Exploiting Hollywood 1980

In addition to the fixed awards that are given out every year, the Oscars also have many honorary awards that are not given out every year. These awards basically have one thing in common, that is, they are named after a master in the field of the award.

The Gordon E. Sawyer Award (a pioneer in studio recording and post-production technology) is a lifetime achievement award given to those who have made outstanding contributions in the field of film technology.

This year's Gordon E. Sawyer Award was given to stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen. Many fantasy films in the 1950s were made with the technology he developed. Those huge monsters were all made with stop-motion animation before the electric-driven model technology was formed.

Tom Hanks presented him with the award, "If Stallone is the muscle of Hollywood, Geena Davis is the thigh of Hollywood, and people like Ray Harryhausen are the backbone of the film..."

This evaluation is very high, but it is hard to say how many of the audience members really applauded, and the audience in front of the TV didn't know what you were talking about, and the ratings fell for a short time.

Ronald remembered Roger Corman, who also made this kind of monster fantasy film in the 1950s. Although he has trained countless directors and talents, he is not in the mainstream system of Hollywood, nor is he a pioneering talent in technology. To this day, he has not even received an honorary award.

Should he talk to Coppola, Scorsese, Cameron, Jonathan Demme and other people who benefited from him, and try to push the Oscars to recognize him? Even if it doesn't work, at least add a star to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Next, please welcome Richard Gere..."

The focus of the Oscars is that stars present awards to stars, so as long as the stars are remembered by the audience, they will try to invite them to present various awards. Richard Gere's previous "Pretty Woman" has not completely passed, but there is no sensational new work coming out, so it is suitable to present this kind of small award.

"We all have this red ribbon tied outside the clothes we wear today, which is to call for strengthening the research on... This is not something that can be accomplished by appeals alone, and it requires a lot of money.

I think that in today's international situation, a lot of defense budget expenditures should be reduced, and the money saved should be used for this... Please write to your representatives and senators... Only in this way will they pay attention and your voice will be heard..."

"Ah..."

Ronald sighed silently. Some people just can't bear to be lonely, and don't even consider whether their identity is appropriate to do such things. You are just a beautiful star, and your acting skills are also average. Why do you think you have the ability to call on the public to carry out any political activities?

The Oscar awards ceremony often goes overtime. The key is that people often add drama to themselves... Who wants to listen to your political preaching? Everyone is waiting to see the highlight later...

Because a lot of time is given to their own political demands, the nominations and the announcement of the winners are all rushed and rushed. Robert Richardson, who assassinated JFK, won the award, and he didn't even have enough time to finish his speech.

The middle of the ceremony was filled with these awards, not too big or too small, important to the industry but not important to TV viewers. Laura Dern presented the award to the Terminator 2 team, winner of the Best Visual Effects. Ronald's special effects supervisor, Van Fleet, also received a small golden statue (along with four other people). He could only say one thing, and the famous otaku could only say that computer graphics special effects will become an increasingly widely used technology in movies.

After Patrick Schwitters (also a star that the audience loves to watch) presented the Best Original Score to the animated film Beauty and the Beast. Academy President Jack Valenti came out directly and introduced Audrey Hepburn to present this year's Honorary Oscar.

Satyajit Ray, a famous Indian director, who was lying on the hospital bed, accepted the Honorary Oscar weakly. He held the Oscar statuette tightly in his hand and kept talking about how he wrote letters to famous Hollywood stars and how he got nutrients from Hollywood to shoot his own movies, which made Ronald feel unbearable. He had never received investment from Hollywood in his life, and could only shoot with the simplest equipment...

During the performance during the break, Ronald quickly slipped into the rest area at the back and saw Yiou chatting happily with reporters accompanied by Yang Yanzi. When there were questions that were difficult to answer, he pretended not to understand and answered what he wanted to say.

Yang Yanzi also made an expression to him, indicating that everything was under control and the policy drawn up by Pat Kingsley in advance was very effective. Even if the reporters did not get the answers they wanted, they were amused by Yiou's simple sense of humor. Anyway, there was no need to worry about a popular report...

Taking advantage of the moment when the red light of the camera's live broadcast was not on, Ronald switched back with the official substitute sitting in his seat. Next, we will enter the most critical awards.

The first award was for the Best Original Screenplay. Carly Curry, the female screenwriter of Thelma \u0026 Louise, defeated the black screenwriter John Singleton and the middle-aged white male screenwriter James Toback. It has to be said that the size of the protest can still solve the problem to a certain extent.

The competition for Best Adapted Screenplay is also fierce, with JFK and Sons of the Wave also nominated. Ronald is most worried about a small-budget production, Fried Green Tomatoes, which has a unique story and is very popular among industry insiders.

"The winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay Award is... The Silence of the Lambs, Ted Tully..."

Suddenly, the applause became intense, attracting the attention of the award presenters Angelica Huston and Robert Duvall.

"Toot, toot, toot..."

The dull and depressing theme song of "The Silence of the Lambs" sounded for the first time after the opening host Billy Crystal dressed up as Hannibal. Ted Tully walked up quickly with his shiny bald head under the light.

Ronald felt that all his pores were relaxed.

This award marked that "The Silence of the Lambs" finally won a heavyweight award. After losing the two technical awards of Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing to Terminator 2 and The Assassination of JFK respectively, the award for artistic performance fell on the head of The Silence of the Lambs for the first time.

Although he was very confident in his videotape tactics, the final award was also a psychological confirmation. After all, the sound effects of the Terminator and the various images in The Assassination of JFK were too outstanding.

"Finally won the award..."

Unlike Ronald, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Demme and others did not have such great confidence in the videotape tactics. So this award was much more comforting to them than Ronald.

"This is just the beginning..."

Jodie Foster widened her eyes, not knowing where Ronald's confidence came from.

"Five talented actors are nominated for Best Actor:"

Last year's queen, Kathy Bates, came on stage to present the Best Actor award.

"Warren Beatty, the pride of the world..."

Every time Kathy Bates mentioned a nominee, she paused to give the audience time to applaud.

"Wow, wow, wow..." The audience automatically responded to the static shots of the five nominees from the nominated movies that appeared on the screen.

"Robert De Niro, Cape Fear..."

"Huahuahuahua..."

"Anthony Hopkins... The Silence of the Lambs"

"Huahuahua... Oh oh oh..."

Accompanied by the close-up of Anthony Hopkins' half-smile on the big screen, the applause at the scene suddenly rose ten decibels. Along with various shouts mixed with male and female voices, and loud whistles.

"Nick Nolte... Son of the Wave..."

"Huahuahua..." The applause returned to normal.

Warren Beatty in the front row blurted out "Oh, God..."

Nick Nolte, and the fifth nominee, Robin Williams, the male lead of the movie The Fisherman (Robert De Niro was not present), both noticed this sign, and frustration began to appear on their faces. But Kathy Bates on the stage had not opened the envelope yet, and everything was possible. Mixed with reluctance and expectation, they all swallowed nervously.

"The Best Actor Award is presented to... Anthony Hop..."

"Ahhh..."

The sound of the scene drowned out Kathy Bates's reading voice.

Anthony Hopkins stood up with great pride, turned around and kissed his wife, walked on stage like a lion, kissed Kathy Bates hard, and then took the little golden man.

The happiest person in the audience was Jodie Foster, who clapped her hands vigorously and kept looking in Ronald's direction, so that her face was a little distorted and grinning.

"Did you really win the award?"

"Oh, we're done, they're going to win the grand slam..."

Warren Beatty deserves to have been in Hollywood for so many years. Seeing this posture, he knew that this year's Silence of the Lambs was unstoppable.

"Dear, there are still three awards, and they haven't been decided yet..." Annette Bening looked back unyieldingly. She heard what her husband Beatty said, but how could she believe it? We also won the Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards...

"You don't understand..." Warren Beatty didn't argue, he took the lead and stood up to applaud Anthony Hopkins.

"Wow..." A sound of springs on the chairs was heard, and everyone stood up and applauded.

This is an unusual award!

Anthony Hopkins' entire performance is only more than 20 minutes in the whole movie!

And this "Silence of the Lambs" was released at the beginning of the year!

And this fucking "Silence of the Lambs" is a horror movie!

So many impossibilities, superimposed together, make his award seem to be well-deserved. The voices of the audience can testify to this!

Anthony Hopkins held the little golden man in one hand and raised his other hand high, saluting the audience who stood up and applauded.

Jonathan Demme laughed so hard that his jaw almost couldn't close. He heard Ronald's words just now that this was just the beginning, and now he began to believe it.

"Oh my God, this is really unpredictable. I didn't expect to win an award, especially competing with so many talented male actors... Thank you to the Academy and Oscar for your kindness to me. I want to first say to my mother, I love you, she is watching me live in Wales..."

Anthony Hopkins has a unique Shakespearean elegant accent and thanked many people. His hands kept fiddling with his tie, touching his head, and fiddling with his shirt buttons. It seemed that he really didn't expect to win the award today.

This humble demeanor actually attracted the audience's favor, and the applause continued.

Anthony Hopkins was a little over-excited. It was not until he was interviewed backstage that he remembered that he had not thanked his colleagues and producers on the crew. "God, I forgot to thank Jonathan, Judy, and Ronald, without whom this movie would not have been possible..."

At the same time, at the award ceremony, the music of Beauty and the Beast played, and a handsome man with long flowing hair came on stage to accept the award. He was the late lyricist Howard Ashman's "companion" Billy. He accepted the award for Best Original Song in place of Ashman, who passed away due to illness.

"Howard and I live in a house and we share everything, and this moment for me is painfully sweet..."

Oscar was still thoughtful and humane, and his acceptance speech did not reveal their relationship...

"In sports competitions, the champion is the fastest runner and the highest jumper, but in acting, who decides who is the best? This is why the Best Actor Award is a painful decision every year. Last year The Academy has nominated five talented ladies..."

Michael Douglas took the stage to present the Best Actress Award. This is a reflection of the popularity of his recent "Basic Instinct", which broke convention and replaced last year's best actor Jeremy Irons to present the award.

“Susan Sarandon…Thelma and Louise…

Laura Dern…Easily Rose…

Geena Davis…Thelma and Louise…

Jodie Foster…Silence of the Lambs…

Betty…………………………………………”

The same situation happened again. The shouts and whistles of the audience overwhelmed the voices behind the announcement of the nominees.

"Jodie Foster...The Silence of the Lambs..."

The Silence of the Lambs theme song sounded for the third time...

The audience applauded again, Ronald looked back at Jonathan Demme, and the two laughed tacitly.

Jodie Foster even smiled crookedly, walked with a wind, and walked onto the stage as lightly as a high school girl. She was wearing a light pink pantsuit today and white lace-trimmed gloves.

"Ah ha ha……"

There was a wild laugh when she opened her mouth, and Jodie Foster's excitement was palpable. Fortunately, she is a top student at Yale, and her thank-you speech was impeccable... She thanked all the stars who won the Best Actress Award before her...

…

"Every director who is nominated will think, is there something in my movie that is not good enough? Are all the things I care about being felt by the audience?"

Last year's Best Director Kevin Costner took the stage to present the Best Director Award.

Director nominations had video footage of their on-set work as the backdrop for the announcement of the nomination. This is the Academy's preference for directors, the most important position for a film's success.

There were no wild cheers from the audience this time. After all, many directors’ work is not understood by the actors and judges. However, Jonathan Demme still applauded louder than Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, Ridley Scott and others. Only black director John Singleton won the black audience They applauded vigorously, with the same intensity as him.

“The Oscar goes to Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs…”

Jonathan Demi's expression was very calm. He felt that his popularity was not as good as that of the male and female protagonists, and he was worried that he would become the only loser. The sudden news made him a little stunned, so he decided to kiss his wife first...

"In my lifetime of love for movies, tonight's honor is something I never imagined. I can only attribute it to screenwriter Tully, uh, uh... and my director of photography, Tucker Fujimoto, uh, sorry, but also My casting director, Howard Foer, helped me cast great actors like Tony and Judy...

Um... Um, sorry, I also want to thank Daydream and Ronald, and Mike Medavoy of TriStar Pictures. Without their great assistance, this movie would not be possible in the tragedy of Orion's bankruptcy. Re-photographed…

Uh-huh...ahhhh...thank you! "

Jonathan Demme, who was already nervous and incoherent, finally stammered and thanked everyone...and left the stage amidst the kind applause of the audience.

The final award presenters were heavyweights Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. This is also a kind of respect for old stars.

"We come to the final category, Best Picture...the five nominated films this year are..." Paul Newman mainly introduced the nominations.

"The Oscar goes to..." Star Elizabeth Taylor has managed her figure very well and has regained 70% of her youthful charm today...

"The Silence of the Lambs, Ronald Lee, Mike Medavoy..."

"Beep, beep... beep..." The theme song sounded for the fifth time.

"Ahhh..." Diane happily hugged Ronald and kissed him passionately. This is the third time in Oscar history that a film has won the five most important artistic awards, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor and Actor, and Best Picture. The last two films to win this Grand Slam were "It Happened One Night" in 1934 and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975.

"Oh God..." Ronald held up the statuette, and Mike Medavoy asked him to be the main one to give the speech.

"I never imagined this day when I took over the film project from Orion. Thanks to their executives for their historical support of the director's artistic freedom in making films, I deeply believe that this is the principle of making outstanding films... "

Ronald talked eloquently, made a mockery of Orion's blind and richest boss, and ended his speech happily.

Although it’s a bit regrettable, it would be better if this was the Best Director Award, but, never mind, let’s just have fun tonight.