Chapter 424: The person who was thanked the most at the Oscar party
"In this way, they will send more good scripts instead of asking me to play Instructor Charlie in 'Top Gun' again."
Kelly McGillis's big waves have been cut a lot shorter and have become the length of a shawl. The blonde hair color has not been maintained, but some of the original brown background has been revealed, and the curly hair has also been straightened.
She even had innocent bangs, which didn’t have any charm at all.
McGillis was very distressed. She had an orthodox and systematic theater education. She went to high school at the Pacific Academy for the Performing Arts. After receiving her high school degree, she went to Juilliard School, one of the highest-level drama schools in New York.
All her preparations and dreams were to become a performing artist. Her previous role as an Amish widow in "Witness" also received critical acclaim.
But who knew that what really made her famous was "Top Gun" directed by Ronald. Originally thought to be a ridiculous aerial combat film, it turned out to make her a big star. The script her agent received was ten
There are eight and a half movies in the department featuring sexy doctors, teachers, instructors, and other similar characters.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let you become a star." Ronald joked and stepped forward to hug McGillis warmly.
"Giggle..." Kelly McGillis also laughed, "At least, this aerial combat MV has allowed me to get invitations from major production heroines that I couldn't get before. I have more options to choose from."
After becoming famous in "Top Gun", Kelly McGillis has become the most popular poster image of a female star in American high school boys' locker rooms and behind bedroom doors. I don't know how many teenagers are looking at her image of flaming red lips.
Spend your youth.
This made the script she received suddenly rise to a new level, and she will soon star in the upcoming movie "The House on Carroll Street", which tells the story of the experiences of left-wing Hollywood progressives who were persecuted by the Un-American Committee after World War II.
There are also several favorite movies that show complex dramatic conflicts between people, waiting for her to start shooting. This is all thanks to the popularity brought by "Top Gun".
So this time, when she was needed to support "Top Gun" and be reunited with her old friend Ronald, McGillis immediately agreed.
The two set off to a haute couture custom shop, where McGillis ordered a black dress.
It didn't have the sexy elements that Ronald expected, with backless or low-cut clothes, just a simple black evening dress. Paired with the square-framed glasses that McGillister wore specially, Charlie's alluring sexiness was gone.
temperament.
All the beautiful elements of her body seemed to be restrained, making her an intellectual beauty. She really had the temperament of a lecturer.
Ronald knew in his heart that McGillis still didn't like the positioning given to her by "Top Gun", so he deliberately avoided the influence of Instructor Charlie in terms of appearance, makeup and clothing.
"You still need some feminine elements." Ronald took out a pearl bracelet, opened it and helped McGillis put it on. Out of thin air, a few more feminine features were added to the dress she wore that was tightly wrapped and not revealing her figure.
of softness.
"Giggle...thank you", McGillis looked in the mirror. Even if a female star wants to avoid a sexy image, she is not opposed to jewelry that can make her more beautiful.
…
"Oh, let's see, this is Kelly McGillis, the heroine of Top Gun. She doesn't look like Instructor Charlie today. Next to her is director Ronald Lee."
Fast forward to the night of the Oscars dinner. Ronald and McGillis, who was dressed conservatively, were captured by ABC TV's live cameras at the entrance to the Dorothy Chandler Hall, giving them an entrance shot.
After entering the venue, Ronald found a seat at the back of the hall and sat down. This is where some of the crew and stars who have been nominated for relatively minor awards sit.
Ronald unexpectedly met Roger Coleman here.
"Ronald," Coleman said as usual, with a smile on his face.
"Hello Roger. Are any of your new company's films nominated this year?"
"No, it's not a movie shot by my new company. It's a horror movie I made before. Someone bought the rights to remake it. It was also nominated for the best original song."
"Oh, then we are competitors." Ronald joked with Coleman.
"Haha, isn't it? My 'Little Shop of Horrors' film was shot in three days. Unexpectedly, Geffen Pictures liked it very much and also hired Steve Martin and John Cane.
Starring Dee Lai."
"Candy", Ronald then noticed that he was the fat John Candy next to him, and hugged him quickly to say hello. This Canadian comedy star is now also very popular in Hollywood, and he and Steve Martin also starred in
John Hughes' new film "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" will also be released in the second half of this year.
"This is a very good script, and Mr. Coleman's film is the source of a lot of inspiration for me."
A few people chatted in the back. This "Little Shop of Horrors" is very interesting. Originally, Coleman improvised the script in order to make full use of the setting of another movie, and then found Jack Nicholson and others.
starring people.
Nicholson plays a weirdo who likes to go to the dentist. The whole movie is very absurd. It tells the story of a man who bought a green plant and found out it was a piranha. After killing many people, he died with it.
s story.
For some reason, this shoddy movie was picked up by Broadway, and was adapted into a play a few years ago. It was well received by theater critics, who said it told the tragedy of people being alienated by material society.
Because it was well received on Off-Broadway, Geffen Pictures found Roger Corman and bought the rights to remake it into a movie. Roger Corman shot the movie in three days with less than 30,000 US dollars.
The remake cost 25 million US dollars to produce and attracted big names.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, the box office revenue was less than 40 million, and he barely lost his pants. Ronald admired the owner of the record company who decided to invest.
A low-budget B-level movie was remade into an ensemble drama with big-name stars. This kind of whimsical imagination is simply admirable.
Ronald turned around, nodded and said hello to David Geffen, the new Hollywood player who made this decision and the owner of the record company.
After these record bosses came to Hollywood, their style of play was really "refreshing".
ABC bought the broadcast rights for this year's Oscars ceremony, so the hosting style has also changed.
They hired Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of Hollywood tycoon Samuel Goldwyn (who was one of the three companies that merged to form MGM) to produce this show, so they used a lot of new technology.
thinking.
For example, comedian Chevy Chase was chosen as the host instead of previous talk show hosts or movie stars.
"Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 59th Academy Awards. In fact, I am a substitute host. I am sorry to tell you that Jim and Tammy Barker cannot attend."
"Hahaha……"
Ronald sat in the back, laughing with his friends.
Jim and Tammy Barker are one of the bad guys who play tricks on TV. They are evangelical TV hosts. They always say on TV that you should not go to the doctor if you are sick. This is nonsense and lies because you are not religious enough.
Ignorant people buy their gospel tapes and videos.
Although he looks good, he is actually a liar who takes advantage of the gullibility of the poor people to make money. Fortunately, they have been investigated for tax evasion recently, and Jim Buck was also sued for rape. Therefore, their gospel TV station has changed the host and the ratings
Rate plummeted.
Every time the substitute host would repeat, I'm sorry to tell you that Jim and Tammy Barker can't be here.
This was quoted here by Chevy Chase, which immediately aroused everyone's knowing laughter.
Chevy Chase's first joke was so effective that it was like turning on a machine cannon. He made fun of Disney's live-action movies as being boring. He also asked whether Minahan Golan gave Stallone a salary of 12 million because their English was too poor.
, a salary is given by the star to the film company.
Ronald didn't laugh as loudly as before. This host simply made jokes out of anything that hurt his heart.
The camera pushed towards Minahan Golan, and Ronald could see that he was laughing so hard that his facial muscles were shaking.
"The nominated movies this year are really very 1980s. Platoon is like a bad American Army recruitment ad, and Top Gun... is like a Navy recruitment ad."
The camera gives two seconds each to Oliver Stone and Ronald himself.
Ronald kept smiling, already feeling very uncomfortable with this host. He was so mean-mouthed.
"Children who have fallen out of favor with God, have sex in the swimming pool without waking up the neighbors. The Hannah sisters, Woody Allen plays a psychological exhibitionist, and Michael Caine plays the sisters."
Ronald stopped laughing. The host had escalated to a personal attack. Such words are very harmful to the actors.
Fortunately, the host who spoke rudely quickly left. Ronald felt that the transformation of this year's awards show failed. This kind of comedian who relies on his bad words to get to the top is not suitable for hosting this kind of award show. He always hurts others and is criticized.
The losers also have friends, and many people may not be too happy.
"Don't take it to heart, he has always been so dishonest." John Candy noticed Ronald's unhappiness and came up to say some comforting words.
The awards continued, and Ronald was happiest when his friend Cameron's "Alien 2" won the Best Sound Design Award. Although it was not his award, this technical award was also an affirmation for him.
After the winner Don Sharp took the stage, he specially thanked Cameron and Gale for their encouragement and support.
Ronald applauded desperately from below.
Later, the Best Visual Effects Award was also awarded to "Alien 2". The award guests specially invited "Captain Kirk" William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy who played Spock. Both of them are household names.
The starring role in the "Star Trek" TV series is a high recognition for an award with a strong science fiction flavor such as visual effects.
There were four winners on stage this time, and the representative who spoke also expressed special thanks to Gale for his support and Cameron's overall design for allowing them to win the award.
The camera focused on the Camerons and his wife.
"Cameron was thanked twice," Ronald applauded and was happy for them. Alien 2 was not nominated for Best Director, Best Picture, etc. It is already very good to be thanked like this.
.
At this year's Oscars, special arrangements were made for Marlene Matlin, the heroine of "Children of God". After she took the stage, she spoke in sign language and was even accompanied by an interpreter.
She came on stage to present the first award of the night to "Platoon", which was Best Sound Effects. "Platoon" included many heavyweight award nominations tonight, and Best Sound Effects was an appetizer.
The next award for Best Actress was an accident. Jane Fonda, Sigourney Weaver, Sissy Spacek and others did not win.
The award was given to the last Best Actor, William Hurt, who played her lover in "Children of God". In reality, the two were also dating and living together. Hurt opened the envelope and found that it was Ma Lindan.
Lan excitedly signaled Ma Lin to come on stage with sign language.
Marlene Matlin once again took the stage and became the youngest Oscar-winning actress. Her speech was also typed in sign language and was translated simultaneously by an interpreter on the spot.
This year, in order to make the broadcast time more compact, a reminder device was also used. All winners who spoke beyond the allotted time will be reminded with a "beep" sound. Only Marlene Matlin is exempt from this requirement because she is a disabled person.
After applauding for a while, Ronald felt it was a bit boring. The host was very tasteless, and the winner had little to do with him.
Suddenly, Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss, the actor who once played "Jaws" came on stage and began to speak.
"Every few years, the chairman of the Oscar organizing committee will award an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the film industry..."
"Who is it?" Ronald realized that a special award was about to be awarded.
"It must have something to do with Richard Dreyfuss," Roger Corman saw with enthusiasm. This kind of award usually requires many people to push for it at the same time before it can be awarded. The artistic value of Corman's exploitation films cannot be overshadowed.
The organizing committee affirmed that only with this Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, and relying on many friends in the circle, he had some hope.
"Could it be?" The more Ronald thought about it, the more he felt that it was Spielberg who won the award.
In the past two years, the Oscar judges, in order to suppress the great commercial film director Spielberg, did not even give him a best director nomination for a good movie like "The Color Purple". And in the subsequent movies that were nominated for best director, he
Neither won.
If Spielberg doesn't come to the Oscars in anger, it will be a loss for everyone.
"This time, they chose Steven Spielberg to reward him for his significant contribution to the film."
Sure enough, Spielberg came out from behind the scenes. He received the spherical commemorative award trophy that looked completely different from the statuette and gave an acceptance speech. He started naming the earliest directors and finally said
He recognized himself as their successor and spoke for several minutes.
Because Oscar owes Spielberg a lot, he didn't get a "beep" this time when his speech timed out.
"I must be holding it back." Ronald stood up and applauded with everyone, applauding Spielberg who should have won the award long ago.
In recent years, the Oscars have become increasingly distant from films that are truly commercially successful.
Before the 1960s, big-selling commercial films, such as "Gone with the Wind", would definitely be big winners at the Oscars. But in this year's Oscars, among the top ten at the box office in 1986, only Platoon was nominated for the five major awards.
"Top Gun", which ranked first, and "Alien 2", which ranked among the top ten, only won some technical awards. The reason why art and business are so disconnected is because there were too many people voting, and most of them were taken up by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
quota.
The Oscars are no longer like they were in their early days, a big gathering for everyone in Hollywood to entertain themselves, an insider award given to films that performed outstandingly last year. Instead, it is an external event that is broadcast on public television, with advertising worth tens of millions, and people across the country rush to watch.
People's awards.
Therefore, the criteria for evaluating the best movie, director, leading actor and actress, and best script have changed from whether it is a blockbuster to whether it is artistic.
After interspersing some performances and editing for a while, the film was awarded the Best Foreign Language Film Award.
This time, it was Minahan Golan's cannon shot The Assault. It won the award in the name of the Netherlands.
Minahan was so excited that he ran up to accept the award on behalf of the director, and then began to thank the people on the list.
"I am grateful to the main creators of the film. This award should belong to them. I am also grateful to the main creators of other films who have been able to stand here and contribute to Cannon Pictures, such as Ronald..."
Ronald couldn't help but be moved below. Minahan was still thinking of himself. He also wanted to thank himself in a roundabout way.
"Beep..."
Minahan Golan, who was still thanking him, was reminded that the organizing committee did not like this Israeli, and the best foreign language film was also a minor award, so they did not want him to take up too much time.
"I would also like to say that we are not the initiator of the increase in star pay, but because Hollywood is too indulgent of stars and does not reflect all their value..."
Minahan also wanted to defend himself by saying that he was not the culprit for raising the salaries of stars.
"Beep……"
A louder electronic sound knocked him down.
When the award for Best Original Song was presented, Terri Nunn, the lead singer of the Berlin band who was persuaded by Ronald to participate in the medley performance, heard the news that she had won the award.
She also jumped on the stage, "I'm very happy. If the director Ronald hadn't asked me to come, I might not be here today to say to my mother, Mom, I love you!"
Her thank you was short, and she shared time with the songwriter for her speech. There was no beep to urge her this time.
Next, another person whom Ronald unexpectedly took the stage was Paul Hogan, the star of "Crocodile Dundee".
"I'm from Australia, and the organizing committee asked me to come up and say a few words. Several big awards will be awarded soon, so I'd like to remind everyone not to get too excited and save time.
For those who have won awards, please don’t say too hypocritically in your speeches. For example, I think so-and-so who was nominated with me is more qualified to receive this award. If you really think so, tell us first and we will
The list of winners in the envelope has been changed."
"Hahaha……"
The audience burst into laughter again. Ronald felt that Hogan's humor was much higher than that of the mean-mouthed Chevy Chase.
"Those who didn't win the award don't have to pretend that I'm happy that they won the award. I took a sixteen-hour flight here, and they also nominated me. If I didn't win the award, I guarantee that I would
Your face won’t look good. If you don’t win the award, you don’t have to pretend to be happy. If you cry loudly or rush out of the awards hall, I guarantee that everyone will think you are real.”
"Hahaha……"
Ronald felt that Paul Hogan's satirical performance of those who won and those who did not win was simply profound. And since he is not from Hollywood, it would be more appropriate to say this.
However, Hogan's sarcasm did not appear tonight.
Ronald found that the connotations chosen by ABC TV station to present the awards were too strong.
Just like when Richard Dreyfuss presented a special award to Spielberg just now, the two of them have a connection. This time, for the Best Actor award, Bette Davis, a veteran actor from the golden age, was invited
Come and give awards.
It is easy to guess that the winner was Paul Newman, her contemporary.
"The winner is...stop for a second at this moment..." Bette Davis was still pretending, and everyone had to pretend to hold their breath.
"Paul Newman."
"Sure enough, he won the award," Ronald applauded with everyone.
"It seems that when you play opposite a big star, you are the one who suffers." Ronald thought of Tom Cruise, who played opposite Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." If you want to win an award, this is definitely the way to go.
Wrong go.
The final Best Director Award was presented to Elizabeth Taylor, a veteran star who has always been anti-war and supports charity.
Ronald looked towards Oliver Stone in front of him.
This hint is too obvious.
"I am very happy that such a movie can be favored by the judges. Maybe some people will know what the Vietnam War is about after watching this movie. I am grateful to the actors for their cooperation, and I also want to thank Ronald for giving me some tips.
Only then can we find the right actors.”
"Thank you again. I have been thanked more times than Cameron." Coleman said to Ronald next to him.
"Hey..." Ronald smiled, "It's not a good thing either."
Oliver Stone took an anti-war stance, and his sentence just now was a subtle criticism of his own "Top Gun" for glorifying the air war.
"I hope that in our lifetime we will never see a war like the Vietnam War happen again."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoosh..." Ronald had no choice but to stand up again and applaud with everyone.
"Anyway, let's not let America fight a bad war again, right?" Ronald complained secretly. In fact, the audience still likes to watch his own movies like "Top Gun" in which America beats its Cold War opponents.
Although it is said to be anti-war, its box office is still high.