Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1047 Directors Guild Award in hand

In early March, the Directors Guild of America Awards presented this year's awards at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, where the Golden Globes are presented.

It was replaced by this year's more upscale awards venue, and there was also a formal awards dinner.This is the result of the improved financial situation of the directors' union under the newly signed collective bargaining agreement.Unlike the Screenwriters Guild, the negotiations between the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild went very smoothly, and the Directors Guild with fewer members can get more operating expenses.

Especially for top members like Ronald, who pay a lot of money, directors of commercials, documentaries, or TV dramas who are new to the industry can also have some welfare training courses and opportunities created by the directors' union for them to try their hands.

In short, among the several unions formed by creators, the directors' union is the most united and the best paid.

Everyone dressed up to attend this awards show, but there was no TV station to broadcast it.Everyone regards him as a peer affirmation and an annual gathering of directors.Director is one of the few types of jobs where there is only one person in a film crew, and they usually don't have many opportunities to communicate with each other.

Ronald, wearing a tuxedo and tie, also sat downstage, drinking champagne.The new Directors Guild Chairman Arthur Miller deliberately brought the Directors Guild Awards closer to the style of the Golden Globe Awards in the past when there was no TV broadcast.

Everyone, regardless of distance or distance, gathered around the round table, drank champagne, ate delicious food, chatted with each other and made new friends.

Before there was no TV broadcast to spoil the atmosphere, the Golden Globes used to be a carnival for practitioners themselves.The winners are all sincerely wished, and on occasions that are not public, the acceptance speech is also full of informal humor.

Joan Crawford, once the richest female star in Hollywood, once won the Best Actress award. After taking the stage, she disliked that the Golden Globe trophy was too small and not as heavy as her Oscar. She even said a vulgar joke: "I will Show you my pair of golden balls..."

Ronald likes this return to traditional awards ceremony, and he is also someone who hopes to learn from other famous directors.It's just that there is no chance at ordinary times.He took the opportunity to change a few tables, and chatted with many famous old directors about past techniques and anecdotes.At the same time, many new directors came to make friends with him.

"I propose that we first pray for our former union president, Mr. Franklin Schaffner, and wish him a speedy recovery."

The awards show began with a prayer for the old chairman who presided over the labor negotiations.The chairman who has done a lot of practical things for the directors' union was unfortunately diagnosed with a severe lung disease at the beginning of the year, and he is already terminally ill.

After praying, I began to award various awards to directors of commercials, TV dramas, TV movies, etc.

Ronald watched with ease the presentation of the awards, the two most important awards of the Directors Guild, for best director of the previous year's film and television series (drama).Those who win this award have a high probability of winning the Oscar for Best Director and the possibility of Emmy Award for Best Director, which has always been considered by insiders to be the weathervane of Oscar.

"Best Director of a Television Series: Marshall Herskovitz, Thirtysomething". "

Everyone in the audience applauded and congratulated.This ABC show deserves the award.tell.A group of baby boomers in the United States, 30-somethings living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.How they dealt with the changing lifestyles that dominated American culture in the 80s.

In the early 70s, this group of people participated in the anti-war activities of the counterculture as young people. In the 80s, their progressive world view was greatly challenged.

NBC's evergreen drama "Family Ties" became popular because a character was unexpectedly close to the world view of the elephant party. Alex played by Michael J. Fox became the idol of young people.

ABC, which is controlled by the donkey party, has released two TV series in a row to counter this trend. "Growing Pains" relies on new donkey party enlightened parents to deal with the effects of "family ties" on young people.The other one is "Standing at Thirty", which seeks a self-consistent world view for middle-aged hippies.

The series was so successful that the English language added a fixed usage of Thirtysomething).Extended to the 30s, and the 40s also adopted this word formation.

"I want to thank my colleagues at ABC, and Edward Zwick, the producer who came up with this idea with me."

Marshall Herskovitz delivered his acceptance speech on the stage. He was not very open, and he was still using the more formal way of thanking him.

The one who presented the award to him was the new chairman, which broke the principle that the winner of the previous term gave the award to the next term.Because Marshall Herskovitz was also the winner of best director for a TV series last year.

"The award for best film director is given to..." After a few more small awards, this time Oliver Stone took the stage to present the award.Last year's Directors Guild Award for Best Film Director was awarded to Italian director Bertolucci, who was unable to present the award.Therefore, the union brought in Oliver Stone, who had won the award for "Platoon" the year before, to announce the winners.

"Ooh, he's young and makes me jealous... Ronald Lee, working girl..."

Ronald, who was already hungry and thirsty in the audience, rushed to the stage in three steps and two steps, and took the award certificate from Oliver Stone.Then pose for the photographer to take pictures.

"In [-], Tom Cruise chose my top gun, and another starring candidate, I won't say his name, chose Oliver's field platoon." Ronald was in a good mood , made a joke about Oliver Stone.

"That actor got an Oscar nomination, and Tom Cruise got a mob from fans..."

"Hahaha...", the directors present all understood what Ronald meant. Making his films may not necessarily win awards, but there will definitely be more fans and salary increases.

"Last year, Michael (Douglas) also decided not to do my movie, to play Gekko, the greedy banker in 'Wall Street', whom everyone knows Oliver made him a best actor..."

Ronald pulled Oliver Stone and gave a speech on the stage.This kind of praise for Stone and self-deprecating words can be said on occasions where there is no TV broadcast to make everyone happy.

"So, this year, both Tom and I have learned our lesson. Tom went to play the leading role in Oliver, and I also directed a movie about Wall Street bankers..."

The directors laughed wildly below.It's clear that Ronald is laughing at himself that he and Tom Cruise haven't won an Oscar yet.I hope that learning the ways of Oliver Stone this time will be good luck.

In short, Ronald's award acceptance speech is in line with the old-fashioned style of Hollywood.There is no televised broadcast, and everyone comes here to hear some sincere, outrageous, and humorous speeches.

Several old directors made a special trip to thank Ronald for allowing them to relive the past Hollywood awards show as it should be.

Ronald also thanked them for their affirmation, and tactfully solicited votes by the way.These people are all voting members of Oscar.

Marshall Herskovitz also found Ronald, and the two went to the group photo area together, and took a few photos for news reports.

"What is it like to make a TV series? Do you think I can direct a TV series?"

Ronald remembered what someone had told him that he wished he could make "Working Girl" into a TV series.It happened to learn from the two winners of the Directors Guild TV Drama Best Director Award.

"Tv dramas are actually easier to shoot. Let me tell you, sometimes when you can't think of a plot, you just need to change a character and make it up with him as the main perspective. When you can't make up any of them, you can jump back. .”

Marshall Herskovitz took a liking to Ronald, who didn't have the condescending attitude that movie directors usually have.

"Do you think I can direct a movie?" he asked Ronald exactly as well.Although he is one of the producers of "Thirty Years", he can enjoy financial success, but after he has achieved success, he will inevitably want to challenge the film.

"Actually, I don't think it's very difficult to direct a movie. We can shoot a scene many times. As long as you are not satisfied, you can keep shooting. It's okay to shoot [-] or [-] shots, unlike TV dramas that require one pass."

"Hmm...that's interesting..."

After the two chatted and walked back, Ronald happened to see Barry Levinson, the director of "Rain Man".

"Congratulations, Ronald..."

"Barry...", Ronald stepped forward to greet him with a hug. Although they were competitors, they had a good relationship.When Dustin Hoffman was playing big, it was Ronald who had the idea to get him.

"It seems that you have great hopes for the Oscars this time... you have been nominated twice..." Barry Levinson was quite convinced of Ronald.Generally speaking, the winners of the Directors Guild Award basically have more than 80% chance of winning the Oscar for Best Director.

The director who won the Directors Guild Award last time and lost the Oscar in the end was Spielberg who filmed "Purple".

Because he publicly stated that he did not want his children to grow up in a Jewish environment, he was embarrassed by Jewish conservative forces, and he was not even nominated for the best director.If he can enter the nomination, there is a high probability that the Oscar will also be his.

The last time it won the Directors Guild Award, but did not win the Oscar for Best Director, dates back to 1973.Francis Coppola won the Directors Guild Award that year, but the Oscar went to Bob Fosser, director of the musical "Capote."

This is also the reason why Oscar does not approve of Coppola's new gangster movie style, and because he has to take care of the declining musicals.Bob Fosser should have gotten the award earlier.

But Coppola's failure to win the Oscar for Best Director is really hard to convince the public, so the sequel to The Godfather two years later also allowed Coppola to win the Oscar.

"Who is right about the Oscars? Let's wish each other good luck." Ronald couldn't show his determination to win in front of his competitors. The two happily wished each other the award, looking very gentlemanly look.

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"This time, is it very likely that I will win the award?" Ronald came back from the award ceremony and saw Richard who came to report, and his own words were more direct.

"According to the probability, in a decade, the indicator lights of the Directors' Union will fail once or twice, so yes, you have a high chance of winning..." Richard got him and Nisita, and through private relationship, obtained the Voting Propensity Assessment Report.

"The biggest voting group is the actors. The private voting tendency evaluation we have obtained shows that you have a lot of praise among the actresses. They will favor you.

However, we can't hear the attitude of many Jewish brokerage clients... As a group of us, we have the virtue of keeping secrets under the orders of our bosses. "

What Richard means is that many Jewish people obeyed Ovitz's order and kept tight-lipped about the voting issue.Within CAA, he is only reported to him on the possible voting of customers.

And he, Richard, knew very well that his boss was Ronald.Several of his clients were brought to him by Ronald as a director.So the object of his conservative virtue has nothing to do with Ovitz.

Ronald understood what he meant. It can be said that the accuracy rate of this kind of information in advance is not necessarily very high. Some actors do not tell their agents their real voting tendencies.

Anyway, I won the Directors Guild Award, which shows that the directors are already his biggest supporters.

"Are there any other awards for us?" Ronald asked.He wants to know, what are the prospects of winning Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress?

"There are advantages and disadvantages," Richard said, pulling out another document.

"This movie is considered by many people to be a romantic comedy, not a workplace drama. Comedies are not very popular with Oscars..."

Ronald nodded in understanding.The group of actors with the most voting rights is actually not very smart and has a deep understanding of acting skills.

They use more of an intuitive method to play the game, which is why Lee Strasberg, a scum like Lee Strasberg, who is so morally corrupt that he embezzled Monroe's inheritance, can enjoy the name of an acting mentor-because Many actors really don't know how to act.

Like many ordinary audiences, they also think that Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man is the protagonist with better acting skills.

In this way, Glenn Gross, who was nominated for the leading actress this time, played a bad woman in "Dangerous Liaisons", played a Meryl Streep who was suspected of killing her own daughter, and even went to Africa to study gorillas. Sigourney Weaver seems to be acting well.

"What about the advantage?" Ronald remembered that the other party said there was still an advantage.

"I find that a lot of actors don't seem to have seen Working Girl..." Richard replied.

Why is this an advantage?Because many people who have voting rights have not watched the movie, they vote more based on wind reviews.Anyway, I haven't watched any of them, so I'll just listen to what other people say which one is better...

This is the common mentality of many actors.

Therefore, although genre films are not pleasing, real people from various secretaries transformed into strong women from all over the world have become the "Working Girl" platform, and the momentum is large enough.If it is said that the chances of nominations for the two supporting actresses are not high, Melanie Griffith still has hope because of her likable role.

(End of this chapter)