..." Richard came over to call him, there was a phone number for him.

After a few words on the phone, Ronald hung up. Ronald came back and said to Tom Cruise, "Diane is a little lonely at home. She wants me to go back early. Let's find time to talk and see if there is a suitable script."

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

"Stop at the video store next to you. I'll go see if there are any videos of Cinema Paradiso..."

Passing by an intersection, Ronald saw a video rental store. He told Bud to stop. He heard that this best foreign language film was very good. He wanted to buy it and watch it in the evening.

“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, who is Chinese. She is not familiar with this movie, and after searching for a while, she couldn’t find it, so she came over to apologize.

“It’s okay, does your dad know this movie?”

“He knows a lot about it… Wait a minute, Dad…” The girl turned her head and shouted to the back, “He’s watching Oscars, he’ll be out soon…”

“Here I come…” A deep male voice came, as if he was very frustrated.

The curtain separating the front and back was lifted, and a dark, burly Chinese man came out?

“Old Wu? Why are you here?” Ronald was so surprised that his jaw couldn’t close.