No one can deny that The English Patient is an excellent film. Even though there are two huge controversies - falling in love with a married woman and treason for the lover - people can't help but be moved by the love of the hero and heroine! Director Anthony Minghella handled it brilliantly. There are too many characters and relationships in the original novel. But he only clings to the two main characters to develop the narrative. A little blemish but innocuous. So it won 12 Oscar nominations including Best Picture. It's pretty good - of course, this is where the tragedy of "The English Patient" lies. Except for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, basically all the nominations coincide with "Titanic"!
As I said before, the unprecedented commercial success of "Titanic" is destined to sweep the 69th Academy Awards. "The English Patient" may not be a complete failure, but if you want to get a piece of the Oscar pie, you can only You can start from other areas, such as best actor and best adaptation, and now best supporting actress depends on luck.
"Last year's Oscars made me feel very honored. I was honored to be awarded the best supporting actress." Standing on the stage was last year's best supporting actor Kevin Spacey, a guy who is good at playing all kinds of weird characters , especially those insidious and cunning villains, some people once said that his two most hated characters are John Doe in "Seven Deadly Sins", and the other is for him to win the best supporting actor, "Very Suspect" Warbur Ginter in! So now watching him stand on stage with a smile on his face like a gentleman, the contrast is really strong.
"I want to give a piece of advice to the lady who will make the stage shine at the meeting." Kevin continued to talk and turned his head to look behind him before he laughed again: "Don't be in a hurry when the meeting speaks, just ignore it. Music, let's talk about it!"
The seats burst into laughter, and while Kevin read out the list, the wide screen on the left still began to display the corresponding movie. Every time a movie clip of the nominee appeared, the hall would burst into applause.
"Then let me see who the Lord is..." Kevin opened the envelope. "My God, this record may be hard to break, Gloria Stewart! Titanic!"
The soundtrack of "Titanic" sounded immediately, and all the members of "Titanic" who were sitting together stood up immediately, and then applauded warmly to congratulate the old lady. Mrs. Stewart was equally excited, tremblingly hugged Rachel Angela beside her and so on, and kissed James on the cheek before hugging him before taking the stage.
"I want to thank you first..." Angela shouted in her stomach for a good start after listening to the old man's speech. to be frank. In the 97 years of his previous life, if it wasn't for Kim Basinger's perfect performance in "L.A. Confidential" and the award that has always been famous but never, the old man Stewart would definitely have won the best supporting actress.
Now it makes up for this, plus the record of Oscar nominations and awards is enough for old people to honor, as for "The English Patient", which is also nominated... I'm really sorry.
"To be honest, I was really worried that Ms. Slater was drinking coffee just now, but fortunately, she still pays attention to her body." Billy began to show off his lips again, attracting countless laughter.
"Okay, okay, I know you're in a hurry, so welcome Elizabeth Sue!" Following Billy's words, Elizabeth Sue walked out with a smile and raised the envelope in her hand: "Everyone knows the movie The costumes in the film are sometimes difficult to design, which requires both full imagination and rigorous research, and several nominated films have achieved this! Check out the list."
The screen on the left played the clip again, and Allah couldn't help but sighed softly. Her nomination was supposed to fall from the sky. She just drew a dozen pictures, and then she and Deborah Lynn S. Ms. Cotter exchanged several opinions, but unexpectedly, the film company put her name on the back.
"Are you nervous?" The itchy ears made the girl tremble slightly, and she shook her head to Rachel: "No, it's not like that, I just feel like I've been nominated for the best award. The costume design is a little weird."
"Isn't it better to have a nomination?" Rachel raised her eyebrows.
"It depends on what the nomination is." Angie smiled lightly.
"Best Actress?"
"How about best director?"
Rachel was stunned for a moment, and Elizabeth Sue on the stage had already opened the envelope and read it out: "The winners are. Deborah Scott and Angela Mason of "Titanic"!"
The background sound sounded for the second time, and a low disbelief voice came from behind the girl: "Oh, my God!"
Debora stood up from the seat clutching her chest, and then excitedly hugged the people around her amid the applause. Angela was relatively calm, and hugged Rachel first with her own elegance.
"Congratulations," she whispered.
"Thank you." The girl nodded with a smile, released her hand and shook hands with Gloria and the others in thanks.
In the end, Deborah and Angela hugged each other, shook hands with James in turn to express their thanks, and James kissed the backs of the two ladies' hands in a gentlemanly manner, and followed the two talents onto the stage.
"Congratulations!" Elizabeth handed the two golden statuettes into their hands and gave each other humility. Deborah stood before the words and thanked: "Thank you, thank you for the conference, I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the design team members. Her passion and talent helped me bring the Titanic spirit back to life, and thanks to James Cameron for giving me such an opportunity, and to Miss Angela Mason for the wonderful inspiration."
Angela, who heard this, smiled lightly, then took a deep breath after she was about to thank her, and stood in front of the words: "This is the first time I have won the award for the best costume, according to the general procedure For example, I should thank the director, colleagues, friends and relatives in order, but…”
The girl turned her head and looked deeply at Deborah beside her: "How can I share the glory that belongs to you, Deborah?" Deborah was obviously a little surprised, but Angela looked at her and continued: "I'm not good enough. I just drew some pictures and exchanged some ideas, and I didn't participate in the design work at all, so this honor should belong to you and the team!"
"Angela..." Deborah wanted to speak. But the girl immediately hugged her: "I can't change the decision of the film school but I can tell my family, you are the best!"
There was thunderous applause, and it didn't stop until one of the ladies went down and Billy stepped onto the stage again.
"Am I that unpopular?" Billy's frowning remark immediately brought applause and laughter again.
Next came the cabaret, and then the awards, sound effects, sound editing, and visual effects. These technical awards are not unexpectedly won by "Titanic", and the biggest rival in these awards is "Independence Day" nominated for best visual effects. Roland Aymeric is a well-known fan of big scenes. From "Independence Day" to "The Day After Tomorrow", the destruction of the earth is changing, so he has as much enthusiasm for special effects as James. It's a pity that the best visual effects that should have been obtained by "Independence Day" still lost to the 2 billion box office!
Although from the beginning to the present, all the awards given out have been won by "Titanic", but the most important one is only the best supporting actress, so the real good show has to start, which makes the crew of "The English Patient" somewhat less depressed. However, a tragedy is always a tragedy, and the next two most certain awards - the adapted screenplay and the leading actor are all gone!
The best actor was awarded to Geoffrey Rush in "Shining Style". Maybe some people don't know him, but it doesn't matter. Captain Barca in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is him! The best adapted screenplay belongs to "Open Sky", which is a work written, directed and acted by Billy Bob Taunton based on his own play of the same name, so the Academy of Film awarded him the Best Adapted Screenplay Award , which was a real blow to The English Patient.
"It's a pity that the best director and best film won't be yours, the technical award is not your advantage, as for the best actress... Francis McDormand's performance in "Frozen" and the film's The meaning is beyond everyone's reach. So if there is any hope for you. It can only be..." Angela murmured while touching her chin, although her eyes were watching the cabaret on stage. Her mind was on something else.
"Why are you always whispering?" Rachel's voice rang in her ears. The girl looked at her and spread her hands, she was used to the other person's questioning, and Rachel wanted to chat with her from time to time throughout the night.
"Don't you want to say it? It's okay." Rachel shook her head knowingly, and then showed that complicated and playful smile: "To be honest, the movement of your chin is really sexy, when the camera turns to you, A lot of people are there, but I'm lucky I don't have to look at the camera."
What is this woman trying to say? Allah frowned slightly. Although she did not meet many times, at least she was not like this when she was in Rosarito. What happened
"I'm wondering who the best match will be in a while." The girl decided to change the subject.
"I remember you were very confident."
"Yes, but the problem is... It's my first time as a soundtrack!" Angela shrugged, Deborah was mainly responsible for costume design, and she won the best song in the '66, so "The English Patient" has the most Maybe the award is the best soundtrack. As for the nomination of "Brave Island", it is already the biggest success.
As far as art is concerned, in Angela's mind, "Titanic" will win by half, but the problem is that it is her first time as a film scorer, and she is absurdly young and a girl, the balance of the film and film school judges will favor her
Sometimes it's like this, what you say comes up, and after the song and dance, a few minutes of "Titanic" are played, and Billy plays his funny talent again: "You know. That part cost $15 million!"
laughing out loud.
"Titanic was so good. So good that Miss Mason's accountants couldn't even try to evade her taxes!"
The hall burst into laughter, and Angela couldn't help but clapped and shook her head as she laughed.
"If this movie is a lady, she must be a housewife, because she's almost out of awards." Billy pouted, "If the following one is also won, please have Cameron Diaz !"
Cameron, dressed in a silver-white low-cut evening dress, stepped onto the stage, her blond hair cut short as before, which was sexy and charming against her smile and figure.
"A good movie can't do without good music, and every film nominated tonight has excellent and beautiful music, let's see what's on the list." As Cameron spoke, the widescreen on the left began to play Nominated films.
The best soundtrack so soon? The girl took a deep breath and stared at the screen. "Hamlet", "Shining" and "Sleeper" were broadcast in sequence. It seemed that the judges had a hard time making a decision, so "The English Patient" and "Titanic" were placed on the screen. last.
"Then, the one with the best score is—" Cameron opened the envelope in his hand, then showed a look of surprise, then it became a matter of course. "Anyway, I have already surprised people enough, and I don't care about this time. Congratulations, "Titanic", Angela Mason!"
After hearing her name, Angela's heart suddenly fell back to her chest and her clenched hands also loosened, but she didn't have the joy, and she still had that reserved smile on her face. In "Titanic" The background music has stood up to the warm applause, hugging and celebrating with Rachel and the cast members who did not know each other.
"Congratulations!"
"congratulations!"
"Nice job, Angela!"
"Thank you, thank you everyone." The girl continued. Finally, I hugged James and walked on the stage again.
"Congratulations, Angela." Cameron handed the golden statuette with the best soundtrack into her hands, and hugged it hard, "You are really amazing!"
"Thank you, Cameron." Angela nodded slightly and raised the trophy to the audience: "Well, it's time to thank you in turn this time."
A good-natured laugh.
"First of all, thanks to my parents, who always supported my decisions, without them I would not be where I am today! Second, I would like to thank James, who allowed a 16-year-old kid to do his own way!"
James in the seat saluted her with a smile.
"And my friends from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, without your beautiful music that can only be on paper; and of course, the teacher who led me into the halls of film music, Mr. John Williams! Thank you so much!"
Angela had already found Williams, who was sitting with Spielberg, long before she took the stage. At this time, she raised the trophy and bowed slightly in that direction. The audience burst into applause, and the camera turned to William. James, the old man smiled and applauded and nodded, his face moved.
"Finally, I just want to say to those who love me." Angela glanced at Kate, who was sitting below applauding her. Looking at the camera that was shooting here, Mom and Dad, or Jessica, Nat should be watching her in front of the TV at this time.
"I love you all!" She bowed slightly again, followed by a prolonged applause.
Then Angela was about to turn around and leave, but she paused immediately, cocked her mouth, bit her lower lip, raised her cheeks, frowned, and thought for a few seconds, then moved closer to the microphone and became expressionless, and said in a low voice: " I will be back! (I”ll be back)”
Everyone was stunned, especially Schwarzenegger, who burst into laughter and applause.
Angela didn't know how cute and alluring her thinking expression was, and it wasn't long before someone named that scene as the most mesmerizing scene at the 69th Academy Awards. The girl wouldn't know that, just like no one knew what her words really meant.
I'll be back, well deserved! She said so to herself in her heart.