Although he has not reported any expectations for this award, Eric still has a little apprehension on his expression, but at the same time, he also comforts himself like Ah Q in his heart. Anyway, he is still young, and it is not good to win the award too early matter.
On the stage, after Jane Fonda introduced the nominations for the best original screenplay, she looked around the audience slightly. Whether it was intentional or not, Eric noticed that the woman's eyes stayed on him for a moment, but before he could When Eric made any confirmation, Jane Fonda lowered her head and opened the envelope, took out the card with the winner's name on it, and looked at it. The surprised expression on her face disappeared for a moment, then she showed a smile, and once again He looked up at Eric.
Eric can be sure that this time is definitely not his hallucination, if the look just now may be inadvertent, then, this time, does it mean...
The heart beat a few times rapidly, Eric clenched his fists again unknowingly, staring at Jane Fonda with piercing eyes.
Jane Fonda seemed to sense the urgency of everyone in the audience, so she didn't try to keep her secret, she leaned closer to the microphone and said loudly: "The winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay is: "Small Island Cry"."
The most unlikely thing happened. Most of the people in the Los Angeles Concert Hall were people who had been immersed in Hollywood for a long time. Many people also showed surprised expressions when they heard this name.
Although he had been hinted beforehand, Eric still widened his eyes in disbelief, and Eric didn't stand up until someone around him stood up.
The applause immediately rang out like thunder.
At the same time, a scene that surprised everyone in the awards hall followed.
As Eric got up, more people also got up. These include "Small Cry," which received a string of nominations. "Sleepless in Seattle". "Dark War", "Pretty Woman" and all the crews related to Firefly, the number of people who got up involved five rows of people around Eric.
Although many people who stood up immediately realized that this was inappropriate, it was even more inappropriate to sit down, so they could only keep the original state.
After Eric hugged a few people nearby, due to the pressure of time, he could only shake hands with other standing people around him in a hurry, and some of them were too far away to touch their fingers.
Even so. It took almost a minute for Eric to walk onto the stage smoothly.
But in the audience at this time, most of the expressions of serious suspicion, shock, and helplessness of many people turned into envy. A small best original screenplay award can cause such a big movement, then, after today, no one dares to ignore Eric's status in Hollywood.
The acceptance speech for this award was prepared by Eric in advance, so it was easier to say than it was when he won the best score more than an hour ago. Even, while Eric was talking about his acceptance speech. I also divided part of my thoughts on why I was able to win this award.
There is no doubt that this is the result of Oscar's sharing of pork.
Eric felt that he thought about Oscar too simply. With his current influence in Hollywood, in this situation of receiving two nominations at the same time, if he still gets nothing, then the fairness of Oscar will be questioned again.
Moreover, doubts this time will definitely not only come from the media, but may also come from ordinary people. As for the reason, it is because of the incident some time ago. Even though he is nominated for Best Screenplay, if he is still left empty-handed, then the public will inevitably have some bad associations again and be disappointed with Oscar.
As for why he didn't win the best adapted screenplay award for "Scent of a Woman", which is more likely, but the best original screenplay award for "Small Island Cry", then Eric understands that this is probably the one behind the scenes. The outcome of the series of games. Although he is very interested in a series of inside stories, Eric knows that he has not yet reached the level where he can touch the internal game of the Oscars.
Thinking this way, he followed Jane Fonda and the award presenters into the backstage. The staff came up to take Eric's statuette that didn't have a nameplate yet, and nailed the golden nameplate on for him.
The award for the best director was presented next, and "Scent of a Woman" was also nominated for the best director. Therefore, Eric, who was waiting for the staff to nail the nameplate, was unavoidably impatient. At this time, Jane who presented the award for him But Fonda came over.
"Mr. Williams, congratulations," Jane Fonda held out her hand to Eric with a smile on her face.
"Ms. Fangda, thank you for the reminder you just gave me." Although anxious, Eric still maintained a good interest and said flatteringly: "I have watched many of your movies, "Glory Return" and "Flower Street Murder King" are both It's great, but my favorite is "Golden Pond", the family affection shown in the movie here is touching."
"Thank you for liking it," Jane Fonda continued with a smile, "Mr. Williams, you will definitely have a celebration party next, right?"
Eric's expression moved slightly, and he quickly realized that this woman didn't simply come over to greet him. Although he didn't know the purpose of the other party, but if he could establish some friendship with a famous Hollywood acting family, then for him It is definitely beneficial and harmless.
Therefore, Eric said without hesitation: "Yes, Ms. Fonda, if you are free, you are welcome to come to our celebration party after the ceremony. The location is on the third floor of the Beverly Hills Hotel."
"I'll go," Jane Fonda nodded. She knew that Eric was also in a hurry to return to the hall, so she didn't say much and left quickly.
Even so, when Eric returned to the awards hall, he was still disappointed to find that the director of "Born on the Fourth of July" Oliver Stone was talking about his acceptance speech on the stage, and nearby "Scent of a Woman" "Al Pacino of the production team saw Eric come back, and gave him a helpless look. As for Martin Brest, Eric did not see the expression on the other side, but apart from being disappointed, Eric also Can't think of anything else.
Speaking of the movie "Born on the Fourth of July", I have to talk about the sad Tom Cruise. Eric only remembered it after seeing this movie. Tom Cruise would have relied on his own The film received its first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
It's a pity that Cruise missed this movie because of his role in "Dark Wars".
Originally, both Firefly and Cruise himself tried to win a nomination for Best Actor, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful. Oscar could not be touched, so Eric saw Cruise a few days ago, and the other party never gave him any good looks.
Cruise has already received enough remuneration for "Dark War". Therefore, although Eric is a little helpless about Cruise's failure to be nominated for an Oscar actor, he doesn't feel that he owes him anything. After all, Cruise The salary is much more than Hanks.
Thinking about it this way, Jodie Foster, the last Best Actress winner on the stage, has already started to introduce the nominations for Best Actor. Listening to the introduction of the girl on stage, Eric suddenly thought, if "Silence If "The Lamb" can be produced and released last year, then Jodie Foster will likely win the Oscar for Best Actress again.
This has to be said to be a pity.
"The best actor nominees are: Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy; Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman; Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot; Kenneth Branagh, Henry V, Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society."
Every time a person is introduced, there will be a wonderful movie clip on the big screen behind Jodie Foster.
Eric looked at Al Pacino, whose waist was slightly tense not far away, and could feel some of Al Pacino's mood. Since 17 years ago, Al Pacino has successively won Five Oscar nominations, but all failed. With Al Arsino's acting skills, it is not an exaggeration to say that "Oscar owes him a statuette".
As for the original Oscar Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis, although the other party's acting skills are also very good, Daniel Day-Lewis' disadvantages are also very obvious.
First of all, he is British, which will definitely be discriminated against by the Oscars, and there is no doubt about it.
Secondly, Daniel Day-Lewis is only in his early thirties now, and has just reached the average age of an Oscar actor. Compared with Al Pacino, who is already fifty years old, he looks younger.
In the end, Daniel Day-Lewis could not compete with Al Pacino, who had been working in Hollywood for almost two decades, no matter in terms of qualifications or connections.
The reason why Daniel Day-Lewis was able to win the award in his previous life has a lot to do with just catching up with the Oscars. Although he was affected by the butterfly effect, Eric can still think of some clues from the current list. Most of the nominated films should be the same as the previous life, but in these nominated films, except for "Born on the Fourth of July", which was originally famous because of Tom Cruise's performance, other films have no influence force.
This time, things did not exceed Eric's expectations. After Jodie Foster opened the envelope, he quickly read Al Pacino's name.
Amidst the warm applause, after Al Pacino greeted the crew members of "Scent of a Woman", he did not immediately go on stage, but walked towards Eric in the back row. Eric realized what the other party was going to do , stood up with a smile, and Jonathan Demme, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, stepped aside knowingly. (To be continued..)