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Chapter 73: Those who are grateful and those who are not grateful

"They're rough, they're tough, that's how a director of photography works, they're lethal weapons in the battle to not make the movie boring, like the two detectives who fought against the bad guys in the movie 'Lethal Weapon'

.”

Host Chevy Chase started making bad jokes again. "Lethal Weapon" was the two guests who presented the award for the best cinematography. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover co-starred in the police drama, which was very popular. Let the two

The actor entered the ranks of A-list stars.

The two also made some witty remarks as characters in "Lethal Weapon", but there was no script and no way to rehearse in advance, so the music was not turned down immediately, and almost no one heard their wisecracks.

The writers' strike has turned the Oscar ceremony into a straw show worse than the Golden Globes. Ronald smiled bitterly below. It is said that ABC spent a lot of money to buy the broadcast rights today, and it is estimated that more than 70 million viewers in China will watch the awards.

I don’t know what they thought after seeing it?

"The prize goes to...Vittorio Storaro - the last emperor!"

The theme music of The Last Emperor sounded again, and Ronald smiled and applauded. This Italian-born director of photography won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for the third time. The first two were for Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" and W.O.

Len Beatty directed and starred in "Red Fire".

The colors in the movies he was the photographer for are actually very strong. Rather than reflecting the reality, it is more focused on restoring the inner feeling of the colors on people. You know they are fake but psychologically you think they are very real.

Storaro, who had won the award for the third time, was very calm and even teased director Bertolucci. His first film was with Bertolucci, and this award is an affirmation of their twenty-year collaboration.

.A brief and personable thank you that makes everyone feel real.

After several minor awards including animated short films were awarded, the theme song of "The Last Emperor" played again. This time, the two leading actors, John Lone and Joan Chen, took the stage to present the award for the best documentary short film.

"Do you feel good standing here?" John Lone asked his partner.

"Excellent, I didn't expect that the Academy would nominate a Chinese film as a candidate for the best film." Joan Chen shook her head as she spoke, with a kind of affectation unique to mainland Chinese. It was like being selected by a teacher in elementary school to read aloud on the podium.

of.

Ronald was quite familiar with this artificial tone, and he felt as if he were seeing an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Of course, we Americans are famous for our openness..." John Lone was obviously unhappy that he was not nominated, and he seriously praised the academy's open attitude.

"Hahaha..." Ronald and everyone laughed together. This ability to tell jokes seriously is much inferior to host Chevy Chase's ability to tickle you and make you laugh.

Already?

"Joan, I don't think The Last Emperor is a Chinese movie." John Lone continued his performance of a cold-faced comedian.

"Why not?"

"The studio is American, the director is Italian, the producer is British, and the soundtrack includes a Chinese, a Japanese, and an American rock star."

"Well, that's true. Geniuses from so many countries collaborated to complete this masterpiece. Our movie should be..." Joan Chen seemed to be unable to find the right English words to express it.

“It’s Universal”

"No, it's Colombia, right?"

The audience was very generous and gave laughter to the two Chinese celebrities who were doing cross talk. This was the only opportunity for the Chinese actors who should have been nominated to appear at the awards ceremony.

Several small awards continued to be awarded, and the host introduced the next award guest-Billy Crystal.

"Thank you everyone, I wrote this before the strike." Billy Crystal, like host Chevy Chase, is a comedian. He paused for a few seconds after saying this.

The audience responded with laughter.

Just this pause made Ronald feel that this person is a comedy genius. Comedy requires very accurate timing. Whether a joke can be heard has a lot to do with the rhythm of speaking and pauses. A joke like this can be paused to give

The audience's immediate reaction shows that Billy Crystal has extraordinary confidence and knows that the audience will laugh.

"What I want to award is the best sound design...ah...oh...ok...that's it...important..."

His introduction was very strange, as if there was something wrong with the microphone and speakers. Sometimes it could pick up the sound, and sometimes it couldn't. Ronald watched Billy's mouth opening and closing, and his voice was intermittent. He looked to the left and right.

The people also had the same confused expression as him.

"Hahaha..." Ronald realized that Billy Crystal had controlled his voice to imitate the problem of the microphone not working. This was a performance to demonstrate the award he was about to award "Best Voice"

The importance of design.

Billy Crystal's solo performance lasted several minutes. On the one hand, the organizing committee needed comedians like him to improvise on the spot, dragging out the time slot vacated by the writers' strike. He happened to be the only one who performed by himself.

The person who wrote the script before the strike.

On the other hand, it was also because of Billy's strong abilities that the audience was amused by him and laughed without feeling bored at all. Especially when he got a portrait of Humphrey Bogart, removed the mouth part, and then hid himself

He exposed his mouth from behind and performed an imitation show. The American audience particularly liked Bogart and laughed so hard.

Then he replaced the greatest comedy star in Hollywood history, the magical dog "Rin Tin Tin", and imitated the dog sticking out his tongue to lick his face. Many viewers laughed until their abdominal muscles ached, and applauded for several minutes.

It rang five or six times.

"He should be the host..." Donna around her could see it, and Billy Crystal was obviously more adaptable to this kind of occasion.

"Bill Roy, Best Sound Design - The Last Emperor..."

It's The Last Emperor again, and the award ceremony is not even half over yet. The theme song with Chinese characteristics of The Last Emperor has already played four times. Ronald sat down and was very emotional. Now the TV audience can remember this movie deeply.

, it seems that the box office will improve in the future.

"I have to go backstage..." Nicolas Cage said sorry and came out. He was notified by the staff that he was about to be the award guest.

Ronald and Diane both gave up their seats for him. Nicolas Cage walked to the aisle in the front row and stretched out his hand to let his fellow "Moonlight" co-star Cher take her arm. With him in a dress

Cher went backstage.

"what is that?"

Ronald's eyes almost fell out. Forgetting the previous Golden Globe Awards, why on an occasion like the Oscars today, Cher still wore a see-through black dress.

And today, her hairstyle was particularly outstanding. She had her hair combed in front of her ears, and the rest of her hair was raised high, and then combed back. The hair on both sides was close to her scalp, and she also wore a large feathered headdress on top.

It's so annoying... Ronald lowered his head and covered his forehead. This Mohawk hairstyle is quite eye-catching. Paired with that see-through outfit, hasn't Cher read "How to Dress to Look Like a Hollywood Star"?

After a few minor awards, the music of "Moonlight Sultry" played, and Nick and Cher went on stage together to present the award for Best Supporting Actor.

"I'm surprised, I didn't expect my hairstyle to be so popular." Nicolas Cage deliberately made fun of it and made impromptu remarks about Cher's hairstyle on the spot.

"I don't want to hit you on such a solemn occasion, don't be stupid (Snap Out of It)", Cher also quoted a line from the movie, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"Nominated are, Albert Brooks"

"Morgan Freeman"

"Denzel Washington"

"Sean Connery"

"Vincent Gardenia", the last nominee is the supporting actor in "Moonlight", the father of the heroine played by Cher. Ronald applauded him below, this year's best supporting actor

The competition is very strong.

"The winner is...Sean Connery"

Several of the nominees whose cameras were focused on looked disappointed, but immediately applauded the first 007.

The applause gradually grew louder, and many audience members stood up to pay tribute. Ronald also had to stand up to listen to what this CAA's number one star client with a strong Scottish accent said in his acceptance speech.

"Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and some enemies." Sean Connery made everyone laugh as soon as he spoke.

"I originally promised that if I really won the award, I would give the trophy to my wife. But just now backstage, they told me that the trophy is worth fifteen thousand US dollars. Now I am not so sure..."

Ronald feels a little uncomfortable. Sean Connery's wife is in the audience. Doesn't this joke mean that she is not even worth fifteen thousand dollars?

"If I can make a wish after winning the award, I hope the strike will end soon..."

The last sentence of the former 007 agent's acceptance speech was the one that Ronald felt most sympathetic to.

The light returned to the host, who was licking his nostrils when he seemed to suddenly realize that the camera was facing him and stopped.

"Shhh..." boos appeared on the scene. This kind of vulgar joke turned the Oscars into a stand-up comedy in a cheap bar on Staten Island.

Another actor named Sean, actress Sean Young, presented the Best Editing award with Rob Lowe.

Sean Young was probably inspired by Billy Crystal. She spoke incoherently on the spot, trying to act out a situation where the editing was broken. However, her acting skills were so bad that she had to be rescued by Rob Lowe and explain on the spot.

Sean Young's intentions.

"The winner is...Gabriella Cristiani - The Last Emperor."

"The last emperor again..." Diane touched Ronald's arm.

"Yeah, it's them again." Ronald felt that tonight's award was too outrageous. So far, all the nominees for The Last Emperor have won the award.

Halfway through the award ceremony, the song and dance performance started, and Ronald went to the bathroom. "Moonlight" won and lost one nomination for best supporting actor and actress. After that, there were also best actress, best original screenplay, and most

Best Director, Four Best Pictures, I don’t know how many he will win. Ronald patted the acceptance speech in his jacket pocket and returned to his seat.

The staff filling the seats at the scene quickly stood up and offered their seats to Ronald. The performer above was the defunct Starship Band, which had won the first place in the charts with "Swagger", and was singing the theme song of the movie, Nothing Now.

can stop us".

"It will be over soon..." Diane glanced at him, wondering why Ronald had been gone for so long. It seemed that he was not as indifferent as he seemed, and was still looking forward to the best director and best picture.

.

"Now I'm having the best time of my life

No, I've never felt like this

Yes, I swear, it's true

And it’s all thanks to you.”

The last pair of performers were the two singers who sang the theme song of "Dirty Dancing". Ronald let out a sigh of relief. By the way, his movie was also nominated for the best original episode. Back then, he was

The "Famous" theme song won the statuette in this category.

After the intermission performance was completed, an old man came on stage, it was Oscar winner Jack Lemmon. The trophy in his hand was not a statuette, but a statue with a big head. From a distance, it was hard to tell who it was.

"The Irving G. Selber Memorial Award was established in memory of the talented producer Irving G. Selber. This honorary award is designed to recognize producers who have made outstanding contributions to the film industry.

This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! Many famous producers have won this memorial award before, including Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, and last year’s winner Steven

· Spielberg.

This year's winner is different. He has received a dozen nominations for screenwriting and eight nominations for director. This year he may have to buy a new display cabinet to store this thing, because the original cabinet already has six small gold medals in it.

People."

"Who is it?" Donna didn't understand. After hearing the honors Jack Lemmon mentioned, she felt that he might be the most powerful person in Hollywood.

"Billy Wilder", Ronald knew that Jack Lemmon would be on stage, probably to give an award to Billy Wilder. After all, several of Wilder's masterpieces all had Jack Lemmon as the leading actor.

of.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Billy Wilder"

The old man who had been chatting with Ronald and Cameron Crowe a few days ago walked slowly onto the podium. The entire audience stood up and applauded him again.

"This is a very touching moment. Of course I want to thank the deans of the Academy (because this award is not voted for, but decided by the deans of the Academy), as well as the members of the Academy, and all the fans of my film around the world.

fans..."

Billy Wilder delivered his acceptance speech with a strong Eastern European accent. Because he is a well-known senior in the industry, he won a memorial award, and he is not a native speaker of English, so the organizing committee gave the old man a longer time.

"I would also like to express my special thanks to a gentleman. Without his help, I would not be here."

Everyone is guessing, is it Jack Lemmon?

"I have forgotten his name, but I will never forget his compassion. He was a consul at the American Embassy in Mexico.

It was 1934, when Germany began to persecute the Jews. I luckily escaped and came to America. I got a six-month travel visa and started writing scripts in Hollywood.

But the six months came quickly and I had to change my visa to an immigrant visa. Strangely enough, I had to leave America, go to the foreign embassy to change my visa, and then come back.

But I was in a hurry when I left Europe. I only had two hours to escape, and I didn’t bring anything with me. Education, work experience, letters of recommendation, nothing. So I could only handwrite a document and then invite a few people

My friends in Hollywood wrote some certification letters to prove that I was working in Hollywood.

The consul looked at my application materials and was very embarrassed. He stood up and observed me for a long time, and finally asked me what I was doing in America.

I write scripts for movies."

Billy Wilder is indeed a famous screenwriter and director. One story aroused everyone's curiosity.

"The consul breathed a sigh of relief, and then stamped my passport with an immigration visa. Finally, he said to me, then you should write something good...

That was fifty-four years ago, and I have been working hard towards his request since then..."

This sentence aroused warm applause from the audience, and Ronald was also very excited when he heard it. He is indeed a master of writing a good ending.

Afterwards, the awards became boring. All the awards nominated by The Last Emperor, such as best soundtrack and best costumes, all went to him. The Chinese-style theme song sounded again and again.

The only Best Original Episode that they were not nominated for was awarded to the "Dirty Dancing" episode directed by Ronald.

The awards ceremony entered the bottom third, and the most important awards began to be awarded.

Best Actor went to Michael Douglas for "Wall Street."

The winner of the Best Actor award was announced by the last Best Actress, the deaf-mute Marlene Matlin. Her speech was slurred because of her deafness, and everyone was worried about her. In the end, Marlene tried her best to say the name of Michael Douglas.

Michael Douglas, who was widely expected to defeat Jack Nicholson and other powerful actors, paid tribute to his father Kirk Douglas on the stage. His father was nominated three times, but never won the Best Actor. However, he started out as a producer.

, the eldest son, who was criticized for not being able to act, won the Best Actor Award.

Then came the Best Adapted Screenplay and the Best Original Screenplay. In the frame on the stage was a still from "Roman Holiday", and the audience began to stand and applaud again.

When the lights shone, it turned out that it was Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck who were on stage.

Hepburn hugged Parker, just like the two of them in the movie many years ago. "Best Adapted Screenplay, Marc Peperot, Bertolucci, The Last Emperor."

"Damn it, none of them were left behind," Ronald cursed secretly. Is he trying to win all the nominations?

"I just arrived and they still didn't let me in. I showed them my little gold medal before letting me in. Thank you..."

Bertolucci seemed to be late and took a long time. He waited until everyone had entered the venue before sneaking in. After joking for a while, he left the stage with his in-law Mark Peperot. Because the two award guests continued to award the best original screenplay.

.

The two old screen lovers appeared on stage again. Hepburn and Parker still had a tacit understanding. Hepburn opened the envelope and Parker announced: "John Patrick Shanley - Moonlight is sultry!"

Shanley had a look of disbelief. Like Ronald, he was nominated for the first time. And he was more junior than Ronald. This was his first time screenwriting for a movie, so he didn't expect to be nominated.

, in the end it was Hepburn and Parker who announced that he had won the award.

After staying for a second or two, Shanley kissed his wife, went on stage and took the trophy from Hepburn.

"Oh... ha..." Shangli adjusted nervously, and then screamed strangely:

"Wow... I don't care, they kept me calm, it was amazing.

I want to thank everyone in my life who has hit me and kissed me. I also want to thank everyone I have hit and kissed.

I especially want to thank Ronald Lee, if it weren't for that man, I wouldn't be here."

"You're so good." Ronald was smiling from ear to ear. The camera panned over and his appearance was broadcast live to the whole country.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I didn’t expect to be specially thanked. Ronald felt that Shanley’s words were sincere, otherwise he would not be the first to mention him when awarding the award.

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"I'd also like to thank Nick, and the beautiful Cher, for being the most amazing casters... And finally, thanks again to Ronald and MGM for making this happen...

I’m going to go back with my family with the trophy, and I’m really happy.”

The audience laughed extremely loudly. It seemed that they were not prepared for this. The acceptance speech did not have the decoration of ordinary celebrities at all, which made it very special.

"Thank you, you really said it very well." Ronald said to Shanley who came back from the interview after a while.

"Thank you. I didn't expect that I could win the award. I'm so happy."

Ronald clapped his hand, and it was almost his turn. Next, the previous Best Actor presented the award to this year's Best Actress.

Host Chevy Chase was still on stage and asked Paul Newman, the previous Best Actor, "After this is over, how about we play an eight-ball game?"

This is a joke about Newman's character in "The Color of Money" co-starring with Tom Cruise, the billiards master.

Newman did not expect this impromptu performance, "Sorry, Chevy, my eyesight is not very good." Newman picked up the envelope and prepared to read out the nomination.

"Instead of eight-ball, how about a game of nine-ball? With a little bonus?"

"If you must come, how about you press on your house?" Newman knew that Wilder's award just took longer than expected, and now he has to compress the time, while Chevy Chase is still here just making jokes.

"I'm going to lose my pants." Chevy Chase finally walked down.

Paul Newman was about to announce the nominations, and the audience started laughing. He looked to the right and saw that Chevy Chase was really walking with his pants down. This was because he had loosened his belt on purpose...

The lights at the scene had to be dimmed to prevent this kind of garbage footage from being seen by 70 million domestic viewers during the live broadcast.

"Uh, cough..." Paul Newman was also very angry at him. This kind of vulgar joke is only suitable for low-level bars. This is a live broadcast that families across the country will watch. It is always not good for children to see such jokes.

.

"The nominees for Best Actress are...Cher"

The camera panned to Cher, and her name was the first to be announced. Cher was expressionless throughout the whole process. Like Shanley and Ronald, she felt that it was impossible to win the award today and came to run with her. Cher wanted to attract attention.

, also wore see-through clothes and had a Mohawk, for fear that the media would not report on her because she had not won an award.

"Mel Streep"

"Glenn Gross"

"Holly Hunter"

Ronald was also quite nervous. The most popular person this time was Glenn Gross. Her performance was outstanding. She played the role of a woman who insisted on destroying the family of a colleague who had a one-night stand and made many shocking moves.

Mel Streep plays a terminally ill patient who falls in love with Jack Nicholson again on screen during the Great Depression.

Holly Hunter's "Broadcast News" is a love triangle between two men and one woman, and the story of three men and women working hard in the television news industry.

The winner will probably be between the three of them.

"The winner of Best Actress is...Cher!"

"Ahh..." The scene was filled with screams...

The three most vocal actors, Holly and Glenn, were all disappointed. Their clapping postures were a bit wrong. Only Mel Streep jumped up to cheer for Cher. They both performed in "Skover"

We work very well together and are considered good friends.

Cher is similar to Shanley. Winning the award was a complete accident. She kissed her boyfriend who was a baker passionately, and then stood up to go on stage to receive the award.

Ronald went up first to hug her and congratulate her, which was a good sign of victory. "Congratulations, Xue'er..."

"Thank you, thank you." Cher was already a little crazy with joy, and then hugged the award-winning crew members, Patrick Shanley and Olympia Dukakis respectively. This was their shared victory.

When Cher hurried forward to the front of the stage at the urging of the staff, her shawl fell off. She picked it up and wrapped it casually before going on stage to receive the Academy Award from Paul Newman.

"Uh..." Ronald covered his forehead again, and the shawl was placed in the wrong place. Cher's bikini in the see-through outfit was clearly visible. This singer and actor has worked so hard to be in the news.

"Uh, haha..." Xue'er's face turned red. She laughed twice first. Then she touched the hair in front of her ears with her hand, "I really want to say something..." Everyone on the stage said

There was silence, the audience was waiting for her to speak, but Xueer's mind went blank

"Ahahaha..." Unable to remember, Cher burst into laughter first. The audience also laughed. They understood Cher's situation. Whether it was a Grammy or an Oscar, Cher had not been nominated for many times.

Awarded.

"My mother told me before that you have to become a big shot...well..." Xueer's brain short-circuited again, "This is probably..."

"Well... this is probably my 23rd year in the industry... no, it's the first time in my 24th year that I have won an award in front of my peers..."

It’s hard for Xueer to utter a complete sentence. Who knew that after being a professional escort for more than 20 years, I could still win an award? If I had known earlier, I would have definitely worn a nice outfit...

This is all in Cher's mind... "Well... I want to thank everyone who worked together in the movie. It was a good experience to work with them..." Cher's eyes glanced at Ronald and Nicolas Cage.

,Dukakis, Shanley et al.

Ronald nodded and smiled at Xueer from below. She was overly happy and now she has slowly regained her consciousness. Now he wants to encourage her.

"Well...my makeup artists, they have to do a lot of work..."

"Hahaha" the audience understood that Cher was making fun of herself for her age.

"My hairstylist, my assistant...and the actors who were nominated with me, especially Mel Streep, I worked with her on my first movie, and she taught me a lot."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Thank you everyone, I'm going home with the trophy." Cher happily took the statuette and went backstage.

"Huh..." Ronald noticed that everyone was looking at him, "What's wrong?"

"Cher...I didn't thank you alone..." Diane whispered to Ronald. It is customary and polite for actors to thank the director when they win an award. Dukakis, Shanley, and other stars who won tonight's awards,

Everyone who wants to thank is the director, and they have to thank each other individually by name, because the stars' performances depend on the director too much.

"She was just too happy. You couldn't even say anything without looking at her..." Ronald frowned, and he really didn't thank himself alone. Although he knew that Xueer was hit by a huge surprise and was a little dizzy,

However, everyone else thanked the director, but Xueer was missing, which was indeed a bit uncomfortable.

"Have you noticed? Cher even thanked the makeup artist, hairstylist, and assistant, but she didn't thank the director. Could it be that there is a conflict between them...?"

The audience at the scene noticed this, and everyone thanked the director for breaking the routine, which really made people feel very abrupt.

"Ahem..." Ronald cleared his throat, and many people were looking at him. There are many disputes in Hollywood, and it is inevitable for people to speculate on this kind of thing.

Cher took the statuette and walked off the stage from the back to the resting area. There was a large model of the Academy Awards as the background, and every winner would be photographed by reporters here.

and access.

"Xue'er... why didn't you thank the director? Is there any conflict with him?"

"You also didn't thank the other actors individually, including Vincent Gardenia, who was nominated for supporting actor, Olympia, the winner for supporting actress, or Nick, the leading actor. Do you have any conflicts with them? I see you don't even put on makeup.

I would like to express my gratitude to both the stylist and hairstylist individually.”

"Didn't I thank you?" Xueer was confused.

"No……"

"Ah..." Xueer turned around and ran towards the stage, but was stopped by the staff.

Robin Williams, another comedian, had already taken the stage to accept the award for best director and started talking about stand-up comedy.


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