Chapter 282: Oscar Night (4)
Since there is no original book, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was shortlisted for Best Original Screenplay rather than Best Adapted Screenplay. Gu Wenwu was shortlisted for this nomination, which also let everyone know that Gu Wenwu is not only an excellent director, but also a first-class screenwriter.
Joining "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as a finalist for Best Original Screenplay are "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "Inflatable Doll Love" and "Food Story." Gu Wenwu didn't care too much about the next three films, in his opinion, his main competitor was "Juno". A low-budget comedy movie like this, without a strong creative lineup, can cause such a big response, which must be unique in the plot. So this movie is really a fierce rival.
But Gu Wenwu didn't know that the production company of "Juno" was his partner, Searchlight Pictures. And the main film of Searchlight Pictures at this year's Oscars is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
As the saying goes, you can't have both fish and bear's paws. Moss is a smart man, and instead of spreading his power and letting others take advantage of it, it is better to focus on one film from the beginning. Thus, "Juno" fell victim to it. Originally, if the two movies were fair competition, it was not known who would have killed the deer. But in this situation, the victory or defeat becomes somewhat obvious.
"The winner of Best Original Screenplay is, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Wenwu Gu." Seth Rogan reads out the winners on the card.
Gu Wenwu's long-lasting calmness finally broke through, and he laughed, laughing very happily. Why don't you laugh, at this moment, you should laugh.
Waving his hand at the camera, Gu Wenwu tidied up his clothes, and then strode onto the stage amid warm applause.
It's not the first time he's won an award, but the Oscars are obviously a little special. Taking over the little golden man from the hands of the award presenters, Gu Wenwu walked to the microphone and delivered his acceptance speech.
Because he had to say it in Chinese and English, he didn't say at length: "Thank you for your applause, your applause made me understand that I didn't have auditory hallucinations, thanks to the academy, this award is a recognition of me, but also a recognition of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", thank you to all the members of the crew, without your efforts, there would be no this award, thank you!" ”
The English learned by surprise is very useful, at least Gu Wenwu, who could barely pass level 4 in English before, can already speak this English testimonial fluently.
So far, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won three awards. And this is when the other seven awards have not yet been revealed. Everyone knows that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a dark horse, but no one expected that this movie would be so black. Could it be that this Oscar will be a one-man show of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?
The awarding continues. The following Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Synthesis, and Best Sound Editing are all awards that have nothing to do with it. After a halftime performance, the award for Best Original Music began, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was again shortlisted.
"The winner of Best Original Music was FallingSloly, "Ever." The results were announced, and there were all disappointed and happy, and there were many people who were relieved, and it was finally not "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to win the award again.
"Oh, that's a pity."
"It's okay, if you lose this kind of small award, you will lose it, and there are still six nominations."
"It's just that it's impossible for one person to take advantage of good things."
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This is probably the most harmonious online commentary. Netizens unexpectedly did not quarrel, and their attitudes were understanding and accepting. As netizens said, for movies, the award for Best Original Music doesn't seem to be so important.
There are only 24 awards in the Academy Awards, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been shortlisted for ten, which means that there will be shortlisted awards every few unrelated awards. With the sincerity of the Oscars, six of the ten shortlisted awards for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have been announced. After the best editing and best soundtrack were revealed, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did not win an award. What is being awarded now is the best foreign language film.
"The film that won the best foreign language film was, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'"
The results were announced, which immediately detonated the emotions of domestic audiences and netizens, and reached the high point. As the saying goes, the text seems to look at the mountains and does not like the flat, if you want to look good, you must have ** and troughs. The previous loss of three consecutive awards is the trough, and the winning of the best foreign language film is a new **.
"Well done!"
"I know how "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can have such combat effectiveness."
"Come on, Gu Wenwu, you are the most handsome!"
"Win the best director, let Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang take a good look at what a domestic blockbuster is."
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Gu Wenwu, who represented the entire crew, took the stage again and took over the second statuette. This time, his testimonial was much simpler, that is, he thanked the entire crew for their efforts, and at the same time thanked the academy for their affirmation.
There are already four awards, and it will soon surpass the record of the Li case. Gu Wenwu thought silently.
Of the seven awards, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four, leaving the three most important awards: Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture. What will be the result of these three awards, but there is no longer to wait. Because this year's Oscars are coming to an end.
"The winner of Best Actress is, 'La Vie en Rose,' Marion Gloria, let's congratulate Marion."
When the new actress heard the result, she couldn't believe it at first, and the people around her hugged her one after another to make her understand that she had not heard it wrong. Marion's best award before was the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, but she didn't expect this Oscar to win the throne of the actress in one fell swoop. Although I had already prepared, when it came time to give a speech on stage, I was still so excited that I couldn't help myself, so that the lines were intermittent.
Zhang Ziyi looked at Marion, with an undisguised look of envy on her face. This is the lifelong pursuit of every actress, and it would be too fake to say that she is not envious.
"Director Gu, you said that our film was shortlisted for ten nominations, why is there no Best Actress?" Zhang Ziyi's resentful way. Even if you can't win the prize, it's good to have a nomination, yes, at least it's a consolation prize.
"I didn't run this academy, I thought that all of us could be shortlisted for the award, but what I thought didn't work." Gu Wenwu said that he was also helpless.
"I don't care, anyway, Director Gu, you owe me an Oscar nomination, and if you have a good work in the future, Director Gu can't forget me." Zhang Ziyi said.
"Haha, I think you should tell Director Zhang Yimou more about this, what do you say, Brother Fa?" Gu Wenwu laughed.
"Well, that's what I thought too." Zhou Yunfa agreed.
With such a distraction, Zhou Yanfa's tension was greatly reduced, even if the best actor award was announced next.