Chapter 407: The Highest Peak of Hollywood
Mehndi Thomson has gained a lot. This is the third time he has won the best editing statuette.
But the journey of "The Return of the King" doesn't stop there tonight. After that, "The Return of the King" won the Best Visual Effects Award. This award belongs to Orange Special Effects Studio.
This is the second consecutive year that Orange Special Effects Studio has won this award. Last year they won this award for "The Matrix 2: Reloaded".
The members of Xiangcheng Special Effects Studio were quite calm and were not as excited as when they first won the award.
The leader expressed his gratitude to Little Gilbert: “Over the years, our boss’s continuous investment has allowed our special effects studio to reach the first-class level in Hollywood.
We will continue to work hard in the future and continue to contribute to the advancement of Hollywood's special effects industry. "
The celebrity guests in the audience all applauded. Indeed, Orange Special Effects Studio has developed very well in the past two years, and is no worse than established special effects studios in the digital field.
After the Best Visual Effects Award, "The Return of the King" won another statuette for Best Sound, expanding the number of statuettes to ten.
Next, it’s Oscar classic nostalgia time.
The well-known comedian Jim Carrey served as a guest in this segment. He reviewed the 75-year history of the Oscars with an exaggerated expression and also made fun of the politicians in Washington.
In Hollywood, it's not okay to make fun of any group, and you can't afford to offend any group, but it's not a big problem to make fun of those officials in Washington.
The audience enjoyed watching this part, but in the serious nostalgia part that followed, even Jim Carrey couldn't make the audience laugh.
The ABC TV station that broadcast the Oscars found that the real-time ratings of the Oscars began to decline starting from the nostalgia program, from 35 million at peak time to 29 million.
ABC TV station is also very helpless. The Oscars also know that this nostalgic time is driving away the audience, but they are still stubborn.
As if without nostalgia time, the Oscars would die.
The Academy's stubbornness and conservatism can be seen from the setup of the Oscar program and the award-winning films every year.
Today is not the same as before. Nowadays, people have more ways to entertain themselves, and the Oscars face a lot of competition.
In fact, it is very simple to save Oscar's ratings. You only need to choose movies with a wider audience, which can easily solve this problem.
For example, at the 70th Oscars, "Titanic" easily topped the ratings of the entire awards ceremony.
This year's Oscar ratings depend entirely on "The Return of the King."
But unfortunately, unless you encounter these two perverted movies of this level, the Oscar choices often run counter to the public's preferences.
After five minutes of nostalgia, not to mention the audience in front of the TV, even the celebrity guests at the award ceremony were a little drowsy.
The Academy seems to understand this, and immediately used the best adapted screenplay to boost ratings after the nostalgia period ended.
In the past, the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay was not enough to revive the ratings.
But today is different. Today there is "The Return of the King", and everyone wants to see if "The Return of the King" can still set a record.
In a special program broadcast live along with the Oscars, Kenneth Turan was still gushing: "It is absolutely impossible for "The Return of the King" to win the best adapted screenplay. In my opinion, "The Pianist" has a better chance. "
Before Kenneth Turan could finish speaking, the award presenter announced the winning film.
"The winners of the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay are Fran Welsh, Philippa Bowens, and Gilbert Landrini Jr. for "The Return of the King." Congratulations..."
Fran Welsh and Philippa Bowens are both screenwriters at Melon Studios. They worked with Gilbert Jr. to complete the script adaptation of the "Lord of the Rings" series.
"Little Gilbert, shall we go up together?" the two screenwriters asked.
Little Gilbert made a gesture and said, "Go up, this honor belongs to you."
The two screenwriters knew that little Gilbert was looking forward to the Best Director Award, so they didn't force it and happily went on stage to receive the statuette.
The Bacher Lutz and Evans families in New York gathered together today. The main purpose was to watch the Oscars ceremony together and discuss the process of the award ceremony.
Both of them are loyal fans of Little Gilbert. Now they are married, and the wives they have found are also movie lovers.
Therefore, the two families have many topics to talk about and now maintain a very friendly relationship.
"What award is this?" Evans asked.
Bacher Lutz ate the apple pie and counted on his fingers: "If the calculation is correct, the best adapted screenplay should be the eleventh award. There are still two awards left, and "The Return of the King" will break the Oscar record. ”
Evans exclaimed: "It's really amazing, but 'The Return of the King' deserves it."
"Yes," Bacher Lutz agreed: "The college did a good job this time and did not violate public opinion."
"Hmph!" Evans was very disdainful of the academy: "Those old men only know how to point fingers. Their time has long passed."
The awards ceremony continued. The much-anticipated "Return of the King" still failed to win the last two awards, and they are the two most important awards.
If we don't win these two awards tonight, then the other eleven awards will be meaningless.
However, the final suspense will not be revealed until later. The first is the awarding of the Oscar winner and best actress.
Adrien Brody won this year's Oscar for Best Actor for "The Pianist," but when he gave his acceptance speech, many Little Gilbert fans were urging him on in front of the TV.
In the online chat room, many movie fans gathered here to communicate. The content of the chat flashed by, and if you weren’t paying attention, you wouldn’t be able to see clearly what was being said.
At this time, netizens in the chat room were complaining: "Who is this person? Get out of here quickly?"
"That's right, who's looking at him?"
"What kind of movie is "The Pianist"?"
"have no idea……"
"I don't know..."
"have not seen……"
Compared to movies like "The Return of the King," "The Pianist" seems to be less well-known. The box office of this film in North America was only a few million dollars, not even a fraction of "The Return of the King". In terms of popularity, if it weren’t for the high attention paid to the Oscars this time, I’m afraid most people would have never heard of this movie.
Scarlett also complained: "Can you hurry up? I feel like he spoke for a long time."
Little Gilbert knocked on Scarlett's head: "Scarlett, pay attention to the occasion and respect others. The movie "The Pianist" is not bad."
"Not bad?" Scarlett expressed confusion: "Can it be better than "The Return of the King"?"
"At least it's better than "Heartbeat"." Little Gilbert replied.
Sijia was even more unhappy: "Is the box office of the movie as high as "Pumping Heart"?"
"Uh," little Gilbert said with a pause, "that shouldn't be the case."
Indeed, not all literary and artistic films have a box office as high as "Pumping Heart" with a box office of US$173 million.
Although the box office of "Heartbeat" was purely supported by the box office appeal of little Gilbert.
Fortunately for Scarlett the torture time is over, Adrien Brody clearly knows what everyone wants to see.
Although it was his first time winning an Oscar, he only said a few words before going backstage for an interview.
Then came the awarding of the Oscar for Best Actress. Several important awards were put together one after another, and the Oscar ratings began to soar.
Charlize Theron is now an Oscar-winning actress, and she also has a strong personal appeal, perhaps because of Little Gilbert, or perhaps because of the "The Matrix" series.
Regarding her Oscar for Best Actress, both her fans and fans of Little Gilbert are paying close attention.
ABC backstage data shows that the real-time Oscar ratings have exceeded 40 million at this time, which is the highest Oscar rating in recent years.
Not surprisingly, Charlize Theron successfully won the 75th Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Devil Wears Prada" and became the new Oscar-winning actress.
When the winner's name was read out from Denzel Washington's mouth, the cast of "The Devil Wears Prada" was filled with joy.
Charlize Theron accepted the congratulations from people around her gracefully, with an unstoppable smile on her face.
Little Gilbert stood up, clapped, and gave Charlize Theron a thumbs up to encourage her.
Charlize Theron also blew a kiss back, igniting the atmosphere.
Just when little Gilbert thought Charlize Theron would walk directly onto the stage to get her own statuette, she walked towards little Gilbert instead.
With the whole audience watching, live TV, and the attention of tens of millions of people across the United States, she had a passionate kiss with little Gilbert.
This scene completely ignited the atmosphere at the scene, and the real-time Oscar ratings have exceeded 45 million.
"Go! Sally, receive the glory that belongs to you." Little Gilbert patted Charlize Theron on the shoulder.
This woman is bold and confident, and her steps are firm at this time: "Well, I'm going!"
After that, Charlize Theron walked towards the stage with confident steps and got her own Oscar statuette.
I have to say that the highlight of the Oscars lies in the last four major awards.
Two of the four major awards have now been announced, and the remaining Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture have brought attention to this Oscar to a higher level.
Everyone is looking forward to whether "The Return of the King" can get what they want.
This year's Best Director award guest was initially said to be Ron Howard, the last Oscar's Best Director. However, Lang Howard was unable to come to the scene due to something else.
Therefore, the winner of the Oscar for Best Director this time was replaced by veteran Hollywood movie star Harrison Ford.
Mr. Ford appeared on the stage gracefully with the envelope in hand and mentioned the shortlisted films and directors.
“This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Director come from different countries and regions, and without exception, they are all leaders in the film industry.
Among them, there are Oscar regulars, newcomers, works that have been closed for more than a month, and epic masterpieces that took several years to complete.
They are all excellent film practitioners, but there is only one Best Director tonight, let’s take a look at the nominees for Best Director..."
The five directors nominated for Best Director this time were shown on the big screen, as well as some highlight clips of their respective films.
I don’t know why, but the online chat room that was bustling just now is eerily quiet. At the Evans home, Bacher Lutz and Evans held their breath, waiting for the final results.
Scarlett's little hands were held tightly, and Anne Hathaway was praying.
Charlize Theron, who had finished the interview and returned to the award ceremony, was sitting next to little Gilbert, holding his hand, as if she wanted to pass her luck to him.
Little Gilbert was not very nervous. He smiled calmly as Harrison Ford announced tonight's winner.
"The winner of this year's Oscar for Best Director is Gilbert Landrini Jr. of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Let us congratulate him..."
As soon as the name comes out, the merits are complete.
This is the second time that little Gilbert has won the Oscar for Best Director, but little Gilbert is not that excited.
On the contrary, the people around were excited. Scarlett kissed the little Gilbert excitedly, Anne Hathaway kissed Gilbert's right cheek, and Charlize Theron kissed the left cheek.
In the online chat room, the chat room that was silent just now suddenly came back to life.
The chat messages began to scroll quickly, and it was hard to see what the fans were saying without pausing.
Countless movie fans were partying and cheering to celebrate this moment of victory.
"Hurry up and get your moment of glory!" Charlize Theron pulled little Gilbert away from the crowd and watched him walk onto the podium.
Looking at the back of little Gilbert walking onto the stage, Charlize Theron silently said in her heart: My dearest person, please go to the highest peak in Hollywood!
(End of this chapter)