Chapter 1003: Three Consecutive Crowns
The Best Actor Golden Man went to Tom Cruise, which is in line with the prediction of mainstream public opinion before the awards ceremony, not only is it not an upbeat, but it can be said to be the inevitable result of the popular award.
Watching Tom Cruise walk into the backstage of the Kodak Theater with a golden figure in his hand, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are a little unwilling, even Tom Cruise has won an award, when will they meet that little golden man?
There are still people shaking their heads, the Oscars are really becoming more and more unreliable, even Tom Cruise can win Best Actor, and the award rules are becoming more and more incomprehensible.
Only Ronan knows that the future Oscar award rules are a mess, and the quality of the film and the actors' performances have even become marginalized things, which is not as good as this era of public relations.
After Best Actor, the Best Actress award arrived.
There is no upset at this year's Oscars, and the popular candidates have won awards one after another, so there is no suspense at all.
There were no surprises in the results announced by Philip Hoffman for Best Actor last year: "The winner of Best Actress is Helen Mirren, The Queen. β
In the warm applause, Helen Mirren, who dared to strip naked on the big screen even at the age of 60, stepped onto the Oscar stage and won the first Oscar in her life.
This new Oscar-winning actress is also an outlier among actresses, no matter how she takes it off when she is young, she can't really become popular.
Helen Mirren is also a representative of old rejuvenation.
This award for Best Actress also made Harvey Weinstein officially announce his return to the Oscars after several years of silence due to Disney infighting.
Then, there's the much-anticipated award.
Probably Alan DeGeneres also knew what the biggest attraction of the night was, and without half a word of nonsense, he routinely said two strings of words and gave up the stage.
Then, the award presenters for Best Director took the stage, and the Kodak Theater was silent for a moment, followed by one after another discussions.
The main camera camera camera turned to Martin Scorsese at the right time, and most of the guests in the front row also looked at the relativity entertainment seating area where Martin Scorsese was located.
The chatter, the surprise, and even the whistles and screams, never stopped.
Because, the three award presenters on the stage are really extraordinary!
The three men came to the microphone and lined up horizontally, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola.
What do you think of when you see these three great directors? The best director really has no suspense at all.
Perhaps the film school also realized that a single guest was no longer enough to present Martin Scorsese, so they brought in Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola.
Back then, Martin Scorsese and these three were collectively known as the "Four Young Directors", and later tied for the four major directors in the 80s, if they could meet on the stage of the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, it would be really interesting!
In order to increase the attractiveness of the Oscars, the academy has really made great efforts to get rid of the dilemma of declining ratings year by year.
There is no suspense about this award, the noise gradually subsided, and the applause suddenly rang out, isn't this the moment tonight?
Frankly, it's more of a lifetime achievement award than a Best Director award.
In fact, this is not so much a recognition of Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" as it is a reward for his decades-long illustrious directorial career!
Among them, there is also a certain amount of counterattack by the Hollywood film industry against the European film industry.
At the press conference after the awards ceremony, the European media, led by the French "Le Figaro", openly asked Martin Scorsese in an interview - did the director who filmed "Goodfellas", "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" really betray himself to Hollywood?
And Martin Scorsese replied in a categorical tone - I am an American director, I am a Hollywood director!
Even when the European media questioned the Oscars on the spot, he also said - I have watched every Oscar ceremony on TV since I was a child, and he grew up with me, and this thing really has indescribable magic for me!
His words are full of defense of Hollywood, the Oscars, and American films, and with his status in the film industry today, the Academy also needs to give him a grand award ceremony.
"Today the three of us are on the stage. On stage, Francis Coppola was the first to say: "It's because we all know the excitement of winning the best director." β
"It was the most magnificent moment of my life. Spielberg answered.
"Wait......" George Lucas looked at the two men separately, "I've never won this award." β
The theater erupted in laughter, and Spielberg said in laughter, "So what are you doing here?"
"I don't know. George Lucas gradually turned the conversation to the awards, "but I think it's better to give than to gain." β
"That's weird!" Spielberg and Francis Coppola said at the same time.
"Here's the list of nominees for Best Director. "Three people wrapped up this little talk show," Agado Gonzalez IΓ±Γ‘rritu, "Babel", Martin Scorsese, "The Departed", Clint Eastwood, "Letter from Iwo Jima", Stephen Fryles, "The Queen", Jonathan Dayton, "Little Sunshine Beauty". β
"The winner is ......" Spielberg opened the envelope, and there was no suspense in the answer;
At this moment, Martin Scorsese's feelings were only understood by himself, and the audience and guests who stood up gave warm applause.
Martin Sr. hugged everyone in the crew one by one, including Ronan, and then walked onto the stage, hugged his old friends Joe Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Francis Coppola in turn, took the Oscar statuette handed by George Lucas, and stood in front of the microphone.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you......"
A long list of thanks jumped out of his mouth, the director who always rubbed shoulders with the Oscar for Best Director finally realized his Oscar dream with a gangster film that was highly rated in North America.
"Can you check the envelope again? Did I really win the award? I mean, I can't control myself anymore with this award from the Academy, and it's this honor from my old friends! We've been friends for 37 years. I was so moved, so moved. β
"Thank you Academy, thank you Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment, and thank you to the cast and crew who worked with me......"
After a long list of thanks, it seemed that Martin Scorsese was going to make a summary of the years, "I also want to say thank you to the people who have blessed me all these years. There are a lot of strangers in this. You know, in the past, when I walked down the street, people would say something wrong about me. Walking into a doctor's office, or somewhere, will happen to you. β
"They said, 'You deserve an Oscar. I went for an X-ray, and the doctor said to me, 'You should get an Oscar.'" I said 'thank you' to them. My friends who have been with me for many years, and many of my friends who are here tonight, wish me this award, and so do my family, and I thank you. This moment is reserved for you. β
The Kodak Theatre has already stood up, everyone has given their own applause, and Martin Scorsese deserves applause at this moment.
The biggest attraction was revealed, and the last award arrived.
Tom Hanks walked on stage alone and said: "It's incredible to be standing in the place where the Queen of England has just stood, and it will be an unforgettable memory to see Martin Scorsese win the Oscar for Best Director." β
He looked at the big screen behind him: "Let's review the list of nominees for Best Picture......
"Babel, Jon Zilik and Steve Goering, The Departed, Ronan Anderson and Martin Scorsese, Letter from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, Little Sunshine Beauty, Wee Fredley and Peter Salaf, The Queen, Andy Harris and Christine Langan. β
"The winner is ......" Tom Hanks opened the envelope and glanced at it: "The Departed!"
This answer is too suspenseful, and Ronan beckons everyone in the crew to come on stage together.
The Kodak Theatre roared in applause again, with Martin Scorsese and The Departed emerging as the biggest winners of the night.
Martin Scorsese was back on stage, Ronan also took the stage with the crew, and then took over the Best Picture statuette from Tom Hanks.
Because he had just said his acceptance speech, Martin Scorsese took the initiative to step aside, Ronan came to the microphone and said very succinctly: "Thank you, thank you Academy, thank you to everyone in the crew, thank you to everyone at Relativity Entertainment, this award is the best reward for our efforts in the past year." β
This is already Relativity Entertainment's third consecutive Best Picture title at the Oscars.
"Crash", "Brokeback Mountain", and tonight's "The Departed", the winners of the best picture in the past three Oscars are all relativistic entertainment.
This also equaled the record of three consecutive DreamWorks Best Picture titles in previous years.
On this night, Martin Scorsese was the biggest legend, Relativity Entertainment was the biggest winner, and the Oscars gave "The Departed" five statuettes in one go, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Although before the awards ceremony, many media were saying that this year's Oscars were the most international and diverse, but the final result proved that the Oscars would only be Americanized and Hollywood-oriented awards ceremonies in the end.