Chapter 840: Unprecedented

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Billy Crystal teased all the nominated films with a hilarious song, and the awards ceremony officially began. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Julie Andrews, a veteran Hollywood actress who has participated in "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music", first took the stage to present an Oscar honor to Hollywood director Michael Kidd.

Then the second award involved "Titanic", the best costume design.

Julia stepped onto the podium as the guest of honor and began to introduce the list of nominees, and the atmosphere in the auditorium seemed to be much quieter at this moment.

Although almost everyone predicted that "Titanic" would be the biggest winner tonight, the result was not settled for a minute, and variables and suspense were always there. The few films that have been nominated are obviously not comparable to "Titanic" in terms of costume design, and if "Titanic" can't get this 'good start', then the results of its remaining 13 nominations will also be overshadowed.

The Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design are Sandy Powell, Shakespeare, Paul Brown, The Blue Storm, Ruth Myers, Emma, Alexandra Blaney, Hamlet and Deborah Scott, Titanic. ”

Clips of the corresponding movie's gorgeous costumes flashed on the big screen one by one, and then, Julia opened the envelope in front of her and glanced at the results, but instead of immediately approaching the microphone, she subconsciously looked at Eric's side with a smile on her face.

Eric immediately understood, and gestured to Julia while the live camera hadn't swept over.

Although some people in the stadium noticed this brief detail, except for Eric himself, most people would only subconsciously take this smile as a congratulation.

Receiving Eric's prompt, Julia immediately approached the microphone as if nothing had happened, and announced: "The Oscars will go to Deborah Scott, "Titanic". ”

As expected, the auditorium immediately burst into warm applause.

In the back of the auditorium, a woman in her early forties stood up excitedly, hugged her husband, and walked to the front row where the creators of "Titanic" were sitting, shaking hands and hugging everyone one by one. Eric, who was sitting in the middle of the third row, also stood up and reached over to shake hands with Deborah Scott in the aisle to congratulate her.

With the good start of the best costume design, "Titanic" finally won three technical awards in a row: best editing, best sound effects, and best visual effects.

After another award for Best Foreign Language Film that had nothing to do with "Titanic" was awarded, the polite Pierce Brosnan took the stage to introduce Celine Dion on stage to perform the theme song "My Heart Is Eternal" of "Titanic".

The heavenly music echoed in the Great Hall of the Holy Citizens, and Eric thought that the organizers would take the opportunity to award the best original song, but unexpectedly, it was Nicolas Cage who took the stage and introduced the nomination for Best Actress.

There are no overwhelming nominees in the five nominees for this year's edition.

In this case, if it weren't for the birth of "Titanic", with Miramax's strong public relations ability, Julia may have a great chance to reach the top of the actress throne.

However, under the strong performance of "Titanic", Miramax gave up the public relations of "Shakespeare in Love" in order to save money and network resources, and the possibility of Julia getting the actress has plummeted.

As for Rachel Weisz, although her performance in the movie is much better than Xiao Lizi, for such a newcomer who has just entered Hollywood, a nomination for an Oscar for Best Actress is already the best reward for her, and if she wants to win the award, her hope is much slimmer than that of Julia.

Firefly's PR strategy didn't put much effort into Rachel's nomination either.

In the end, the award for Best Actress fell to Francis McDormand, the heroine of "Ice Storm", the Hollywood actress debuted with the Coen Brothers' neodymium work "Blood Labyrinth", and many years later, won the Oscar for Best Actress again with the Coen Brothers' film, which is also a beautiful talk.

In the next few awards, Best Art Direction and Best Original Screenplay once again added two statuettes to "Titanic".

When Cameron walked backstage with the golden figure in his hand amid everyone's warm applause, Eric raised his hand to look at the table below, and the award ceremony went on exactly an hour.

It seems that the organizers have put a lot of thought into the order of the awards this time for the sake of ratings.

Eric couldn't help but guess that the award for Best Original Song related to him might be awarded in an hour and a half or two hours.

As Eric thought about it, the next presenter, Courtney Love, began to announce the nominees for Best Makeup.

Eric immediately perked up.

Because of this award, it is crucial for whether "Titanic" can break the record of 11 Oscars won by "Ben Hur" that year.

Among the 14 nominations for "Titanic", in addition to Rachel's nomination for Best Actress, there is basically no hope, according to the initial evaluation, there are two other variables that affect whether the final number of awards for the film can break the record of "Ben Hur", one is the best supporting actress, and the other is the best makeup.

Although "Titanic" has an overwhelming advantage over other nominees in terms of costume design, the advantage in actor makeup is not obvious, because there is another very important competitor in the same period, that is, "Fat Professor" released by Universal Pictures last summer, Eddie Murphy, a black actor with a standard figure, brilliantly performed a big fat man of more than 200 pounds through makeup in "Fat Professor".

However, there are only three films nominated for Best Makeup, "Titanic", "Fat Professor" and "Star Trek: First Contact".

After introducing the nominated film, Courtney Love opened the envelope in his hand, and Eric couldn't help but shake the little hand of the girl next to him.

"Well, the Oscars will go to you," Kourtney Love smiled and paused, reading out the list of winners: "Tina Earnshaw, Gray Canon, Simon Thompson, "Titanic, congratulations." ”

The auditorium burst into applause again, and the three award-winning makeup artists walked to the stage one after another.

This is already the seventh Oscar statuette of "Titanic", and the guests on the scene are already in a state of numbness, and most people don't know what this statuette may mean to "Titanic".

After congratulating the three makeup artists, Eric and several of the film's core creators sat down again, including Cameron, and the two producers, Jon Landau and William Stewart, all looked at him, and several of them exchanged excited glances.

The six statuettes before the Best Makeup award are a clear indication that the Oscar jury has compromised with the huge commercial success of "Titanic". The biggest suspense of "Titanic" at this awards ceremony is whether it can break the record of 11 Oscars created by "Ben Hur".

When the uncertain little golden figure of best makeup arrived, perhaps most of the guests present and the audience eagerly waiting for the final result in front of the TV did not understand what this award meant, but the main creators and public relations team of "Titanic", who had gone through countless results deduction in the public relations stage, were very clear about the meaning of this award. Winning the best award almost means that "Titanic" is likely to win 12 statuettes in the end, creating a new record in the history of the Oscars.

As Eric had guessed, two hours into the ceremony, veteran Hollywood actress Goldie Han took the stage to present the award for Best Original Song.

Eric initially wanted Cameron, James Horner and the three of them to sign the award.

After all, he only wrote the lyrics and score, and the arrangement and recording of the song was entirely done by Cameron and James Horner. When it comes to Eric's current status, he can't care whether he has an Oscar alone, but when applying for the award, Cameron and James Horner both declined the signature of the award, and the public relations team also felt that Eric's signature alone was more beneficial to the public relations and later publicity of the award, so he was the only one on the final list.

Before this award, Madonna had just taken the stage to perform the most threatening song "You Must Love Me" in the movie "Madame Peron", which is the most threatening to "My Heart Eternal", obviously, this is a link deliberately created by the Oscar organizers in order to create suspense, but there is no suspense to solve.

Godie Han quickly opened the envelope and announced the result: "The Oscars will go to Eric Williams, "My Heart Lasts Forever." ”

The warmest applause from the opening of the award ceremony to the present was heard, and there were even some cheers from others.

Eric got up with a smile, hugged the girl next to him, left his seat, and greeted Cameron, Jon Landau, William Stewart, Rachel and others one by one, and then stepped lightly onto the stage.

After receiving the little golden figure handed over by Goldie Han, Eric hugged the first-generation American sweetheart who was still in style, and then walked to the microphone.

As Eric stepped up to the microphone, the applause that had fallen back became enthusiastic again.

"Thank you, thank you," Eric politely expressed his gratitude, patiently waiting for the applause to stop, before squeezing the little golden figure in his hand and jokingly, "I think I should make a statement in advance, actually, I'm a director." ”

After a short silence, the guests quickly understood the self-mockery in Eric's words and laughed one after another.

Eric is a director, and no one doubts that he is definitely one of the best directors in Hollywood.

However, coupled with the fact that now, standing on the Oscar podium twice, Eric has won awards that have nothing to do with Best Director, which has to be said to be a very interesting thing.

At the same time as delivering his acceptance speech, Eric himself couldn't help but think of the joke he made with the girl when he tried on clothes two days ago, whether he would really take the Oscar corner award again, although the performance awards, Eric definitely didn't have much hope, and he was not very interested in these awards, but in addition to the best screenplay, best soundtrack, and technical awards such as best editing, he was still confident to impact it.

After a brief speech, Eric walked backstage with Godie Han.

After sitting for two hours, Eric did not rush back to the auditorium, and after ordering the nameplate for the little golden figure and giving a short interview, Eric came to the lounge.

There are also many guests in the lounge who are lazy and do not rush to the auditorium, and Oscar has a special seat filler, which is to occupy the original seats when the guests leave, so as not to make the empty seats appear abrupt.

After Eric appeared, everyone eagerly gathered to say hello, after all, Eric's current identity is not just a director, even if he is familiar in front of him, he will get unexpected benefits in the future.

Eric had just spoken to Al Pacino when he remembered a soft female voice.

"Hey, Eric, congratulations. ”

Eric turned around and saw that Madonna, who had just performed "You Must Love Me" on stage, had changed into another dress and was smiling behind him in such a short time.

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However, coupled with the fact that now, standing on the Oscar podium twice, Eric has won awards that have nothing to do with Best Director, which has to be said to be a very interesting thing.

At the same time as delivering his acceptance speech, Eric himself couldn't help but think of the joke he made with the girl when he tried on clothes two days ago, whether he would really take the Oscar corner award again, although the performance awards, Eric definitely didn't have much hope, and he was not very interested in these awards, but in addition to the best screenplay, best soundtrack, and technical awards such as best editing, he was still confident to impact it.

After a brief speech, Eric walked backstage with Godie Han.

After sitting for two hours, Eric did not rush back to the auditorium, and after ordering the nameplate for the little golden figure and giving a short interview, Eric came to the lounge.

There are also many guests in the lounge who are lazy and do not rush to the auditorium, and Oscar has a special seat filler, which is to occupy the original seats when the guests leave, so as not to make the empty seats appear abrupt.

After Eric appeared, everyone eagerly gathered to say hello, after all, Eric's current identity is not just a director, even if he is familiar in front of him, he will get unexpected benefits in the future.

Eric had just spoken to Al Pacino when he remembered a soft female voice.

"Hey, Eric, congratulations. ”

Eric turned around and saw that Madonna, who had just performed "You Must Love Me" on stage, had changed into another dress and was smiling behind him in such a short time. (To be continued.) )