Five Hundred and Sixteen - Award Winners that Need Not Be Announced

This year's Oscars are full of changes. From the very beginning to the arrangement of the entire awards process, the Best Actor and Actor were not placed at the end, but were moved to the front, even though the entire awards show was filled with Billy Chriss. Thor's chatter is endless, but the arrangement of the Oscar organizing committee also leaves the biggest suspense until the end.

"At the 69th Academy Awards, the winner of Best Cinematography is "The Departed."" The awards ceremony on the stage continued, and Tim Robbins gave the final answer with a tone of surprise. "Congratulations to Robert Carlos, and congratulations to The Departed!"

"It's most likely done!"

Wayne muttered something under his breath as he stood up and clapped continuously. Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Winning these two usually means that among the remaining two biggest cakes, Best Picture is already beckoning to itself.

The same joyful atmosphere was present tonight for the fourth time on the set of "The Departed". The camera supervisor, just like those who had won the award before, started hugging everyone on the set one by one, whether they were actors or behind-the-scenes staff.

Judging from the current situation alone, it is a great harvest for the workers behind "The Departed", but everyone knows that these are just appetizers now, even the most important photography is no exception. , the real test is coming soon.

While Naomi Watts breathed a sigh of relief, she turned her head and looked at the man beside her. The most exciting moment was about to come. The next award, if nothing else, was the Best Director.

In order to get this Best Director statuette, both Wayne and Warner Bros. did a lot of public relations work behind the scenes and spent millions of dollars in lobbying funds.

Putting aside Wayne's own abilities and the various methods used by Bruce Rosenblum, the changes in this year's Oscar competition method will definitely bring about more intense competition in the future awards season. , whether the gold-dollar offensive is effective, and whether the bottom line of the Oscars has been lowered, depends on the award of this award.

What is involved here is not only Wayne himself, but also countless insiders who have ambitions for the Oscars, who are also always keeping an eye on the final award. If the Academy really gives him the award, that means It will inevitably bring about the popular gold and dollar bonus offensive in the future.

In fact, judging from the situation tonight, if you want to win the Best Director award, you really need a little bit of luck. Many people have now clearly predicted that the remaining two awards will inevitably One of them will be given to him, it depends on which one it is.

Although he had confidence in the entire film "The Departed" and various off-site work, when the last moment came, Wayne still felt nervous. Unknowingly, holding Naomi Watts's The hands are getting tighter and tighter.

"Wayne, you are the best protagonist tonight, relax." Feeling the pain in her hand, the Australian actress calmly stretched out her other hand, patted the man next to her on the arm, and turned slightly The head whispered comforting words. "No one is more deserving of that statuette than you, at least not in this theater tonight."

"call."

Wayne let out a breath and smiled secretly. Although he kept saying he didn't care, in fact, like the public in the industry, he couldn't calm down when faced with the highest honor in Hollywood.

On the stage, after Robert finished his short acceptance speech, he turned and walked towards the backstage interview area. Host Billy Crystal came on stage again and grandly introduced the last guest of the night, Madonna.

This eldest lady in the music industry was not affected by the failure of the movie "Mrs. Peron" at all. In a state of enlightenment, she began to sing the finale of "Mrs. Peron" episode "You Must Love Me". In fact, the entire entertainment industry Among them, to reach her current celebrity status, regardless of whether the movie won awards or not, she is one of the most watched people tonight.

"Here we come." Harvey Weinstein looked serious and stared at the center of the stage.

"Here we come." The two Coen brothers from the "Fargo" crew looked at each other and stared at the stage nervously.

"Who will it be?" Among these potential winners, only Cameron Crowe, the director of "Sweetheart", is probably the most relaxed. He is not nervous at all that this award is closely related to him. The little golden man is far away from me, but now he can watch the excitement as a bystander.

At this time, according to the backstage statistics of ABC TV station, the ratings of this Oscar Awards ceremony are growing rapidly in a short period of time in a terrifying trend.

This means that almost all of North America's attention is directed to the main stage of the Los Angeles Temple Theater. In this era when Oscars have not been over-consumed, this is definitely the most authoritative award in North America.

"oh my god!"

"what the ****!"

"Oh, God!"

"Mom. What did I see?!"

When the pop star Madonna left the stage after her performance, the scene that appeared, or the few people who walked out together, made countless people exclaim instinctively.

"Honey, congratulations, my God, I didn't expect the academy to..."

Naomi Watts stood up directly, covered her mouth with her hands, and was too excited to speak.

Not only was she in this state, the entire audience, after marveling at it, immediately turned their attention to the location of the crew of "The Departed". In this circle where everything must be competed and compared, the sour taste of countless people It has become completely impossible to cover up, especially the film directors.

It is true that the academy's standards this time are too top-notch. The four people on the stage are waiting for the audience to return to silence. They are smiling at everyone in the audience. No one knows what this means. Such high-standard treatment, even if they rummage through The entire film history is difficult to find. Steven Spielberg holds an envelope in his hand, surrounded by George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and James Cameron. Especially when you see Steven Spielberg When he showed up with George Lucas, everyone knew who the award was, after all, the relationship between the two old guys and the young man was well known.

"Crash!"

"boom!"

For the four people standing on the stage, what they were waiting for was not that the audience returned to silence. Instead, more and more guests stood up, and their applause suddenly turned from sparse to thunderous.

But all four of them knew in their hearts that this applause was not for themselves, but for the young man in the audience. Although the final result of this award had not been announced yet, no one would doubt the academy's intentions.

First came Professor Andreessen Horowitz with a kind smile, and then Reuben Greenberg and his wife. Slowly, everyone around Wayne stood up and looked at him with unabashed smiles. The entire audience applauded him.

The process of the award ceremony was completely interrupted, and several cameras were all moved over, focusing on the male protagonist of the event at the same time, and began to capture his every move, and even every expression.

It wasn't until Wayne turned around with the same excitement and bowed slightly in several directions of the audience to express his gratitude that the thunderous applause, cheers, and whistles gradually subsided, and everyone's attention Moved to the stage again.

"Although announcing this thing really doesn't mean much!" Steven Spielberg smiled and shrugged, and he aroused countless good-natured laughs as soon as he opened his mouth. "But in accordance with the rules and to show respect for all participants, I still have to waste everyone's time and read through all the candidate lists."

As he said that, he suddenly put away the playful look on his face, calmed down his emotions seriously into the microphone, and then said: "At the 69th Academy Awards, the nominees for Best Director are, Anthony - Minghella "The English Patient", Joel Coen "Fargo", Milos Forman "Bookmaker", Cameron Crowe "Sweetheart", Wayne Greenberg "The Departed" !”

There was no deliberate pause like usual. Steven Spielberg also unusually did not name the winner directly. Instead, he punched the envelope and checked it again. He showed a mysterious smile, stretched out his hand and touched his beard twice, and said again. : "

A few months ago, a robbery took place in a bank in New York. The crazy robber did not get any money, but was trapped in the bank by security personnel. He took a five-year-old boy as a hostage and asked the police to Offer half a million dollars and a car or the little boy will be shot. "

The scene returned to silence, and more than two thousand guests remained silent. Some even showed moved and pious expressions when the cameras turned around. Everyone was listening to this well-known good old man in the industry talking about them. Something that everyone has heard of more or less.

"Faced with the mother's helpless eyes and the little boy's innocent tears, Wayne Greenberg, who was also trapped in the bank while inspecting the filming site, resolutely walked out of his hiding place at the expense of his own safety. Attracting the attention of the crazy robber, he tried to delay as much time as possible to ensure the safety of the five-year-old child.

Just before the madman shot Wayne, his bodyguard Sergey finally found the opportunity and shot the madman dead. He immediately rushed up and hugged the child, and with the cooperation of countless media at the scene, he did not let the little guy see a trace of blood, successfully protecting a child's childhood and preventing the little boy from spending a lifetime to heal his childhood. tragedy. "

When Steven Spielberg said this, the audience burst into thunderous applause again. Most people actually understood in their hearts that the reason why the academy arranged such a high-level purpose was explained by the good Jewish people.

Everyone knows how dark and chaotic this society is, but the mainstream values ​​​​in this land are almost all closely related to children, families, and the next generation. What Wayne did is no longer just a simple rescue. , or simply entertainment news, but an example that is extremely consistent with mainstream North American values.