King of Hollywood

Chapter Fifty-Four

Among the enthusiastic dances, the 67th Academy Awards ceremony officially began. This time the host is the famous talk show host David Letterman. Although Letterman's hosting style is good at irony, he often Played roles in some absurd comedies, but didn't make it to the Oscars. It was just a small joke about the Clinton administration, which immediately made the audience burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became active.

Smart guy. Adrian said in his heart while applauding. Generally speaking, if you want to enliven the atmosphere on this kind of occasion, you must either tease the actors or the movie, but if you don't handle it well, it is easy to offend people. That's why you don't make jokes about black people or other ethnicities. If someone is dissatisfied and continues to complain about racial discrimination, even if they are not convicted, they will cause trouble.

So political jokes are the most appropriate. It is commonplace to tease or even ridicule the government and the president. In many movies, the government, bureaucrats and even the president are all villains—except for the black president.

"The winners of the Best Makeup Award are Rick Baker, Vin Neal, Yolanda Tanis, "Wood Ed"!" With the announcement of the award presenters, the crew of "Ed Wood" There was joy, and Adrian could vaguely see Tim Burton congratulating the three makeup artists. As for Depp, although he was missing, he should be by his side.

After comforting the makeup artist on his side, Adrian immediately looked over to "Little Lady". Dennis and Winona were whispering to each other. They didn't seem to care about it, and they didn't know about the red carpet. Did you meet Depp when you met? With Dennis' personality, if Depp didn't take the initiative to provoke him, he would treat him very politely, but Winona would definitely not be willing to meet Depp, and the organizer probably knew this, so the two crews were separated by a long distance. Far.

Speaking of it, Dennis is really procrastinating on this. Although Adrian is producing new movies in the UK, he is concerned about several movies produced by New Line and Miramax. Although the crew of "Broken Arrow" All kinds of news were relayed by others, but he still deduced from it that Dennis was still avoiding Jennifer.

After giving him so many hints and even suggestions, he still acts like this, sooner or later he will be unlucky, kid. Adrian shook his head slightly for being irresistible, Dennis is a bit too indecisive. However, he mentioned Jennifer a little bit earlier on the red carpet, and Dennis immediately changed the subject, and gave him winks again and again. Winona's face was not very good, although it was only for a moment—it must have happened Something he doesn't know.

Thinking of this, Adrian shook his head and focused his attention on the stage. The best sound editing still went to "Speed", but the best visual effects unexpectedly fell to "Tornado". This made Adrian a little astonished, and it took him a long time to understand why. Moreover, although Lieutenant Dan's broken leg in "Forrest Gump" was amazing, it was not a difficult thing technically. It is also a very normal thing.

The best sound editing was awarded to "Speed", so the best sound effects will not be awarded to other movies. This is the easiest two awards for action movies. Therefore, it is also a good thing for Blanchett not to attend the awards ceremony. If the public or the media label her as a female vase in action movies, it is not worth it.

Soon, the awards ceremony will usher in the first event, which is the awarding of Best Supporting Actor and Actress.

"Paul Schofield, "Background Lies"; Martin Landau, "Ed Wood"; Gary Sinise, "Forrest Gump"; Chaz Palminteri, "Bullets Over Broadway." "As the names were read out one by one, their appearances were also displayed on the screen next to them.

"Well, everyone must be a little impatient." Rosie Perez, the last Best Supporting Actress winner, immediately opened the envelope, "Then, the Best Supporting Actor winner is, Martin Landau, "Ed ?Wood!"

The crew of "Ed Wood" cheered again. Martin Landau pumped his fists excitedly, and hugged Tim Burton and others, celebrating his victory.

Adrian shrugged, and then comforted Gary Sinise with Hanks and the others. Sinise is actually very good. If the public relations efforts were stronger and he would take advantage of "Forrest Gump", he might be able to win this award.

It's a pity that the film company's public relations goals are mainly focused on the best movie, best director, and best actor. Even if there are extra resources, they are also placed on the best supporting actress. Sinise's own public relations are not doing enough. , the probability of defeat naturally increased a lot. Sinnis himself probably knew this, and immediately responded to everyone's concerns with a smile, but the disappointment in his eyes was obvious.

After a few words of relief, Adrian stopped talking. The defeat of Sinise was a good thing for "Forrest Gump". Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor are pitifully few. These are very important awards, and unless it is a very special case, they will not be awarded to the same film at the same time. If Sinise does win Best Supporting Actor, then both Hanks' Best Actor and Adrian's Best Director could be surprises.

Of course, this accident is gone now, so Adrian quickly focused on the next awards. Kirsten, who was several seats away, had already clenched his fists and watched nervously. on stage.

After David Letterman made some jokes on stage, last year's Best Supporting Actor winner, Tommy Lee Jones, stepped onto the stage. The old man was dressed in a formal suit with a bow tie at the neckline.

"As we all know, the performance of the male and female protagonists can sometimes play a decisive role in a movie, but they can also be around to set off their important supporting roles. For example, Martin and the other four nominees just now, or now It's..." Tommy Lee Jones said, looking at the screen beside him, "Diana West, in "Bullets Flying Over Broadway", brilliantly displayed the demeanor of a generation of star Helen Sinclair; Jenny Fo Tilly, in "Bullets Flying Over Broadway", did not lose to Diana at all; Rosemary Harris, she gave everyone a perfect and sad performance in "The Poet and His Lover"; Mirren, she is the great queen of "The Crazy King George"; Kirsten Dunst, no one would have imagined that her small body has the Claudia in "Interview with the Vampire" soul."

The screen was divided into five parts, showing the appearances of the five nominees respectively. They sat in their positions in agitation, in a trance, or pretending to be calm, waiting for Tommy Lee Jones to announce the answer.

It won't go wrong. Adrian sat up straight and straightened his clothes and said softly in his heart. If my memory is correct, it should be Diana West who won this award, but there is a lot of luck, because "Bullets Over Broadway" has two nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and there is a Best Actor nomination before. Supporting actor nominations.

It's a good thing for the director and the company that distributes the movie, it adds more visibility, and that's the path Adrian is taking now, and much better than a lot of people. But for actors, it is not a good thing, because so many people are nominated at the same time, the probability of winning or losing is very high.

However, Kirsten also has a considerable advantage, which only Adrian knows. Because of him, in "The Piano Lesson" that sent Holly Hunter to the top actress last year, the role of the daughter was changed, but she didn't even get nominated, so Rosie Perez picked it up. It's a bargain, so Kirsten has the opportunity now.

It sounds like there is no necessary connection between the two, but if you really think about it, you will understand that if there was a 12-year-old girl who won best supporting actress last year, Kirsten will not win this year anyway. Would take this award again, maybe not even be nominated.

It's like the same person won't win the award for two consecutive years, and the film academy will not give such a weighty award to young girls for two consecutive years, which can be regarded as a balancing act for them.

Now there is no one standing in the way, so Kirsten has a very good chance of getting this statuette. Best Supporting Actress is not like Best Actress. Many young girls have won awards for Best Supporting Actress. precedent. And it's been 20 years since the last time a teenage girl won an award, and the film academy would definitely consider setting another benchmark. In addition, this year's nominees do not have much advantage, and public relations have become a factor in determining the outcome!

Read it out and see if I can win this round. Adrian, like the five nominees, stared at Tommy Lee Jones on the stage without blinking.

"The winner is—" After opening the envelope, the old man deliberately dragged his voice out, glanced around slyly, and then read out the name: "Interview with the Vampire, Kirsten Dunst!"

When the name of the movie was read out, people with quick reactions burst into exclamation. After Kirsten's name was read out, the venue was immediately ebullient. This was the first time a young girl won the final prize after 20 years Best Supporting Actress.

Kirsten's eyes were wide open, staring at the stage in disbelief in a daze, until the mother sitting next to her hugged her, and the excited wěn fell on her face before she woke up like a dream. The girl stood up excitedly, and hurriedly walked to the stage amidst the background music of "Interview with the Vampire". Because she was a little nervous and excited, she stepped on a gap when she was going up the steps and almost fell, which immediately attracted Lots of good-natured laughter.

After taking over the statuette representing Best Supporting Actress from Tommy Lee Jones, Kirsten stood behind the microphone and was supposed to give a thank you speech, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't speak, and the girl was wide-eyed. Eyes dimmed, chest heaving violently, as if she would cry with joy at any moment. This appearance once again attracted a lot of laughter, and then bursts of encouraging applause rang out, and many people joined in. In the end, they were so enthusiastic that they seemed to be able to lift the ceiling of the auditorium.

"Thank you, thank you very much." Kirsten finally spoke, holding the trophy with one hand and pressing the other to her heart, pursing her lips, with tears in her eyes, trying to suppress her excitement Feeling.

"I should say something, but... I really didn't expect that I would really get this award...Although...Although I kept telling myself that you are the best, you can definitely do it, but..." The girl's throat moved slightly, as if she didn't know what to say, "Thank you, thank you mom, thank you producer, thank you director, thank you those who helped me, thank you, thank you all!"

Having said that, she took two steps back, bowed to the audience, and then walked off the stage amid warm applause. When passing the crew of "Forrest Gump", she specially gave Adrian a grateful smile. She saw it clearly just now. When she was so nervous and excited that she couldn't speak, he was the one who took the lead in applauding. of.

Adrian immediately gave her a thumbs up. He was not worried about being seen. People in the know knew that he recommended Kirsten to play Claudia.

very good. Looking at the young girl Adrian who returned to her seat to accept the congratulations, she said so in her heart, and at the same time heaved a long sigh of relief. This award is no less important to him than Kirsten. In the past two years, although he has pushed Pacino and others to the throne of actor and actress by virtue of his memory, these are basically copying "history" .

To put it simply, whoever wins the award in his memory, he will try his best to let himself participate in it, so that this award will be born from his own hands. Although he has used a lot of public relations methods, it is basically relying on the route provided by his memory. .

If he just wants to be a director or producer that people look up to, it’s not a problem to just go on like this. Anyway, there are still more than ten years, and he will announce his retirement when there is nothing to plagiarize. There are enough movies, enough for him to leave a mark in film history or Hollywood film history.

But don't forget, what Adrian really wants is to control Hollywood! He longed for the day when Hollywood would change to his liking because of a hint from him. It might sound crazy, but if it's not impossible to play by the rules, he'll start by making sure he's capable of making the changes he wants, like he's doing now.

Claudia, played by Kirsten, has only won a few insignificant small awards in his memory, not to mention winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, not even nominated, but now because of Adrian's interference , actually fell into her hands, this is a very good start.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go to achieve his goal, but it is really worthwhile to prove that it is feasible and to further hold the little goblin in his hands.

After the little **, two songs and dances were performed, and several less important awards were handed out. The best art direction fell to "Crazy King George", "Forrest Gump", "Interview with the Vampire" , "Little Lady" were all unexpectedly defeated. The same is true for the best soundtrack, which was picked up by Disney's pinnacle of 2D animation, "The Lion King".

It's really depressing, what do the three crew members think, but Adrian doesn't think so. In the competition for the best art direction award, the longer the history, the easier it is to win the award. Among the several nominated films, "The Crazy King George" about George III is relatively the oldest, and it is also about the British royal family. Awards are naturally within reach.

As for the best soundtrack, I have to admit that "The Lion King" is indeed very good, otherwise it would not have the title of the pinnacle of 2D animation - and it is also the last glory of Disney in 2D animation. Especially the majestic soundtrack with a strong African style at the beginning of the film is really exciting. You know, they won a whole three nominations for the best song! So it is not wrong to lose to them on the soundtrack.

The next thing is another little thing. Although the weight of the award to be presented is not as heavy as the best supporting actor and actress, it is enough to attract the attention of many people.

"When we want to make a movie, what do we need first? Funding? Actors? Or..." Letterman on the stage asked cryptically, "Script?"

Said that he looked around, and suddenly clapped his hands with an annoyed expression: "Okay, everyone, can't you answer such a simple question? Of course it's the script. Don't you guys never read the script when choosing roles? ?!"

That face of hatred for iron failure immediately caused a burst of laughter in the hall.

"Okay, then let Ms. Judy Davis present the Best Adapted Screenplay Award." Letterman then announced.

Judy Davis, who was wearing a black shoulderless evening dress and with short and medium hair, walked onto the stage, and Adrian, who was sitting below, immediately sat up straight, and couldn't help laughing because of something he thought of.

As for the reason for laughing, just listen to Judy Davis' nomination list: "...Paul Atanasio successfully adapted decades of shocking scandals into an excellent movie script , Adrian Cowell and original author Winston Glum worked together to revise the novel into what we see now."

Whether it was due to politeness or other considerations, when Adrian declared the best adapted screenplay, he still included Winston Glum. Made him a little busy.

It's just that the old man is really stubborn enough. Although he was nominated for the best adapted screenplay, he refused to attend the award ceremony because what the film wanted to show was not his original intention. He obviously still had a grudge against Adrian's ruthlessness at the beginning .

Don't want any ready-made honors, I really don't know what he is thinking. Adrian looked at himself on the screen, thinking in his heart while showing a serious look. Probably, he didn't think the screenplay of "Forrest Gump" would definitely win the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, what a pity.

At this time, Judy Davis had already read out the names of the winners: "Forrest Gump, Adrian Cowell, Winston Glum."\u003c/p\u003e