Will Smith took the stage with Sandra Bullock, and the two of them were about to present tonight's big prize: Best Film Editing.

When he saw this combination, Bob frowned slightly, and there was an indescribable weirdness. Because Will and Sandra are both actors under the Endeavour elite agency - although at the Oscars, there is no agency for artists, only film companies, but Bob still paused slightly, and then he turned to look at Harvey.

Harvey also seemed to realize Bob's agitation, turned his head, and then gave Bob a slightly reassuring look, as if to say, "Don't worry, everything was planned, and this award is still ours." ”

Bob exhaled softly, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Just as people expect from the 71st Oscars, the five works are gathered together, and the dragon fights, the strong showdown, and the outcome is unpredictable. The five nominations for Best Film Editing are occupied by these five films: "Saving Private Ryan", "Life is Beautiful", "Truman's World", "Shakespeare's Love History" and "The Thin Red Line".

The Academy's high recognition of these five works can be seen from the nominations, not only in number, but also in the selection of major awards. Best Film Editing is also the first time these five films have collectively met head-to-head tonight, and the winner is absolutely significant.

Objectively speaking, the chances of winning the five works are equal, but judging from the one-third ceremony that has just passed, it is obvious that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shakespeare's Love History" are inseparable, but the highly anticipated "Truman's World" before the ceremony has completely disappeared, which is really unexpected. Now, in the race for Best Film Editing, it's clear that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shakespeare's Love History" have the upper hand. So, who wins these two works?

Will opened the envelope, pulled out the card and saw the answer, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in that joking voice with uncertainty in his voice, "Sandra, I give the honor of announcing the answer to the lady. It's impossible to tell whether Will agrees with the answer or not.

Sandra took the envelope with a smile on her face, glanced down at the answer on it, and then smiled at Will, which was more and more confusing, but fortunately, Sandra didn't pause for too long, cast a glance in the direction of Hugo, and said into the microphone, "The 71st Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the winner is......" She looked down at the card again to make sure she was not mistaken, "'Saving Private Ryan', Michael Kahn (Michael. Kn）。 ”

"Smack...... ......There was a momentary pause in the applause, as if no one had figured out what was going on, and everyone looked left and right in a hesitant manner, and then after making sure that what was going on, the applause began to intensify, and people stood up in groups and threes, as if the whole Dorothy Chandler Hall was in a state of doubt.

"Saving Private Ryan" won the all-important award for Best Cinematic Editing, successfully surpassing "Shakespeare's Love History" before half-time. Although no one can predict the outcome at the moment, and there will still be countless possibilities in the second half, it is undeniable that "Saving Private Ryan" has finally burst into the light of a hit film - countless people think that this work surpasses "Schindler's List" and is Steven's best work, but tonight, until this moment, "Saving Private Ryan" really burst into energy that is in line with its reputation.

At the same time, he let out a long breath and was relieved.

Bob sat on the chair, stunned for a moment, and noticed that the other people on both sides were standing, and he reacted and quickly stood up, hiding the true emotions in his heart. Looking down at Gwyneth with a stunned face, Bob couldn't help but be a little irritated, but he didn't have the heart to care about Gwyneth at this time, but cast his gaze at Harvey.

Harvey shook his head slightly, his eyes still calm and powerful, which made Bob gradually settle down.

In fact, in the process of public relations of the college, the two brothers have always aimed at the best picture, best director, best actress, best supporting actress, and best original screenplay as the center of the strategy, and incidentally also disrupted the two departments of best actor and best supporting actor - weakening the strength of competitors is to enhance their own strength.

Best Director is an award that can be given up - because Steven Spielberg's influence in Hollywood is indeed unique in the world, and Peter Weir is a veteran who wants to bring John Madden, who has been in the industry for less than five years and has not yet made any masterpieces. Madden) is too difficult and too costly.

Strictly speaking, among the three trophies won by "Shakespeare in Love", only Best Supporting Actress is expected, and the trend of Best Supporting Actor is also in line with the Weinstein brothers' predictions. Awards in other technical departments are lucky to be awarded, and there is no need to worry if you can't get them.

Although the Best Film Editing award is crucial for Best Picture, in the history of the Oscars, there are only a handful of works that have won Best Picture that have not won Best Film Editing; But in a strategic sense, the award is far less important than Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress - and, most importantly, Best Actress!

At this time, there is still a long, long way to go before the final victory, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer.

Thinking of this, Bob's mood relaxed a little and regained his spirits. Turning to Gwyneth, who had a complicated face, he bent down and whispered in her ear, "You're still the Queen!" It seems to say: the throne of the actress is still empty.

This made Gwyneth's eyes brighten up again, and she cast a verifying glance at Bob. Bob nodded his chin slightly, and Gwyneth felt that the whole person came to life again, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was gently outlined, and she let out a long sigh of relief, and gave a round of applause to Michael Kahn, who had just finished his acceptance speech on the stage.

The Weinstein brothers are exchanging glances, and in fact, Steven is exchanging glances with Hugo. Steven's gaze was very calm, and there was still some worry in his eyes, but he still smiled at Hugo, "At least it's not as bad as you think." This retort made Hugo not hold back, and laughed directly.

The attitudes of the Weinstein brothers and Steven are in stark contrast, and now, "Shakespeare's Love History" is the frontrunner and "Saving Private Ryan" is the chaser. Such a wonderful position also added a little bitterness to Steven's smile.

Hugo shrugged, "Don't worry, it won't be worse than us." "Truman's World" was originally the frontrunner of the entire awards season, and even surpassed "Saving Private Ryan", but tonight so far there is no result, which is the biggest regret.

Looking at Hugo's calmness, Steven couldn't help but laugh and had to give Hugo a round of applause to express his admiration.

After the Best Film Editing award, a series of awards were awarded, but none of them were directly related to the Best Picture contenders. "The Prince of Egypt" won the award for Best Original Song - Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey sang "When You Believe." You。 Believe)" can be said to be a ride on the dust, and there is no suspense to win the award; Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best Documentary Feature Film all found their winners.

The only thing worth mentioning is the best foreign language film, "Grand Central Station" led the awards season for almost the entire awards season, but at the last moment, it was overtaken by "Life is Beautiful" and lost the Oscar statuette. "Life is Beautiful" from Italy won the most competitive award for Best Foreign Language Film!

The popularity of "Life is Beautiful" at the Oscars has long foreshadowed the bias of the Best Foreign Language Film award. However, when the film won Best Foreign Language Film, it also meant that its odds of winning Best Picture were infinitely zero - there has never been a film in the history of the Oscars that has won both Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture, which is almost impossible.

This has a little bit of a hint on the trend of best picture.

Immediately afterwards, the award for Best Score in the Drama category was awarded to "Life is Beautiful", John Williams of "Saving Private Ryan", and Hans Zimmer of "The Thin Red Line" were reduced to spectators; The award for Best Score in the Musical Comedy category went to ...... "Truman's World"!

When this award was announced, the audience was in a big hit! "Truman's World", the "Truman's World", which has almost disappeared from half of the awards ceremony, has finally appeared, and it is unimaginable that the first award is actually the Best Soundtrack Award!

Although "Truman's World" previously won the Best Soundtrack Award at the Golden Globe Awards, people still did not expect that this would be the first trophy of "Truman's World" tonight.

"Truman's World" won this award, it can be said that it is a battle to the encirclement, after defeating the three wonderful cartoons of "The Prince of Egypt", "Mulan" and "Bug Squad", and then repelling the menacing "Shakespeare Love History", in the head-to-head duel between the two tonight, the first time to have the last laugh!

Bob was still comforting himself that it was just a small inconsequential award, and that the award for Best Score had never been in their plans, but the uneasiness still couldn't help eating away at his peace step by step. First for Best Film Editing, then for Best Score, the indescribable uncertainty is spreading. Even Bob himself didn't realize it, his left foot began to shake slightly, and that unconscious action was not noticed by anyone, but it revealed his inner anxiety.

As of now, the first half of the 71st Oscars has officially ended, and the original stable trend has changed suddenly at the end of the first half...... What about the second half?