As the music of Moon River played, clips from several of Audrey Hepburn's masterpieces were put on the big screen.
"It's like I'm picking at the moon. I'm too thin, my ears are too prominent, my teeth are crooked, and my neck is too long." Hepburn's original voice also appears, which she sang in 1957
A line describing his appearance in "Dragon and Phoenix".
"Maybe so, but I like the way they look together." This was the answer of Humphrey Bogart, who acted with her at the time, and it also described Hepburn's own temperament very well.
"Throughout her career, she was considered a symbol of elegance and beauty..." Gregory Peck's iconic voice appeared in the voice-over commentary. Hepburn's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and other scenes appeared on the screen one after another.
The scenes from the later works, and then everything, to the scenes of Audrey Hepburn doing various charity activities for the United Nations Children's Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The audience was silent. The hungry black African children on the screen were cared for by Hepburn. It was quite surprising that such a shocking picture appeared at the highest awards ceremony in Hollywood.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Gregory Peck."
"The Gene Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded by the Oscars to those who have made significant achievements in the humanitarian field, and if there is anyone who meets the criteria for this award, it is Audrey Hepburn.
She unfortunately passed away earlier, and to receive this trophy on her behalf, I have the honor to introduce to you her son, Sean Hepburn Farrell."
This is a specially arranged posthumous award because of Hepburn's sudden death. This kind of thing is not common at the Oscars. It may be caused by her death being too sudden. This year's theme is the power of women in Hollywood. Anyone who has made some contributions in various aspects
, they must all be commended.
I saw Hepburn's son Sean coming to the stage to accept the award and delivering a speech on behalf of his mother. Sean Hepburn Farrell, a producer and philanthropist, did not inherit his mother's beauty and gained a lot of weight. Maybe he is just like Long Feng.
The lines in the movie are the same, and his facial features are 80% similar to Hepburn's, but when combined they look like an ordinary fat middle-aged man.
Perhaps the image of starving people in Africa was too impactful, or maybe the acceptance speech was too lengthy and the applause ended within a short time. Next, the Best Short Film Award was presented.
The male guest who went up to present the award was David Paymer. He had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for two consecutive years but did not win. Billy Crystal introduced him hard because he played Billy's brother in "City Hillbilly"
Role.
However, everyone's eyes were focused on the face of the female guest. This was Sarah Jessica Parker. Ronald, like everyone else, was staring at Sarah's face.
"Did she go under the knife?" Diane was not jealous, because she was also watching with great enthusiasm. Sarah Jessica Parker's long face is notoriously ugly among female stars in Hollywood. But with the new
Her hairstyle covered her forehead, and her newly reshaped nose and chin made the overall length of her face much more coordinated.
"She must have moved. But she is smarter, much smarter than Jennifer Gray." Ronald commented.
Knowing that it is impossible to get rid of the typical Jewish features, Sarah Jessica Parker's plastic surgery was very restrained. The nose did not completely remove the hump, but retained a little trend. At the same time, it was much taller than before.
, it’s still a bit curved when viewed from the side.
In this way, the audience feels that she has become more beautiful without losing the typical facial curves of the characters she played before. The audience will still recognize who you are, just a better-looking version of you.
The next award presenter is the great tragedy of the Oscars. Glenn Gross was not awarded the Best Foreign Language Film Award despite being nominated five times.
This year's Best Foreign Language Film is very strange. Only four films were nominated. When Diane announced the nomination list earlier, there were five films.
The film that disappeared after being nominated was the Uruguayan film "A Place in the World". This film was reported to the Academy because there were only a few Uruguayan filmmakers involved in the film, and the investment and artistic decisions were made by Argentina.
The filmmakers took control and were disqualified from the awards.
The director's name is Adolfo Aristalan, a famous Argentinian screenwriter and director. He was so angry that he even filed a lawsuit in a California court.
The reason why this was first nominated and then canceled is actually very simple. Because when the Argentine Film Association submitted it for review, it voted to choose another film. Angry, Adolfo Aristaran contacted the Uruguayan Film Association, hoping to use them
of places sent to the Oscars.
In the end, the Argentinian film was not shortlisted for the five nominated films, but the one using Uruguay's quota was nominated. Afterwards, the report was also said to be instigated by the Argentine Film Association. This kind of thing is like this in Argentina
A magical country is very common.
Although Adolfo Aristaran listed in court the films that had used similar methods to judge awards many times before, the judge still believed that the Academy was not wrong in ruling according to the rules. In this way, a very rare four-choice situation was achieved in this year's foreign language awards.
appeared on the film.
The last winner was the Chinese film "Indochina". The directors and producers who took the stage to receive the award thanked many Hollywood male stars who inspired their films, including Gregory Peck, who just took the stage. A long list
After saying their names, the two went down.
The director on the scene discovered the problem and had to ask the photographer to give a five-second close-up of Catherine Deneuve in the front row. This is the heroine of the film and the key star for the film to obtain financing.
The two winners actually forgot to thank her! The host Billy Crystal who came up had to make up for it by saying, "I'm just curious, how many of them were female celebrities just now?"
"The year of female power..." Ronald looked funny. It seems that many people don't agree with this theme.
"The guest below is the heroine of Instinct, Sharon Stone. She is also the only one who knows the meaning of the ending..."
"Instinct" has aroused extraordinary popularity in America. In addition to the well-known Sharon Stone crossing his legs, the ending is also the focus of discussion among the audience. No one can understand what the ending means. Sharon Stone
Is the heroine played by Dong the murderer of the initial murder? What happened to the police detective played by Michael Douglas in the end?
The audience in America is actually divided into two groups. One group believes that Sharon Stone, a beautiful woman, is not the murderer, that the ice pick on the ground is just a coincidence, and that he also has true love for the police detective. The other group believes that Sharon Stone is not the murderer.
He was just a femme fatale. In the end, he was temporarily let go because he didn't have enough of the police detective played by Michael Douglas.
Of course, through this search for the "truth" of the ending, the men in America can also watch the video tape over and over again, looking for the "details" that prove their theories. The copy of Instinct in the video rental store contains the key points in many video tapes.
Several of the lenses were worn out due to repeated playback and had to be replaced at a high cost.
This award was finally given to several technicians who improved the camera. Because this award did not have a traditional statuette, it was not awarded on the spot. Sharon Stone only reviewed the highlights of the previous award-winning videos.
"I have to find Steven (Spielberg) and Francis (Coppola)..." Ronald thought while applauding. His lightning lamp has gained some popularity because of the congressional hearings, so why not let these few people know it next year?
A great director who has experimented with Lao Yan's invention has been nominated jointly with him. If he can win the Academy Award for Technology, it will be good news for Xujiahui Film Factory and it will also have considerable benefits.
Yimou won the best foreign language film before, because it was sent to Hong Kong for selection, so it caused some disputes in the country. Several film studios that have cooperated with Yimou, such as Northwest and Guangxi, all want to compete for this honor. In the end, it comes down to personnel matters
The two factories, which had some share of the relationship and filming location, shared the honor equally.
Another honorary award tonight is quite touching. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, two of the most familiar Italian actors in Hollywood, teamed up to give the greatest Italian director Fedeli
Co. Fellini, presented with the Oscar Honorary Award.
Fellini knew how to give a speech. He thanked the American audience and Hollywood for their love for him, and said that he had too many people to thank, but due to time constraints, he could only thank one great actor, his wife Giulietta.
·Masina.
"Please don't cry, Julietta..."
When Fellini said this, he blew a kiss in the direction of his wife in the audience. The camera also quickly cut to Giulietta Masina who was crying because of excitement.
It has to be said that for a great director like Fellini, a casual sentence, spoken at the right time, can arouse the emotions of the actors and bring the emotions of the guests to a climax. This director has nine films in total and has won ten awards.
The master director who has been nominated for six Oscars and won four statuettes for the Best Foreign Language Film is truly amazing. His skills are extraordinary even if he shows his hands casually. In other words, he has integrated directing into his life...
Next up was Rao Julio, who played the big bad guy in Street Fighter, who presented Disney's "Aladdin" with the Best Soundtrack Award. Later, the Best Original Song was also awarded to the "Aladdin" theme song "A Brand New
world" taken away.
Ronald looked back at the cast of "The Bodyguard". Both of the episode's nominations for Best Original Song were lost to Aladdin. Unfortunately, the cover of "I Will Always Love You" could not be nominated. This song was released in January and February.
It occupied the top spot in the rankings for both months of the month, and the new top spot in 1993 would not be reached until March, setting a record.
Ronald had to admire the rigidity of the old Oscar executive committee. Because of the technical details of the text, they refused to allow such a famous song that is sung across the United States to appear at the Oscars, and did not allow Whitney Houston to sing.
What are the benefits of Oscars?
Just like the Argentinian film that was nominated and then canceled, rejecting good commercial gimmicks over a little bit of technical detail. I'm afraid these people are just trying to protect their so-called "tradition (power)".
The awards ceremony has entered the final stage of important awards. Both the Best Adapted Screenplay and the Best Original Screenplay were awarded at the New York branch. This seems to have become a "tradition" of the Oscars. In order to demonstrate ABC's broadcasting capabilities, there is always a
The awards will be presented off-site.
The award guests this time were the two stars of "The Graduate" that year, Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft.
In the two awards, only one of the ten nominations was a woman. It was the screenwriter of "The Great Love", the British novelist Ruth Ball Jawara. As expected, she won the best adapted screenplay.
prize.
The award for Best Original Screenplay also went to Neil Jordan, screenwriter of the British-set "The Crying Game."
I don’t know if it was because of the transmission time difference between the two venues, but the applause for these two awards was sparse at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Neil Jordan’s acceptance speech also didn’t have much repercussions. The entire awards hall seemed to
It reached a point where everyone was tired and couldn't muster the energy to applaud them.
Ronald felt a little strange and turned his head to look around. Only Melissa Tomei, who won the Best Supporting Actress, applauded louder, while the crew of "My Cousin Winnie" still maintained their
Great energy.
"Huh?" Ronald remembered something. He took out the program list and looked through it. The other four actresses nominated together with Melissa Tomei were all foreigners.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We welcome Anthony Hopkins. Last year he won the Oscar, and this year he won the knighthood. This means that he will join the royal family.
dinner……"
"Hahaha……"
Fortunately, Billy Crystal came to the rescue in time, "Please have a drink, Sir Hannibal Lecter's true identity, Sir Anthony Hopkins."
Anthony Hopkins did not show any fancy and directly announced the nomination list.
Catherine Deneuve - Indochina, this is the Chinese film that won the best foreign language film.
Mary McDonough - Passion Fish, Mary McDonough was the actress nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Dances with Wolves the year before.
Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Sparkle and Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo Oil, both are actresses who have been nominated multiple times.
There were two foreign actresses and three local Americans. Ronald gradually realized that what the guests and judges of this year's Oscars really care about is foreign countries VS domestic. Rather than this year's theme of female power in Hollywood...or the original theme of the year before last.
Resident Indian episode.
Sometimes, you try your best and spend a lot of resources, but you don't understand what the judges are thinking.
After the end of the Cold War, the European film industry and Hollywood have gradually integrated. A large number of Eastern European directors and Western European actors have become direct competitors to local talents in Hollywood. I am afraid they are not as harmonious as they were in the past ten years, when everyone complemented each other.
Already.
"The Oscar goes to Emma Thompson..."
The camera focused on Emma Thompson, who won the award for "It's a Thing". Her voice was inaudible, but the expression on her face was undoubtedly confused, and her mouth shape was very star-like as she said "Oh My God!"
Although the actress's acting skills were all superb, Ronald still tended to think that she really didn't expect it because of her unprepared reaction in a short period of time.
Two Best Supporting Actors were awarded to American actors, two Best Screenplays were awarded to foreigners, and now Best Actress went to Emma Thompson.
Looking at the sparse applause at the scene, Ronald smiled. Who knew that this year's Oscars would become a foreign vs. domestic theme?