Chatty Hollywood

"I said last year, I'll be back!"

At the Saturn Awards ceremony, Charlotte winked while raising the trophy for Best Director.

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter.

It was the movie "Sleepy Hollow" that allowed Charlotte to get this honor.

Because "The Sixth Sense" was released too late, we can only wait until next year.

However, this makes it much more likely that Charlotte will win the Saturn Award again——

No way, the North American annual box office champion in 1995 was already determined to be "Sleepy Hollow", and just halfway through 1996, "The Sixth Sense" showed obvious strength again.

Apart from anything else, this horror film that is not a horror film has been released for nearly four weeks, and the North American box office has reached 220 million U.S. dollars, which is definitely a dazzling result.

Many people even think that "The Sixth Sense" will soon surpass the total box office of "Sleepy Hollow" and become the highest-grossing movie in Charlotte. It will also dominate the North American box office in 1996.

In the face of strong box office results, the Saturn Awards have always liked to kneel down and sing conquest.

Unlike the Oscars, which love literary youth, love upsets, and love political correctness, the Saturn Awards, as an award for commercial films, are more inclined to films with high box office.

In fact, that's the case this year.

"Sleepy Hollow" won more than just Best Director awards——

Depp won Best Actor for his role as Eqab Karan.

As for the best actress, it was won by Charlize.

The girl won the award for her role as Katrina, but it is worth mentioning that she actually had another nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actress this time, but it came from her previous starring role in "12 Monkeys."

——Although this work by Terry Gilliam failed at the box office, it has established itself as a science fiction classic in the eyes of some die-hard science fiction movie fans.

The Saturn Award is an award for science fiction and horror films, so it is normal to give "12 Monkeys" a large number of nominations.

However, when it comes to specific awards, there are only four nominations, but it is "Sleepy Hollow" which was the annual box office champion in North America in 1995.

But it's much more stable than "12 Monkeys".

At least, all three awards that have been awarded have been obtained.

Charlotte was speaking on the stage while giving her acceptance speech while feeling the magic from "Sleepy Hollow" in the trophy.

"The mana gained from this trophy seems to be much more than the one from last year!"

Charlotte was secretly happy.

However, consider that he won the more important Best Director award at the Saturn Awards this year, and "Sleepy Hollow", as the North American annual box office champion in 1995, is indeed much more influential -

"It seems normal to get more mana, but I don't know what effect the "Sixth Sense" trophy will bring next year?"

Charlotte has never doubted whether "The Sixth Sense", which is currently performing extremely well both in terms of reputation and box office, will win the award.

——After all, this is one of the classic movies in his original world.

What's more, after Charlotte photographed it, she used magic to make more optimizations in atmosphere rendering and rhythm control.

Even the acting skills of the actors, under his deliberate guidance, have generally improved compared to the original version.

In this case, winning awards is not the issue, but what awards can be won.

Thinking of this, Charlotte once again ended her acceptance speech with "I'll be back (I will be back)!", which made her colleagues in the audience laugh and cry.

There is no way, this time Charlotte can win the Saturn Award for Best Director, and the opponents she defeated are not weak——

David Fincher in "Seven"

Terry Gilliam in "12 Monkeys"

"Jumanji" Joe Johnston

Robert Rodriguez from "Dawn Until Dawn"

Bryan Singer from The Usual Suspects

Kathryn Bigelow in "Armageddon"

Among them, there are both David Fincher, a rising director like Charlotte, and Robert Rodriguez, a director who is extremely good at B-level movies.

And Kathryn Bigelow is the ex-wife of the famous Cameron, and she will be able to win Oscars in the future.

Plus Bryan Singer, the future leader of the "X-Men" series.

——To ordinary audiences, these people are even more famous than some Oscar-winning directors.

It can be said that Charlotte won the Saturn Award for Best Director under the gaze of all kings.

And now he says he's coming back?

The opponents who were already a little depressed because of being defeated by him were naturally unconvinced.

However, he came back really quickly, and he didn’t even have to wait until next year——

"Best Horror Movie, Sleepy Hollow!"

With this announcement, Charlotte stepped onto the stage again...

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"Interesting!"

Charlotte's "following her words" amused the little girl Emily who was watching the Saturn Awards ceremony in front of the TV.

Unlike last year, Emily did not go to the event this year and watched the awards ceremony at home with her father.

However, the people she and her father support are even more different.

Emily is naturally a supporter of Charlotte and "Sleepy Hollow".

But Emily's father is more supportive of Robert Rodriguez and "Dawn of Dusk"——

"One of the stars of "Dawn Until Dawn" is Quentin Tarantino!"

Emily's father looked like he was supporting his good friend.

"Besides, that guy Robert is also familiar with me..."

"Yes, yes, you have so many friends!"

Emily looked disapproving of her father's habitual bragging.

However, the little girl didn't say much.

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In fact, the 1996 Saturn Awards ceremony ended quickly after the award for Best Horror Film was awarded.

Although the influence of the Saturn Awards is much lower than that of the Oscars, many media were amazed by the fact that the crew of "Sleepy Hollow" won all four nominations, especially the best director award for Charlotte.

In particular, this exclamation has also been transferred to "The Sixth Sense" currently being screened, giving this movie a small rebound after its box office trend has gradually declined one month after its release.

This makes the publisher Warner Bros. very happy.

As for Charlotte, he doesn’t mind having too much money. However, what he is thinking about now is another matter——

"Charlotte, do you want to write a book with me?"

After the Saturn Awards ceremony, Neil Gaiman, who came to join in the fun as last year, extended an invitation to Charlotte.

"Write a book!?"

Charlotte was a little confused;

"Why are you looking for me?"

——He doesn’t remember that he has activated this skill!

However, proposed Neil Gaiman doesn't think so.

He reminded,

"In the past year, we have exchanged opinions on mythology many times. Many of your opinions are very unique and have given me a lot of inspiration..."

Charlotte had indeed kept in touch with the future great writer, now the author of the comic strip "The Sandman".

The two have similar interests in the field of mysteries and occasionally discuss issues with each other.

——Of course, for Charlotte, this is a matter of professionalism, but for Neil Gaiman, it is an expression of imagination or brain power.

He even hatched a new story because of this——