Hollywood Domination: The third Oscar

"——" Forrester's eyes swept across the audience, and he said the name slowly and solemnly: "illard!"

Marion Cotillard!

In front of the TV, Goldie Han let out a long breath: It really is her fisherman's profit...

This result is very consistent with her vote, so Goldie is not too surprised-this is a very simple multiple-choice question, and without anyone's influence, if she is allowed to judge for herself, Goldie thinks that Kate Brown Lanchett is more qualified to win Best Supporting Actress, because her performance in "I'm Not There" is indeed of extraordinary quality. If not, her performance in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" will be correspondingly inferior. It feels like it’s not enough to win the best actress, let alone Jennifer Jefferson, even Marion Cotillard and Julie Christie can’t overwhelm, and in Goldie’s opinion, Kate seems to be It's not to the point where the Oscars have to give her the best actress despite the controversy.

——This is the Oscar, it is not absolutely fair, for some actors, it is very generous, the first nomination will give the award, and once there is a result, it is very easy to be recognized, but for other actors In terms of performance, no matter how good its performance is, it will be a bit difficult to win another award after the first time it has made a big impact on the Oscar but missed the award. The jury tends to press again and again until its performance After obviously making a breakthrough in the first impact on the Oscars, we will give affirmation. In fact, this should be caused by people's psychological stereotypes. For example, Jennifer won the award when she was nominated for the first time. Otti’s fate, but for the judges—take Goldie as an example, she may rationally recognize the factor of good luck, but subconsciously, she must think that Jennifer’s role in "The Fifth Sally" Her performance is at the Oscar level. After all, she won the award, and the authority and fairness of the Oscar, as the judges themselves, must have no doubts.

So, for Kate, after the heroine of "Elizabeth", which hit the Oscar for the first time, failed to win, and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", which had no major breakthrough in performance, it would be difficult for people to vote for it if it wanted to win an award. "I'm Not There", although it was three years ago that Kate won the first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "The Aviator", but the performance has made a breakthrough, and it feels more justifiable. As for the heroine, Goldie prefers her to break through herself in an all-round way and give her the award after she contributes a subversive performance.

In the end, she chose Kate in the Best Supporting Actress category, and she didn't lose both of them. In addition to thinking that Kate was good enough to win the award, she first denied the possibility of her being the heroine. In the segment, other people's performances were inferior to Kate's. It can be said that this is the most suitable choice for her. And this also means that Kate is the first to be out of the competition for the best heroine. Among the five options, Ellen Page and her have been excluded, and the remaining three are Jennifer Jefferson, Julie Christie Competing with Marion Cotillard.

There is no public relations this year, so Goldie is only influenced by her own inclination and professionalism. If she were to say it, there are too many factors that are beneficial to Jennifer—first of all, she is an American. Li is British, and Marion is French. If she is not selected, there will be no American in the four major acting awards on the ballot. Secondly, Marion is not well-known in the United States. Of course, she is an acting school, but Hollywood The attitude towards foreign actors is generally not so enthusiastic. They prefer to give Oscars to some famous foreign actors who have contributed to the best films after coming to Hollywood, and "La Vie en Rose" is an authentic French film. And Jolie is really a little unpopular in the vane. Several important outpost awards have been divided up by Jennifer and Cate Blanchett. It seems difficult to convince the public to choose Jolie without choosing Kate. Thirdly, Jennifer's performance is a breakthrough compared with "The Fifth Sally". If she can even win an award for "Sally", why doesn't "Michael" give her an award?

However, in addition to all the favorable factors, one unfavorable factor is enough to kill everything in seconds: she already has two Oscars, and "Michael" is only her second literary film, and it is her fifth film in " The first Olympic film after Sally...

If "The Fifth Sally" was released one year earlier, it was nominated for the 2005 Oscar, or even if it was postponed one year, and it was nominated for the 2007 Oscar, it could only win Otis, absolutely not If there is no PR, this year Goldie will choose Jennifer to give the award without hesitation. For this 27-year-old actress, this will be a good incentive—but unfortunately, "Fifth "A Sally" just won the 2006 Oscar, and Jennifer also won an extra Best Supporting Actress by accident! That being the case, no matter what, this award cannot be given to her anyway. With the reform of the voting rules, one person can only cast one vote, even if she votes for Jennifer, it is irresponsible to Oscar—if Let her win the Oscar again, only a year later, it is only the second literary film, and she has not even established a reputation as an acting school, and there are no more excellent works to prove herself...

It is no longer the era of big studios. Even Tom Hanks won the Oscar after accumulating more than 20 years of prestige. .Jefferson, not qualified! Even if it is a 'quasi-reelection', even if her performance is enough to win an award, the Oscar must not be awarded to her under such circumstances! The reason why the award is precious is because of its rarity, and any result that will detract from the authority is a harm to Oscar. ——The first time the award was given, it has already attracted a dark wave of doubts. When "Michael Clayton" did not cause a sensation, did not cause an upsurge of social discussion, and only received good reviews from film critics, Jennifer Jeffer Sen can't win the prize!

Although under the influence of PR countless times, she eliminated the candidate she thought should be awarded the most award, and ranked the candidate who she thought could only be ranked second or third as the first, but Goldie admitted that Jennifer. Jefferson, she really felt a sincere regret and guilt in her heart. This time, she really wanted to give the award to Jennifer. If "Michael Clayton" and "The Fifth Sally" Come on, if "The Fifth Sally" doesn't win an award...

In the end, after eliminating three candidates, she chose Marion Cotillard in "Life in the Rose" and "A Dark Willow". After all, although "A Dark Willow" is an American film, objectively speaking, she felt that Marion's performance in "La Vie en Rose" is indeed remarkable. In addition, this film is a French national treasure movie, and it is also highly valued in Europe. Marion also won the French Caesar Award for this. Choosing Marion is also a good choice. Quite satisfactory, understandable.

The results of the two major actress awards now coincide with Goldie's thoughts. She guessed that although Jennifer Jefferson performed extremely well, she may be ranked last in the voting results, even Allen . Peggy is not as good. Goldie sighed, she looked tolerantly at the tears Marion shed on the stage, and paid attention to Jennifer Jefferson, who was brought by the camera from time to time. It seemed that she had long been prepared not to win the award—and Goldie suddenly found that compared with Marion's tears, Jennifer's indifference made her feel more guilty. Although she has never met this girl, after the twists and turns in 2006, Oscar has paid attention to her ups and downs along the way. After giving up this year with regret, she feels that she and Jennifer seem to have established a certain relationship Contact, let her really feel ashamed of Jennifer: she acted better than in 2006, she should have been affirmed.

"Wait a little longer." She said to Jennifer Jefferson in her heart, "You will get your third Oscar, all you need is time..."

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"Marion Cotillard!"

This result surprised Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in front of the TV - Brad didn't think Jennifer Jefferson would win a second Oscar so soon Best Actress, but in the end it was Marion Sparrow, not Cate Blanchett or Julie Christie, which was a little surprising.

Like Goldie, he also paid close attention to Jennifer's expression. When he saw Jennifer applauding indifferently, Brad couldn't help raising his eyebrows: He and Jennifer Jefferson are not very familiar. Of course, they had met in some social occasions, and she had always behaved modestly, but he had always regarded this as her superficial effort. After all, this girl got everything too young. She has too many reasons to be proud. Her acting style in the "Michael Clayton" crew is also so sharp. She is only 26 years old, forcing her age away George, who is twice her size and as well-connected in the industry, has created a potential formidable enemy for herself - but judging from her expression, if she is not really very clear-headed, it is that superficial skills have reached a high level After all, even Brad is not sure that he can treat the result of losing the election so calmly under the premise of winning a lot of outpost awards.

"Do you want to call George?" Angelina asked jokingly, her tone half-true, "I think he will be very happy to hear the news."

Daniel almost won all the outpost awards this year, and when he was only one short away from the Oscar presentation ceremony, Brad rejected the Oscar's invitation to present the awards. The reason was very simple. But he is not cheap enough to witness other people's success to stimulate himself, but he still has the heart to watch this scene on the TV screen. ——And George Clooney, who is even more depressed in this matter, has no interest in watching the live broadcast, let alone attending the Oscars. He should be playing cards in a VIP room in Las Vegas today. If he receives Brad's notification call, he should be very happy.

Brad was a little moved, but after weighing it for a while, he still shook his head, "Jennifer's failure to win the award is expected for him, if he wants to make him happy, it can only be that Daniel's award missed , ten minutes later, we will consider whether to make this call."

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"Marion Cotillard!"

Among the rows of seats behind Jennifer Jefferson, Jennifer Bell smiled with genuine joy. She raised her hands high and applauded the new actress happily: Although it had been expected in advance, but This news—the fact that Jennifer Jefferson failed to continue to create miracles still made her feel happy physically and mentally, and she even had the urge to grin.

Turning her head to look at Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman who were in the same row as her, several female movie stars exchanged knowing smiles. Although their relationship may not be very harmonious usually, but here For a moment, a tacit understanding was established, and the happiness was shared. Although it was only a short moment, it undoubtedly achieved a double effect.

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"Marion Cotillard!"

"Ah!" Almost at the same time, Jon yelled annoyedly, and she knocked **** the bar table to express her dissatisfaction. "How could this be!"

"This is also expected," Harry said calmly—he is a boy after all, and he is much calmer than Jon in this kind of matter, "It is impossible to win prizes in such a short time interval, besides, This year her opponent is also much stronger than in 2006, the nomination is already confirmed."

"Although you said that..." Jon said sullenly, took out his mobile phone to log in and looked at it, and sure enough, her friends were already mourning, she shook her head, although she knew intellectually that this was the inevitable result , but still feel lost. "Forget it, it doesn't matter if we don't win the Oscar, anyway, we already have a Golden Globe—and, "Michael Clayton" might even get the best picture!"

"I invite you for this round." Harry smiled, stood up and said, "After drinking this round, the Best Actor should be awarded."

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"Marion Cotillard!"

"Sure enough..." Jenny clapped her hands without changing her smile, and felt a slight sense of loss in her heart—she never thought of winning another Oscar so soon, but even so, losing the election was not so pleasant. In particular, she believes that she has made another breakthrough in "Michael Clayton". This is also her first film that does not use empathy cheats at all. It is a pity that she failed to get affirmation. The feeling of losing the election may be much higher.

But after all, this is the result of long-term preparations. She will not show her disappointment in color and let others see it as a joke. Of course, she was not surprised that Marion finally won the Best Actress Oscar. Although she had never watched "La Vie en Rose", because of "Inception", she knew that Marion won the Best Actress through this film, although Cate Blanchett won some outpost awards for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age". She doesn't know if this is consistent with the original timeline, but the final result is nothing surprising. Kate's performance in "The Golden Age" Compared with "I'm Not There", there is still a distance.

Because she didn't have a male companion, she sat in the center of the "Michael" crew. Sidney Pollack and Daniel Day-Lewis all sent their comfort, although it was just a pat on the shoulder, or a restrained look , Jenny also smiled and nodded to her colleagues, and didn't say much, because it is not appropriate to show too much emotion when there is a possibility of being photographed at any time.

"Michael Clayton" was shortlisted for seven Oscars this year, and it can be regarded as a work with a sense of presence this year. , There are three other awards, all of which are of high gold content-Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film. However, according to the usual practice, between Best Actress and Best Actor, some performances and mourning sessions were arranged to adjust the atmosphere, with intervals between climaxes. Jon Stewart, who hosted the Oscars this year, was full of witty words. After a wave of laughter from the audience, he finally introduced Helen Mirren to the front of the stage, and she read out the list of candidates for the Best Actor Oscar.

"Daniel Day-Lewis, "Michael Clayton"." The name aroused bursts of applause and cheers, and Daniel also showed a subtle smile and nodded towards the camera, "Johnny. Depp, "Sweeney Todd."

"Viggo Mortensen, "Oriental Promise"..." After reading these names, Helen laughed at herself and said humorously, "I should hope that Tommy Lee Jones won the award, because this We seem to be a good match."

Among the loud laughter from the audience, the gray-haired Tommy made an honored expression and bowed slightly to the stage, but there is really not much suspense for everyone about this award: Daniel won It’s almost like he’s playing with himself. Either he won the award with "Michael Clayton" or he won the award with "There Will Be Blood". For him, which film is nominated is the problem, because which of his Every movie has the strength to win the championship. Whether it is the greedy and arrogant mine owner or the low-key and confused lawyer, they are all played by Daniel to the extreme. If the two films are released in two years, he will be the best actor again. I am afraid there will not be too much controversy.

"And the Oscar will be awarded to—" Helen Mirren opened the envelope, smiled knowingly, leaned into the microphone and announced, "Daniel Day-Lewis!"

'Wow——' There was enthusiastic applause in the venue, and Jenny was also refreshed—although she was not as happy as she herself was when she won the award, but when she saw Daniel receiving the award, she felt like, "Please come out!" It's the right decision' feeling, indeed very satisfying, she sincerely applauded Daniel enthusiastically, stood up and hugged him firmly, and said loudly in the deafening background, "I know you will Get this award, Daniel!"

Even Daniel couldn't help but beam with joy at this time. He, who has always been reticent, expressed his emotions with a tight hug——Jenny was almost hugged off the ground, and then, amidst the cheers of the people, , he walked briskly onto the podium, knelt down on one knee playfully, and accepted the Oscar awarded by the 'Queen' Helen Mirren.

"Thank you, thank you." Daniel held the statuette in his hand, his eyes narrowed into deep smile lines, and he was very excited. However, this is not the first time he has won an award. He is a method master who has won many awards He also retained enough reserve—he obviously pre-wrote his acceptance speech, and he started methodically with a joke, "This will be the closest honor to me becoming a knight, so thank you."

Among the laughter, Helen Mirren made a flattered expression, and Daniel continued, "I would like to express my sincerest thanks to the organizers of the Oscars. The award went to me. Watching it made me think of so many wonderful souls, Tony Gilroy, your brain made it all possible. Sidney Pollack, Tom Wilkinson, so many Beautiful and great souls have contributed to all of this, and there are too many people to thank, my beautiful wife Rebecca Miller—”

Rebecca waved her hand at the camera and stared at her husband with a smile. Daniel also blew a kiss to her, "There is also the equally beautiful Jennifer Jefferson sitting beside her."

His emotions became obviously agitated, and his breathing became much faster. Anyone could see Daniel's sincerity at the moment, his cheeks flushed, and his tone stammered, "Without you, there would be no There's going to be all this, you've taken a fantastic journey into my den and brought this great character to me, thank you for your performances that inspired my performances and your awesome performance - forced me to pick up my pace Afraid of being surpassed by you, working with you is a wonderful journey, it makes me feel the joy of acting, and it is this joy that makes me feel how beautiful life is—”

This sentence may not be in the speech, but Daniel said it a little intermittently, and the audience waited patiently, but in the end, when Daniel was obviously choked up, they drowned him in applause. As for Jenny, she never expected that Daniel's gratitude to her would be so intense: during the filming stage, she and Daniel had almost no contact, because Daniel took her as Karen in the play, and the hostility between the two It was very heavy, and once the filming was over, the two of them would fly away separately. Daniel was a closed person, and he was nearly twenty years older than her, so he had no contact at all. She thought that Daniel just regarded her as an ordinary colleague—of course, there was nothing to complain about, they were originally colleagues.

Until now, when Daniel spoke out on stage, she had never learned how deeply the British can bury their feelings. Of course, this is not to say that Daniel fell in love with her—Jenny would not misunderstand her in this way, she could fully understand what Daniel meant, his gratitude and sympathy for her was because she had completed a great performance with him, and This kind of pleasure/feeling of surpassing himself in the performance, climbing to a new peak, and being "one with the heaven and man" with the character made Daniel burn and joy for it. All the actors are chasing this feeling, and for For the greatest actors, this kind of experience even makes them willing to exchange their lifespan. What Daniel is grateful for is not that she let him win an Oscar, nor that she let him participate in a movie that sold at the box office. He is grateful to her It made him experience such an enjoyable performance, as he said, 'such a wonderful journey'.

This is the greatest respect and the best affirmation for the co-actors. At this moment, the regret of not winning the Oscar disappeared, and Jenny also felt the moist heat around her eyes. In her mind, she pursed her lips, tried hard to stop the tears from falling, and nodded vigorously to Daniel, and Daniel finally smiled, restraining the sudden emotional surge.

"I am very much looking forward to our next cooperation," he said, "and Tony Gilroy, I send you my sincerest respect, and if I can, I would like to share my honor with My three sons, Gabriel, Rona and Cassel, thank you!"

Amid warm applause, he kissed the statuette and walked off the stage. Accompanied by beautiful cutscene music, the master of ceremonies announced that the two awards for best director and best film will be awarded, and Daniel went to the backstage for an interview as a matter of course.

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"This is not an accidental result." Goldie Hawn smiled, and in the bar in San Francisco, Jon was also moved by Daniel's inscription, "Did you see that Daniel choked up, and Jenny Her eyes are also red, and this seems to be the first time in several years that I have seen her tend to cry—this time the Oscar is really worthy.”

In the mansion in Los Angeles, Brad Pitt shook his head, "Fortunately, he didn't call, otherwise George might hate us."

"In fact, this award can be given to his performance in "There Will Be Blood." Angelina commented with a detached attitude, "Michael Clayton is really lucky."

Bell twitched the corners of her lips and maintained her social smile. She was a little disdainful of this touching scene: "The best director should not be your share. If the best picture is not selected, one of the seven mentions will be selected. ...This result is not very good."

As for the best film, she is a little uncertain: this year's best film is also a small year, "Atonement" is of mediocre quality, "Juno" is unlikely to win an award, the finalist is already the highest certainty, "No Country for Old Men" has a niche style, The sense of cult is still very strong. As representatives of the cult faction, the Coen Brothers have compromised with the Oscars, but it is hard to say whether the judges will accept it. The style of "There Will Be Blood" is also very dark, but apart from Daniel's performance , it is hard to say that the highlights will overshadow "Michael Clayton". In this year's Sentinel Awards, the last three films are entangled, and no one has an absolute advantage. "Michael Crichton" won the Screen Actors Guild Award, but missed the Best Film at the Golden Globe Awards, and "No Country for Old Men" won the Golden Globe. But there are not many awards in the Film Critics Association...

If calculated from the box office, the highest box office in the world is now "Juno", none of the three films has anything to do with it. From the perspective of artistry, these three films belong to the ranks of profound thoughts and dark styles. "There Will Be Blood" "Dark to the end, "No Country for Old Men" and "Michael" both have relatively bright endings. "No Country for Old Men" plays retro, Western suspense films, and it is a bit unpopular in the Oscars. "Michael" cares about pharmaceutical companies and institutional issues. The core The content is quite similar to "The Shawshank Redemption". If you encounter a film like "Forrest Gump", you will definitely lose a lot. But now, it's hard to say what the result will be...

Bell's prediction was correct. Tony Gilroy did not win the Best Director Award. It's going to be psychologically unbalanced. "Michael Clayton" is a good film, but the extremely outstanding performance of the actors is the basis of the film's success, which overshadows the director's brilliance. ——The Coen brothers picked up the Oscar statuette, which is also in line with the results of the Sentinel Awards. In the past few months, the Coen brothers have been harvesting this award frantically.

The two awards, Best Director and Best Picture, have always had a high probability of overlapping. The Coen Brothers receiving the award greatly increased the chances of "No Country for Old Men" winning the award. When they came to the stage with steady steps, the Coen brothers, who had just won the best director award, didn't even enter the backstage - as candidates, according to the usual practice, they should indeed wait for the result at the scene.

"There are already 79 films selected as Oscar's best picture. Now, it's time to see which film is the 80th." The award presenter, two Oscar winners Denzel Washington came quickly In front of the microphone, he said succinctly, "The nominees for best picture are—"No Country for Old Men", producers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen."

"There Will Be Blood, producers Joanne Serra, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi."

"Michael Crichton, producers Sidney Pollack, Jennifer Jefferson, Kerry Orient..."

After introducing the five films and the producers, he did not procrastinate at all, and did not give everyone a chance to brew tension, so he lowered his head and opened the envelope, and said quickly, "And the Oscar will belong."

After a slight pause, Denzel Washington quickly said, "Michael Clayton, produced by Sidney Pollack, Jennifer Jefferson, and Kerry Orient! "

It's Michael Crichton!

The Coen Brothers are really not mainstream enough?

It is also expected!

Jennifer Jefferson was reported as the lead producer?

She finally took the stage...

Regardless of what people were thinking in front of the TV or in the audience, amidst the appalling cheers, the producers stood up and hugged and cheered with the crew members, and then quickly climbed onto the stage under the urging of the music. The Stage - This is the last award to be handed out at the ceremony, and the awards ceremony is seriously overrun by now, and there isn't much time left for them to squander to celebrate.

Sidney Pollack's health is not very good. He fell asleep many times during the awards ceremony, and now he is still a little sleepy. Under the care of Jennifer and Kerry, he took over from Denzel. The little golden man waved his hand to the audience and won warm applause from the audience. Many guests and audience stood up to show their respect: For this master who has fought for more than 40 years and is still winning awards at the age of 70, people are paying attention again. No amount of respect is too much.

No matter what the rules are, Sidney should be the one who speaks first. Jennifer Jefferson and Carrie Orent also stand on both sides knowingly, and Jennifer pays close attention to it. Sidney followed Sidney's footsteps and stepped forward to adjust the direction of the microphone for him—however, she failed to retreat behind Sidney, because the old man took her hand and held her wrist tightly.

Whether it was the guests at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, they were all a little worried: Could it be that Sidney is too weak to stand up? Jennifer obviously thought the same way, she quickly moved closer to Sidney, wanting to support him, but it seems that Sidney's physical condition is not that bad, he held her hand for another purpose—

When Jennifer came to him, Sidney Pollack showed a kind and gratifying smile. He did something that surprised everyone: the old man dragged her to him without any explanation, and he Step aside, raised her hand very clearly, indicating that she would be the first to speak...