Peter Jackson had already had the idea of filming the "Lord of the Rings" series when he was a child, but it was not until he was nearly forty years old that he realized his dream. ◎,
Through the TV in the dining room of the Firefly headquarters, Eric saw Peter Jackson, who was not fat yet, wearing a black suit that seemed to be very unfit, with disheveled hair and a disturbed expression.
The Best Original Screenplay award was taken by "Braveheart" without much suspense, and Peter Jackson's picture was immediately cut out, leaving only a lost silhouette.
In fact, even if "Braveheart" doesn't get the best original screenplay, it's impossible for "Sinful Angel" to follow "Saving Private Ryan", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Bullets Flying Broadway" The scripts of other films are much better than "Sinful Angel". The script of this film is just a matter of chance for a biopic.
The reason why it was nominated for the best original screenplay, in Eric's view, is that the reason is very simple, because its publisher is called Miramax.
Now that the other party has successfully entered this circle, Eric believes that what should come will always come, but he has no intention of actively contacting Peter Jackson.
After the best original screenplay, after going through several irrelevant technical awards, it finally came to the end of the award ceremony, and then only the best actress, best actor, best director and best film remained Four awards.
Everyone in the restaurant cheered up.
Best Actress nominees include Jodie Foster in "Neil's Heart," Winona Ryder in "Little Women," Susan Salander in "Witness," Miranda Charleson in "Tom and Vevey" and Jessica Lange in "Let's Let the Heart Go."
Jodie Foster and Winona Ryder are definitely hopeless, and Miranda Charlieson is also a soy sauce party, because the publisher of "Tom and Vive" is Miramax and Weinstein The brothers definitely won't be able to change their strategy of selling movies with nominations in a short time.
Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon are both heavyweight acting actresses in Hollywood, and they already have at least three Best Actress nominations, so they are evenly matched.
Eric remembered that Susan Sarandon's final work was "Death Row Walking" next year. So, this year's Best Actress must be Jessica Lange.
Sure enough, after some introductions, last year's Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis pronounced Jessica Lange's name politely. The audience burst into applause.
after best actress was awarded, it was denzel washington who took the stage to introduce best picture nominee saving private ryan, and a few minutes later last year's best actress winner holly hunter was in a red gown Yingying stepped onto the stage and began to present the Best Actor award.
This year's best actor is almost the least suspenseful. It can even be heard from the reaction of the audience. When Holly Hunter introduced the nominees and pronounced Tom Hanks' name, the audience applauded significantly louder.
At the same time, Mel Gibson's slightly bitter and stiff smile appeared on the TV screen. His Best Actor award was completely forced by the Weinstein Brothers to spoil his nomination for Best Director. .
Seeing Tom Hanks, who embraced the crew members of "Saving Private Ryan" and walked onto the stage amid the cheers of the audience, Katzenberg, who was sitting opposite Eric, said, "Eric, this time Are you sure?"
Eric knew that Katzenberg was asking about Catherine's next best director nomination. He nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "If you still can't get the best director, then the Oscar jury is really fair."
For Catherine's best director public relations, Eric used all the network resources accumulated over the years, Steven Spielberg, Francis Coppola and other big names also helped Eric pull some tickets in private , As for the many directors who have worked with Firefly, it goes without saying.
Coupled with the fact that "Saving Private Ryan" has no doubts about its award-winning qualifications, and the Weinstein brothers agreed to voluntarily withdraw from the competition, Catherine's chances of winning the award are more than 90%.
Of course, Eric knew it too. In a short period of time, it is best to only use this kind of canvassing behavior based on his own influence once. If it is too frequent, the academy will definitely rebound.
Eric is confident in his mind. And has already started to order people to prepare the car, and rush to the hotel where the celebration dinner will be held later, but in the Holy Citizen Auditorium, Catherine, who is sitting in the crew of "Saving Private Rui", is extremely nervous, holding the armrest of the seat tightly with her fingers, Staring closely at last year's Best Director winner Robert Altman on stage. Although Eric took her to several public relations receptions, he didn't tell her more things. Catherine didn't know that she was actually infinitely close to this award.
"So, the nominees for best director at the sixty-seventh Academy Awards are Robert Redford, Behind the Scenes; Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway; Mel Gibson, Braveheart "; Krzysztof Kieslowski, "Red"; Catherine Bigelow, "Saving Private Ryan."
Robert Altman introduced this year's five best director nominees in a slow manner, leisurely opened the envelope in his hand, glanced at it, smiled at the corner of his mouth, raised his voice, and said, "Okay, historic The time has come... ”
The 70-year-old Robert Altman spoke as fast as those slow and steady long shots in his films. After this sentence fell, there was an obvious pause. Countless eyes on the scene turned to Catherine. The woman forcibly Suppressing the urge to raise his hand to cover his mouth, he waited patiently with a slight trembling.
Slightly whetting everyone's appetite, Robert Altman said: "Then, the Oscar will belong to Catherine Bigelow, "Saving Private Ryan", let us congratulate this beautiful lady, she will be the Oscar history The world's first female Best Director winner."
huh huh huh...
There was warm applause, and I noticed that the tall figure in a light gray dress sitting in the center of the fifth row covered his mouth and stood up unsteadily. Cheers.
When Oscar was sixty-seven years old, he finally ushered in the first best female director. This is indeed a historic moment.
Until Catherine walked onto the stage after embracing everyone in the crew, the applause continued for nearly two minutes. It wasn't until Catherine finally recovered from the excitement, took several deep breaths, and stood still in front of the microphone that the applause gradually subsided.
"Thank you. Thank you, thank you everyone," Catherine said words of thanks incoherently. When everyone in the arena sat down, her gaze involuntarily swept around the arena. Countless familiar or unfamiliar faces, but only one was missing. Seeing the mechanical arm carrying the camera slowly turning towards her, she remembered that even if he didn't come to the scene, at least he should be there. In front of the TV, so my eyes turned to the dark lens involuntarily.
Sitting at the table in the dining room of the Firefly headquarters, Eric was also looking at the wall-mounted TV, at this moment. He could clearly feel the search in Catherine's eyes. This emotion seemed too obvious. Even Katzenberg, who was sitting across from him, grinned at him and smiled a little obscenely.
On the screen, Catherine's expression quickly calmed down, and she began to tell her acceptance speech. Although the slightly jerky tone was completely covered up by the excitement, Eric could still hear the traces of reciting, and smiled, making her so polite. A woman who doesn't even know how to stand on the stage does this kind of thing. It is indeed a bit difficult.
The following award ceremony was nothing to watch. "Braveheart" won the best picture without any suspense. Mel Gibson was able to take the stage as a producer this time, but was caught between the other two winners. among. The emotions of the guests at the scene seemed to be completely exhausted by the best director award just now. The response wasn't that enthusiastic either.
When everything was over, watching the guests in the Holy Citizen Auditorium in the last shot got up and walked out, Eric and Katzenberg and other Firefly executives also got up at the same time, "Saving Private Ryan" won awards including Best Director , Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Effects, and Best Editing, everyone. At the celebration party, Firefly's executives will definitely need to show up.
Another corner of Los Angeles. Thousands of guests walked out of the auditorium slowly, gradually got into the cars waiting outside the venue, and dispersed one after another. The older people might rush back to the hotel or home directly, but most of them will rush to the next stop tonight , all kinds of party scene.
Because of the three-hour time difference between the east and the west, in order to accommodate audiences on the east coast, the Oscar awards ceremony always starts at 6:00 pm on the west coast and ends at 9:00 pm. Although it is already early morning on the east coast, the west coast is still nightlife start time of .
The firefly celebration party was arranged at the Sunset Tower Hotel, but Eric, Katzenberg and others arrived first, and there were not even many people in the party hall.
However, in less than five minutes, the Sunset Tower Hotel became lively, and countless high-end cars parked outside the Sunset Tower Hotel.
Only then did Eric know that it turned out that Fox's celebration party was also arranged here.
Because of the post-Oscar interview, Catherine had to come later. However, other members of the "Saving Private Ryan" crew arrived first. Fox, Elizabeth and the Weinstein brothers also rushed over early. The banquet halls at home are on different floors, and Eric knew that the Fox side was much more lively, and Elizabeth didn't come over to say hello at this time.
There are more and more people in the party hall. The Victoria’s Secret Angel Five who came to the stage to present the best visual effects tonight came one after another, and some other film crew members who received sporadic Oscar nominations also appeared one after another. Eric also watched Most of the crew of "This Killer Is Not So Cold" include Natalie Portman who is still skinny, Luc Besson who has not gained weight, and Jean Reno who looks like an uncle.
"The Killer Is Not So Cold" was released last year, and the box office in the United States was not very good. The critics also complained about the excessive description of Natalie Portman as Lolita by Luc Besson.
However, the film is quite popular in Europe and Asia. Eric knows that in the next few years, with the rise of the Internet, this film will become more and more popular.
Although "The Killer Is Not So Cold" was not liked by film critics and did not receive any Oscar nominations, Natalie Portman, a little girl, has really stepped out of her first film in Hollywood. After the release of Too Cold, she also received a small role in Time Warner's star-studded "Heart", playing the role of Al Pacino's daughter, but what will happen to her next, whether she can still be like her previous life That way, getting the role of Queen Pamela in the Star Wars prequel series isn't Eric's concern.
About ten minutes later, Catherine finally appeared at the door.
"Congratulations, Catherine," Eric looked at the statuette in the woman's hand, and stepped forward to hug her.
Catherine's mood hadn't calmed down. Seeing Eric, she became excited again, hugged him, and said, "Thank you, Eric."
"You're welcome," Eric nodded with a smile. There were too many people around, and the two didn't have time to talk too much, so Catherine was surrounded by others.
Eric looked at the bustling crowd in the arena, and turned to Katzenberg, who was approaching: "Roger? Elles and the others aren't planning to come over?"
Roger Ailes is the director of "The Lion King". Although "The Lion King" was not nominated for the best picture like the Golden Globes, it also won three best original songs and one best soundtrack, which is a small A little out of the limelight. At this time, the hand-drawn animation department has already belonged to Paramount, but most of the copyrights of "The Lion King" are still with Firefly, and Firefly will not be so stingy that they don't even send invitations to the celebration party.
Katzenberg shook his head: "They won't come over. Paramount's celebration party is at the Four Seasons Hotel. They must be going there."
Eric smiled, and asked about the situation of Disney Animation's "Monsters, Inc." The two chatted for a while, and Eric saw Xiao Nizi turn out of the crowd and ran straight into his arms .
A limelight. At this time, the hand-drawn animation department has already belonged to Paramount, but most of the copyrights of "The Lion King" are still with Firefly, and Firefly will not be so stingy that they don't even send invitations to the celebration party.
Katzenberg shook his head: "They won't come over. Paramount's celebration party is at the Four Seasons Hotel. They must be going there."
Eric smiled, and asked about the situation of Disney Animation's "Monsters, Inc." The two chatted for a while, and Eric saw Xiao Nizi turn out of the crowd and ran straight into his arms . (To be continued.)