Chapter 233 228 Hard-Earned Award

Chapter 229 A difficult award

Los Angeles, Dolby Theater, 76th Academy Awards.

Catherine Zeta-Jones came out in a red carp evening gown, with long black hair and a smile, she really looked like a mermaid in the sea.

"For an actor, when the white envelope reveals the moment, it is the most important moment in his life, and the following male actors will enjoy the honor of this moment."

"The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Tim Robbins "Mystic River", Alec Baldwin "The Cooler", Benicio Del Toro "21 Grams", Djimon Hounsou "The New American Dream", and Ken Watanabe "The Last Samurai."

The camera gave everyone, the only yellow-skinned Ken Watanabe, who is almost the chief Japanese actor in Hollywood movies.

For any Japanese high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, daimyo and other roles with a bit of nobility and power, he is always the first choice, and he has a bit of the flavor of a special actor.

Katharine Ze Jones opened the white envelope: "The winner is Tim Robbins for Mystic River."

The same answer as the Golden Globe Awards, cheers and applause suddenly rang out in the venue.

Tim Robbins hugged and kissed the crew members and walked up to the podium excitedly. At this time, he had white hair on his head, and he was much more mature than when he was in The Shawshank Redemption.

After thanking him, he also mentioned the director Clint Eastwood in particular. The old man was dressed very handsomely today.

At the same time, he also mentioned his girlfriend Susan Sarandon. The camera gave this woman who is famous for her acting skills. Her face was also full of smiles. She was happy for her boyfriend's award.

Hiss

Eric was looking at the stage, and the scene of Shawshank flashed in his mind. Suddenly, he felt a tingling pain on the back of his hand.

Although Ashley and Gadot did not look away, their subordinates pinched him at the same time, as if complaining.

Why don't you dare to make it public? Why do you hide it? Can't you be a responsible man?

Eric could only smile helplessly, thinking, why can't you put yourself in my shoes?

Am I irresponsible? I am worried that you will fight after I make it public. If it weren't for protecting you, would I have endured this injustice?

Alas!

It's hard to be a man! It's hard to be a celebrity!

It's hard to be a rich and powerful man!

"Finally, I have to say that I am a victim of bullying and violence in the movie. If you suffer the same pain, remember to seek help."

"In addition, I also urge everyone to take this matter seriously. This is what each of us can do to prevent tragedies from happening."

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

The very positive viewpoint won a lot of applause. In the applause of the audience, Tim Robbins walked off the stage.

The camera was turned to Crystal, who said seriously, "The first award was presented smoothly, which is good. I am finally not nervous anymore."

"You know I haven't hosted the Oscars for four years. Thank you to the Academy for letting me freely enter and exit this highest hall of the film industry, just like joining the Texas Guard."

Hahahaha

There was a burst of applause at the scene, because this joke was a naked mockery of George W. Bush.

George W. Bush joined the Guard, but his family's power was well-known, so military discipline was meaningless to him. He could come and go as he pleased.

George W. Bush is a Republican, and Hollywood is a big Democratic vote bank. In recent years, political jokes have almost all been made about him.

After laughing, Crystal returned to the topic: "Let's invite the next award presenter, he is Maia from Middle-earth, the leader of the mutants, welcome Ian McKellen."

The old man walked out of the backstage gracefully with a spirited short hair, speaking an English accent that sounded very stylish.

Maybe it was a professional habit, but when Eric listened to him talk, even if it was just a normal chat, he always felt like he was listening to a play.

“The work of art direction is to design and outline everything on the big screen, so that you believe you are in a Hobbit’s house, an artist’s studio, a Japanese samurai village, a racecourse from the last century, or a car that can transform.”

“The nominees for Best Art Direction are: Grant Major, Dan Hannah, and Alan Lee from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Ben van Oss and Cecil Haldeman from Girl with a Pearl Earring; Jeanne Opois and Leslie Pope from Sea of ​​Thieves.”

“Lily Kilvert and Gretchen Lowe from The Last Samurai; William Sandel and Robert Gould from Transformers.”

“It’s our turn! It’s our turn!” Gadot said excitedly. It was her first time attending the Oscars, and she still had fantasies.

But then Gandalf broke her fantasy: "Congratulations to the winners of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Grant Major, Dan Hannah, Alan Lee!"

The whole audience burst into warm applause, this was an undisputed result.

Eric gently patted Gadot's thigh to comfort her. Tonight was the main stage of The Lord of the Rings, and no one could do it.

Three art directors walked onto the stage, two of whom were bald, which showed how difficult this job was.

Then the Best Animated Feature Film was won by Finding Nemo, the Best Animated Short Film was given to Harvey the Naked Man, and the Best Documentary Short Film was awarded to Chernobyl's Heart.

Eric admitted that the animation was indeed excellent, but he didn't admit that the documentary Chernobyl's Heart was good.

In his opinion, documentaries should restore the truth as much as possible, and the director's subjective shots and judgments should not be added in the middle, and they should not be influenced by their own values, otherwise the documentary will be unfair.

And this "Chernobyl Heart" is not very good in this regard. The director has too many subjective factors, and even some high-handed pity.

Compared with the 2019 HBO TV series "Chernobyl", it is inferior in all aspects, and it is somewhat politically correct to win the award.

Then the two technical awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup were won by "Lord of the Rings 3", without any controversy.

In the background music, Val Kilmer walked onto the stage to present the Best Supporting Actress Award. I don't know what happened. This guy seemed to be in a bad mood. His face was expressionless all the time, and he didn't even smile. He recited the lines like reciting the lines, as if he was anxious to get off work.

In the end, the Best Supporting Actress was won by Renée Zellweger, and her winning movie was "Cold Mountain".

On the podium, Zellweger took the prepared manuscript and said her acceptance speech while reading it. It can be seen that she was really excited.

After Zellweger took the trophy off the stage, the ceremony began with a routine song and dance performance.

Eric looked back and saw that Charlize Theron was looking forward expressionlessly. When she found him, she immediately showed two dimples.

Behind her, Jude Law was not bald yet, and was in the period known as Jude Flower. He glanced at the two of them, then nodded slightly, as if he realized something.

After more than ten minutes of song and dance performance, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith walked onto the stage hand in hand. They were going to present the Best Visual Effects.

There are too many scandals about the couple in the future, and they often dominate the hot searches.

What about playing with each other? Will Smith gave his wife to other black people to play with because his brother was too young to satisfy his wife.

Jada Pinkett has her own little boyfriend, and Will Smith also has his own little girlfriend. The media also exposed photos, but it was hard to tell whether they were true or false.

Just when the gossip was flying all over the sky, Will Smith staged an angry slap at the Oscars and gave the award presenter Locke a big fight for his insulted wife.

The stars at the scene were shocked, and Nicole in the front row was so scared that she made an emoji.

Although it was later confirmed that the emoji was not because of this incident, this emoji still became a hot search.

This big guy not only made himself a global hot search, but also doubled the ratings of the Oscars, which was an outstanding achievement.

Then everyone was confused, is it true love or a marriage in name only?

I don’t understand, I really don’t understand!

But now they are still a model couple in everyone’s eyes.

The two men, who are a head taller than each other, walked to the microphone together: "Some fantastic movies cannot appear in reality, such as a cursed skeleton ship, a black-robed man riding a dragon flying in the sky, and a car and plane that can transform."

"And when these things that do not exist in reality are brought to the big screen, the special effects experts behind the scenes must have made outstanding contributions to it."

"Nominated for Best Visual Effects, it feels so good to present the award with my wife, let's talk about it together."

"OK!"

"The movies nominated for Best Visual Effects are: Jim Rygiel and Randall William Cook for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; John Knoll and Hal Sickle for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee for Transformers;"

Unlike other awards with at least five or even six nominees, awards such as Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Documentary often have less than five.

The reason is also very simple, not many blockbusters are released every year, especially in this era.

Even if there are more than five films this year, nominations of similar level must be selected. There are also many films with large investment but poor special effects, so there will be dissatisfaction with the nominations.

Gadot pinched Eric's hand again, pursed her lips, and looked at the white envelope nervously, but the result undoubtedly disappointed her again.

"The film that won the best visual effects is "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", congratulations!"

The magnificent Middle-earth music resounded throughout the venue, and Gadot fell on the seat like a deflated ball.

Eric patted her gently: "Pay attention to your demeanor, don't look so ugly, otherwise you will be in the newspaper tomorrow."

"But I can't be happy."

"I'm not happy either, but we must have the basic qualities of an actor. Do you think those nominees are happy?"

"Okay, but the camera didn't capture me."

At this time, comedy master Jim Carrey walked onto the stage and began to show his rubber face and jokes.

"I like to play pranks on others. I have been doing this since I was a child. The one I remember most vividly was playing pranks on my sister."

"I hid under the bed while she and her boyfriend were having sex on the bed. I suddenly appeared and scared them. Their limbs were flailing and their saliva was flying."

"Although she was very angry and thought she was violated, she became very sensitive from then on. It was a blessing in disguise."

"OK! I don't know why I told such a joke. Let's open the prize quickly."

"The nominees for Best Actor are: Sean Penn for "Mystic River", Johnny Depp for "Pirates of the Caribbean", Jude Law for "Cold Mountain", Bill Murray for "Lost in Translation" and Anthony Mack for "Get Out."

Everyone on the Get Out crew was so excited that they dared not take a breath, even though Anthony McCann was not a popular one, but what if.

"The winner is Sean Penn's "Mystic River," congratulations!"

It's a pity that the result is no different from the Golden Globe Award. Anthony McCann is still too young, and in terms of acting skills alone, he has no obvious advantage.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, relaxed his nervousness, smiled and applauded.

As a well-known bad boy in Hollywood, Sean Penn would not dare to act like a monster at the Oscars no matter how courageous he was. He honestly delivered his acceptance speech.

After he stepped off the stage, a beautiful figure walked out, Scarlett Janssen in a dark green evening gown.

Her look today was much better than at the Golden Globes. Eric only thought she was beautiful, but Ashley and Mary both focused on her lipstick. Women can always notice what men can't. place.

"Dear guests, today I want to share a knowledge point with you. Do you know what the first sound film was?"

"Haha, I know that many people can't answer it, so let me tell you, it's "The Jazz Singer" by 1 Crosland."

"Since then, movies have had sound, making them more lively and able to convey emotions."

"The nominees for Best Sound Editing are Richard King for "The Last of Us", Christopher Boyce and George Waters II for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," Transformers" Gary Lidstrom, Michael Silvers."

There are also three nominees, and it is also the award that "Transformers" is most likely to win, because the other awards overlap with "Lord of the Rings 3".

I saw the widowed sister taking out the white list of winners: "Let me see who brought good luck. The winner is "Transformers". Congratulations to both of you!"

Yeah!

The two editors stood up excitedly, and the rest of the crew also stood up and hugged them. Eric patted the two of them on the shoulders: "Go quickly, don't keep the beauty waiting."

Ouch!

Looking down, he saw an extra mark on the shoe. He looked around at the faces of Gadot, Ashley and Mary. Only the three of them were suspicious and could touch him.

However, the three of them all laughed and clapped, and no one could tell that their acting skills were much better than during filming.

"Thank you, thank you to the Academy for giving us the award. To be honest, the process of filming "Transformers" was happy and difficult because the time was really tight and the director was pushing the progress every day."

Hahaha

The camera showed Eric and he applauded heartily.

"But without his urging and command, we wouldn't be able to produce such a good work, so we must thank everyone on the crew, thank you Mr. Cooper, and I hope you can get more good results today!"