There were originally two films that Firefly used for the Olympics this year, "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction". $f,
However, after the Oscar nominations came out, Eric discovered that although "Interview with the Vampire" received good reviews from the industry and made Firefly a lot of money at the box office, vampire movies are not as popular with Oscar judges as comedies. Although Firefly did a lot of work for the film's Oscar publicity, in the end it only got nominations such as best makeup and best sound effects.
In the end, the heavy responsibility of Firefly hitting the Oscars fell to "Pulp Fiction".
Although Eric joked with Kapoor that he was likely to fall asleep during the awards ceremony, the Oscars are often teased for being too long. However, except for those guests who are elderly and lack of energy, it is difficult for most people to feel sleepy in the tense and fiery atmosphere of the Oscars ceremony.
I have to say that it is quite interesting to watch this award ceremony that is completely different from the original time and space.
The original "Schindler's List" was a year ahead of schedule. In addition to "Pulp Fiction", the more popular nominated films this year include "In the Name of the Father", "Farewell to the Piano", and "The Intersection of Life". Moreover, Eric was a little surprised to find that two Chinese films appeared in this year's best foreign language film nominations, one was called "The Wedding Banquet" and the other was called "Farewell My Concubine". It fell to Penelope's Belle Époque.
In addition, Eric also noticed Jane Campion, who was nominated for best director with "The Piano Farewell". This female director from Australia stopped at one nomination without any suspense. Although I haven't learned about it in detail, Eric also knows that there are very few women who have been nominated for best director in the history of Oscars, and they should not have been nominated in the past ten years or so. This will be a big variable for next year's Oscar for best director. If Catherine is nominated for best director again as a woman with "Saving Private Ryan", the Oscar judges are likely to consider ignoring female directors for two consecutive years. The public relations risks it brings.
After winning nothing in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress consecutively, Quentin also lost out to Robert Altman in "Intersection of Life" in the competition for Best Director without any suspense. Robert Altman, who made the political satire, had already been nominated three times for best director. Although the original time and space lost to Steven Spielberg, but this time, no one can guide the veteran director's Oscar.
When Robert Altman and the award presenter Clint Eastwood left the stage, Eric who was standing in the background had already had a premonition. This year's Oscar, "Pulp Fiction" may still only win one Best Original Screenplay Award, but Eric doesn't care about this, as long as "Pulp Fiction" gets enough box office.
Hearing the announcer call out his name, Eric walked towards the stage with the envelope containing the best picture results. As soon as he appeared, there was a very warm applause from the stage.
Eric smiled and walked to the microphone. He thought the applause would stop there, but unexpectedly, the applause from the audience did not show signs of stopping, but became more and more enthusiastic.
The Oscars are actually a party where everyone cheers for each other, just like the host joked at an awards ceremony, a game in which a group of millionaires award each other awards. Eric's prestige and power in Hollywood have been increasing in recent years, and it's not too surprising to receive such treatment.
The applause rang for half a minute before Eric pressed his hand and glanced down the stage. He said with a smile: "Actually, when I received the invitation from this award presenter, I was very apprehensive."
Although there was no obvious point of laughter in this sentence, there was still a light laugh from the audience.
"I have always thought that such an important award should be at least sixty years old to be a more suitable guest of honor, but the director immediately refuted me and said that you have already done all the things that others can only do at the age of eighty, and you can already present the award , so I came up."
Accompanied by the laughter from the audience, Eric said solemnly again: "But don't expect anything, even if this award is presented by me. The statuette will definitely not be pure gold."
The audience knew that this was Eric's teasing about his personal wealth, so there was another burst of laughter. Eric cleared his throat and said, "Of course. The best picture represents an honor. The affirmation of the value of a film by many professional judges cannot be replaced by money, so let’s take a look at the excellent nominated films this year.”
After Eric finished speaking, he gestured to the screen and walked to the side.
Clips from five of the nominated films, "Pulp Fiction," "Crosspoints," "Farewell to the Piano," "In the Name of the Father," and "Farewell to Love," were screened one by one.
Eric watched clips of these films. Not sure who will win best picture this year.
Compared with the best director, best actor and other awards with relatively small judges, the best film is unanimously selected by more than 6,000 judges from various jury associations. It can be reflected to a certain extent in the best director and best actor and actress. If a film wins more important awards, then this film can basically be said to be locked in the best film.
But this year is an all-out Oscar year, and no single film is the expected big winner. The best director went to Robert Altman in "Crosspoints", the best actor went to Daniel Day-Lewis in "In the Name of the Father", and the best actress went to Holly Hawley in "A Farewell to the Piano". Hunter, the best original screenplay was taken away by "Pulp Fiction", and the best supporting actor and actress also belonged to different films. The jury associations with the largest number of judges made completely different choices. It seems that the result of the best picture Look at the strength of private public relations.
Although he still doesn't know who will win, Eric can be sure that after this year's Oscars, the media comments will definitely be much more lively than before.
After all the introductions of the five films were over, Eric went to the microphone again, opened the envelope in his hand and took a look, then glanced down the stage, his eyes quickly found a crew, and then his eyes narrowed involuntarily , because he saw two acquaintances around the crew, Elizabeth in a white dress and a fat man named Weinstein.
Because of Eric's brief hesitation. Everyone in the Los Angeles Concert Hall followed Eric's gaze, and some people made soft comments.
Eric quickly withdrew his mind and said, "Then, the 1993 Oscar for Best Picture will belong to "The Piano Farewell", Jane Chapman."
As the applause sounded, a short-haired woman in her forties stood up from the crew of "Farewell to the Piano", embraced the others one by one, and then walked towards the stage excitedly.
"Congratulations, Ms. Chapman," Eric handed the statuette to the other party, gave him a polite hug, and then stepped aside.
While Jane Chapman was giving her acceptance speech, Eric, who was standing by the side, looked down the stage again. In this era, the best picture Oscar has not yet flooded onto the stage with the whole crew as it did later. "Farewell to the Piano" "The crew members are still sitting where they are.
Noticing Eric's gaze, Harvey Weinstein nodded politely to him, Elizabeth raised her chin with a little complacency, and unabashedly stretched out her finger to draw a 'c' letter in front of her . Then he clenched his fist with five fingers and spread it out suddenly, making a gesture symbolizing disillusionment.
Even if Elizabeth didn't make these prompts, Eric could guess the girl's intentions. Jane Campion's female identity is both an advantage and a disadvantage. If it weren't for Robert Altman, who has accumulated several Oscar nominations, it would be a matter of course. With Weinstein's ability to manipulate public opinion and award public relations, coupled with the huge news corporation The media support may really make Jane Campion the first female director to win the Oscar for Best Director.
But because of Robert Altman, Weinstein knew that the chance of winning the best director was slim, so he turned to public relations for the best picture, and successfully introduced a female producer. This is obviously paving the way for next year's "Braveheart".
In this way, if Catherine won the best director nomination for "Saving Private Ryan" next year, the academy would have enough reasons to distinguish if she didn't win this award, since they awarded such an important award as best picture to a female. The media will then have no reason to accuse them of sexism.
Now that he has decided to support Elizabeth in his heart, and even pushed Fox to acquire Miramax, of course Eric will not be angry with the girl for being cautious. Anyway, whoever will be the big winner next year no matter "Braveheart" or "Saving Private Ryan" , In Eric's view, it is just the difference between left and right hands, otherwise Eric would not have postponed the production of "Forrest Gump" by one year. What's more, compared to "Saving Private Ryan", "Braveheart" obviously needs more awards to recover more profits.
Eric originally planned to go back to rest immediately after attending the awards ceremony, but thinking of "Forrest Gump", it happened that Tom Hanks also attended the awards ceremony, so Eric planned to talk about it with Hanks first , as everyone left the Los Angeles Music Center together, they went to the "Vanity Fair" Oscar dinner at the Hilton Hotel. Although Eric has changed the history of Hollywood, the Vanity Fair party still appeared on time, but Eric has not been there in the past few years. can participate.
In the lively party hall, Eric and Hanks came to a quiet corner and briefly introduced the plot of "Forrest Gump" to Hanks.
Hanks listened attentively to Eric's analysis of the plot, nodded and said: "Eric, since it is the script you fancy, of course there is no problem, I will ask my agent to make all those invitations tomorrow Rejected. Well, this story sounds very interesting, maybe I should get the original book and read it."
Eric shook his head quickly and said: "The original work of the story is a somewhat absurd satirical novel. I don't recommend you to read it before seeing the script. Because I plan to adapt it into an inspirational film showing the history of the United States from the 50s to the 70s. The protagonist Forrest Gump represents a simple and sincere attitude towards life, if you read the original book in advance, it may have a bad influence on entering the role, people's first impression bias is very serious."
"Well, when the production of the film will start, just let me know," Hanks nodded with a smile, and he agreed. As for the salary and other things, of course, he and Eric don't need to negotiate in person. Now it is usually left to the producer and Hanks' agent to negotiate.
The two chatted casually for a few words and then separated. Eric greeted some acquaintances, casually dealt with a few guests who approached him, and when he saw Penelope and Kate, he planned to take the two girls secretly. Leaving the party early, but just as she was about to walk towards the two women, Elizabeth led a group of people from the crew of "Farewell to the Piano" over.
"Eric, this is Ms. Jane Campion, and Ms. Jane Chapman..."
Eric smiled and shook hands with each other one by one. Everyone knew the relationship between Elizabeth and Eric. After greeting each other and getting familiar, they dispersed.
After the crowd dispersed, Elizabeth asked: "Why ignore me, aren't you really angry?"
Eric said with a smile: "Looking at how beautiful you are surrounded by a group of people, I'm afraid to go up to block your light."
Elizabeth snorted softly, but realizing that Eric didn't mean to be angry, she also felt relieved and asked, "What were you talking about with Tom Hanks just now?"
"It's a movie, I plan to let him play the leading role, let me say hello in advance," Eric said simply, not having the intention of delaying the production of "Forrest Gump" to ask the girl for credit, noticing that Penelope He and Kate looked at themselves, and gestured to the two women, signaling them to wait for him outside.
Following Eric's gaze, Elizabeth just noticed the backs of the two girls leaving, and teased in a sour tone: "Those two seem to be the heroines of "Charlie's Angels", why don't you get the three girls to bed together?" ?”
Eric smiled and said, "I'm too busy, so I only got two done, and the remaining one will take my time."
"Just mess around," Elizabeth lightly kicked Eric on the leg to express her dissatisfaction, then remembered something, and said, "You said you were going to help Julia prepare the script, when will it come out?"
"At least wait until the things in New York are over," Eric casually put the goblet in his hand on the tray of the passing waiter, leaned over slightly and kissed Elizabeth on the face, whispered : "If there is nothing else, I will go first. I haven't had a good sleep for a whole week."
Elizabeth shrank her neck. She really had something important to talk to Eric about, but the distance between the two was so close that she also noticed the faint dark circles on Eric's face. The matter was not in a hurry, so he nodded and let Eric leave the party. (To be continued.)