Chapter 618: Maybe the Best

"Oscar-winning is. Ah Jin looked at the resulting piece of paper in his hand, "Jennifer Hudson, "Dream Girl." ”

In an instant, the Kodak Theater was in a boil, and the shouts were everywhere, but there was no upset.

On the big screen, Blanchett turned her head and clapped, her lips and smile didn't change at all, she had only won the award two years ago, Rinko Kikuchi grinned again, oh, what about it, Saoirse and Alicia both smiled and applauded, and Hudson opened his mouth in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

The female narrator says, "Jennifer Hudson's Road to the Award in a small church in Chicago, where she is a soul song soloist in the gospel choir. ”

As Hudson got up to hug the crowd and walked to the stage to accept the award, the camera watched the unsuccessful candidates and Alicica's mother said comforting words to her.

Outside the camera, Ye Wei clapped his palms and encouraged Alice: "Trust me, you are the best... I mean, you're putting on a show! When you get to the best, there's no high or low. Although he said it nicely, Alicica, Jennifer, and Lily were not happy, and everyone still ran along.

There must be African-American actors tonight's big winners, three out of four acting awards? This is the most diverse Oscars in history.

But the audience is getting more and more disappointed, it's too unreasonable. Even the president of the academy, Sid Gannis, is upset. The more a VIY movie doesn't win an award, the more likely it is to win that award. Scorsese laughed with his wife, Helen, "Looks like it's again." ”

Graham King, who was next to him, couldn't laugh, Harvey, don't be smart......

Do you want "Winter's Bones" to win the best picture? Does it deserve it? Even Dan Lin, the Warner producer of "The Departed" and the executive of the Warner Production Department, would not think that Ye Wei should be on the podium of the film tonight, that kid is only 18 years old or 19 years old!

In the guest seats on the second floor, Gia, who was going to the bathroom, walked around and saw Harvey Weinstein's lewd fat face full of smiles, maybe... Not so bad?

"Next up will be great performances by Jerry Seinfeld and Celine Dion. It's hard to believe that Jennifer Hudson has become a real 'dream girl', and this is the Oscar. ”

After Hudson excitedly accepted the award, the male narration transitioned to commercials. The commercial returned with an introduction to Babel, followed by Eva Green and Gal Garcia Bernal presenting Best Documentary Short Film, and "Children of Yingzhou," directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Ziye Yang and produced by Thomas Wren, won the award.

In recent years, Yang Ziye has actively promoted AIDS prevention and publicity in Chinese mainland, producing a series of public service announcements, short films and programs. Focusing on AIDS families and infected children in poverty-stricken areas of Anhui Province, "Children of Yingzhou" was filmed for more than a year, with the support and assistance of the Chinese Ministry of Health and other departments and associations.

This is the first time Yang Ziye has been nominated to win the award, and Thomas Wren is the first win of the second nomination.

In the applause of the audience, they received the little golden man. "Thank you, it's a treacherous job to shoot a documentary, even though I love the remote town of Anhui, China, and I want to be here, Beverly Hills," Wren said. I have mixed feelings. After he thanked him, Yang Ziye said in Chinese: "Thank you to all the heroes of the anti-AIDS fight, as well as the friends who supported us, thank you." ”

The guests applauded like thunder, but such a heavy topic inevitably affected the glitzy atmosphere, so Jerry Seinfeld appeared, and as soon as he saw him, the theater suddenly became enthusiastic again.

"A few years ago, I was the subject of a documentary called 'The Comedian Who Can't Win Awards and Make Little Money.' But it was a great film, so good that I was asked to be here tonight to give out the best documentary feature. I love documentaries, and I think they have a very real quality. I know all the nominees are excited because when you were nominated, you were told that we thought you might be the best. It's just a maybe! We won't know for sure who it is until everyone is dressed up for the ceremony and appears on TV. Because everybody has to look at the look on your face after you know maybe you're not the best. ”

Jerry Seinfeld's talk show caused the audience to burst into laughter, and the camera captured the smiling faces of celebrities, Nicholson, Lucas, Spielberg......

At the same time, many public relations people breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Ziye's award will undoubtedly lower Ye Wei's market, Asian filmmakers have awards, and Oscars have also paid attention to the ecological situation in poor and backward areas of the world. Ye Wei's zero award is reasonable. The Weinstein brothers didn't take care of the roadblock.

"There were no nominations for this film tonight, but the following five extremely sad films did, and here they are. ”

On the list is Lionsgate's "First Aid," but the documentary about the infamous American Catholic priest Oliver Ogladi's pedophile misdeeds didn't hit the list, with "An Inconvenient Truth," which focuses on global climate issues, winning. Director Davis Guggenheim, former Vice President Al Gore and other crew members took the stage together, and the guests gave a standing ovation to pay tribute to the environmental documentary and the group.

Immediately after that, in the soundtrack of "Red Dead Redemption", the old cowboy Eastwood appeared to present this year's honorary award, which belongs to the 78-year-old Italian soundtrack master Ennio Morricone, and the soundtracks of countless classic movies such as "Days in Paradise" and "Cinema Paradiso" came from his hands.

A video soundtrack highlight from the ceremony made the audience unusually quiet again, and Celine Dion appeared to sing I-knew-I-loved-you composed by Morricone, which made the audience even more mesmerized. As soon as Morricone took the stage to receive the award and thanked him, it was Penelope Cruz and Hugh Jackman who revealed the best original score, Gustavo Santolala, "Babel"!

"Babel", which was triumphant with 6 nominations, finally won the award, but the girl trilogy continued to force a smile, and both SS and TLB were disappointed.

Allen's appearance livened up the atmosphere, leading to a 1-minute short video recorded by the president of the Academy, Sid Gannis, about the many work covered by the Academy in addition to the Oscars, and his speech was greatly accelerated. At the end of the video, the camera cuts to Gannis, who is in the guest seat, and he stands up to accept the applause of the audience.

Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst took the stage to present the awards, and there were cheers, and Maguire stood still: "The real war prompts a little girl's fantasy, the friendship between a drug-addicted teacher and a student from a drug-stricken family, and the contemplation of a time and space in the nearest global village." Dunst took over: "There are also two tragic events in real life. These stories are the original screenplays that we're honoring tonight. Below are some excerpts from the script and the original script of the screenwriter. ”

"Babel", "Letter from Iwo Jima", "Half Nelson", "Pan's Labyrinth", "The Queen"

After the list of nominees was read out, in a tense atmosphere in the audience, Kirsten opened the envelope and took out the piece of paper, looked at it and announced with a smile: "Anna Burton, Ryan Fleck, "Half Nielsen". ”

An exclamation rushed before a loud applause, and then there was a big upset!!

It's not Babel, which won the Writers Guild Award, it's not something more powerful, but the coldest independent film with a production budget of just $700,000.

The theater boiled over again, and the camera cut to the guest seats, and the Flecks, who were just 30 years old, were ecstatic, jumping to their feet and hugging each other, as if they had won the world! Everyone around laughed and clapped their hands, and Gosling, who was in the front row, was also happy, and opened his hands to hug the two new best screenwriters who were running briskly.

"Hahaha!" Ye Wei over there was clapping his hands and laughing excitedly, and Lily and the others also had some joy, this is the group's harvest!

Last year, Ye Wei, who bought "Half Nielsen" for 1.5 million yuan, made a lot of money. This thought flashed in the hearts of many people, at the beginning, everyone said that he was a wronged kid who spent money indiscriminately, but now he is a waste of money. Why question a genius?

A group of public relations personnel also laughed, IFC's, Paramount's, Wright laughed in surprise, upset here, ......

In short, there are awards for independent films!

Watching the two of them receive the golden trophy from Maguire on the big screen, Harvey Weinstein's face sank.

Bolton on the left first said, "Oh thank you, oh my God, it's so surprising that we didn't prepare a speech to accept the award." The guests chuckled, and Flake sighed, "Thank you, Irene, Rozan, Craig, Jaime, and Alex for being the first to think that this script could be made into a movie." Thank you Ryan, not me. ”

The audience laughed, the camera shot to Ryan Gosling's smiling face, and Flake continued: "We couldn't have done it without him, and his great performance made this story shine brightly, and Sarika, Anthony...... God, there are so many people to thank. He looked at his wife, and Bolton said quickly, "Thank you especially to Weige, for his appreciation and selfless support when no one wanted to release it for us." The camera cut to Ye Weiyang's smile, the first time tonight because he was thanked.

The ceremony music was rushing, and Flake hurriedly said, "Thank you IFC, thank you to the Academy, and our family, all the people who support us, and Anna, thank you!" Burton looked at him with a smile and walked backstage with him and the two guests.

Everyone gave this sweet couple a round of applause!

After the shadow dance performance of "The Devil Wears Prada" by the Pallas Dance Company, the video went to a crowded backstage aisle, where the two winners were already being interviewed.

And Chris Connelly, who was on the live camera, walked past them with a microphone and a piece of results paper, reporting as he went: "After 18 awards, did the winner you predicted last week make the list? He waved the result paper in his left hand and frowned slightly: "But like the best costume design and the best foreign language film, it shows that these projects are not idle." By the way, "Pan's Labyrinth" has already won two Oscars. ”

In fact, it was three, Connery didn't realize the slip of the tongue, and continued to walk as he said: "And Ye Wei's movie hasn't gained anything yet." They still have a chance, like Best Original Song, but since "Dream Girl" has been nominated for a double nomination, the result should not be too bad. He walked into the trophy room, stopped, and smiled a little: "After the best adapted screenplay, who can say for sure? And the best original screenplay won by "Half Nielsen", maybe it is just the beginning of an upset, right?"

He smiled: "Don't turn the stage, please keep watching, there is still a lot of exciting content." The 79th Academy Awards will continue, who will these treasures go home with?" the camera followed his gaze to the scattered little golden figures on the display shelves, and there were not many left.

There are really a lot of secret audiences who change the stage in a depressed and angry way, what is left? The heroine and the director are definitely out of action. Ye Wei was beautiful when he came, but now he has become a loser who has been broadcast live, nominated at most but empty-handed, which means losing the most.

After the commercial returned, Jennifer Lopez took the stage to lead to the next performance, with BeyoncΓ©, the newly award-winning Hudson, Anica Noni Ross and Keith Robinson singing the nominated song for "Dream Girl." Their high-pitched singing detonated the audience, but the best original song was really an upset!!

"Dream Girl" paid the price for winning both Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Effects, with John Travolta and Quinn Ratifa handing the statuette to the winner Marissa Esselridge, songwriter of "The Inconvenient Truth" for I-Need-to-Wake-Up.

Elselrich and Alan are really similar, with short blond hair, a neutral suit, and a gay one. She began by thanking her wife, Tammy, and her four children.

Tonight's gay winners are also here, with Allen opening with a quip that "if there were no blacks, there would be no Oscars for Jews and homosexuals." "Even more intriguing. This year's Oscars are also very female, the producer is female, the host is female, the humanitarian award is given to female, more female nominees and more female films than in previous years......

But at this stage, the 13 nominations for the girl trilogy have lost 3 awards.

I went to the commercial, and I came back with the introduction of "Winter's Bones". Rui's work and filming on the set of chopping wood, in the mountains and forests, Ye Wei was talking to a group of crew members with gestures by the camera. Jennifer said in a calm voice: "This film is about a young girl who has to deal with criminals in order to find her father in order to protect her family. Director Ye Wei said to us, 'You are not acting in a movie, you are realizing a documentary.' It's just like that, it's not fancy at all, it's very cold, and it inspires you to think a lot. During the preparation of the movie, Ye Wei said, 'If you feel that you can't stand the hardship, get out of me now.' We took it, we made this film out of pain. THE CLIP ENDS WITH RUI AND GALE CHASING PIGS TOGETHER IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE AT NIGHT, AND THE TITLE APPEARS: WINTER'S-BONE

A burst of crazy applause brought the camera back to the Kodak Theater, and the camera focused on Ye Wei, Jennifer and other guests, and the three young finalists all looked calm, showing maturity beyond their years, as if to say, "That's right, we did it." Lily and her two mothers were clapping and laughing.

Next up Will Smith appeared to introduce Michael Mann's montage of "American Politics in American Cinema", after which Kate Winslet appeared to present the best editing, Thelma Skunmaker, "The Departed"!

"Thank you, this is the third time you've given an award to a film directed by Martin Scorsese, and I wouldn't be here if it weren't for his work. You can understand what a great movie it is, with a great director, a great script, and very good actors. ”

Skunmaker calmly thanked him, the camera cut away, and the guests and audience saw Scorsese smiling and laughing and couldn't help but cry emotionally. Along the way, she won the golden man with "Raging Bull" (1980) and "The Aviator" (2004), but he never had it, and tonight she almost definitely won, and finally won the award in the same year, which is really legendary.

It's just that there are two awards for "The Departed", and three if you count the director award, and the young people are still eyeing it......

"Thank you Academy, I feel very honored and thank you very much. Skunmaker left the stage amid applause.

After Jodie Foster took the stage to host a tribute to the Oscar winners/nominees who died last year, the theater turned off the lights and only the stars representing them in the sky. When the lights in the venue were turned on again, and the atmosphere was still a little mournful, Alan came out at the right time to be funny.

"Alright. "That's all there is to the show, and I'm proud to say that I finished on time." The audience burst into laughter, and she looked at her watch: "It seems to be over early...... Sorry, wait......" She tilted her head to listen to the earbuds, "Oh, yes, I see... My bad, okay, okay, don't yell at me, okay. She sighed and looked ahead, "I was told there were still a few awards to be awarded, so ......"

She looked very reluctant, and she didn't take those awards seriously: they had been awarded for so long, and there were still them!

The guests' laughter started again, and there were only four awards left, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.

Now is the most important part of this long and hellish journey, and the most anticipated part of the global media audience! Now everything is possible.

Allen introduced last year's actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who will win this year's actress crown?