Chapter 519: A mysterious new prize winning tactic
"Welcome director Ang Lee to Berlin for his honorable return..."
Ronald and a group of people held banners at the airport, waiting for Ang Lee, who had won the award from Berlin, to get off the plane. He didn't know how Chinese people generally welcome important people. He also asked the counselor for advice and was told that they usually use banners, so
I quickly sent people to Chinatown to find someone to do a large-scale painting.
"Coming, coming..." Yang Yanzi, who is in charge of Chinese-language films in Daydream, also came together. She first saw Ang Lee pulling out his luggage and immediately directed the welcoming people to raise a banner to signal him.
"Ang, what a great movie..." Ronald stepped forward to hug his old friends and classmates, and then asked the photographer to take pictures of Ang Lee holding the Golden Bear. This time it is rare that the two Golden Bear Awards are tied, so
Ang Lee and Director Xie from the Mainland are one person each.
"I'll give you a break first. Your family is here too, and then you'll be busy again..." Ronald put his arms around Ang Lee and handed him a pair of sunglasses. Don't be overwhelmed by the flashes of the reporters at the scene.
Then the group of people left the airport and got into the car.
"I'm still not used to it. It's like a dream. When I went to Berlin, I was still carrying a copy, and when I came back..."
"You are already a film master when you come back. This is how you win the gold medal at major European film festivals. You will gradually get used to it in the future." Ronald patted him on the shoulder and went to stay in a hotel near Chinatown first. This movie "
"The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award. According to the promotion method of art films, there will be intensive film festival screenings and activities waiting for the creative staff to participate.
"It's hard to pick up the cold winter... bang bang bang..." After picking up Ang Lee's family, they went to a hotel in Chinatown for dinner. The Chinese there learned that the Chinese director had won one of the top three European film awards, and spontaneously invited him out.
Lion, lion dance celebration.
"After I won the award, I called my parents. Do you know what my dad said?"
After drinking the Moutai that Ronald brought, Ang Lee got a little drunk, so the restaurant immediately changed it to a low-alcohol rice wine. As a result, when the two kinds of wine were mixed, he became even more drunk. Ang Lee started to talk about things he would not normally say.
When I was filming my first movie, it was not a big success. This time I won the Golden Bear Award, which is considered the most powerful among Chinese directors. As a result, his father's reply was, you have already won the award, can you
If you can't come back and do some serious work, for example, you can go to National Taiwan University to teach film, be a professor or something...
Seeing that Ang Lee was almost drunk, Ronald had no choice but to ask his wife to take more care of him and get up to go home.
"Hey? Ronald, won't you celebrate with us?" Ang Lee suddenly woke up when he heard the voice, still holding the golden bear tightly in his hand.
"Sorry, I have to accompany my wife today. She has activities today..."
"Oh, my wife is the most important, the most important thing. We can achieve a little bit of success because my wife takes good care of us..."
Ang Lee said these words while half drunk, which made his wife very happy. He told the truth while drunk.
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"Diane, are you not ready yet?" Ronald opened the door and found Diane still in the bedroom.
"Here, which outfit will look good on me?"
Diane opened the door, and there were all kinds of clothes on the carpet inside, as well as all kinds of high heels...
Today's occasion is not a formal occasion like an award ceremony, and you can't wear Armani's custom-made clothes, so among the clothes I bought, I can't find anything I'm satisfied with.
"I don't know, let me see if you put it on..." Ronald understood that the most important thing at this time was not to be perfunctory...
“This set is great!”
After more than half an hour of dressing up, Ronald finally found a suit that suited him. It was a suit of office girl-style clothes with black and white vertical stripes, fitted pants and light blue high heels.
The image of a sexy strong woman is about to emerge.
"Plus this..." Ronald picked up a piece of platinum diamond earrings, which seemed low-key but full of connotation. He helped Diane put them on, finally making his wife go out happily and confidently.
"arrive……"
The car stopped at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater not far away. Ronald held out his hand for Diane to take, and they walked in together.
"Hello Diane. Ronald, please take a rest there."
The new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Technology and Arts, Robert Raimi, was waiting for them there.
"I'm here today as Diane's assistant, you don't have to worry about me..." Ronald took Diane's bag, took out a small bag for makeup, and a bottle of energy drink, and gave it to him first.
Diane took a sip and then asked her to take the makeup bag to touch up her makeup.
The previous president, Karl Malden, was a chattering old man. At the beginning of the formal award ceremony, he had to go up and talk nonsense for five minutes.
The newly appointed Raimi is just the opposite. He is a concise and to-the-point manager. He also served as the president of New World Pictures sold by Roger Corman for a period of time. He was amidst various calls for reform.
Those who came to power also clearly understand the interests and demands of people from all walks of life.
This time, Ronald agreed to let his wife Diane, as the last Best Supporting Actress winner, announce the nominees for this year's Oscars. This was not only a way of respecting tradition, but also to give Remy some support. The two had known each other many years ago.
All the minor conflicts that we had had have disappeared.
"You have to be careful. The videotape tactic you invented last year has a new and upgraded version this year, which is very powerful..." Robert Remy reminded Ronald while Diane was putting on makeup.
"Oh, what is it?" Ronald also used a lot of videotape tactics this year, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and "A Few Good Men"
The Bodyguard's Best Original Song, Best Actress, and a series of makeup, editing, and directing awards for Coppola's 400 Years of Mystery were all delivered to the judges' homes with videotapes with gift certificates.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Remy is the president of the college. He must have seen the nomination results. There was something unexpected about him, so he reminded Ronald.
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But Remy was unwilling to elaborate further, and just told him that after the nominations were announced, he would know which movies to investigate.
"Is it about to start?" Diane put on her makeup and came out. Ronald stepped forward to take the makeup bag from her hand and led her to wait at the entrance door next to the stage.
"Soon……"
As expected, Remy was able to say as little as possible. He had no intention of reviewing the glorious history of the Oscars and spoke directly to the camera:
"It is my great honor and pleasure to be here to announce the nominations for the 65th Academy Awards.
What makes me even more happy is that I will be announcing this list together with last year's Best Supporting Actress winner, Diane Lane..."
Remy vacated half of the podium, and then stretched out his arm towards the entrance door.
"Come on..." Ronald patted Diane's waist.
"Humph..." Diane glanced at him with eyes full of spring, then deliberately swung her hips and walked up in a charming manner.
"It's easy for these Hollywood fans who watch the TV broadcast..." Ronald applauded with the audience below.
"Thanks, Bob. It's great to be here. Good afternoon, everyone. Among the movies released in 1992, the nominees for Best Supporting Actor are..."
Remy's reform is to start from a style that is more suitable for the tastes of young audiences. He does not review any history and announces the nomination list straightforwardly without any falsehoods.
Diane and him read out the list of five nominees, and the photos of the nominees appeared one by one on the TV wall behind them.
"Jay Davidson, The Crying Game."
Ronald had never heard of it in the first place. He knew that in the Best Supporting Actor category, Jack Nicholson, the good guy with few good guys, the officer at the Guantanamo base, was definitely a rare good villain in recent years.
Deduction.
But this "Crying Game", not only have I never seen it, but I have never even heard of it.
"Gene Hackman, Unforgivable."
This is a Western film directed and starred by Clint Eastwood. After Dances with Wolves revived Western films, Eastwood has also been favored by producers, from modern urban police and gangster films to "
Dirty Harry" series, returning to the Western hero he started out with.
"Al Pacino, Tycoon Games"
This is a movie adapted from a Broadway play, starring all very capable actors, including Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Ed
·Harris et al.
"Jack Nicholson, there are very few good men..."
Ronald breathed a sigh of relief. This crying game really made him nervous for a while.
"The nominees for Best Supporting Actress include Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinnie, Vanessa Redgrave, it's amazing..."
Diane and Remy didn't stop and immediately announced the Best Supporting Actress. There was another movie that he hadn't seen or heard of, which was questionable (Howards End). Although there was Anthony Hawke in it.
It starred Pupkins and Emma Thomson, but it didn't make much of a splash in the American market.
This movie mainly tells the story of several families before World War I. The box office and reviews of such a movie in Britain are much higher than those in America, so it is normal that Ronald has not heard of it.
"Best Actor nominees... Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Chaplin, Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman, Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven, Denzel Washington,
Malcolm X, Stephen Ray, The Crying Game.”
It was another Crying Game nomination, and Ronald couldn't stand still anymore. He asked the staff behind him to find a piece of information to read. It turned out to be a story about the background of the Northern Irish Republican Army, and now he had some memory.
"The nominees for Best Actress...Emma Thompson, Catherine Deneuve, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon..."
Ronald borrowed a pencil and wrote down the Crying Game and the questionable names on paper. Neither Tom Cruise nor Whitney Houston, whom he recommended, were nominated.
"The nominees for Best Picture are..."
Diane and Remy read the nominations as fast as lightning, without any pause. Ronald accidentally got to the Best Picture, The Crying Game and The Crying Game were nominated together with The Facts, Unforgivable, Scent of a Woman, OK.
A Few Good Men also snuck in a nomination.
The subsequent best director, Robert Reiner, director of A Few Good Men, also lost out. Neil Jordan of The Crying Game and James Avery of The Questionable Love were also nominated.
Afterwards, Diane no longer announced the list of minor prizes. After she came down, her face was also very surprised. Looking at Ronald's expressionless face, she knew that he must be a little unhappy, so she came up and took his arm.
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"It's okay, it's just a bit unexpected..." Ronald was still remembering the nominations for the technical awards. The Bodyguard received two nominations for the best original song, but the best-selling one was "I Will Always Love You" because it was
It was rejected because of the cover.
400 Years Later also received well-deserved nominations for Best Sound Effects, Art Direction, Best Makeup, etc. However, it was completely destroyed in the performance category.
"Any tips?" Ronald took advantage of his position and asked in a low voice. He just walked down and handed the stage to the new president Remy who was the other guests.
"Old man, Ronald..." Remy remained the same, saying only a few words and then went to chat with other guests.
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"What happened?" Ronald returned home and called the awards public relations team and marketing consultant Michael Gray to his home to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the reasons for the failure of the nomination battle.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I was busy with other things, so I left this part to the company's team. Unexpectedly, I accidentally got attacked by someone, although it was not as tragic as Waterloo.
failed, but it was obvious that several of the highly recommended movies were not nominated for the awards they wanted.
Especially Reiner, Costner, and Coppola, these are all people in the director camp that I can win over, and they are very important to me in winning a directing award in the future.
These people are also relatively well-known commercial film directors in Hollywood. If I can't give them more nomination guarantees, they will probably be lured by other studios, especially those two films that came out of nowhere.
The person in charge of public relations behind the movie lost his reputation as an Oscar-winning talent after less than a year.
"The Crying Game, British Channel 4, Japanese Screen Production, etc. are funded... This is surprising, as it is also jointly funded by British Channel 4 and Japanese Satellite Channel..."
Michelle Cannold, who had just watched the live broadcast of the nominations at home, jumped in the car and went to Ronald's house holding a copy of last year's film industry yearbook.
He had already checked the financing and production parties of the two movies in the car, and it was clear that they were similar, both with British themes.
Based on his experience, it is estimated that Britain's Channel 4 hired the producer, then obtained a pre-sale theatrical distribution contract in Britain, then went to Japan to persuade investors of small and medium-sized TV stations to provide money, and finally relied on this film distribution contract.
, and then go to the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries to find a bridge loan from a bank.
The number of production methods is very complicated, so it cannot be done by a big studio. It can only be a small independent studio that is familiar with the European film trading market and also has connections with Japan. Through such a combination, through a complex contract structure,
The movie was just made.
But it happened that these two movies, I don’t know what method they used, actually achieved results that I couldn’t achieve even if I jointly worked with major studios on public relations. The video tape formula I invented last year obviously failed in the competition with them.
Array is coming.
"So who is it?" Ronald instructed them to inquire more closely and find out the production company behind the scenes.
"Also, what do Remy and I mean by the elderly? I guess it means that these two movies have found a way to be more effective as elderly judges in the public relations academy?"
"It's very possible, but I really haven't heard anything..." Michael Gray touched his head. Even if there are any new tactics for winning prizes, it's impossible that he won't hear any news, right?