"It's a pity." Angela said to Jiang Wen with regret.
Unsurprisingly, the Best Supporting Actor award went to Morgan Freeman, who had a great performance in Million Dollar Baby. As far as the old black movie star is concerned, it is getting what he wants, while the other four nominees are naturally only disappointed.
"It's alright, didn't I just say it, it's good to be nominated." Although there was still some disappointment on his face, Jiang Wen didn't take it to heart. His open-mindedness was not pretending.
Seeing this, Angela stopped talking and continued to focus on the stage. After the male supporting role is over, it is naturally the female supporting role. This time the best supporting actress is Cate Blanchett in "The Aviator".
"It's normal. The more nominations, the lower the chances of winning an award." Streep also didn't care. For her who has won several acting awards and nominations are more commonplace, she won't be able to win. Take it doesn't matter anymore.
After several awards were awarded, there was a song and dance in the stands, followed by the award of the best art direction.
Although Angela's solid painting skills allow her to have a good performance in this, but after all, it is the first time to be nominated, and it does not have an unparalleled box office guarantee like "Titanic", so this award was finally awarded to The two art directors of The Aviator.
Angela doesn't care about this, it's better to lose this kind of award, it's not the main goal tonight anyway. But when the best soundtrack fell to "Finding Neverland", she was somewhat depressed.
You must know that she racked her brains for the soundtrack of "John Rabe", and it has also been well received. Many people think that the melodious and sadness of the violin matches the sadness and excitement of the Chinese instrument. Just right, it just doesn't seem like the judges have much interest in the erhu, a Chinese instrument.
Forget it, as long as you can get to the best film and best director. Angela quickly adjusted.
The biggest opponents in the best film and best director this year are the two old men Clinder Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. Not only were they shortlisted for the best director, but their works were also shortlisted for the best Movie.
Angela didn't worry too much, she was bound to win the best director this time. Old Martin had already won the best director two years ago, and including Angela's factor, the jury will not consider him this time anyway, so the biggest opponent is Eastwood, the old angry young man in the United States. However, Eastwood always likes to deliberately touch the forbidden area in movies. For example, "Mystic River" two years ago involved child molester and human despair, and this time "Million Dollar Baby" is in front of inspirational Then it turned into a discussion of euthanasia, which is not flattering.
What's more, the advantage of Angela's 7 consecutive nominations is not so easy to offset, and Sparrow has skillfully revealed those information clearly.
But it's not easy to get the best picture, and getting the best picture six times in a row is enough to make the judges look elsewhere - especially if they decide to award the best director to the her words. What's more, the five films competing for the best film this year, plus "John Rabe", three of which are biographical films.
Of course, there are still some advantages, such as the public opinion raised by Angela, or the anti-war voices of the liberals. And sometimes a disadvantage can become an advantage. Anyway, Pixar has won the best film six times in a row, and Angela has lost the best director six times in a row, so it is not surprising to give her both awards as compensation. thing.
Some things are not always set in stone, such as this year's Best Actress winner is Harry Berry, the first black female actress who has a wonderful performance in "Dancing on Death Row"! This movie, which should have been released a few years ago, was made and released last year, and it also snatched the best actress from the highly vocal Hilary Swank. I have to say that fate is really unpredictable. through.
The most interesting thing is that this year's best actor was won by Jamie Foxx of "Soul Singer", which is the third black male star to ascend the throne of the best actor. As a result, the 77th Oscars became a meaningful awards ceremony in which black male and female stars reached the top at the same time-Harry Berry can beat Hilary Swank, probably for this reason.
In short, before the answer is revealed, everything is possible. If she can win the best director and the best film at the same time, it will be a perfect ending to her plan.
However, this does not mean that she only has one golden statue to hold.
"You know, sometimes I often wonder, what's in some people's heads?" Locke said carelessly on the stage, "Maybe they're not as adaptable as I am, maybe they're not as tall and mighty as me, Maybe they're not as articulate as I am..."
These self-proclaimed comparison sentences made people laugh out loud, but his tone changed immediately: "But they can weave all kinds of stories that are touching, happy, and sad, which I can't do. Yes. Then let Adam Sandler give us the Best Adapted Screenplay award first."
Amid the applause, the handsome and outstanding comedian walked to the podium in a gown: "In a sense, the adaptation of the script is more difficult than the original script, because the adaptation has to consider maintaining the original text to express. things, and then there are primary and secondary deletions of things - I think it's probably more complicated than surgery."
The scene suddenly burst into laughter, and Sandler shrugged and turned to the big screen next to him: "Okay, let's see who's nominated."
The big screen shows, in turn, the films nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, "Finding Neverland," "Million Dollar Baby," "Love at Sunset," "Life with a Glass of Wine," and "John Rabe," each A movie can get a round of applause.
"Then," Sandler quickly opened the envelope, "let's see who gets the trophy..."
He immediately let out an exclamation, raised his head and blinked his eyes and seemed to be in disbelief, but returned to normal after a few seconds: "Okay, congratulations to her, who has been nominated for the best screenplay every year since 1993. Excellent genius."
Warm applause suddenly sounded, although he did not pronounce his name, but everyone knew who he was talking about. Is there anyone else in Hollywood who has been nominated for the best screenplay every year for more than ten years? This is another unbreakable Oscar record.
Angela walked onto the stage calmly, smiling and generous. The black women's suit and the white village clothes inside made her look beautiful, capable, and very temperamental.
"There is no need to say the same thing too much. Thank you to the judges for presenting this award to me, and to those who support me and love me. I will try my best to do better." Angela raised the little golden man in her hand, He walked off the stage in applause.
She originally wanted to give a little play to the script of "John Rabe", but she couldn't help but change her words to something else.
Forget it, enough is enough, so be it. Angela sighed in her heart. At the same time, I became a little nervous. Winning Best Adapted Screenplay doesn't bode well, and she'd rather not take one before the last two if she could.
No matter what she thought, the awards ceremony went on, best original screenplay, best editing, best cinematography, and so on. Although Chris Rock's acerbic hosting style made many people feel uncomfortable, he really adjusted the atmosphere of the scene very well.
After the awards are over, there are finally only the last two most important awards left.
"Okay, the next award will be the heaviest award," Chris Rock stepped onto the stage again. "Yes, the weight is so heavy that it is impossible for me to lift it in my life."
The mocking but sad tone matched with his funny expression made the guests present couldn't help laughing.
"It's just," his face suddenly straightened, "someone has been nominated for a record-breaking 6 times in a row in this award - plus this time it's 7 times - and then lost a record-breaking 6 times in a row. I can't bear it. Do you think you are cursed?"
Following that, Locke suddenly covered his mouth, and his eyes widened exaggeratedly, showing a look of horror, and his funny appearance immediately attracted laughter.
"Wait, I didn't mean to curse anyone, oh, damn, I didn't say anything at all!" The feigned panic caused laughter again, "Will you forgive me, Angela? You Will you forgive?"
Under the questioning of that innocent expression, Angela who was sitting in the seat could only raise her hands helplessly.
"Great, it looks like she has forgiven me, thank God." Locke drew a cross on his chest in relief, "Okay, now let's ask Ms. Barbra Streisand to award us the best director! "
In the exclamations and applause of the audience, this woman who can also be called a legend walked to the podium with great manners. Many people began to whisper at the same time, as one of the few Barbara who has won all four major awards, and Oscar also has a lot of love and hatred. The first time she played the leading actress, she won the best actress, but she was nominated for the best director several times but passed by. The jury invited her to be the guest of honor for the best director, so does it mean that...
Barbara, who came to the podium, smiled slightly at this time: "This award is probably one of the few, the most wanted awards by directors, including me in the class. So I am very jealous of those nominated directors tonight. , especially Angela."
The words that were obviously joking suddenly caused a few low-pitched laughter in the venue.
"Okay, let's see who are nominated." Barbara said and looked at the big screen next to her, ""Million Dollar Baby," Clinder Eastwood; " The Aviator, Martin Scorsese; John Rabe, Angela Mason; Vera Drake, Mike Lee; Soul Singer, Taylor Hackford."
Every time she read a name, a small segment on the big screen revealed the names of the people being mentioned. What's interesting is that Angela's camera is just placed in the middle and surrounded by four gray-haired old men, which really makes people smile.
But Angela, who is sitting below at the moment, is not in this mood. Although she always keeps a smile, she is somewhat stiff. No matter how much preparation she had done before, her heartbeat couldn't help speeding up a lot at this moment.
"Then, now let's see who is the winner." Barbara said, pulling the list out of the envelope, then raised her eyebrows in surprise, and thought for a few seconds before suddenly asking: "I Can you say a few more words?"
Angela in the audience couldn't help rolling her eyes. In fact, several other nominated directors also had expressions of laughter and tears. Others laughed and booed.
"Okay, okay, then the winner of this year's best director is "John Rabe", Angela Mason! Congratulations!" Barbara announced loudly.
Probably because the name of the movie was named after a person, everyone was stunned for a while, and there was a brief silence at the scene. But a few seconds later, there was a burst of applause amid the exclamations.
Angela, who was sitting on the seat and blinked for a long time, didn't wake up until she was slapped on the shoulder. Although she had rehearsed this moment in her mind several times, when Barbara really read her When he named it, there was still a buzzing sound in his head, as if someone had hit the bronze bell heavily, not only his eyes were a little blurry, but his breathing also became rapid.
Fortunately, after experiencing countless big scenes, she immediately adjusted her emotions. Although these excitements made her feel like centuries had passed, it was actually only a few seconds. Rao is so, when she got up, she could still feel a little weak in her calf, and she shook hands with those congratulating people in a trance.
It was not until she stepped on the stage that she finally calmed down completely, and took a few steps to the award stage to take over the golden figure representing the best director from Barbara.
"Congratulations, Angela." Barbara looked at her with a complicated look. You must know that this award not only made Angela the first best female director in Oscar history, but also the youngest Oscar's best director to win By.
Basically, the records set by her for the youngest best director nomination, youngest female best director nomination, youngest best director and youngest best female director, will last a long time in the future. No one can break it for a period of time.
"Thank you." Angela said briefly, then turned her body to face the venue.
At this time, the applause still did not stop, and after seeing her turn around, almost everyone stood up and applauded again, even the other four nominated directors, even though they all had regrets on their faces . The warm voice seemed to lift the top of the Kodak Theater. Something suddenly passed through Angela's heart, causing her to tremble slightly. Not many directors can get this kind of treatment.
"Thank you," she said again.