Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

On March 1998, 3, the Academy Awards ceremony came later than usual, but no one cared.Of course, no one cared why the Galaxy Films, which always like to announce their filming plans at the beginning of the year, suddenly became a little quiet. In fact, the entire Sherman Twin Star Building became a little low-key.Although as early as the end of last year, both Galaxy Film and Dongfeng TV had finished planning this year's production plan, but the whole plan was kept secret.The employees of the Sherman Group only know that the company's top executives have recently appeared in Southeast Asia or in New York, as if there was something important to announce, but nothing was announced until the end, and everyone suddenly flew back as if it was just for Oscar The awards ceremony is average.

This year's Oscar Awards Ceremony was held in the Holy Auditorium in Los Angeles, and all the staff of Galaxy Films led by Jed attended.In addition to Galaxy Films' hit "Titanic" which won 14 nominations, Jade's "Men in Black" also won three nominations for Best Makeup, Best Art Direction and Best Comedy Soundtrack ; "Face Changing" directed by John Woo also won two nominations for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects, and helped Nicolas Cage win the nomination for Best Actor; even "The Fifth Element" directed by Luc Besson It was also nominated for Best Sound Editing.Therefore, calculated together, the films produced by the entire Galaxy Films have won a total of 21 Oscar nominations, the most among Hollywood film companies.

After this data was released by the Los Angeles Times, the ranking of film companies released by the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter has also changed. In terms of the seven giants, MGM (including United Artists) returned to No.1, followed by Paramount. Subsequently, the third place was won by Sony's Columbia Pictures.Since Galaxy Movies and Disney are calculated separately, Disney can only rank fourth, Warner Bros. fifth, Universal Pictures sixth, and Fox Films, which has not made a masterpiece for a long time, is at the bottom of the six giants.In terms of the four small giants, Galaxy Films is still thriving, perhaps only DreamWorks can be compared with it, as for Relativity Films and Weinstein Films, they are almost a foil.

"Hollywood Report" also pointed out at the end of the report, "The only reason why Galaxy Films failed to rank among the 'Seven Giants' is that the company is too young. Perhaps in another five years, the entire Hollywood pattern will change. Ten years later Today's Hollywood giants will definitely be different from what they are now, and the current giants, be careful!"

This topic of "Hollywood Reporter" has aroused extensive discussions in the entire American film industry. Everyone is discussing who will be the future star and who will be eliminated among the current seven giants.The usual point of view is that Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Fox are the representatives of depression. Fortunately, Paramount and MGM still have their own background and capital, so no matter how downcast the future is, they will not even "[-] The titles of "Big Seven" cannot be kept, and Universal and Fox are very likely to be removed from the "Big Seven" within the next ten years.As for the successor, most analysts believe that it must be Galaxy Films and DreamWorks.

The discussion before the Oscars ceremony has brought great concern to the Oscars, and even the heads of various film companies will be asked about related matters by reporters on the red carpet.The appearance of Jed's group made all the reporters look sideways, a mighty group of people, but there were more nominations, and naturally more people walked the red carpet.The heads of other film companies saw it with wry smiles.To be honest, who doesn't want to be able to walk the red carpet with a group of people like the Galaxy movie?But I can only blame my own production company and distribution company for being too weak. They can't make good films, and they can't find good films to distribute. It's so embarrassing!

The seating arrangement in Hollywood is usually the same movie, and the crews of the same distribution company are next to each other, so Galaxy Film Company naturally occupies a large part.And almost everyone knows that this year's Oscar must be "Titanic", because this masterpiece that won the weekend box office for [-] consecutive weeks has not been released until now, and the average attendance rate can still be maintained at over [-]%. It has won the favor of the second round of theaters and some small and medium theaters.

The gorgeous 14 nominations of "Titanic" blinded everyone's eyes. Although everyone cursed "Titanic" in the bottom of their hearts and finally returned empty-handed, fools know that this is impossible.You nominate 14 awards, but don't give the last trophy, then the feud will be forged.Don't look at the Oscar jury that may sound tyrannical and cool, but to put it bluntly, they are just ordinary people in the film industry, and they can't touch certain unspoken rules.If this year's Oscars dare to play "Titanic", then those film companies that cursed "Titanic" will not be awarded will collectively boycott the Oscars.Because what the Oscar judges offended was not Galaxy Films, but the entire Federation of American Film Distributors and Producers, which is the real master of the American film industry.

This year's host of the Oscars is still last year's host Billy Crystal, a well-known comedian in the American film and television industry.He not only starred in the movie "When Harry Met Harley", but also dubbed the big-eyed boy Mike Huaski in the cartoon "Monsters, Inc". His words and body language are very powerful.

As soon as he came on stage, he joked: "Last year, a love movie about an extramarital affair won the Oscar for best picture, but this year a movie about a girl running away from marriage won 14 nominations, so I was thinking, Oscar's How much do the judges hate love? Presumably everyone already knows the list of Oscar nominees for best picture this time. There are girls stripping naked (Rose's nude scene in "Titanic" appeared on the screen), and boys stripping naked Yes (the screen switched to the scene of boys dancing in "Six Heroes of Light Pig"). Because the broadcaster aBc had already warned that if I spoke for more than 10 minutes, a group of men in black would drag me away. In order not to be locked in an air prison, let us reveal the first award."

The first award to be awarded was of course Best Visual Effects. Although there were quite a few nominated films, the broadcaster still gave "Titanic" and "Face Changing" the most shots.Historically, this award should have belonged to "Titanic", but Jed believes that with the scene of the plane crashing into a building in "Face Changing", he will definitely be able to reverse this situation.Sure enough, the award presenter announced that the best visual effect was "Face Changing", and the classic scene of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center was played on the background wall.Since Jed is the visual effects supervisor of "Face Changing", he had to be on stage to receive this award, which made him a little embarrassed.

Immediately afterwards, the best editing award was awarded to "Titanic", which made the crew of "Air Force One" quite dissatisfied.And the next best costume design still belongs to "Titanic". After all, Cameron spent a lot of thought and money on this costume.But the best make-up goes to "Men in Black", because many of the aliens in it are realized by special effects make-up, and it is well deserved to win a good award.

The following awards were basically not much different from that time and space, and Celine Dion was indeed invited to sing in the middle of the awards, until the award for Best Supporting Actress was a little off.It was a gimmick that Glory Stewart, who played the role of the elderly Rose in "Titanic", was nominated for the supporting actress as the oldest woman in history, but the Oscar judges of that time and space gave the supporting actress trophy to Kim Bassing grid.Many film critics later accused the Oscar judges of balancing and deliberately giving all performance awards to other films, so that people would think that "Titanic" is not considered a classic film.

But in this time and space, because Jed was the supervisor, the best visual effects went to "Face Changing". Therefore, out of historical inertia, the trophy of Best Supporting Actress was actually compensated to Stewart.Since Stewart was already 87 years old at this time, the organizing committee had to ask the etiquette staff to step down and help Stewart to accept the award.

"Wow, finally the scene where I threw the heart of the ocean into the Atlantic moved the judges." Stewart joked to himself as soon as he came on stage.Because the old Rose discarded the heart of the ocean in "Titanic" has been considered by some fans and film critics as "superfluous", and some even ridiculed that this loss means that the budget of the entire movie is gone. "Here I would like to thank Mr. James Cameron for inviting me to shoot this great work. I am old to be able to participate in this work. Oh sorry, I am very old... I think I will have many stories to tell in the future To my great-granddaughter. Thanks to the whole "Titanic" crew, you are so good! In fact, my role is the simplest and easiest, and I can get this trophy because of your help. Finally, I want Thank you to my family, to everyone who loved Titanic."

However, Stewart's good luck did not extend to Winslet, and this year's Oscar winner was still taken away by Helen Hunt.Although Winslet said that he had no extravagant expectations, Jed still saw the deep sense of disappointment in her eyes.After the actor, it is naturally the best director award, and Cameron finally became the best director with "Titanic".He finished his speech with his own pride, but finally said, "I especially want to thank Mr. Jed Sherman. Without your bold investment, "Titanic" will always be just that shipwreck at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean." That's all."

The best picture presented at the end was unsurprisingly won by "Titanic", and as the largest funder of "Titanic", Jed is naturally the one who must speak. "It's been two years in a row," Jed said lightly, and the audience immediately remembered that last year's "The English Patient" was also Jed's producer, "I don't know if this is a good sign, and it has won two Oscars for Best Picture , I think this is a misfortune for a mature film industry. Some people say that if my "Titanic" wins an award, it will only be a victory for the dollar. But I would like to ask everyone, do Hollywood film companies really issue Can’t afford [-] million dollars? No, you still feel that the risk of input-output ratio is too great! Some people say that film is an art, and some people say that film is a business, but I think it is an art business. We It is true that the input-output ratio should be considered, otherwise everyone will not be able to play. But the question is, shouldn’t we give it a go when we encounter a good script? Thanks to Mr. James Cameron for letting me meet "Titanic" , Thank you for having money in my hand at that time, thank you everyone!"