Chapter 348 Oscar warm-up
MM Group in the case of huge debts, the acquisition of B TV network, is too aggressive, if it is carried out in the way of dilution of equity, they at least a fifth of the equity, but the three families would rather have huge debts than dilute equity, and if they have problems with business difficulties, this will put him in a greater predicament, may have a domino effect, the whole company is finished.
Fortunately, all this did not happen, and the MM TV network ushered in a good start when it was launched, and started a new journey with super high ratings, with this good start, other problems are not a problem, and Iger can rest assured that the various problems of the TV network will be rectified.
After Mark finished the film, he handed over the work to Iger and they to operate, and he gave himself a week's vacation, during which he did nothing, and concentrated on spending his vacation with Giselle in the villa on Lake Tahoe, and lived a leisurely and relaxed life with Starflag.
Now Giselle is only seven months old, her belly is big and round, she was 1.83 meters before pregnancy, but her weight was only one hundred and four pounds, it can be seen how slender her figure is, there is no excess fat at all, now it is one hundred and forty pounds, a full increase of forty pounds, Mark is sighing, it would be good if my assets had such an increase.
This overweight figure worries Giselle, she doesn't dare to look in the mirror, and she doesn't dare to meet people on the street, for fear of meeting reporters, she can only stay in the palace or in the villa in Lake Tahoe, the last time she went to New York to sign a contract, she went under Mark's repeated persuasion, and the result was that the reporter still photographed the world's No. 1 supermodel out of shape, and the whole report made Giselle very depressed.
In fact, Mark thinks all this is very good, the fat Giselle is more feminine, when he touches the hug is meat, very warm, soft, and the warmth of holding and sleeping is more warm, this maternal tenderness makes her more feminine, when he relaxes himself, when he comforts Giselle, he takes a week's vacation, and concentrates on accompanying his wife and children.
A week later, he will join the publicity tour, there is a way, as one of the main creators, there is no possibility that he will be absent from the publicity, even James Cameron and Spielberg have to promote the movie, what is he? When Cameron returned from the world premiere of "Titanic" in Dongying, he blocked reporters at the airport, and was ridiculed by reporters for making the first bad movie in history, Cameron blew up on the spot, angrily took out a razor blade, and said in public: "If the Titanic loses, I will use this blade to commit suicide!"
The only famous director who doesn't promote movies and doesn't care about killing is Woody Allen, but his movies have always been unprofitable, mainly loss-making, of course, the bigger the position, the number of publicity is relatively reduced, and the more advanced the occasions attended, Mark is the highest level.
However, in January, when the major awards were concentrated, half of the entertainment industry was paying attention to the Golden Globe Awards, and Mark and they would not go out to promote it until after the Golden Globe Awards.
At the 63rd Golden Globe Awards held on the evening of the 16th of the month, Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", which swept the major film critics' awards, won four awards including Best Director and Best Picture at this year's Golden Globe Awards, becoming the biggest winner.
And Columbia Pictures also won two awards this time, namely the best actor in "Capote", the best original song of "Memoirs of a Geisha", Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Golden Globe actor as he wished, and in the gay battle, Hoffman won the Heath head, and the Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Anthony Hopkins.
Before 03 years, the Golden Globe Awards dinner was held a few days before the day of the Oscar voting for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, so it was known as the Oscar vane, but after 03 years, the Golden Globe Awards were held in mid-January every year, in order to show that it was different from the Academy Awards ceremony held in late February.
Winning a Golden Globe is a small victory, Layton and Pascal have a big party to celebrate Hoffman, and now Columbia Pictures needs trophies to prove itself more than ever.
But Mark won't go to this celebration, after all, Hoffman, the actor, was obtained by defeating Hiss, with the friendship between Mark and Hiss, Mark is naturally on Hiss's side, and even if Hoffman wins the actor, this commercial value is not as good as Hiss, Mark is calling to comfort Hiss, and he also made it clear that friendship is friendship, Mark and MM Group are fully supporting Hoffman to win the Oscar, who is called Hoffman's "Capote" is a work launched by MM, and Heath's "Brokeback Mountain" is just from Focus Pictures.
In order to appease the Heaths, Mark also invited the couple to come to the villa on the shores of Lake Tahoe for a vacation, but the Heaths, who were busy doing the final awards for public relations, rejected Mark's kindness.
Focus Pictures was founded in May 2004, affiliated to Universal Pictures, known as "New Miramax", as a film distribution and production, its predecessor is Good Machine Films, was founded in 1991 by James Shams and Ted Hopper, with a low cost of $500,000 to produce Ang Lee's first film "Pusher", they came to the fore because of the big director Ang Lee, all of Ang Lee's films are single-handedly arranged by them, last year's "Back to the Mountain" It also pushed Ang Lee to unprecedented heights, and also made Heath nominated for Golden Globe Best Actor and Oscar Winner.
However, Mark gave a death order, and in the next five years, Heath can only work for MM, make movies of the MM Group, and let the focus die to continue to win over Heath's heart.
Mark admires Heath's friend, and will never allow him to end in tragedy, in Jerry's watch list, there is Heath, if he touches contraband, Mark will know, he decided to make Heath an MM acting superstar, and David Lee, Downey, Rachel, Scarlett are box office superstars.
After Mark's vacation, the nominations for the 78th Academy Awards have been announced, and "Brokeback Mountain" leads the way with eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, etc., and the Heaths have a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actress, which has become a good story.
Colombia's Capote received five nominations, all of which were hard goods, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Play, and Memoirs of a Geisha was four, but they were all offcuts, technical awards, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, better than nothing.
The Academy of Cars has a clear rule that once the nominations are announced, all kinds of public relations activities must be ended, but is this really the case? After the nomination is the beginning of real public relations, the Oscars can be public, this has long been known, the Academy is blind to this aspect, and the Graduate Academy is also composed of countless industry insiders.
The Oscar can be so popular because it is one of the five major ratings trump cards in the entertainment industry, with huge commercial interests, and film companies will chase it when it is profitable.
After the nomination, it was the previous hundreds of films competing for 24 awards, and now it is 11 nominated films to compete, after being nominated, it is conducive to public relations, and it can be targeted, such as last year's sensational "King Kong", the best sound effects, the best visual effects, and the best sound effect mixing, it tried to get the best director and the best picture in vain, and the future public relations can only be the idea of playing these three technical awards.
And Colombia's "Memoirs of a Geisha" is also a lot worse, although it is leftovers, but chicken butt meat is also meat, and it can be eaten, which is better than nothing, and you can only work on these four nominations in the future.
The first major award is still Best Picture, and five films compete for this little golden man: "Brokeback Mountain", "Capote", "Crash", "Munich", "Good Night, Good Luck".
With the exception of Spielberg's "Munich," the five films are more obscure in terms of their themes: one about same-sex love and life, one about intertwined ethnic conflicts, one about the truth behind the tragedy, one about politics and culture, and one about the author's inner story.
These five films have reached 100% darkness, which makes it difficult for the academy jury to be more difficult, according to the previous film festivals and award sentinel battles "distribution", "Brokeback Mountain" has the greatest hope of winning the best picture, and it has formed a one-sided trend, naturally "Brokeback Mountain" From the picture, photography, soundtrack and director's oriental delicate beauty, it is impeccable, but looking at the historical recognition of the academy's films on gay themes, it can be speculated that in fact, it is difficult to accept this kind of film for the academy's award, of course, there is also a breakthrough, it depends on how many of the academy's judges are Ang Lee's "fans".
It is worth noting that "Crash" is a 2004 film, which should participate in the 05 year competition, as Eastwood's favorite general and disciple, Paul Haggis's own first film "Crash" shocked the attention of industry insiders, and this independent film was highly recognized in the United States and soared to IMDB Top 100, therefore, for this film to pay special attention, is the biggest upset of the year, as a new generation of talented screenwriters, Paul once studied film at Fanshawe College in Canada, he has written scripts for many TVs.
"Munich" and "Schindler's List" are not on the same starting line at all, and the negative impact is too great, coupled with the frequent use of inferior commercial films, the Oscars have basically been missed this time.
Speaking of the constantly struggling George Clooney is still commendable, this year's two films have invested a lot of money, as an actor turned director, he wants to play the Australian predecessor Mel Gibson, there is no doubt about it, but this year I am afraid that I will go home empty-handed, "Good Night, Good Luck" is too formal, and the political satire is obviously criticized, "Capote" as a relatively unique film, last year it was still highly praised in the industry, and there is still a lot of hope for impacting the little golden man.
Judging from these films as a whole, "Crash" and "Brokeback Mountain" have the greatest hope of winning awards, followed by "Capote".