Chapter 461: Sweeping
"Here is the list of nominees for Best Cinematography, "Brokeback Mountain", Rodrigo Prieto, "Firefly", Valley Pfister, "Good Night, Good Luck", Robert Ellsweete, "Memoirs of a Geisha", Dion Bibby, "New World", Emmanuel Rubecki, Oscar winner is ......"
Today is Sunday, March 5th, and the 78th Academy Awards is underway with global media attention and hundreds of millions of viewers!
Earlier, on February 18th, the Beverly Wells Club Hotel, hosted by Rachel McAdams, introduced this year's Oscars for Technical Achievement, and the awards season that lasted for several months has reached the peak of fierce battles, how many trophies will "Firefly", which leads with 4 nominations? Who will win the best picture and best director? What will be the performance of films such as "Brokeback Mountain", "Good Night, Good Luck", and "Capote"? All the questions will be revealed in these three and a half hours tonight!
In the afternoon, there was no incident similar to the Golden Globe Awards two months ago on the gorgeous red carpet, probably no one can eat the fist of the "flower messenger", and the nominators, award presenters and other celebrities left handsome and beautiful figures under the chase of flashing lights. One of the most popular is undoubtedly Wang Yang and his wife, from the moment the two stepped out of the car and stepped on the red carpet, the dazzling flashes never stopped, and the two smiled and waved generously, adding a lot of scenery to this grand event.
Since he is not a guest of honor, although Wang Yang has many opportunities to step on the stage to receive the award tonight, no one can say whether he can see his magical style of talking and laughing, so the media reporters tacitly took a happy photo on the red carpet stage, which is a press release!
"Magical Yang greets the camera", "Wang Yang and Jessica smile at the camera", "Magical Yang gives a flying kiss", "Wang Yang smiles brightly", "Wang Yang looks serious"...... A piece of "Wang Yang on the red carpet" news can be transformed into countless live photo alerts, and each one has a good click-through rate, no wonder photojournalists are so obsessed with him. There were, of course, others, and the moments when Wang Yang talked to Jack Niccolco, Charlize Theron, Meryl Streep, Will Smith, Heath Ledger, Natalie Portman, and others became timeless images.
This is the reason why the Oscars have never lacked audiences, too many stars, too many big names! With Magic Yang in charge this year and the superb popularity of "Firefly", the live broadcaster ABC is of course not worried about the ratings, but looks forward to it unceremoniously! It is inevitable that the ratings of this ceremony will rush to 40 million people in the United States, and it is also possible to approach or surpass the 43.5 million of the 76th, the most successful in recent years, you must know that the influence of "Firefly" is no worse than that of "The Lord of the Rings 3" at that time.
It's just a pity that I can't invite Magic Young to present the award! The organizers are even a little dissatisfied, if he is willing to come to the stage to present the award, the ratings can rush to 45 million!
Wang Yang said that he was busy, in fact, he was not so busy, but he didn't want to be so immersed in the awards season that he was physically and mentally tired, he didn't even want to attend the nominee luncheon, but the award ceremony was a must, it was a night of celebration and harvest, maybe.
The awards ceremony has already begun, and the host Jon Stewart continued the ridiculous and funny style of "The Daily Show", and the opening remarks caused the guests and TV viewers to laugh out loud, he naturally did not let go of the focus of the audience, and kept making fun of Wang Yang and "Firefly", and began with a hoarse sentence of "We can enjoy the magic of Young's dance tonight" and easily laughed at the audience, anyway, it was difficult to joke about the sensitive things in "Brokeback Mountain" and "Munich", and Stewart simply grabbed Wang Yang and didn't let go.
This also makes the live broadcast camera very happy to focus on Wang Yang in the guest seat from time to time, together with the Robert Downey couple and Joss Whedon couple in the next range, they are frequently on camera, I saw him in a handsome black suit, his young and heroic face and demeanor do not fall into the reputation of "idol director", but he often squeezes his eyebrows and makes his eyes not serious; Jessica next to him is as beautiful and stunning as ever, and the white off-the-shoulder evening dress and bun hairstyle are very in line with her sweet and sexy charming temperament.
"The Oscar winner is ......" At this time, there was a short silence in the Kodak Theater, everyone in the audience looked at John Travolta who presented the award on the stage, and Valley Pfister, who won the union award, was almost nine out of ten sure of this little golden man, the use of IMAX technology, and the scene control of literary and martial arts are all perfect, and the photography of the "Battle of New Shanxi" section alone is enough to convince Preto, Bibby and others, of course, they are also happy to see an upset, and it is best to explode on themselves.
Which nominee is willing to be a chaperone? But there will be some happy and some lonely. Travolta, with a smile on his slightly fat face, opened the envelope, looked up at the front of the pack, and said, "Firefly, Varay Pfister." ”
"Ahhh
"YES!!", "Awesome!!", "Oscar-haha!" The Pfister children in front of the TV were also happy, 13-year-old Nick Pfister, 11-year-old Claire Pfister, and 1-year-old Mia Pfister were all smiling. Young Mia doesn't know so much, when she sees her parents appear on the TV screen, her brothers and sisters laugh, she laughs too, Nick jumps and jumps, and although it's not enough for another Claire to be crazy, little Claire is also a hardcore magical Yang fan, she likes Uncle Young very much, seeing her dad win the award, and "Firefly" has added another award, pride and joy make her laugh so much that she can't stop laughing: "Hahaha-"
Other fans and viewers are also excited, this is not the first little golden man that "Firefly" got tonight, the best sound effects, the best sound editing, and the best makeup have all been won by Cowboy Interstellar, and there have been three "Thank you Jan!", and it will be the fourth time soon!
As we all know, Wang Yang and Valley Pfister have been very good partners for many years, Pfister has photographed 7 films for him, and he is an "old husband and wife" who has been itching for seven years, but this is Pfister's first Oscar nomination and the first Oscar trophy.
"Huhoo-" The cheers around her were still rushing in, watching her husband walk to the gorgeous stage, and hugging Marvel Jan, who was sitting in the front row, Anna-Julien was smiling, and she understood that Valley would only be happier than she was, from TV production assistant, news photographer, cinematographer...... Receiving the golden trophy handed by Travolta and holding it hard, Valey Pfister was a little blank with joy, he was 44 years old, and finally understood why those winners were so excited that they couldn't speak, I really didn't expect that there would be such a day and such a moment! I shot 8 cm family short films since I was a child, found a job in a TV station after graduating from high school, then became a news photographer, and went to the American Film Academy to study, at first only horror movies, ** Working in film, most of the time is messing around, occasionally going to foreign countries to make low-budget movies, and suddenly one day, Jan pulls him out of a small shop...... Dear God! He actually made a science fiction movie with a production cost of 200 million US dollars! Scenes of the past rushed up from his mind and came to mind, and Pfister couldn't help but sigh, looking at the countless guests in front of him, his nose was a little sour, he stood on the stage representing the highest level of cinematography! It was really amazing!
"Thank you, thank you. Pfister's voice quieted the audience, and the guests and audience only saw him glance at the trophy, a little choked to control his emotions, and smiled slowly: "I don't know what to say...... Someone once said that I couldn't make a movie, and he was wrong. ”
"Hehehe!" There was a chuckle on the TV, and Harry George pursed his lips with tears in his eyes, as if he had won the award, and he whispered: "Yes, they are all wrong! One day, I will stand there too, yes! Absolutely, absolutely! And thank you to my wife, my child! Thank you Jan!"
That's what Pfister did, and after thanking the Firefly team, the Academy, the Fire Films, his friends, and more, he continued: "Thank you to my family, my wife Anna, my three children, Nick, Claire, Mia, thank you for your support, I love you. ”
"Thank you Wang Yang, God knows how I was persuaded by an 18-year-old guy who was almost 20 years younger than me, I don't remember, but it was the right decision in my life, except for proposing to my wife. ”
"Haha!" The Kodak Theater suddenly burst into laughter, and someone blew a few ridiculous whistles, worthy of being the best partner, Ffister's testimonial style has a magical flavor, humorous and at the same time to show affection to his wife, I don't know who influenced whom. The live camera swept away, Wang Yang grinned openly, his signature sunny smile, and the defeated Dion Bibby and Rodrigo Preto also smiled. The camera cuts to Anna Julian again, she is really very happy, they are still as sweet as ever after 14 years of marriage.
But now that her husband is someone else's, Pfister on the stage laughed a few times, naturally half-raised the trophy, and said seriously: "Young, I can't say how much I appreciate you...... It's your talent that gives me room to play, and I'm capturing your wonderful, in short...... Thank you, and I hope you will continue to ask me to make movies. ”
In fact, "I Am Legend" is shot by Pfister, and those who are familiar with Wang Yang and Pfister know that with their tacit understanding and temperament, the two have absolutely no possibility of "divorce", and the peak has just begun, the best director and best cinematographer, their cooperation may continue for 10 or 20 years, Longer.
Wang Yang clapped his hands vigorously, how could he not be moved, Valey didn't remember, but he remembered, if it wasn't for the old guy who taught him to help him trust him, how could he have grown so fast and so smoothly, he should be grateful!
"Four awards!All nominations are on the right track!" It seems to be a festival for the intergalactic cowboys, at least the answer is YES, 4/4! How can you not make them happy?!After enduring so many defeats in the previous awards season outposts, I want to get them all back tonight!"Amazing Jan! Amazing Young!" Evelyn in front of the TV shouted, her face flushed with excitement, and for some reason her heart flashed Natalie's rap that she had seen a few days ago, and she couldn't help but curse: "It's so fucking awesome!FUCK!" The mother next to her glanced at her daughter, what happened to this child?
The news quickly spread to the Internet, in English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, ...... Hundreds of millions of "Firefly" fans around the world are happy, and if this energy is concentrated on someone at once, I don't know how many times I will die of joy.
"Intergalactic cowboys, don't rejoice too soon!" this sentence was not said by Blue Glove, but by Captain Mal, because this night is still very long, and there are still a lot of moments to smile, and tonight is destined to belong to "Fireflies", to the right-hand men of Magical Young!
"The Oscar winner was "The Firefly," Shanna Mirkovich Hess!" Jennifer Aniston read aloud the results of the best costume design;"The Oscar was "The Firefly," art director: Kevin Kawanave, set decorator: Gordon Sheen. "Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves teamed up for best art direction;" Oscars were won by "The Firefly," Jenn Kezmelik, Hans Zimmer. Salma Hayek presented a bottle of gold with no suspense.
The Kodak Theater was constantly drowned out by applause and laughter, and the rousing battle music representing "Firefly" had already sounded seven times, and "Thank You Young" had also been sounded seven times! 7/7! In these technical awards, this phenomenal sci-fi film had no rival! "King Kong", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "War of the Worlds" and other films could take advantage of some film critics association awards, but they could not stand in front of 40 million American audiences, and tonight they were overshadowed, and "Firefly" was brilliant.
Best Live-Action Short Film (The Six-Bullet Pistol, Martin MacDonald), Best Animated Short Film (The Moon and Son: An Imaginary Conversation, John Carnimaker, Peggy Stern), Best Documentary (The Emperor Penguin Diaries, Luc Jacques, Yves Darondo), Best Documentary Short Film (The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, Corinna Mariman, Eric Simonson), Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Erwiez, The Immortal Gardener), Best Animated Film ( Super Invincible Boss Dog: The Curse of the Human Rabbit" has been awarded, and the party is gradually approaching the main event.
The award for Best Original Song was announced immediately after the original soundtrack, and "Firefly" finally failed for the first time on this lively night (7/8), and the theme song of "Its-Hard-Out-Here-for-a-Pimp" won the trophy.
"The Oscars were won by "Fireflies", Margaret Goodspeed, Lee Smith, Wang Yang. Zhang Ziyi read out the results of the best editing in calm English, and before she could smile, the audience was already bursting with thunderous applause and cheers, and Magic Yang was about to go on stage!!
Both the guests and the audience felt refreshed, Natalie, Rachel and others shouted and shouted, so handsome! I didn't expect him to win the Best Editing Award, is he the youngest Oscar Best Editor? It's so funny and cool!
But this is actually a narrow result, "Munich" and "The Unfortunate Gardener" are not light, but "Firefly" won, its editing is the same as the soundtrack, it is impeccable, no matter how the camera rhythm of the drama and martial arts, the film rhythm of the plot story, as well as the empty shots, and the use of various montages, are so seamless.
"Huh. Everyone smiled and watched Wang Yang and the three of them walk to the stage, and Yang fans were ready to laugh, will there be any wonderful talk show in MY?
But Wang Yang disappointed them somewhat, he didn't mean to talk endlessly, but just said at the beginning: "If I can, I want to edit a flashback shot at this time, and then you can see that we are editing the flashback shot, very boring, and very happy." After laughing out loud, he smiled softly, "Thank you to everyone who worked hard for Firefly, thank you to my friends, my family, Jessica and Coco, I love you." "Of course he's going to take the opportunity to say it again, can he still come up tonight? There's a chance.
Under the applause of the crowd, he gave up the microphone to Margaret and Lee, as full-time editors, it was the first time to stand on the Oscar podium, and the two were much more excited than him, and they looked more like young people.
VARY-PFISTER DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS AT THIS MOMENT, BUT MARGARET DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT (1/2)? LAST TIME, "MIT-21-TEAM" DIDN'T WIN AN AWARD, SO I COULDN'T THANK HIM, AND THIS TIME "THANK YOU JAN" NATURALLY APPEARED AGAIN.
After thanking her family, husband and children, Margaret turned her head to look at Wang Yang and said the most sincere words: "Thank you Yang, this is an incredible young man!" When editing "MIT-21-TEAM", I asked him, 'Why don't you want insurance success?' Why do you have to cut it so dangerous?' he said, "I don't want to see it as a featureless, smooth soap commercial film." It's like that, if it's not like that, then it's not it!'" She paused and said, "Every time he has this attitude, it is his courage and self-confidence that supports us to stand here, thank you!"
"Huhu-" The Kodak Theater applauded thunderously, and the applause in front of the TV was thunderous, not only for Goodspeed, Smith, but also for Magic Young!
"The Oscars were won by "Firefly," Richard Kidd, Steve Nicholas, Sean Walsh. ”
Best Visual Effects was awarded by Ben Stiller, and Firefly won another prize (9/10)!
(To be continued)