Five Hundred and Fifteen - He Deserves This Treatment, Doesn't He?

The absence of the Best Sound Effects Award is like letting "The Departed" break some kind of curse. The following awards include Best Original Score, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Makeup, Original Score Editing, Oscar for Best Animated Short, etc. The awards are almost all awards that have nothing to do with "The Departed".

Among them, "The Departed" was only nominated for the Best Makeup Award, and the remaining technical awards either had nothing to do with them or were not nominated. Although this process seemed very lengthy, in the hearts of Wayne and the crew, I felt extremely comfortable.

"You know, it's not easy to stand here." Nicolas Cage had a long and strange face and joked a few words into the microphone. "Hey, Wayne, when you edit the film, you have to make it more exciting for me. I hope I can do it again next year as an award winner for "The Dark Knight"!"

His ability to be a presenter for the Best Actress award today is partly due to his own popularity, and on the other hand, it is due to the operation of Warner Bros. Being an Oscar presenter is also a means of promoting "The Dark Knight".

While Wayne's helpless face appeared on the big screen, he continued to read into the microphone: "The winner of the 69th Academy Award for Best Actress is ~ Frances McDormand ,congratulations!"

This heavyweight award has nothing to do with them. As the woman with the most important role in "The Departed", Jennifer Connelly wisely chose the Best Supporting Actress. This makes the competition for the Best Actress full of excitement. Bran Da Bryce, Diana Keaton, Kristen Scott Thomas and other actresses, whoever won this award cannot be said to be parallel movie queens.

"coming soon."

On the stage, Frances McDormand continued to deliver his acceptance speech, but for the first time, Wayne became truly nervous. "The next one is the best original screenplay, right?"

"should be."

Naomi Watts nodded, tilted her head and asked in a low voice in confusion. "Is Best Original Screenplay important to "The Departed"? I remember that you should already have a screenwriting award."

While asking in a low voice, the Australian actress quietly reached out and held Wayne's hand, wanting to give him the greatest support in her own unique way.

"Very important."

Wayne nodded imperceptibly, his eyes fixed on the backstage of the new Best Actress, looking forward to the announcement of the next award. “Starting from this award, you can see some of the academy’s thoughts.”

If you want to compete for the two most important awards, especially for the best film, the best screenplay category is particularly important. The logical relationship between the two is very deep, and the best original screenplay or the best adapted screenplay, It's almost the prelude to the grand prize.

The big star Jodie Foster read the lyrics into the microphone unhurriedly. "Nominated for Best Original Screenplay are Sweetheart, Small Town, Fargo, Secrets and Lies and The Departed."

Unlike other award presenters, she did not hesitate at all, opened the envelope directly, and continued into the microphone: "Congratulations to Wayne Greenberg, who won the 69th Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It’s ‘The Departed’.”

"boom"

"Wow!"

"..."

This was the first time Wayne had won a statuette tonight, and it was also the first time he was about to step onto the stage. The audience was very generous and gave him a fierce round of applause immediately.

"Congratulations, dear."

The first person to give him a hug was Anna Greenberg, who had been waiting for this moment. As Wayne's mother, she was actually more anxious than anyone else. Likewise, when the statuette was received, she was also more anxious than anyone else. Everyone feels proud.

"Thank you, Mom."

As the Oscar ceremony came to an end, the crew of "The Departed" finally burst into cheers again, and everyone came forward to express congratulations to Wayne.

The camera followed his figure closely. When he adjusted his suit again and walked to the stage with steady steps, he received countless congratulations along the way. Surprisingly, just before taking the stage, he received blessings from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

"Don't rush to give your acceptance speech, Wayne." George Lucas was like an old naughty boy. Taking advantage of the hug before going on stage, he raised his eyebrows, lay beside him and whispered: "Believe me, This will definitely not be the last time you take the stage, save some words for a better honor!"

"I hope so, George, I also hope this isn't a consolation prize." Wayne whispered back in a hurried tone, and walked quickly towards the stage before he could say much.

When he received the award for Best Original Screenplay from Jodie Foster, he was suddenly startled. This charming old woman took the opportunity to scratch the palm of his hand. What kind of hint was this? , but all adults understand it.

Not mentioning the age and appearance of this big star, the situation was obviously wrong now. Wayne directly ignored the other party's eyes and carried the statuette with one hand, holding the microphone with the other hand, and spoke from a different angle, looking at the more than two thousand celebrities in the audience.

"thanks, thanks!"

After a slight adjustment, he said nothing new and thanked the microphone: "Thank you to the Academy for giving me this recognition. This is the second time I have won the Oscar in the screenwriting category. It can be seen that if I don't become a director, I will rely on writing." At least the script won’t starve to death.”

His self-deprecating words aroused good-natured laughter. No one would take such self-deprecating remarks seriously, and no production company would have the luxury of letting such a talented director just be an insider. For screenwriters with the lowest status, that is a serious waste of scarce resources.

"Steve (lighting), Mia (costumes, sets), Weeks (props), Brooks (special effects), Robert (cinema), Schwartz (assistant director, casting director), Gilmore (assistant director) )..., standing on the stage, Wayne unceremoniously read the names of all the department heads of the core team behind the scenes, and finally shrugged and said: "And Zach, who is busy filming in Australia. -Schneider, and Luke, who was not present today because of work, thank you for supporting my work and helping me over the years. This statuette in the screenplay category has the credit of all of you. "

As he said, every time a script is written by him, before the movie officially starts filming, the script must be revised by everyone behind the scenes. The main purpose is to verify that he has modified elements that do not belong to this era. , is it reasonable or not? If it is not reasonable, we must work together to improve it.

"A good script requires a good interpretation. Thank you Brad, Chris, Jennifer, and Jack for your wonderful performances! That's it. Thank you again to the Academy members who voted for me. Your recognition will also be the motivation for my future work. Thank you .”

His speech was obviously beyond the expectations of most people. He did not thank his parents who were present, did not thank the teachers who taught him along the way, and also did not mention Naomi Watts, who gave birth to a daughter for him. This is obviously Somewhat unreasonable.

"Proud as shit! f**k!"

When Wayne finished his acceptance speech and walked backstage with the statuette in hand, preparing for an interview, everyone reacted and there was once again sparse to violent applause. Although Harvey Weinstein also clapped along and kept a warm smile when facing the camera lens, he turned around and could not help but curse in a low voice.

"What the hell is he thinking?!"

Anthony Minghella on the side turned his head in surprise.

"In Wayne's eyes, this Best Original Screenplay is just the beginning." Harvey Weinstein curled his lips secretly. "His acceptance speech, he wanted to save the grand prize for later."

The awards ceremony was still going on, and as we went to the back, the remaining awards became more important. When Wayne was facing a brief interview with reporters, the results of the Best Actor were also announced on the stage.

Geoffrey Rush relied on his wonderful performance in "The Shining Beauty" to beat Brad Pitt's "The Departed", Tom Cruise's "Sweetheart", Woody Harrelson's "Sex Book" and Billy Bob Thornton's performance in "Switchblade" made him the new Best Actor at the 69th Academy Awards.

The awards ceremony has gone on so far. "Fargo" has won two insignificant technical awards and one best actress, "The English Patient" has won nothing, "Mr. Sweetheart" is also a technical award, and "Shining Style" has won one. A major performance award.

Faced with these major competitors, "The Departed" has the most special performance. It has one Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, one for Best Original Screenplay, and one for Best Costume Design. If only in terms of quantity, The performance was pretty good, but no one knew what the academy meant by this arrangement regarding the subsequent grand prize.

"How about it?"

After briefly dealing with the reporters backstage, Wayne hurried back to his seat. After the statuette was taken away by the curious old Ruben, he didn't care at all. He lowered his head and asked the Australian actress sitting next to him: "That's it."

"The Best Actor Award was taken away by Geoffrey Rush, and both Tom and Brad Pitt became sidekicks." Naomi Watts explained in a low voice: "The Best Supporting Actor just awarded was lost to Cuba Godin Jr. Taken away."

"Well, I just saw him." Glancing at Christian Bale, Wayne shook his head helplessly. Even though the other man's performance in "The Departed" was equally outstanding, he even dropped half a frame to sign up for the male supporting role. In the end, I didn’t get what I wanted either.

"The sixty-ninth Academy Awards, there are nominees for Best Cinematography." On the stage, Tim Robbins lowered his head and kept reading into the microphone: ""The Departed", "Fargo" , "Fly Me High", "The English Patient", "The True Colors of Love"..."

When the results were about to be announced on the stage, no one noticed that several figures were walking backstage from different routes, as if they didn't care at all who was the winner of the best photography.

"Hey, James, I heard that those executives at Fox were all forced to sell their butts by you?!"

The father of Star Wars and the bearded James Cameron hugged each other gently, and the teasing tone made the other two laugh uncontrollably.

The truck driver shrugged, a hint of jealousy in his tone. "Damn it, is Wayne the illegitimate son of those old guys from the academy? Does it need to be such a big deal???"

"He deserves this treatment, you have to admit, don't you?"

Steven Spielberg took a deep breath and spread his hands, his tone also full of deep sighs. "I didn't expect that the academy would be so big."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at the last taciturn old man. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all. He knew that although the other person's junior was very close to the young man, the other party never concealed his feelings towards the young man. Some views of that young man.