Shirley MacLean is right. The awards process at the Oscars is long and slow, and the Best Actress award is awarded at the second to last place. The waiting process of more than three hours is a kind of pain for all nominees.
torment.
The first major award awarded was Best Supporting Actor. Ronald saw his "old acquaintance" Timothy Hutton again, who came on stage with Mary Tyler Moore to present the award.
When the nominees were announced, the cast of "Mother and Daughter" were obviously in high demand. The first nominee, John Lithgow, received collective applause from the audience. He is the actor who played the role of the priest, the father of the heroine in "The Bodyguard"
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Another nominee in the same cast, Jack Nicholson, received twice as much applause as John Lithgow. In the end, Hutton announced that he had won the Best Supporting Actor.
Jack Nicholson took off his sunglasses and went up to deliver his acceptance speech.
"I guess when you won the Best Actress, the audience clearly applauded your cast and crew more than the others. They were all voters, and your performance was obviously a level above the others." Ronald attached to Shirley Mac
In Lin's ears, he spoke his analysis.
"Ah...haha...stop talking, you little clever guy." Shirley was so excited when she was told that, but she was afraid that Ronald would scare away Lady Luck by saying too much.
She started to applaud happily, applauding her partner Nicholson. The camera swept over and gave a shot, including Ronald next to her.
"The producer, screenwriter, and director were all the same person, James Brooks, who did everything for us as actors...including rewriting eleven versions of my acceptance speech." Jack Nicholson's speech caused
Everyone burst into laughter.
"I originally wanted to thank Shirley (McLean) and Deborah (Wenger) for inspiring my performance, but they are still competing for Best Actress, so I will congratulate them when the time comes."
"Hahaha..." Everyone applauded, and most of the guests present knew what was going on.
Shirley and Deborah's bodies visibly stiffened at the same time. Their competition for the best actress was already very obvious.
Next, Ronald's acquaintances, Jennifer Beals, the heroine of "Flashdance", and Matthew Brodick, the hero of "War Games", presented the awards for the best original song.
"Eileen Kara, Flashdance!"
Ronald smiled as he watched his old friend Irene Kala take the stage. She decorated her head with a big red flower in a very Latin style, and stammered as she began to thank Beers for his performance which enhanced her singing.
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"Now she won't have to worry about not singing for the next two or three years."
Then there is another acquaintance, Schwarzenegger, who plays the robot killer in Cameron's new film "Terminator". He and Joan Collins presented the awards to the six technology award winners. They all made some inventions.
, which has benefited the entire film industry.
However, there is no statuette for the Technology Award, only a certificate.
Afterwards, the "deep love between mother and daughter" had its ups and downs.
The art director Polly Platt, who had been highly praised before, did not win the award. Shirley went over to hug her and comfort her.
This person actually has something to do with Ronald. The director who once took him to meet the master Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, is Polly’s ex-husband. Bogdanovich wanted to be an actress.
Sybil Shepherd abandoned Polly and her son and daughter.
In the end, Roger Corman gave her a job, allowing Polly to return to her old career as an art director, and now she has reached the pinnacle of her career.
James Brooks, who is the producer, screenwriter, and director, won the first two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
A few hours passed after the party, and finally it was time for the remaining two awards, Best Actress and Best Picture.
The female guest who presented the award happened to be the daughter of Judy Garland, the heroine who played Dorothy in the original version of "Return to Oz" directed by Walter Mersey, the singer Liza Minnelli.
In addition to Deborah Winger in the same cast, Shirley MacLean's opponents are very strong. There are also Meryl Streep who played Slikwoood, and British actress Julie Waters. She
In Educating Rita, she played a hairdresser who went to college and was educated by a professor played by Michael Caine, who changed her destiny.
When Liza Minnelli mentioned Shirley MacLaine's nomination, Ronald saw that Shirley MacLaine, who has been in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years, had tense muscles and almost stopped laughing.
He tried to make her relax, and after the camera turned away, he said, "I have a hunch... you..."
"Oh, shut up." Shirley MacLean couldn't stand the tense atmosphere and hit Ronald on the thigh, "Stop talking!"
"The winner is..." Liza Minnelli opened the envelope, "The winner is Shirley MacLean."
"Oh..." Ronald clapped vigorously.
Shirley MacLean stood up, and when she relaxed, she hugged Ronald and kissed him. Then she walked down the steps, and when she passed Deborah Winger in front of her, she didn't forget to kiss him.
Deborah suddenly said something in her ear.
MacLean became more and more chic as she walked. She walked onto the stage, hugged the two award presenters tightly, and accepted the statuette.
"I'm almost crying. This award ceremony is almost as long as my acting career."
"Hahaha..." The audience was overwhelmed by her humor and applauded desperately.
Shirley MacLean was so excited that she calmed down her emotions and said, "I want to know how this trophy feels to the touch. I have been waiting for it for twenty-six years. Thank you to the committee for revealing the suspense tonight."
"Hahahaha..." There was another round of laughter and applause. Twenty-six years had passed since MacLean was nominated for Best Actress for the first time in 1958.
"Oh, I'm a little nervous...I won't thank all the people in my life...but considering my recent mental state, maybe everyone I know in this life and the previous life may have helped me win the award today.
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"Hahahaha..." The audience began to applaud again, and McLean laughed at herself for her recent obsession with aliens and reincarnation.
Americans are very fond of successful people who have a sense of humor.
"If the love between mother and daughter happened five years ago, I would probably say it was a happy accident. But now I no longer believe in accidents. I now believe that what we want is what we can get. Believe in yourself and be you
What you want to do in your heart and success are actually the same thing."
MacLean gradually recovered her mood and began to thank the director and other actors.
"I've always wanted to work with Jack Nicholson, ever since he was eating a chicken sandwich in 'Five Songs' more than a decade ago..."
Nicholson was very helpful. He wore sunglasses and blew Maclean a kiss. This was his famous work after leaving Roger Corman.
"Being able to roll on the bed with him in the movie is really a blessing for a middle-aged woman."
"Hahaha..." It's rare to see Jack Nicholson embarrassed.
MacLean was very senior and teased Nicholson.
"I would also like to thank the talented Deborah Winger of Hurricane, whose performance was so real that I felt like I had two daughters for the four months I was filming."
"Hahaha...", Ronald saw it. After winning the award, MacLean did not forget to ridicule Debra Winger for being too difficult to deal with on the set.
"But in the end, I would also like to say that life and movies are like clay, waiting for us to mold it into ceramics. Our success begins when we believe in our own hearts. God blesses everyone as long as we believe that we are worthy.
success.
I deserve this! Thank you everyone!”
Shirley MacLean raised the statuette and walked off the stage to the sound of music.
"Bah bang bang..." Everyone fell in love with her charm and confidence. Nominated five times, after 26 years, Shirley MacLean was finally crowned Best Actress.
Ronald hugged MacLean again and said, "Send it to the backstage later. Someone will collect it there and return it to you after the carving is completed in two weeks."
"Oh, I'm so excited." MacLean's eyes twinkled a little. "You have brought me good luck. Ronald, you must come to my birthday party."
Calculating the time, it was exactly two weeks before "Break Dance" was released, and Ronald agreed with a smile.
The last grand prize was also taken away by "Mother and Daughter". This kind of blockbuster with excellent script, performance and stars often only appears once every two or three years, and it can sweep away multiple heavyweight awards.
After attending the party after the crew party, Ronald walked away with Niceta tiredly.
It can be considered that the task was completed. After the party, Ronald answered a few questions about his new film to the winners. There was also a party after the party, and a lot of business cards were exchanged.
At this Oscar dinner, Ronald clearly felt that more people knew him and took the initiative to get to know him than before.
Niceta is also very satisfied with him, "For an award of this level as a new best actress, there will be a busy social period after winning the award. MacLean will be praised to the sky, with various interviews, various parties, and some blockbusters.
They will also extend a tentative olive branch to her. Because she is a veteran actor, the producers are not afraid that she will suddenly think too highly of herself and offer a sky-high price."
"You being able to attend her birthday party is a good opportunity to market your movie."
"Hmm..." Ronald thought for a while, "I'm just afraid that she'll scare away a lot of people by talking about reincarnation and aliens."