Chapter 2097 Chapter 2097

Will Smith joins Sandra Bullock on stage as the duo hand out the night's big prize: Best Film Editing.

When seeing this combination, Bob frowned slightly, feeling an indescribably weird feeling. Because Will and Sandra are both actors under the Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company-although it is said that above the Oscars, artists are not divided into brokerage companies, only film companies, but Bob still feels lightly in his heart. After a pause, he turned his head and looked at Harvey.

Harvey also seemed to be aware of Bob's anxiety, turned his head, and then gave Bob a calm look, as if to say, "Don't worry, everything is planned in advance, and this award is still ours."

Bob exhaled lightly, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Just like people's expectations for the 71st Oscar, the five works gathered together, the battle between the dragon and the tiger, the confrontation between the strong and the strong, the outcome is unpredictable. The five nominations for best film editing went to these five works: "Saving Private Ryan," "Life is Beautiful," "The Truman Show," "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Thin Red Line."

The Academy's high recognition of these five works can be seen from the nominations, not only in the number, but also in the selection of major awards, which have maintained a high degree of consistency. The best film editing is also the award for the first collective face-to-face encounter of these five works tonight, and the winner is definitely of great significance.

Objectively speaking, the chances of winning the five works are the same, but judging from the one-third ceremony that has just passed, it is obvious that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shakespeare in Love" are inseparable. The highly anticipated "The Truman Show" that preceded the ceremony completely disappeared, which was really unexpected. Now, in the race for Best Film Editing, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shakespeare in Love" clearly have the upper hand. So, who is the winner of these two works?

After Will opened the envelope, he pulled out the card and saw the answer, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a playful and uncertain voice, "Sandra, I give the honor of announcing the answer to Ms. .” It was impossible to tell whether Will approved 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. Guo cast a gaze in the direction where she was, and said to the microphone, "The winner of the 71st Academy Award for Best Film Editing is..." She lowered her head and looked at the card again to confirm that she was not mistaken, " 'Saving Private Ryan,' Michael Kahn."

"Pa... Papa..." The applause unexpectedly paused for a moment. It seemed that no one had figured out what was going on. Everyone looked around hesitantly, and after making sure they understood what happened, the applause began to gather When they got up, people stood up scattered in twos and threes, as if the entire Dorothy Chandler Hall was in a state of uncertainty.

"Saving Private Ryan" won the all-important Best Film Editing Award, successfully overtaking "Shakespeare in Love" before halftime. Although no one can predict the result at present, and there are still countless possibilities in the second half, it is undeniable that "Saving Private Ryan" has finally burst into the light of a popular movie - countless people think that this work surpasses "Schindler's List" is Steven's best work, but tonight, until this moment, "Saving Private Ryan" really exploded with the energy that matches its reputation.

While causing a false alarm, he let out a long breath and was relieved.

Bob sat on the chair, dazed for a second, and noticed that other people on both sides stood up out of the corner of his eye, and then he reacted and stood up quickly, concealing his true emotions in his heart. Looking down at Gwyneth with a surprised face, Bob couldn't help being a little annoyed, but he didn't care about Gwyneth at this time, but cast his gaze at Harvey.

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

In fact, during the public relations process of the academy, the two brothers have always focused on the best film, best director, best actress, best supporting actress, and best original screenplay. The two departments of the good actor and supporting actor have disrupted the situation - to weaken the strength of the competitor is to strengthen one's own strength.

Among them, the best director is an award that can be given up-because Steven Spielberg's influence in Hollywood is indeed unrivaled in the world, and Peter Weir is old and ambitious. It is too difficult and too costly for John Madden, who has any masterpiece, to help him to the top.

Strictly speaking, among the three trophies currently won by "Shakespeare in Love", only Best Supporting Actress is expected, and the trend of Best Supporting Actor is also in line with the prediction of the Weinstein Brothers. It is luck to get awards from other technical departments, and you don't need to care if you can't get them.

Although the best film editing award is very important for the best film, in the history of the Oscars, there are only a handful of works that won the best film editing award; but in a strategic sense, this award The importance of the film is far less than the height of the best original screenplay, the best supporting actress - and the most important 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 win.

Thinking of this, Bob's mood relaxed a little, and he regained his energy. Turning his head to look at Gwyneth with complicated complexion, he bent down and whispered in her ear, "You are still the queen!" It seemed to say: the throne of actress is still waiting.

This made Gwyneth's eyes brighten up again, and she cast a proving gaze at Bob. Bob nodded his chin slightly, and Gwyneth felt her whole body came alive again. The smile on the corner of her mouth was slightly outlined, and she let out a long sigh of relief. There was applause.

The Weinstein brothers are exchanging eyes, and in fact, Steven is exchanging eyes 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 imagined." This irony made Hugo not hold back, and laughed directly stand up.

The attitudes of the Weinstein brothers and Steven are in sharp contrast. Now, "Shakespeare in Love" is the leader, while "Saving Private Ryan" is the chaser. Such a wonderful location also made Steven's smile a little bit more bitter.

Hugo shrugged, "Don't worry, it won't be worse than us." "The Truman Show" was originally the leader of the entire awards season, even surpassing "Saving Private Ryan", but so far tonight No harvest, this is the biggest regret.

Seeing Hugo's calmness, Steven couldn't help but give Hugo a round of applause and admiration.

Best Film Editing was followed by a string of awards that were not directly related to the Best Picture contenders. "Prince of Egypt" wins best original song - Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey's "When. You. Believe" can be said to be the best , won the award without any suspense; Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best Documentary Feature Film all found their respective winners.

The only thing worth mentioning is the best foreign language film. "Central Station" almost led 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 Best Foreign Language Film Award!

The popularity of "Life is Beautiful" at the Oscars actually foreshadowed the bias of the best foreign language film award. However, when this work won the best foreign language film award, it also means that its chances of winning the best film are infinitely zero-in the history of Oscars, there has never been any film that can win the best foreign language film at the same time Award and best picture award, it is almost impossible to happen.

This has a little inspiration for the trend of the best picture.

Immediately afterwards, the Best Soundtrack Award for Drama was awarded to "Life is Beautiful", John Williams of "Saving Private Ryan" and Hans Zimmer of "The Thin Red Line" became spectators; Best Score for a Musical Comedy went to... "The Truman Show"!

When the award was announced, there was a sensation in the audience! "The Truman Show", which had almost disappeared for half of the awards ceremony, finally appeared, and it was unimaginable that the first award was actually the best soundtrack award!

Although "The Truman Show" had previously won the Best Soundtrack Award at the Golden Globe Awards, people still did not expect that this would be the first trophy for "The Truman Show" tonight.

"The Truman Show" won this award, which can be said to be a breakthrough. After defeating the three wonderful cartoons "Prince of Egypt", "Mulan" and "A Bug's Secret Service", it repelled the oncoming trend In the head-to-head confrontation between the two tonight, the fiery "Shakespeare in Love" had the last laugh for the first time!

Bob was still reassuring himself that this was just an insignificant small award, and the best soundtrack award had never been in their plan, but the sense of uneasiness was still irresistibly eroding his peace step by step. First the best film editing award, and then the best soundtrack award, the indescribable uncertainty is gradually spreading. Even Bob himself didn't realize that his left foot began to shake slightly. That kind of unconscious action was not noticed at all, but it revealed his inner anxiety.

So far, the first half of the 71st Oscars has officially come to an end. The originally stable trend suddenly changed at the end of the first half, so... what about the second half?