Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"They're rough, they're tough, that's how a director of photography works, they're lethal weapons in the battle to not make the movie boring, like the two detectives who fought against the bad guys in 'Lethal Weapon' ”

Host Chevy Chase started making bad jokes again. "Lethal Weapon" was the two guests who presented the award for best cinematography. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover co-starred in the police drama, which was very popular. It launched the two actors into the ranks of A-list stars.

The two also made some witty remarks as characters from "Lethal Weapon", but there was no script and no way to rehearse in advance. As a result, the music was not turned down immediately and almost no one heard their wise words.

The writers' strike turned the Oscars into a straw show worse than the Golden Globes. Ronald had more than 70 million viewers watching the award ceremony. I wonder what they thought?

"The winner is...Vittorio Storaro - the last emperor!"

The theme music of The Last Emperor played again, and Ronald smiled and clapped. This Italian-born director of photography has won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for the third time. The first two were Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" and Warren Beatty's "Apocalypse."

In the movies he was the photographer, the colors are actually very strong. Rather than reflecting the reality, it is more focused on restoring the inner feeling of the colors. You know they are fake but mentally you think they are real.

Storaro, who had won the award for the third time, was very calm and even made fun of director Bertolucci. His first film was with Bertolucci, and this award is recognition of their twenty-year collaboration. A short and personable acknowledgment that feels authentic to everyone.

After several minor awards were awarded for animated short films, the theme song of "The Last Emperor" sounded again. This time, the two leading actors, John Lone and Joan, took the stage to present the award for the best documentary short film.

"How does it feel to be standing here?" John Lone asked his partner.

"Excellent, I didn't expect that the Academy would nominate a Chinese film as a candidate for Best Picture." Joan shook her head as she spoke, with an affectation unique to mainland Chinese. It's like being selected by the teacher in elementary school to read the text on the podium.

Ronald was quite familiar with this artificial tone, and he felt like he was meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Of course, we Americans are famous for our openness..." John Lone was obviously unhappy that he was not nominated, and he seriously praised the academy's open attitude.

"Hahaha..." Ronald and everyone laughed together. This ability to tell jokes seriously is much better than host Chevy Chase's ability to tickle you and make you laugh, isn't it?

"Joan, I don't think The Last Emperor is a Chinese movie." John Lone continued his performance of a cold-faced comedian.

"Why not?"

"The studio is American, the director is Italian, the producer is British, and the soundtrack includes a Chinese, a Japanese, and an American rock star."

"Well, that's true. Geniuses from so many countries collaborated to complete this masterpiece. Our movie should be..." Joan seemed unable to find the right English words to express it.

“It’s Universal”

"No, it's Colombia, right?"

The audience was very generous and gave the two Chinese celebrities who were doing cross talk a laugh. This was the only opportunity for a Chinese-American actor who should have been nominated to appear at the awards ceremony.

Several small awards continued, and the host introduced the next award guest-Billy Crystal.

"Thank you guys, I wrote this before the strike." Billy Crystal, like host Chevy Chase, is a comedian. He paused for a few seconds after saying this, and the audience responded with laughter.

Just this pause made Ronald feel that this was the comedy genius. Comedy requires very accurate timing. Whether a joke can ring has a lot to do with the rhythm of speaking and pausing. The fact that such a one-line joke can be paused to give the audience time to react shows that Billy Crystal has extraordinary confidence and knows that the audience will laugh.

"What I want to award is the best sound design...ah...oh...ok...that's it...important..."

His introduction was very strange, as if there was something wrong with the microphone and speakers. Sometimes it can pick up the sound, sometimes it doesn't. Ronald watched Billy's mouth open and close, his voice sputtering. He looked to the left and right, and the people next to him had the same confused expression as him.

"Hahaha..." Ronald realized that Billy Crystal had controlled his voice to imitate the problem of the microphone not working. This is a performance to demonstrate the importance of the award he is about to award "Best Sound Design".

Billy Crystal's solo performance lasted several minutes, partly because the organizing committee needed comedians like him to improvise on the spot during the time slot vacated by the writers' strike. It just so happened that he was the only one who had written the script before the strike.

On the other hand, it is also because of Billy's strong abilities that the audience was made to laugh and did not feel bored at all. In particular, he got a portrait of Humphrey Bogart, deducted the mouth part, and then hid behind and exposed the mouth to do an imitation show. The American audience particularly loved Bogart and burst out laughing.

Then he replaced the greatest comedy star in the history of Hollywood, the magical dog "R T T", imitating the dog sticking out his tongue and licking his face. Many viewers laughed until their abdominal muscles ached, and they applauded five or six times in a few minutes.

"He should be the host..." Donna around her could see it, and Billy Crystal was obviously more adaptable to this kind of occasion.

“Bill Roy, Best Sound Design – The Last Emperor…”

It's The Last Emperor again, and the award ceremony is not even half over yet. The theme song with Chinese characteristics of The Last Emperor has already been played four times. The box office where Ronald is sitting will get better.

"I have to go backstage..." Nicolas Cage said sorry and came out. He was notified by the staff that he was about to be the award guest.

Ronald and Diane both gave up their seats for him. Nicolas Cage walked to the aisle in the front row and reached out for his fellow "Moonlight" co-star Cher to take her arm. Take Cher backstage in her dress.

"what is that?"

Ronald's eyes almost fell out. Forgetting the previous Golden Globe Awards, why on an occasion like the Oscars today, Cher still wore a see-through black dress.

And today, her hairstyle was particularly outstanding. She had her hair combed in front of her ears, and the rest of her hair was raised high, and then combed back. The hair on both sides was close to her scalp, and she wore a large feathered headdress on it.

Eye-catching... Ronald lowered his head and covered his forehead. This Mohawk hairstyle is quite eye-catching. Paired with that see-through outfit, hasn't Cher read "How to Dress to Look Like a Hollywood Star"?

After a few minor awards, the music of "Moonlight Sultry" played, and Nick and Cher went on stage together to present the award for Best Supporting Actor.

"I'm surprised, I didn't expect my hairstyle to be so popular." Nicolas Cage deliberately made fun of it and made impromptu remarks about Cher's hairstyle on the spot.

"I don't want to hit you on such a solemn occasion, don't be stupid (Snap Out of It)", Cher also quoted a line from the movie, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"Nominated are, Albert Brooks"

"Morgan Freeman"

"Denzel Washington"

"Sean Connery"

"Vincent Gardenia", the last nominee was the supporting actor in "Moonlight", the father of the heroine played by Cher. Ronald is at

"The winner is...Sean Connery"

Several of the nominees whose cameras were focused on looked disappointed, but immediately applauded the first 007.

The applause gradually grew louder, and many spectators stood up to pay tribute. Ronald also had to get up to listen to what this CAA's number one star client with a strong Scottish accent had to say in his acceptance speech.

"Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and some enemies." Sean Connery made everyone laugh as soon as he spoke.

"I originally promised that if I really won the award, I would give the trophy to my wife. But just now backstage, they told me that the trophy is worth fifteen thousand US dollars. Now I am not so sure..."

Ronald felt a little uncomfortable. Sean Connery's wife was in the audience. Didn't this joke mean that she wasn't even worth fifteen thousand dollars?

"If winning the award can grant a wish, I hope the strike will end soon..."

The last part of the former 007 agent's acceptance speech was the one Ronald felt most sympathetic to.

The light returned to the host. He was licking his nostrils, and he seemed to suddenly realize that the camera was facing him and stopped.

"Shhh..." boos appeared in the audience. This kind of vulgar joke turned the Oscars into a stand-up comedy in a cheap bar on Staten Island.

Another actor named Sean, actress Sean Young, presented the award for Best Editing with Rob Lowe.

Sean Young, probably inspired by Billy Crystal, spoke incoherently during the scene, trying to act out a situation where the editing was broken. However, her acting was so bad that she had to have Rob Lowe come to the rescue and explain Sean Young's intentions on the spot.

"The winner is...Gabriella Cristiani - the Last Emperor."

"The last emperor again..." Diane touched Ronald's arm.

"Yeah, it's them again." Ronald felt that tonight's awards were too outrageous. So far, all the nominees for The Last Emperor have won awards.

Halfway through the awards ceremony, the song and dance performance began, and Ronald went to the bathroom. "Moonlight" won one nomination and lost one in the Best Supporting Actor and Actor nominations. After that, there are also Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Four, and I don’t know how many I can win. Ronald patted the acceptance speech in his jacket pocket and returned to his seat.

The staff filling the seats at the scene quickly stood up and gave up their seats to Ronald. Performing on it is none other than the defunct band Starships, which hit No. 1 on the charts with "Swagger", singing the movie's theme song, "Nothing Can Stop Us Now."

"It will be over soon..." Diane glanced at him, wondering why Ronald had been gone for so long. It seems that he is not as indifferent as he appears, and he still has high expectations for Best Director and Best Picture.

"Now I'm having the best time of my life

No, I've never felt like this

Yes, I swear, it's true

And it's all thanks to you. "

The last pair of performers were the two singers who sang the theme song of "Dirty Dancing". Ronald breathed a sigh of relief. Oh, yes, his movie was nominated for the Best Original Song. The little golden statue he won for the theme song of "Famous" was also in this category.

After the halftime performance, an old man came on stage. It was Oscar winner Jack Lemmon. The trophy in his hand was not a little golden statue, but a big head statue. From a distance, it was hard to tell who it was.

"The Irving G. Selber Memorial Award was established to commemorate the genius producer Irving G. Selber. This honorary award is intended to recognize producers who have made outstanding contributions to the film industry.

Many famous producers have won this memorial award in the past, including Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, and last year's winner Steven Spielberg.

This year's winner is different. He has been nominated a dozen times for screenwriting and eight times for directing. This year, he may have to buy a new display cabinet to put this thing, because the original cabinet already has six little golden men in it."

"Who is it?" Donna didn't understand. After listening to Jack Lemmon's honors, she felt that he might be the most powerful person in Hollywood.

"Billy Wilder", Ronald knew that letting Jack Lemmon go on stage was probably to present the award to Billy Wilder. After all, several of Wilder's famous works were starred by Jack Lemmon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Billy Wilder"

The old man who had chatted with Ronald and Cameron Crowe a few days ago walked slowly to the podium. The audience stood up and applauded him again.

"This is a very touching moment. Of course, I want to thank the presidents of the Academy (because this award is not voted, but decided by the presidents of the Academy), as well as the members of the Academy, and all the fans of my movies around the world..."

Billy Wilder gave his acceptance speech with a strong Eastern European accent. Because he is a famous senior in the industry, and he won a memorial award, and his English is not fluent as a native speaker, so the organizing committee gave the old man a longer time.

"I also want to thank a gentleman in particular. Without his help, I would not be able to stand here."

Everyone is guessing, is it Jack Lemmon?

"I have forgotten his name, but I will never forget his compassion. He was a consul in the American Embassy in Mexico.

It was 1934, Germany began to persecute Jews, I was lucky to escape and came to America. I got a six-month travel visa and started writing scripts in Hollywood.

But the six months came quickly, and I had to change my visa to an immigrant visa. It was strange that I had to leave America, go to the embassy in a foreign country to change my visa, and then come back.

But I was in a hurry when I left Europe. I only had two hours to escape, and I didn't bring anything. Education, work experience, recommendation letters, nothing. So I could only write a document by hand, and then ask a few friends in Hollywood to write some letters of certification to prove that I worked in Hollywood.

The consul looked at my application materials and was embarrassed. He stood up and observed me for a long time, and finally asked me what I did in America.

I wrote scripts for movies."

Billy Wilder is worthy of being a famous screenwriter and director. The story he told aroused everyone's curiosity.

"The consul sighed in advance, and then stamped my passport with an immigration visa. In the end, he said to me, then you should write something good...

That was fifty-four years ago, and I have been working hard towards his requirements since then..."

This sentence caused warm applause from the audience, and Ronald was also very excited. He is indeed a master of writing a good ending.

The awards ceremony began to become boring afterwards. All the awards nominated by the last emperor, such as Best Original Score and Best Costume, all went to him. The Chinese-style theme song sounded again and again.

The only Best Original Interlude that they were not nominated for was awarded to the interlude of "Dirty Dancing" directed by Ronald.

The awards ceremony entered the last third, and the most important awards began to be presented.

The Best Actor was awarded to Michael Douglas of "Wall Street".

The winner of the Best Actor award was announced by the last Best Actress, the deaf-mute Marlene Matlin. She spoke unclearly because of her deafness, and everyone was worried about her. In the end, Marlene tried her best to say Michael Douglas' name.

Michael Douglas, who defeated Jack Nicholson and other powerful actors as expected, paid tribute to his father Kirk Douglas on the stage. His father was nominated three times but never won the Best Actor. But this eldest son, who debuted as a producer and was criticized for not being able to act, won the Best Actor.

Then came the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay. In the frame on the stage, there were stills from "Roman Holiday", and the audience began to stand up and applaud again.

When the lights came on, it was Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck who came on stage.

Hepburn hugged Peck, just like the two of them in the movie many years ago. "Best Adapted Screenplay, Mark Peppero, Bertolucci, The Last Emperor."

"Damn, they didn't miss any of them", Ronald cursed inwardly, are they going to sweep all the nominations?

"I just arrived, and they didn't let me in. I showed them my little golden boy and they let me in. Thank you..."

Bertolucci seemed to be late and took a long time, waiting for everyone to enter before sneaking in. After joking for a while, he stepped off the stage with his in-law Mark Peperot. Because the two award presenters will continue to award the best original screenplay.

The two old screen lovers appeared on stage again. Hepburn and Parker still had a tacit understanding. Hepburn opened the envelope and Parker announced: "John Patrick Shanley - Moonlight is sultry!"

Shanley looked unconvinced. Like Ronald, this was his first time being nominated. And he was more junior than Ronald. This was his first time writing a screenplay for a movie. He didn’t expect to be nominated. In the end, Hepburn and Parker announced that he won.

After staying for a second or two, Shanley kissed his wife, went on stage and took the trophy from Hepburn.

"Oh... ha..." Shangli adjusted nervously, and then screamed strangely:

“Wow… I don’t care, they kept me calm and it was so wonderful.

I want to thank everyone in my life who has hit me and kissed me, and everyone I have hit and kissed.

I especially want to thank Ronald Lee. If it weren't for that man, I wouldn't be here. "

"You're so nice," Ronald said.

He didn't expect to be specially thanked. Ronald felt that Shanley meant what he said, otherwise he wouldn't have been the first to mention him when awarding the award.

“I’d also like to thank Nick, and the beautiful Cher, for being the most amazing casters… and finally, thanks again to Ronald and MGM for making this happen…

I'm going back with the trophy and my family, I'm so happy. "

The audience laughed extremely loudly. It seemed that they were not prepared for this. The acceptance speech did not have the decoration of ordinary celebrities at all, which made it very special.

"Thank you, you really said that very well." Ronald said to Shanley who came back from the interview after a while.

"Thank you. I didn't expect that I could win the award. I'm so happy."

Ronald clapped his hands, it was almost his turn. Next, the previous Best Actor presented the award to the current Best Actress.

Host Chevy Chase was still on stage and asked Paul Newman, "After this is over, how about we play an eight-ball game?"

This is a joke about Newman's character in "The Color of Money" co-starred with Tom Cruise, the billiards master.

Newman didn't expect this impromptu performance. "Sorry, Chevy, my eyesight is not very good." Newman picked up the envelope and prepared to read out the nomination.

"Instead of eight-ball, how about a game of nine-ball? With a little bit of excitement?"

"If you have to come, how about you press your house?" Newman knew that Wilder's award just took longer than expected, and now he has to compress the time, while Chevy Chase is still here just making jokes.

"I'm going to lose my pants." Chevy Chase finally walked down.

Paul Newman was about to announce the nominations when the audience started laughing. He looked to his right and saw Chevy Chase literally walking with his pants down. This is because he loosened his belt on purpose...

The lights at the scene had to be dimmed to prevent this kind of garbage footage from being seen by 70 million domestic viewers during the live broadcast.

"Uh, cough..." Paul Newman was also very angry at him. This kind of vulgar joke is only suitable for low-level bars. This is a live broadcast that families across the country will watch. It is always not good for children to see such jokes. .

"The nominees for Best Actress are...Cher"

The camera panned to Xue'er, and her name was the first to be announced. Xueer's face was expressionless throughout the whole process. Like Shangli and Ronald, she felt that it would be impossible to win the prize today and she came to run with her. In order to attract attention, Cher also wore see-through clothes and had a Mohawk, fearing that the media would not report on her because she had not won any awards.

"Mel Streep"

"Glenn Gross"

"Holly Hunter"

Ronald was also quite nervous. The most popular person this time was Glenn Gross. Her performance was very good. She played the role of a woman who insisted on destroying the family of a colleague who had a one-night stand. She made many shocking moves.

Mel Streep plays a terminally ill patient who falls in love with Jack Nicholson again on screen during the Great Depression.

Holly Hunter's "Broadcast News" is a love triangle between two men and one woman, and the story of three men and women working hard in the television news industry.

The winner will probably be between the three of them.

"The winner of Best Actress is...Cher!"

"Ahh..." The scene was filled with screams...

The three most vocal actors, Holly and Glenn, were all disappointed, and their clapping postures were a bit wrong. Only Mel Streep jumped to cheer for Cher. The two worked very well together in "Skover" and were considered good friends.

Cher is similar to Shanley, so winning the award was a complete accident. She kissed her boyfriend, a baker, passionately, and then stood up to go on stage to receive the award.

Ronald went up first to hug her and congratulate her, which was a good sign of victory. "Congratulations, Xue'er..."

"Thank you, thank you." Cher was already a little crazy with joy, and then hugged the award-winning crew members, Patrick Shanley and Olympia Dukakis respectively. This was their shared victory.

When Cher hurried forward to the front of the stage at the urging of the staff, her shawl fell off. She picked it up and wrapped it casually before going on stage to receive the Academy Award from Paul Newman.

"Uh..." Ronald covered his forehead again. The shawl was placed in the wrong place, and Cher's bikini in her see-through outfit was clearly visible. This singing and acting star has worked so hard to be in the news.

"Uh, haha..." Xue'er's face turned red, and she laughed twice. Then she touched the hair in front of her ears with her hand, "I really want to say something..." There was silence on the stage. The audience was waiting for her to speak, but Xueer's mind went blank.

"Ahahaha..." Xueer laughed first without thinking about it. The audience in the audience also laughed. They understood Cher's situation. Whether it was a Grammy or an Oscar, Cher had never won an award despite being nominated for many times.

"My mother told me before that you have to become a big shot...well..." Xueer's brain short-circuited again, "This is probably..."

"Well... this is probably my 23rd year in the industry... no, it's the first time in my 24th year that I have won an award in front of my peers..."

It’s hard for Xueer to utter a complete sentence. Who knew that after more than 20 years of professional escorting, I could still win an award? If I had known earlier, I would have definitely worn a nice outfit...

This is all in Cher's mind... "Well... I want to thank everyone who worked together in the movie. It was a good experience to work with them..." Cher's eyes glanced at Ronald and Nicolas Cage. , Dukakis, Shanley et al.

Ronald is here to encourage her now.

"Um...my makeup artists, they have to do a lot of work..."

"Hahaha" the audience understood that Cher was making fun of herself for her age.

"My hairstylist, my assistant... and the actors I was nominated with, especially Mel Streep, who I worked with on my first movie, and she taught me a lot."

"Thank you everyone, I'm going home with the trophy." Cher happily took the statuette and walked backstage.

"Huh..." Ronald noticed that everyone was looking at him, "What's wrong?"

"Cher...I didn't thank you alone..." Diane whispered to Ronald. It is customary and polite for an actor to thank the director when he wins an award. Dukakis, Shanley, and the other stars who won tonight's awards were the first to thank the director, and they had to thank the director individually, because the stars' performances depended too much on the director.

"She's just too happy. You can't even say anything without seeing her..." Ronald frowned, and he really didn't thank himself alone. Although I knew that Xueer was hit by a huge surprise and was a little dizzy, it was indeed a bit uncomfortable for everyone else to thank the director, without Xueer.

"Did you find out? Xueer even thanked the makeup artist, hairstylist, and assistant, but she didn't thank the director. Could it be that there is a conflict between them...?"

The audience at the scene noticed this, and everyone thanked the director for breaking the routine, which really made people feel very abrupt.

"Ahem..." Ronald cleared his throat, and many people were looking at him. There are a lot of disputes in Hollywood, and it is inevitable that some people will speculate on this kind of thing.

Cher took the statuette and walked off the stage from the back to the rest area. There is a large model of the Academy Awards, as tall as one person, as the background. Every winner will be photographed and interviewed by reporters here.

"Xue'er... why didn't you thank the director? Is there any conflict with him?"

"You also didn't thank the other actors individually, including Vincent Gardenia, who was nominated for supporting actor, Olympia, the winner for supporting actress, or Nick, the leading actor. Do you have any conflicts with them? I see you don't even put on makeup. Thank you to both the stylist and the hairstylist individually.”

"Didn't I thank you?" Xueer was confused.

"No……"

"Ah..." Xueer turned around and ran towards the stage, but was stopped by the staff.

Robin Williams, another comedian, had taken the stage to accept the award for best director and started talking about stand-up comedy.