Chapter 68: Best Movie
Thanks to the Horseless Horseman 2 for the tip.
After the Best Newcomer Award was awarded, several technical awards were presented.
Best Cinematography: Li Cuiming, "Waiting for the Dawn";
Best editing: Zhang Yaozong "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers";
Best Art Direction: Zhang Shuping's "Years Like Water";
Best Action Direction: Cheng Jiaban's "Police Story";
Best Music: Lin Minyi "Love in a Fallen City";
Best Movie Song: Diary of a Teenage Girl "Chance Encounter".
"How about Sister Qingxia, I'm not wrong, right?"
"You don't matter, do you?" Lin Qingxia didn't care about the surprise in her heart, and asked carefully.
"Do you mean those two awards? It's nothing, I'm a director, not an editor or a cinematographer. β
Among these awards, "Police Story" was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Editing, but in the end, they all missed the trophy. Lin Qingxia was worried that Chen Ping'an would be unhappy, in fact, Chen Ping'an knew that his photography and editing skills could only be said to be decent, so he didn't have much hope for these two awards, and the later awards were the highlight!
There is another thing that he said, "Police Story" won the best action director, Cheng Long took the stage to accept the award instead of Cheng's class, and then ...... I couldn't go back to the crew of "Plan A", so I could only sit next to Chen Ping'an with the trophy, and Chen Ping'an also teased him a few words, which made the people next to him cover their mouths and laugh.
Next up is the Best Supporting Actor and Actress award this year. The Best Supporting Actor was won by Shen Wei of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", while Anita Mui won the Best Supporting Actress award for her outstanding performance in "Fate".
When Yu Zheng read out Anita Mui's name, the audience applauded thunderously, which was the warmest applause among the awards awarded so far.
This is the first time Anita Mui has won an award in film, and after taking the stage, she received the trophy, and her eyes turned red without saying a word. Yu Zheng is a master of adjusting the atmosphere, calming Anita Mui's feelings while talking and laughing, and also asked Anita Mui to sing a song on the spot, which is considered a performance link.
After these two awards are awarded, the rest are important awards.
Best Actor and Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film, the gold content is heavier than the other, everyone knows that the high court part of the award ceremony has arrived!
After the performers performed on stage, Yu Zheng walked on stage to create an atmosphere, and then invited the award presenter Hu Jinquan to announce the list of best screenplay winners.
The nominees for Best Screenplay are: Kong Liang's "Like Water Flowing in the Year", Chen Ping'an's "Police Story", Chen Guanzhong's "Waiting for the Dawn", Chen Xinjian's "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" and Qian Jun's "Can't Stop Love".
The lights hit the five, the camera footage paused for a few seconds in turn, and the audience watching the ceremony in front of the television guessed and family and friends began to argue.
"It should be Chen Ping'an, how good "Police Story" is, it must be him!"
""Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" is also good, maybe it is Chen Xinjian."
"I like to watch "Can't Stop Love", and I support Qian Jun."
"Waiting for the Dawn" ......"
"I think it's still Chen Ping'an, the box office of "Police Story" is 30 million, what about the rest?"
When people were speculating, Hu Jinquan tore open the envelope and read out the answer: "The winner of the best screenplay is, Kong Liang in "Like Water"! β
It's actually "The Year of Flowing Water"!
Such an answer surprised many people, but this was just the beginning, and the next two awards for Best Director and Best Actress were won by "The Year of Flowing Water".
Is this the rhythm of winning the jackpot?
Best Actor was not nominated for "The Year of Flowing Water", but was won by Lee Xiu-hyun for his outstanding performance in "Public Servant". Many people are looking at Chen Ping'an, after the nominations for this year's Academy Awards came out, "Police Story", which received eight nominations, was second only to "The Year of Flowing Water", which received ten nominations.
"The Year of Flowing Water" has won five awards, while "Police Story" has only won one, and it is still a painless award for best action direction...... That's too big a gap!
Cheng Long's face was ugly, and his smile was reluctant. This time for Best Actor, he was nominated twice for "Plan A" and "Police Story", and he was the favorite to win the award, but he finally missed out on Best Actor, and his heart is as disappointed as you can imagine.
Chen Ping'an's face was as usual, no one could see the joy, anger and sorrow in his heart, but the people next to him didn't dare to talk to him, looking at him to comfort Cheng Long. Now there is only one award left for Best Film, and looking at the posture ahead, the heaviest award in the Academy Awards, "The Year of Flowing Water", is bound to win.
In the face of such an ending, Hong Kong Entertainment, which is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, will have a report tomorrow, which everyone can imagine.
Zhang Manyu looked at Chen Ping'an worriedly, intending to comfort him, but he didn't want to be preempted by Lin Qingxia. Lin Qingxia didn't say anything, just put her hand on Chen Ping'an's shoulder and put it a little harder.
Chen Ping'an naturally reached out and pressed the back of Lin Qingxia's hand, rubbed it a few times, and then turned his head and smiled at the latter: "Thank you Sister Qingxia for your concern, I'm fine." β
"Who cares about you!" Lin Qingxia patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder, and said angrily, "Dishonest guy." β
Yu Zheng announced the four films nominated for Best Film: "The Year of Flowing Water", "Waiting for the Dawn", "Shanghai Night" and "Police Story".
Xu Ke is very nervous, "Shanghai Night" is the entrepreneurial work of his studio, the box office is good, and the reputation is also very good, but he didn't win a single award tonight, so he can't help but be a little disappointed. Best Picture is the final award and his last hope.
Following the light and looking around at several competitors, everyone was nervous, except for Chen Ping'an. When the two looked at each other, Chen Ping'an smiled friendlyly, looking unconcerned.
Yu Zheng invited the award presenter, Zhang Qu, one of the two standard-bearers of the Hong Kong film "New Martial Arts Century" in the 60s and 70s, and asked him to announce the winner of the best film.
Zhang Qu held the envelope in his hand and joked: "This thing is so heavy." β
"Hahaha."
The guests and audience laughed loudly, and Zhang Qu continued: "Last year, there were many outstanding filmmakers in the film industry and many excellent movies were made. I think that no matter which film wins the Best Film award, we can't judge the hero by success or failure, Hong Kong films have just entered a golden age, and there is still a lot of work waiting for us filmmakers to complete! β
"Wow-"
There was a warm applause from the audience, and in the applause, he tore open the envelope, took out the card inside, glanced at it, and announced loudly: "The winner of this year's best movie is "Police Story"! β
"Great!" The dwarf cow jumped up first, and the people next to Chen Ping'an were applauding vigorously.
Most people thought that this award had become the bag of "The Year of Flowing Water", and the most competitive "Police Story" has dropped out of the competition. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, "Police Story" suddenly emerged and snatched this highly valuable trophy from "The Year of Flowing Water".
No wonder it's called Dark Horse International, it's really black!
As "Police Story" won the Best Film Award, the haze in the hearts of the crew dissipated, and they kept congratulating Chen Ping'an, and Cheng Long patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder to express his feelings.
Chen Ping'an walked up to the stage and thanked Zhang for receiving the trophy symbolizing the best film, and then it was time for him to deliver his acceptance speech.
"I don't think a lot of people expected Police Story to win this award, and so did I. But this is normal, otherwise how can it be called a dark horse? "Police Story" is the first work of Dark Horse International and the first play I directed, with eight nominations...... Only two awards were awarded...... Hehe. I won't say anything superfluous, to paraphrase a line in "The True Color of Heroes", I got this trophy today, not to prove that I am amazing, I want to sue the sΓΉ family, what I lost must be taken back! See you next year! β
What a young man! This is the idea of many audiences, but in the hearts of the discerning people, they are lamented by Chen Ping'an's unsparing efforts and needles in his propaganda methods.
Dark Horse International is too young to occupy a place in the fiercely competitive Hong Kong film industry, and always appears in front of the public to ensure that it is not forgotten, so it can only take special measures at present. Chen Ping'an's method is arrogance, and his arrogant remarks strive for more opportunities for Dark Horse International to be seen in the newspaper and be remembered by the public. It's just that such a propaganda method must be supported by excellent results, otherwise it will only have the opposite effect and become a public laughing stock.
Can Chen Ping'an achieve excellent results this year? Just with that "True Colors of Heroes"?
Many people are skeptical, only Zou Wenhuai is an exception, he is thinking about whether it is right or wrong to use "Summer Lucky Star" and "The True Colors of Heroes" to compete in the summer vacation.
The 4th Hong Kong Film Awards came to an end, and Chen Ping'an's acceptance speech caused an uproar. Reporters don't care whether Chen Ping'an is propaganda or not or whether they are using them, what they want is this kind of explosive news that attracts attention!
When Chen Ping'an and Zhang Manyu walked out of the birthday theater, they were immediately surrounded by reporters.
"Mr. Chen, do you think this year's Academy Awards are insiders?"
"Mr. Chen, do you think Cheng Long deserves Best Actor?"
"Mr. Chen, in your opinion, is it too little for "Police Story" to win only two awards?"
"Mr. Chen, does your acceptance speech imply that "The True Color of Heroes" will be able to win a lot next year?"
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Entertainment version, how can it be fun if it is not entertaining? Reporters wish that Chen Ping'an could throw out some earth-shattering remarks, and it is best to bombard the Academy Awards, so that such news will be more sensational and arouse public interest.
Each of their problems is a trap and a trap. As long as Chen Ping'an dares to answer positively, no matter what the answer is, it can be extended to other things, which will lead to a war of words.
It's a pity that Chen Ping'an is not really young and frivolous, and arrogant remarks are just a propaganda method of last resort at present, how could he fall into the trap of reporters?
His answer was only eight words: "After the summer vacation, you will know." β