On March 21, 1994, the 66th Academy Awards were held at the Los Angeles Music Center in California, USA. Due to Wang Jie's inconvenience, this Academy Awards is simply a different version from the original time and space.

There is no suspense, "Forrest Gump" received 13 nominations, which is no different from the original time and space, and the four nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor are the most weighty. For a while, Tom Hanks was in the limelight, and with the word-of-mouth and praise won by this movie, he is very likely to win the Best Actor Golden Man!

As the most influential film award in the United States, the honor represented by the Academy Awards is incomparable to those other awards - whether it is the Golden Globe Awards, the Directors Guild Award or the Film Critics Association Award - every year when the Oscars are held, there will be a big war, and various film companies will do everything in their power to promote and publicize their own films for the actors who appear in the films, from nominations to awards.

In fact, all award ceremonies are just sharing the cake, whether it is a European film festival or an Oscar, as long as you are qualified to participate, you can expect to get a piece, as for whether you can get it, it depends on the means of publicity and public relations.

Generally speaking, for a film or an actor to be nominated and win an award, the credit for publicity and public relations must account for at least 40%, especially when it wins an award, and this proportion will increase by 5 percentage points. Unless the film or actor has an indisputable advantage, such as 90% of the critics and the public agree that the film or actor should win the award, or the other films and actors nominated that year are too far behind the film or actor.

However, the reality is so regrettable, it is human beings who are affected, and if they are human beings, they are biased, and of course the judges cannot be non-human, so it is a sure thing to be influenced or have subjective opinions on certain films.

As long as the publicity is in place and the public relations is effective, the judges will naturally unconsciously favor certain actors in certain films, and then vote for it. The film academy has not thought of a way, and the 5,000 members are all judges is one of the measures, which does ensure fairness to a certain extent. After all, compared to the Golden Globes, which only have 99 judges, it is not easy to influence 5,000 people.

However, this impartiality is only to a certain extent, the 5,000 members of the film academy seem to be quite large, but less than half of the people who can really influence the jury are just like those film festivals in Europe, and the local jury always has a lot more say. Therefore, after ensuring quality, the competition outside quality has become the main factor that determines the victory or defeat. If you have a huge propaganda tool in your hand, which can be seen, heard, and noticed by the judges at any time, then you are almost invincible, and this is the power of the media.

Of course, ordinary people will not see this, they will only see the various predictions of critics, they will only see the various shows on the Oscar red carpet, they will only see those beautiful and gorgeous pictures, but they will not and cannot notice the things behind it - this is also the power of the media.

In the enthusiastic dance, the 66th Academy Awards ceremony officially began, this time hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Wang Jie worked with her in "Ghost Love", it can be said that the film "Ghost Love" made Whoopi Goldberg famous overnight. In the opening scene, Whoopi Goldberg just told a small joke about the Clinton administration, which immediately made the audience burst into laughter and the atmosphere was lively.

Clever guys. Wang Jie said in his heart while applauding. Generally speaking, if you want to liven up the atmosphere on such occasions, you either ridicule the actors or the movie, but if you don't handle it well, it's easy to offend people. That's why people don't make fun of blacks or other ethnic groups, and if someone is not satisfied with continuing to complain about racial discrimination, even if they are not convicted, they will get into trouble.

So political banter is the most appropriate, and ridiculing and even ridiculing the government and the president is commonplace, and in many movies the government, the bureaucracy and even the president are villains – except for the black president.

"The winners of the Best Makeup Award are, Wen Neil, Yolanda Tannis, "Strange Jack in Disguise"!" With the announcement of the award presenters, the crew of "Strange Jack in Disguise" was jubilant, and Wang Jie could vaguely see that the actor of the movie, Zhou Xingchi, was congratulating several makeup artists.

comforted the makeup artist on his side for a few words, and Wang Jie immediately went to "Strange Masterpiece in Disguise" Looking over there, Zhou Xingchi looks very excited, no wonder, the king of Xiangjiang comedy in this time and space has been discovered and cultivated by Wang Jie early, both acting skills and attitudes are very different from the original time and space, especially acting, because of the reason that he has studied in Chinese opera, he can not only act in comedy, but also act in other types of dramas, and after studying in the United States from time to time, his directing ability has also been developed, Boss Zou of Golden Harvest has invited Zhou Xingchi to his company several times, but he refused, in addition to Wang Jie's kindness, his ambition is also on the one hand, Zhou Xingchi's dream in this life is to be able to stand on the podium of the Oscars。

The best sound editing was taken away by "Brave Island", and the best visual effects unexpectedly fell into the hands of "Strange Heroes in Disguise". This made Wang Jie a little stunned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he understood why, because the "Jurassic Park" that should have appeared was filmed by him in advance, and although Lieutenant Dan's broken leg in "Forrest Gump" was amazing, it was not technically difficult, and it was normal to not get it.

The best sound editing went to "Death Island", and the best sound effects will not be awarded to other films, which are the easiest two awards for action genre films.

Soon, the awards ceremony will usher in the first climax, that is, the award of the best supporting actor and actress.

Tommy Lee Jones, "The Outlaw", Leonardo DiCaprio, "A Different Sky", Gary Sinnis, "Forrest Gump", John Malkovich, "Sniper in the Line of Fire", Pete Postelswhite, "In the Name of the Father". As their names were pronounced one by one, the screen next to them also showed their appearance in the play.

"Well, you're definitely getting a little impatient. Marisa Tomei, the winner of Best Supporting Actress last year, immediately opened the envelope, "Well, the winner of Best Supporting Actor is, Tommy Lee Jones "The Outlaw"!"

The crew of "The Outlaw" cheered, and Tommy Lee Jones waved his fist excitedly, hugged the rest of the crew, and celebrated his victory.

Wang Jie shrugged his shoulders, and then joined Hanks and the others to comfort Gary Sinnis. Sinis is actually very good, if the public relations efforts are bigger, he will use the advantage of "Forrest Gump", maybe he can win this award.

It's a pity that the public relations goals of Lianmei are mainly on the best film, best director and best actor, even if there are extra resources, they are also placed on the best supporting actress, and Sinnis's own public relations is not enough, and the probability of defeat naturally increases a lot. Sinniz himself probably knew this, and immediately responded to everyone's concern with a smile, but the loss in his eyes was still obvious when he knew it.

After a few words of relief, Wang Jie stopped talking, Sinnis's defeat is a good thing for "Forrest Gump", although many movies have won several awards at the same time, but there are very few who win Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. These are very important awards and are not given to the same film at the same time, unless there are very special circumstances. If Sinnis really wins Best Supporting Actor, then Hanks' Best Actor and Wang Jie's Best Director may have an accident.

Of course, now this accident is gone, so Wang Jie quickly focused on the next awards.

After Whoopi Goldberg took the stage and teased again, last year's Best Supporting Actor winner Gene Hackman walked onto the stage, the old man dressed in a formal suit with a bow at the neckline, not at all like someone who was almost 60.

"As we all know, the performance of the male and female protagonists is sometimes decisive for a movie, but there must also be important supporting characters who can be around them well. For example, Tommy and the other four nominees, or ...... now," Gene Hackman said, looking at the screen next to him, "Anna Paquin, who did a great job of showing the demeanor of a woman in "Piano Love", Winona Ryder, who gave a perfect and sad performance in "The Age of Innocence", Emma Thompson, who is the great daughter of "In the Name of the Father", and Rosie Pelez, who could not have imagined that she had the soul of "Dreadnought" in her petite body. ”

The screen is split into fives, showing each of the five nominees, sitting in their seats excitedly, trance-likely, or pretending to be calm, waiting for Gene Hackman to announce the answer.

"The winner is—" After opening the envelope, the old man deliberately dragged out his voice, and glanced around slyly before reading out his name: "Anna Paquin "Piano Love"!"

Anna Paquin's eyes widened and she stared at the stage in disbelief, until her lover who was sitting next to her hugged her and kissed her excitedly on the face.

After taking the Golden Man representing Best Supporting Actress from Gene Hackman, Anna Paquin, who stood behind the microphone, was supposed to give a thank-you speech, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't speak, her misty eyes widened, and her chest rose and fell violently, as if she would cry with joy at any moment. This again drew a lot of laughter, and then a burst of applause of encouragement rang out, and many people joined in, and in the end it seemed to be able to lift the ceiling of the auditorium.

"Thank you, thank you very much. Anna Paquin finally spoke, clutching the trophy with one hand and pressing it to her heart, pursing her lips, tears glistening in her eyes, trying to suppress her excitement.

"I should have said something, but...... I really didn't expect that I would actually win this award...... Though...... Although I keep telling myself that you are the best, that you can definitely do it, but ......" Anna Paquinn's throat twitched slightly, as if she didn't know what to say, "thank you, thank you my love, thank you producers, thank you directors, thank you to those who helped me, thank you, thank you!"

At this point she took two steps back, bowed to the audience, and walked off the stage to a round of applause.

After the small climax, two songs and dances were performed, and several less important awards were awarded, and the best artistic direction fell to "The Age of Innocence", and "Forrest Gump", "Orlando", and "Farewell to Love" were unexpectedly all lost. The same goes for Best Score, which was taken home by The Lion King, the pinnacle of Disney's 2D animation.

It's really depressing, what do the three crews think, but Wang Jie doesn't think so. The longer the history of the competition for best art direction, the easier it is to win, and of the several nominated films, "The Age of Innocence," which tells the story of a love triangle that took place in New York high society in the 1870s, is relatively old.

As for the best soundtrack, I have to admit that "The Lion King" is indeed very good, otherwise it would not have the title of the pinnacle of 2D animation - and it is also the last glory of Disney in 2D animation. Especially the majestic soundtrack with a strong African flavor at the beginning of the film is really exciting, you know, they won a full three nominations for Best Song!

This was followed by a small climax, and although the weight of the awards to be presented was not as heavy as that of Best Supporting Actor and Actress, it was enough to attract the attention of many people.

"What do we need first when we make a film, money, actors, or ......," Whoopi Goldberg on stage asks in a fumbled way, "the script?"

As she spoke, she looked around, and suddenly clapped her hands to show an annoyed look: "Okay, everyone, can't you answer such a simple question?" Of course it's the script, don't you decide without reading the script when you choose a role?!"

The look of hatred suddenly caused a burst of laughter in the hall.

"Okay, so let's have Mr. Jeremy Irons present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Letterman then announced.

After some teasing, Jeremy Irons pronounced the name of the winner: "Forrest Gump, King Rothschild." ”