Chapter 363: Bombardment of Ang Lee
Grabbing the heavy little golden man in one hand, Murphy unfolded the note with the other. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
To make the ceremony more compact and to ameliorate the Oscars' widely criticized slowness and lengthiness, the Academy gave each winner only 40 seconds to deliver their acceptance speeches.
"I'm sorry...... Murphy began his acceptance speech, but the first sentence was an apology, "I failed to achieve my goal of breaking up fifteen million couples and couples in North America." ”
Bursts of laughter rang out from below the stage, which was clearly a joke.
"However, I'm glad to see that a couple and couple have watched 'Gone Girl' and can continue to walk together." Murphy turned to look at where Gal Gadot was, "So, I'm standing here thanks to one person, the most important person in my life. ”
Although she didn't say her name directly, Gal Gadot knew that the person in Murphy's mouth was herself, and she covered her mouth, her shoulders trembling slightly, looking very excited.
The first person Murphy thanked was her, enough to testify to how important she was to him.
There was a round of applause around him, which led to applause from the entire theater, and Gal Gadot controlled his emotions, holding back the droplets of water that wanted to pour out of his eyes, and also gently clapped his palms hard.
Time was limited, so Murphy quickened his words, "Thank you to the Academy and the judges, this award is the best recognition for me. ”
He looked at the notes and said, "Thank you Bill Rosses, it's so rare to have such a great agent as you." Thank you Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill, you are four jerks, but you are my brothers. Thank you Charlize Theron, you have brought the role of Amy to life. Thank you to everyone in the crew, your support is the key to the success of the film. Thank you Carla Firth, you are my mentor and friend. Thank you to my friend, you have been silently caring for me and supporting me......"
Since it is difficult to mention Ross directly, Murphy can only express it in this subtle way.
"Thank you!"
Murphy bowed slightly, pinched the time to end his acceptance speech, and walked backstage with Scarlett Johansson, led by the master of ceremonies.
He didn't know Scarlett Johansson, and the polite greetings were already done on stage, and there was no more superfluous communication.
Backstage, Murphy accepted a routine interview with the organizers, saying things like "it's nice to win" and "thank you for the recognition of the college", and then returned to the theater.
The award ceremony has come to an end.
This year's Oscars seem destined not to make any film a real big winner, and the rhythm of the cake continues, with "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash" taking away Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, respectively, but winning nothing in the heavyweight Best Actor and Best Actress awards.
"The list of nominees for Best Actor is ......"
Hilary Swank joined the big screen to introduce the list of nominees, "Philip Seymour Hoffman "Capote", James Franco "Gone Girl", Joaquin Phoenix "Unstoppable", David Straitzern "Good Night, Good Luck" ......"
Listening to the list of nominees, James Franco is very calm compared to the others, and he is well aware that the possibility of winning an award is infinitely tending to zero.
It is true that the final winner read from the mouth of Hillary Swank is not him.
"The Oscar winner is Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Capote.'"
This actor, who can beat James Franco in seconds just in terms of age and qualifications, won the first Oscar in his life.
However, perhaps Jon Stewart's ridicule is more interesting than his dry acceptance speech.
"Capote showed the nation that not all gay people are cowboys, and that some are sissy New York intellectuals."
Everything is moving in the direction of Murphy's memory, Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress, and Hollywood has completed another metamorphosis at the Oscars.
When Dustin Hoffman stood on the stage with a large envelope, whether the Chinese could lift the first Oscar for Best Director was about to be revealed.
"The following five directors have made wonderful films for us in the past year."
Listening to Dustin Hoffman's list read out, Murphy turned his head to look at the crew of "Brokeback Mountain", Ang Lee's face was tense, full of nervousness.
"Ann Lee 'Brokeback Mountain', Murphy Stanton 'Gone Girl', George Clooney 'Good Night, Good Luck', Steven Spielberg's 'Munich', Paul Haggis 'Crash'......"
Looking back from the other side, Murphy felt Gal Gadot hold his hand, and she said comfortingly, "Honey, you're still young, there's always a chance." ”
"I understand." Murphy nodded slightly
That being said, it is absolutely impossible for Murphy to be nominated for Best Director for the first time, and he is not nervous or eager, even if he already knows that he will not win.
"The winner of Best Director is ......" Dustin Hoffman didn't make anyone wait, opening the envelope and reading, "Ann Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"! ”
Murphy and Gal Gadot slowly stood up with the people standing in the back row, clapping their palms lightly, and watched the first Chinese director walk onto the stage of the Oscar for Best Director.
"Now the best director goes to Ahn Lee."
Looking at the director who was receiving the award on the stage and preparing to speak, Gal Gadot suddenly said softly, "Then according to convention, the possibility of "Brokeback Mountain" winning the best picture should be very large." ”
"Honey." After sitting down, Murphy raised his index finger and shook it lightly, "The meaning of the Oscar cake this time is too obvious, the probability of "Crash" will be greater, and the theme is more in line with the taste of the Oscars." ”
With that, he quieted down, and Ang Lee began his acceptance speech.
"First of all, thank you to the many ...... who were present and not present," Ang Lee continued, after reading out a long list of lists, "The film is neither about homosexuality, women, love, but love itself." Thank you all for your support, thank you to my wife and son, I love you and I will always be with you. Although my father passed away during this time, I would like to thank my mother at home. ”
Speaking of this, he changed into Murphy's unusually cordial Chinese, "and compatriots from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the mainland." Finally, thank you all for your concern! ”
Although this is a standard yellow-skinned white heart, Murphy was the first to clap his palm when he heard the last Chinese, and the applause was unusually loud.
Gal Gadot, who was next to him, knew him very well, and couldn't help but glance at Murphy in surprise, she could feel that Murphy was congratulating from the bottom of her heart, not routinely.
"When did he become interested in films like Brokeback Mountain?"
She was quite confused, but the best picture was about to be awarded, so she shook her head and threw it again.
The awards ceremony came to an end, and when Jack Nicholson opened the envelope and read out the answer, the crew of "Crash", which was the most attended by the award ceremony, was full of joy, and they staged a big comeback at the last moment to win the Best Picture statuette.
The Oscar has always been the Oscar of the United States, and it will never be separated from the influence of politics and the main theme of the United States, "Crash" is a specimen Oscar proposition essay, suspense, thriller, racial issues, and human nature discussion, and it is only natural to get the best picture.
Don't forget, although there are a bunch of gay groups out there supporting "Brokeback Mountain", there are also many people who oppose it, and the more than 100,000 people of the Anti-Gay League have signed an opposition to it, and Oscar can't turn a blind eye.
Besides, "Crash" tells the story of a racial confrontation that takes place in Los Angeles, and a considerable number of film school judges are either Los Angeles-natives or live in the Los Angeles area, and under similar PR conditions, you can imagine how these people will choose.
This year's Oscars came to an end, and Murphy won the first Oscar statuette in his life, but many media questioned this best original screenplay, thinking that "Gone Girl" defeated "Crash", and there must be an ulterior shady scene in it.
However, there are very few such voices, as the mainstream media is all focused on "Crash" and "Brokeback Mountain".
Unlike Murphy's entire team, which is very united, with multiple factors such as the uneven distribution of spoils at the Oscars, both crews have experienced serious infighting.
Bob Illey, one of the producers of "Crash", was not selected to speak at the Oscars, and even took the Producers League, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and his crew to court at the same time, because according to the rules of the Oscars, only two representatives can be selected to take the stage to give speeches for the best picture award, and the producers' union and crew selected the film's writer and director, Paul Haggis, and another female producer, Cathy Heuleman, so Illy failed to do so.
However, the 'plaintiff' Illy, who caused the incident, is also the defendant, the female producer Hulman, who gave a speech on stage, and then sued him for "fraud, breach of contract" and other reasons.
"Brokeback Mountain" did not go to court, but the leading actor and director directly turned against each other.
Heath Ledger, who played the starring role, was quite annoyed that he failed to win the best actor, his personality was already quirky, and he directly bombarded director Ang Lee in the media, saying that he did not give him any help in filming, and he also left him aside when he won the award, and he was not mentioned in the final acceptance speech.
The discord between this crew has actually been rumored for a long time, and many media have reported that Heath Ledger has stopped talking to Ang Lee since the beginning of the publicity period.
However, Ang Lee has already won the best director statuette, and he doesn't bother to care about this kind of thing, so he didn't make any response at all, and a slap didn't make a sound, and Heath Ledger soon died down.
But the turmoil caused by the Oscars did not end there, and the IRS seemed to be not lively enough and stepped in to intervene.
(Heath-Ledger did bombard Ang Lee.) (To be continued.) )