Superstar

2077 Chapter 2077

In the torrent of history, only a small number of people can see the development of history, and then achieve a career and be famous forever. But more people have no way to see the overall situation and the distant future, and can only be forced to follow the trend.

This was the case at the end of 1998. Following the "Independence Day" in 1996 and the "Titanic" in 1997, 1998 once again ushered in a turning point in history, and the prototype of the awards season has already taken shape for the first time. The helmsmen of Hollywood's eight major film companies do not have a clear blueprint, but they can vaguely perceive that after the era of blockbuster movies, the rules of the game for all awards ceremonies will change.

It's just that everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, unable to master a truly effective method, so the first real awards season in film history appears to be very chaotic. This kind of confusion is concentrated in the last week of 1998. There were actually ten new works released this week, four of which were large-scale reflections.

"Patch. Adams" starring Robin Williams, "Stepmom" with Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon, "The. Faculty" for teens )", the remake of the King Kong movie "Mighty. Joe. Young" and so on, the reflection scale of all works has reached more than 2,300 theaters.

Although these works are all aimed at the booming market of Christmas, the investment of "The Handmaid's Love" and "Joan the Gorilla" both reached 90 million US dollars, and "The Stepmother" as a comedy movie also cost 50 million. The dollar cost, but this makes the entire movie market look a little crowded, so that people are dazzled.

In addition, there are as many as six works screened in less than 15 theaters!

"The Thin Red Line (The. Thin. Red. Line)" directed by Terrence Malick aimed at World War II, and was considered to be comparable to "Saving Private Ryan" during the internal screening; "Floating World Man and Woman", which made Sean Penn beat Hugo to win the title of best actor at the Venice Film Festival, is also on the list of screenings this week.

Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay again after "Schindler's List" and served as director for the second time, "Forbidden Truth (A. Civil. Action)" adapted from the novel Focus Together The incident of drinking water pollution in 1979; "The. Swindle" starring French legendary actor Isabelle Huppert, and Paul Greengrass' directorial debut "Flying Thoughts" The. Theory. Of. Flight), both will be released this week.

Finally, "The Devil" starring Charlize Theron and adapted from a true story also premiered in four theaters this week.

Among these six works, including "Flying Thoughts", they are all dedicated to impacting awards at the awards ceremony. Although "Flying Dreams" is only the director's debut, the joining of two powerful actors, Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh, coupled with the story about flying dreams, also makes the film popular. expect.

If the motivation of "Feifen's Thoughts" is not so obvious, then the ideas of the other five works can definitely be said to be "Sima Zhaozhi's heart is known to everyone".

"The Thin Red Line" actually moved Terrence, who has been in the shadows for 20 years, out of the mountain, invested more than 52 million, and invited Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, Nick - Nolte (Nick. Nolte), John - Cusack, Woody - Harrelson (Woody. Harrelson), Adrien - Brody and other powerful actors to join. Obviously, it is targeting the position of best picture and best director, and is determined to compete head-on with "Saving Private Ryan".

"The Forbidden Truth" has an investment of up to 75 million US dollars, plus John - Travolta, Kathy - Bates (Kathy. Bates), Harry - Dean - Stanton (Harry. Dean. Stanton) and other powerful actors have been hailed as a combination of "Yihai Heroes" and "Truman's World"-discussing the cruel reality of society through court proceedings, and some people even regard this work as John's career. best performance.

In addition, "Man and Woman in the Floating World" and "Female. The Devil" are works whose performance is greater than the overall performance, and they are attacking the actor award; "Everything is fixed" is attacking the best foreign language film and the best actress.

These six works are undoubtedly typical "award-winning works". When the film company initially invested in the production of these works, it was aimed at the awards at the award ceremony-including "The Thin Red Line", the grand war movie 20. Century Fox only invested a little over 50 million yuan, which is far less than "Saving Private Ryan", and the screening time is also placed near the end of the year. Obviously, Twentieth Century Fox has high hopes for Terrence, and they expect the film to win awards at awards ceremonies, mainly Oscars.

Such an unprecedented lively scene is new to everyone in Hollywood, but at this time movie audiences have not really felt the atmosphere of the awards season, they just feel that the art theaters at the end of the year suddenly become very lively , But for people in the circle, they can already vaguely touch the model of the awards season, and truly feel that the wave is inevitably pouring down.

At the screening ceremony of "The Devil", there were not too grand and cumbersome links, but Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, The appearance of Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and others still attracted the attention of countless reporters.

Steven waited and waited, but he still couldn't see Hugo. After hesitating again and again, he still couldn't hold back, and walked to Charlize and Leonardo, pretending to be relaxed and asked, "Why isn't Hugo coming today?" ?”

"Hugo went home. It's rare that he doesn't need to work this year. He went back to accompany Adam." Charlize explained with a smile, raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't Hugo call you this morning?"

"Yes, I was busy distributing gifts at the time. Kate answered the phone and I received his greeting." Steven originally thought that he would definitely see Hugo tonight, so he was not in a hurry. He didn't think of Hugo The call came from Lanches. "I thought he would definitely show up today, but it seems I made a mistake."

"There's also a large group of people outside." Leonardo pointed to the bustling crowd at the door. It seemed that there were more than a hundred people. This is for a movie without any publicity and no premiere ceremony , such a scene is really rare. These more than a hundred people are all reporters—the audience has already entered the venue to watch the film, and they are all looking forward to catching Hugo's figure here, but they are obviously going to be disappointed now.

Leonardo's words made Charlize chuckle lightly, but Steven seemed preoccupied. Leonardo noticed it, and he couldn't help but casually said, "Why, do you want to find Hugo too?"

If it was normal, Leonardo would probably be scolded for this joke, but today Steven was obviously a little absent-minded. He looked at Leonardo, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "I do have something I want to talk to Hugo, but it’s inconvenient on the phone.” Steven looked at the other people around—everyone was talking in twos and threes, no one approached them, his eyes were on Charlize and Leonard Duo paused separately, "Did Hugo mention the anomalies in the film market recently?"

Both Charlize and Leonardo looked at Steven in a daze, obviously not understanding what was going on with the nonsensical words, Steven had to reorganize his words, "It's just Why are there so many screenings recently, and the number of internal screenings has also skyrocketed. Today, six movies are screened in art theaters in one day, and there are countless parties..."

While talking, Steven looked at the expressions of Charlize and Leonardo, but found that the two of them didn't quite understand, which made Steven a little discouraged. Indeed, the situation he said can be seen throughout Hollywood, and many people feel the same, which directly triggers the follow-up of major film companies-more and more internal screenings, more and more local movies, and more and more parties. The more exaggerated it is... Everyone has noticed the abnormality, but they don't know why, so they can only follow blindly, lest they miss the point.

Even people like Steven who can vaguely feel something is wrong, they can grasp some context, but they can't tell why. For example, the Weinstein brothers, they just acted on their intuition, but if they were really asked to come up with a theory or something, they would not be able to express it.

Steven knows even less than the Weinstein brothers-his keen sense of business has never been in the distribution and social aspects. He and David Geffen both wanted to push, but they always felt that there was no focus. This feeling was very bad, so he wanted to talk to Hugo.

Unexpectedly, Hugo didn't come at all today, and Steven couldn't help thinking, "Should I go to Lanches tomorrow."

At this time, Leonardo's eyes suddenly changed, "Oh, are you talking about awards season?" Both Steven and Charlize looked at him in surprise, but he patted Charlize Arm, "Don't you remember? Before Hugo set off for Lanches, it doesn't mean that the award season is getting more and more lively. It is estimated that Los Angeles will be more crowded at the end of the year."

Charlize also recalled at this time, "I know, but, are what Hugo said and Steven said the same thing?"

Steven pursed his lips slightly, "What did Hugo say, please tell me in detail."

Charlize looked at Leonardo, and he explained without refusing, "Hugo said that the Oscars are becoming more and more commercialized, and more and more works will be concentrated in November and December in order to hit the Oscars." It will be released in September, hoping to impress the judges more deeply. And because of the 'Oscar movie' released during this period..." Speaking of this, Leon Ando also made a gesture of quotation marks with his fingers, showing a playful look Smile, "There are more and more, so there will be more and more publicity activities and public relations activities for the judges, and the whole of Los Angeles will be extremely lively. In the end..."

Leonardo gave Charlize a look, and Charlize added, "In the end, the original winter file will be divided into two parts, the holiday season and the winter file, and the overlapping part is the awards season."

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