Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1257 Film Centenary Celebration

The 63rd Academy Awards Gala will be broadcast live to the world on March 25th on ABC TV.

During the entrance ceremony, they deliberately looked for celebrity couples. Based on last year's experience, this was the first high point in the Oscars' ratings. Most of the audience comes to watch the gossip.

Which stars have broken up with which stars this year, which stars have joined hands with new loves, and which stars have gone back to reunite with their old loves. The Oscars are the best time to summarize the year.

During the entrance ceremony, the two most famous couples were the male and female protagonists of the most popular romance movie in the first half of this year, "Pretty Woman". Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

But they came separately with their love interests. Richard Gere officially made an official statement by appearing with his girlfriend Cindy Crawford at a large-scale public event.

But Cindy Crawford's anxiety was palpable. She wore the red dress that exposed her sexier figure even more than Vivian in "Pretty Woman". The protruding front and back made ABC's instant ratings surge to over 20%.

But some things may not be accepted by the public if you think so. Richard Gere is a famous diamond bachelor in Hollywood and has been the subject of many scandals. In addition to being famous in the New York modeling circle, Cindy Crawford does not actually enjoy widespread public visibility.

The ABC broadcaster didn't recognize who she was, and got stuck when giving her name. In the audience areas on both sides of the red carpet aisle, there were screaming fans everywhere for Richard Gere, but not for Cindy Crawford. The red carpet was getting more and more embarrassing.

Julia Roberts' boyfriend Kiefer Sutherland also walked the red carpet, and the two were at odds again. Roberts' fame extends beyond her boyfriend, and she screams louder on the red carpet.

Kiefer Sutherland still looks like a traditional Hollywood movie star. He is very dissatisfied with this, but he also has to pretend to be indifferent. But Roberts's deliberate wearing of black pants and Sutherland's deliberate kissing in front of the camera revealed his embarrassment.

The most natural couple in front of the camera is Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Both of them are naturally beautiful, smiling without any embarrassment. Even though Kidman is a head taller than Cruise, it seems like nothing is wrong with them.

This year’s entrance ceremony has several interview points arranged. Different crews were interviewed in different places.

Al Pacino and Andy Garcia from The Godfather Part III hugged each other, eager to show the unity of the crew. The stars of this cast have all suffered setbacks in their careers recently and need some energy to show off.

Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves is the most exciting. In addition to the leading actors, the two actors of Indian descent who have been running TV shows for the past six months combine Sioux costumes, long hair, and The bird feather decorations are all worn out, which is very attractive to the camera.

Ronald and Diane were, of course, on the set of "The End of the World." There were no leading actors or actresses nominated, and not much journalistic attention. Demi Moore, Patrick Schwytz, and Ronald, except for not being nominated for professional awards, have gained both fame and fortune, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

"Hi, Ronald..." Gregory Peck also came over to say hello. He has the extra courtesy of being tonight's award guest and also a former president of the academy.

"I have read Director Huang's script, and I decided to go next..."

"That will be a good movie..." Ronald smiled and hugged Parker while chatting.

After a while, Michael Douglas came over to say hello. He had no entries this year and wanted to find an opportunity to appear, so Ronald's booth was the most suitable.

"Oh, you are co-producing a movie with a Chinese director? Is it from Hong Kong?" In addition to being an actor, Michael Douglas is also a successful producer. His first Oscar statuette was actually for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Best Picture Award for the Producer.

Last year, "Black Rain" co-produced by him and Japan's Ken Takakura and produced by Shirley Lansing also achieved very good box office results. So when I heard about the co-production, I was very interested.

"It's not from Xiangjiang, it's a female director from the Mainland. Are you interested?" Ronald thought that it would be good to get Douglas to join him.

"Of course I am interested, but I am more interested in Xiangjiang. Which martial arts films produced by your company have I seen and are they very popular with the audience?"

"Hahaha, just in time. We are launching several new films this year, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lundgren. How about you take part in them?"

Ronald knew that Michael Douglas was the son of Kirk, the previous leader of Hollywood Jews. And this man is not as extreme as those Jews. He leans more toward the New York culture of his mother's side, where he was raised.

"We'll find time to talk in detail..." Michael Douglas smiled from ear to ear when he saw Ronald agreeing. The risks of independent production are relatively high. It would be much better if we could cooperate with a small production company like Ronald and share the risks. Moreover, this is one of the few producers in Hollywood who likes to co-produce with foreign capital, and he shares the same goals.

The two chatted about some gossip, and saw a big name coming at the end of the red carpet. A dark-skinned elderly beauty and a handsome boy who looked like her son walked together.

"I'll see you inside then..." Gregory Pike said hello and went in first with his wife.

Ronald took a closer look and saw that it was the Italian star Sophia Loren.

Ronald looked a little puzzled. Michael Douglas also explained to him that when Roland came to Hollywood, all the big-name male stars fell in love with her and competed to act with her. This was the whirlwind that took Hollywood by storm that year.

In the end, Cary Grant won the competition and had a relationship with her. Some of the established stars outside today, such as Bob Hope, were probably losers in the competition back then.

Unexpectedly, these old men and women still have such persistence. Ronald later also entered the awards hall. The seats at this year's award ceremony are quite spacious. Guests can go to the bar next to the hall to drink cocktails and chat before going to the venue when the time comes.

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The most nominated this year is "Dances with Wolves", which received twelve nominations, so the actors are all placed in relatively front and important positions. However, most of the nominations are for awards such as Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best Sound. Because it is true that this film's investment in this aspect is difficult for other films to match.

As for the professional awards, there are Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Actor, and Best Original Screenplay.

The next biggest nominees are the comic book adaptation "Dick Tracy" and The Godfather Part III, each receiving seven nominations. The former was a collaboration between Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and Madonna. It was quite popular, but its actual performance was poor. Only Al Pacino was nominated for a supporting actor, and many of the nominations were minor awards.

The Godfather Part III had strong nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, and Andy Garcia was nominated for a Supporting Actor.

Therefore, it seems that Dances with Wolves is the best, but if you look closely at the distribution of important awards, you will see that this year is actually very even. Nothing particularly awesome. The number of important award nominations for films such as "Speechless" and "Leader" is also comparable to that of Dances with Wolves. Ronald was also near the nominees for "The Last Day", waiting for the award ceremony to begin. This year’s location is in Paris. British actor Michael Caine hosts Paris at 3am. He happened to be in the cafe where the Lumière brothers showed their first movie, and introduced the first few silent films that were famous in film and television. They were all more than forty seconds long, showing factory gates, people watering water, and trains entering. stand.

The Oscars spent a lot of money to have a group of actors dressed as Parisians of the time, sitting next to Michael Caine and watching replicas of the film. The screen in the cafe showed a train arriving at the station, and the actors, like the audience back then, stood up and ran away in panic.

When this scene was shown on the big screen at the Oscars, the lights turned on and the live singing and dancing performance began.

"Hmph..." Ronald smiled. This year's producer spent a lot of effort in order to surpass his own work last year. A montage was played on stage.

This year has been designated by the Oscars as the centenary celebration of cinema. The invention of film actually has two sources. The first is the Lumiere brothers in Paris. Their series of classic scenes that have been passed down to this day are considered by many people (especially Europeans) to be the earliest publicly screened films. These films were mainly shown in 1895 and 1896.

Another source is Thomas Edison’s camera series. In fact, with moving image photography and projection equipment, Edison screened a three-second moving image, "Dixon's Greetings," for 1891 delegates to the International Women's Conference at the end of 150.

Therefore, if the public screening of moving images is the definition of cinema, then Edison's invention is the birth date of cinema. But Edison had no interest in filming and promoting the film industry, and only hoped to make money through royalties.

Therefore, if you think of movies as a commodity that sells tickets to the audience to watch moving pictures with plots in the theater, then the short films of the Lumière brothers should be the origin of movies.

However, of course, no matter what Americans claim, Edison must have invented such a thing as movies.

"Da da da..." After the song and dance, host Billy Crystal rode a horse onto the stage. He also worked very hard to surpass last year. It just so happened that he was learning to ride a horse in order to prepare for the comedy western movie he wanted to make, so it wasn't too difficult.

"Beep beep..." After Billy Crystal stood still, he took out a car key and pressed the stop button in the direction of the horse.

"Hahaha..." The effect on the scene was very good, and everyone was so embarrassed that they laughed.

"Welcome everyone to the awards show today. It will be fun tonight. In fact, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, because no matter who wins, the madman in Iraq will claim that he won..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Speaking of who will come to tonight's party, Madonna said to me, how many people do I need to fax to go to the Oscars? So she faxed me, and I faxed back twice, and she came tonight."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The opening few jokes are all very loud. ABC has rated tonight's program as normal, so even the dirty jokes that are borderline must be treated with homophones. Billy Crystal is a master and handles it very well.

The atmosphere became lively, ABC's ratings also exceeded 23%, and the first award, Best Supporting Actress, began to be awarded.

"I feel very honored to present this award. There are five talented actors nominated for Best Supporting Actress..." The last Best Supporting Actor, Denzel Washington, came to present this award.

"The nominees are... Annette Bening - The Fatal Bet, Lorraine Bracco - Goodfellas, Whoopi Goldberg - The Ghost Story, Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart, and Mary... Macdonald - Dances with Wolves..."

Ronald looked at Whoopi Goldberg next to him. It was obvious that she was a good actress. Although she was the one with the highest voice and won more than 80% of the awards in the frontline competition, her expression was very calm.

It was just the sparkle in her eyes that gave her away. The award guest this time is Denzel Washington. Although it is customary for winners of the previous session to be given awards to this session, it is not limited to specific awards. The fact that a black person was the guest of honor obviously meant that the organizing committee already thought that it was probably her.

"Although in my mind, the acting skills of the five are tied, there is only one award, and the Best Supporting Actress award goes to Whoopi Goldberg..."

"Ah..." Whoopi got a black Deadlock hairstyle with thick braids. After hearing that I had won the award, I stopped pretending at all. He jumped up suddenly, his hair twitched up and down, and his bucket-shaped figure looked a little cute.

Like a little girl receiving an award from her beloved school, she shouted, hugged Ronald and others, and jumped onto the stage.

"Thank you everyone. This is what I've wanted since I was a kid! Thank you to Ronald Lee, who decided to cast me in this role after much deliberation because he recognized it as my role. And thank you to Patrick Schwyz, he told Ronald I was the best fit.”

"Hahaha..." Ronald also clapped below. Whoopi Goldberg still teases her about not wanting to use her in the first place. But this person is worthy of performing stand-up comedy, and his few words are both organized and appropriate.

Of all the people I nominated for the award, Whoopi Goldberg gave the highest level of speech.

"This year is the centennial celebration of film, so tonight you're going to hear 'firsts' a lot of times, the first color film, the first talkie, the first time a major studio accountant said, 'Bat Don't you make money?'"

"Hahahaha..." Billy Crystal sarcastically said that the industry is also very spicy. It's really too much for Warner Bros. to record a loss for a blockbuster movie like "Batman."

“Next up is the award for Best Sound Effects…and the presenter is Dianne Wiest, star of Hannah and Her Sisters.”

"Huh?" Ronald's heart moved. Best Sound Effects is a minor award. Among the nominees this year, the sound effects crew for Dances with Wolves were the same team that did the sound effects for Hannah and his sisters. Later, he also participated in the work of a baseball movie starring Kevin Costner, and he got through it easily.

"The winners for Best Sound Effects are, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins..." Dianne Wiest said with a very gentle and beautiful voice The names of these people came out, "Dances with Wolves".

"Hey..." While applauding, Ronald discovered that the producers this time were very much in the tradition of old-school award ceremonies. Whenever possible, they would always have well-connected award presenters come, which would show some old-school respect for the winners. .

(End of this chapter)