In fact, there is a bigger beneficiary hidden behind it - Miramax Company, because "The Pianist" and actress Nicole. "All the Time" starring Kidman is also a masterpiece of the company. ¥°F Top Novel,

A few years ago, Miramax was a small, obscure film distribution company. Since the late 90s of the last century, the company has successively introduced overseas masterpieces such as "Shakespeare's Love History", "Beautiful Life" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which has made the company's value rise sharply.

Until last year, they invested $45 million to create the most luxurious "Chicago", and it was a success again, and its unique vision of material selection and unique operation method have become a new model of "small soldiers do big things" among many Hollywood studios today.

Harvey, a big fat man, now has the ability to create the Oscar bloodbath, which has to be impressive. Along with Matrix, Miramax is known as the most promising independent production company.

Although most of the movies produced by the matrix are big-budget blockbusters, because of Chen Tiandu's relationship, they did not fall far behind in the Oscars.

It is worth mentioning that "Hero" also entered the Oscars. But Miramax only focused on another box office blockbuster, Italian actor Robert Bernini's "New Pinocchio," whose failure caught the company off guard, and the company's apparent lack of vigor and initiative in the promotional campaign for "Heroes" led to a frustration in the battle for best foreign language film.

The Matrix Company is not a shaved head, it is not Natalie Portman, the Best Actress was picked by "Fake Nose" Nicole Kidman with "Moment to Moment", and the words of "Little Jewish Witch" came true.

It was Chen Tiandu who won the award. Best Original Screenplay Golden Man.

"Four nominations. Won three times. Chen Tiandu is already a frequent visitor to the Oscars. It also set a record, for the first time in five consecutive years, that someone has won so many awards for best screenplay.

This data and qualifications completely make people ignore his 28-year-old age. It is amazing what this young man has achieved in terms of the quality of the film.

In the applause of more than 3,000 people, Chen Tiandu, who was dressed in a handsome black suit, came to the stage to take over the little golden man. Everyone is waiting for his acceptance speech, what this Chinese will say.

He tossed the little golden man, handed it from his left hand to his right hand, and said with a smile: "It's still so weighty." ”

There was a soft smile from the audience.

Applause rang out again. Everyone who knows him, knows that this Steve is Steve Spielberg.

"In my eyes, cinema is all about waiting. If you want to make a movie, but you don't have a good script, wait. If you have a good script, but don't invest in it, wait. If you have a good script and investment, but Tom-Cruise is not willing to act, wait. ”

"I'm kind of a lucky man. It was a script at the beginning of the day. Before I came to Hollywood, I thought that was it. If the script is well written, you will succeed. Unfortunately, I found out that this was not the case, and I realized how lucky I was. Thanks thank you Steve, he got me started. The dream made me persevere, and step by step to get to where I am today. Thanks to the association, they are so fond of me as a young man. Thank you all, thank you! ”

He held the little golden figure high and shook it.

Just like on the Golden Globe Awards, free and easy, chic.

The Oscars are over, and the American media has focused on the dark horse of "The Pianist" and "Chicago".

The Chinese paid attention to Chen Tiandu's award again, and waved his hand dashingly. Pay attention to "Hero" and once again lose the Oscar stage.

Hollywood Chinese-American producer Luo Yan pointed out very simply: "2003 should not have come." It's a better option for "Hero" to compete for next year's Oscars. Production of "Heroes" ended in November 2002, and there was not enough time for marketing. At this point, already lost to competitors. ”

In an interview with reporters a month ago, Luo Yan admitted frankly that she had seen most of the films running for this year's Oscars, but she had not yet had the opportunity to enjoy "Hero".

And Miramax, the distributor of "Heroes" in the United States, has three films competing for the Oscars in 200, and the company is betting on two other films - "Chicago" and "Gangs of New York". In this case, you can only endure the pain of "Hero". Several other Chinese members of the American Film Institute, Xie Jin, Chen Kaige, Gong Li, and Gu Changwei, did not participate in the movie-watching activities for various reasons, so they lost the opportunity to vote for "Hero".

Renshang lost again, and even the Chinese themselves did not go to help, how could they win.

Again, the oriental flavor is too strong, and the location is lacking.

A Hollywood filmmaker who has watched "Hero" said: Compared with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the latter is for Westerners, while "Hero" is for Easterners.

The contract signed between the Li case and the film company stipulated that the film company would carry out a lot of publicity for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so much so that the Li case made a lot of concessions on the filming cost of the film. Insiders said that the Li case was even making a film with his own money.

A person of Chinese descent in Hollywood circles said: When Li Case wrote the script of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he first completed it in English and then translated it into Chinese. Many of the expressions and details of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" cater to American tastes. The Chinese-American said that Hollywood filmmakers were puzzled by some of the Chinese expressions in "Heroes." So much so that when the film's American distributor screened the film in Hollywood, it had to ask someone to explain the plot to the professionals.

At the beginning of the release of "Hero", Chen Tiandu intended to help promote "Hero" to the United States. It's a pity that Zhang Weiping chose Miramax and rejected the matrix.

In the eyes of people now, this move is simply self-inflicted and short-sighted!

It is true that "Hero" broke Chen Tiandu's box office record in the mainland, but the so-called propaganda of "Hero" and the so-called card piracy methods are all moves left by Chen Tiandu before. It can be said that the success of "Hero" is also thanks to the domestic market that Chen Tiandu helped create.

Now that he is worried about the matrix, he chooses Miramax, which is simply self-inflicted.

The domestic media also went to the United States to find out, and found that the film was basically unknown in the United States. While marveling at the grandeur of "Hero" and the beautiful cinematography, the Hollywood filmmakers interviewed by this reporter thought that the film was not very successful in its commercial promotion and marketing operations in the United States.

Zhang Yimou is one of the most famous Chinese directors in Hollywood; Li Lianjie became popular in the United States with his martial arts kung fu, and his salary has reached tens of millions of dollars; Many Americans can more accurately call Zhang Ziyi's name. However, many Americans did not know that there was such a Chinese film as "Hero", let alone that these big-name stars appeared in the film.

What would be the result if it was handed over to matrix promotion?

There is no if in reality, so even if Zhang Yimou filmed "Hero", he couldn't surpass Chen Tiandu.

Now that China is preparing for the 08 Olympic Games, the topic of the selection of the director of the Olympic Games is once again noisy. CCTV specially came to a group of surveys, and the people's opinions were on. Chen Tiandu was far ahead with 80% of the votes, followed by Zhang Yimou, Li Case, Chen Kaige and others.

This is also very much in line with the meaning of the Olympic Organizing Committee. They immediately announced to the public that they were approaching director Chen Tiandu and invited him to shoot a promotional video for the Olympic Games in Beijing. There will also be an 8-minute performance at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Although it is only 2003, it is not too early for the Chinese people who are accustomed to preparing in advance.

Chen Tiandu did receive the invitation, but he did not immediately agree, saying that he would consider it. The main thing is that this thing must take up time, and his schedule is too full.

In the end, after thinking twice, he found a CCTV reporter and sincerely recommended Zhang Yimou to the organizing committee in front of the camera as the 8-minute director of the closing ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games.

"I am very honored to be invited, it is a great honor, and I am very grateful to the people of my country for voting for me. But after thinking about it, I still think that someone is more suitable than me. The director of the stage of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games should think more carefully. First, after all, I am not very old, and my directing style is more Western, and I don't have a deep understanding of domestic traditional culture. Secondly, due to personal reasons, the work schedule is too full, which makes it impossible to devote himself to this work. If I can't prepare for the closing ceremony, I will feel guilty and disappointed. ”

"Also, I don't have much experience on this kind of large-scale stage, and director Zhang Yimou should be more suitable than me. Therefore, I sincerely recommend Director Zhang Yimou to the organizing committee for this position. At the same time, I have continued to study myself, hoping to contribute to the country in the next 08 Olympic Games. If Director Zhang needs it, I am very willing to serve as a deputy. ”

After this video was exposed in China, it sparked a wave of praise.

Let's see, what kind of mentality people have.

are all such great directors, and they are so modest.

After the organizing committee learned Chen Tiandu's true thoughts, he had no choice but to invite Zhang Yimou again. In fact, all over the country, only Zhang Yimou is the most suitable. Chen Kaige is almost there, and the Li case is even more reassuring, he is an American citizen.

Zhang Yimou is quite depressed, with the help of "Hero", he has become one of the biggest directors, and he has been even more beautiful recently. As a result, if you are not careful, it actually becomes a spare tire. But he couldn't refuse. If he dares to say the word "no" at this moment, he is guaranteed to be sprayed with blood on his face by the Chinese people.

What's more, Chen Tiandu said very sincerely, he couldn't blame Chen Tiandu for putting such a big honor on himself.

"Take it."

And so it was settled

After Chen Tiandu participated in the Oscars, he did not immediately return to the crew to shoot the final stage, but came to the scene of the second season of "American Idol". (To be continued......)