King of Hollywood Chapter 123: Golden Palm

Although Tom Cruise is still a few years away from his peak, he is now a Hollywood star. Looking at his achievements, although it has nothing to do with his own hard work, it is still relatively smooth for most people. In addition, the long-standing youth idol image has earned him a lot of popularity, so a bit proud. In reason.

However, as a celebrity who is quite influential in the entertainment world, he does not have a good grasp of this skill, which is a necessary quality for every star. There are no exceptions, otherwise entertainment The circle is over.

Actually, Cruise has done a very good job, maintaining a calm and humble appearance from beginning to end. It's just that although he has starred in a lot of plot movies for the purpose of changing the fixed image since the end of the 80s, he also won an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 9o, but he did not bring his acting well to his life. Come.

Otherwise, how could that pride be seen by Adrian? Take another look at the Willis couple who had dealt with Cruz. After he left, he shrugged and exchanged disapproving glances. He could understand why he was called by so many people when he lost power.

Okay, this is just one of the reasons, you don’t need to analyze it carefully. Prior to Cruz's resignation, Adrian made an invitation as usual, and he has already obtained the adaptation rights of Anne Rice's novel, and is considering using the "original cast". Of course, he has his own plan, and part-time producers may be able to, but Neil Jordan has to be found.

Cruise still took that disapproval at first, and was just perfunctory in the face of the invitation. Although Adrian was also unclear, he just expressed the hope that he would have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, but he didn’t care. The appearance is obvious. But after Nicole Kidman whispered with him, he became enthusiastic again.

"If you need it, you can call me or my agent at any time." Cruz said with a smile, the sincere appearance let the previous arrogance be swept away, he is not a fool after all.

It can also be seen from here that Nicole Kidman is better than him in this respect. Speaking of which, Nicole seems to be 25 years old now. It was when he was young and beautiful. Although he didn't talk much at the reception, the gray and blue eyes were quite charming.

Until I returned to the hotel, Adrian was thinking about something.

Another day later, the most important moment of the Cannes Film Festival-the awards ceremony-came, and stars, directors, producers and entertainment reporters from all over the world gathered outside the Lumiere Theatre , Began the final carnival.

"Do you think I will get Golden Palm tonight, Monica?" Armed with Monica's arm, she walked across the red carpet and entered the theater. After sitting down in her place, Adrian smiled and asked. Road.

"No." Monica replied somewhat coldly. She was wearing a purple low-cut evening gown, with a deep and attractive gully exposed. Obviously extra sexy, it was only a slight body when sitting down Biased.

"Okay, okay, if it makes you feel more comfortable, it doesn’t matter if you can’t get it." Adrian laughed, reaching out to hug her waist from behind the seat, unlike the beginning of the festival. Those days need to be blindfolded.

Monica twisted her body symbolically and leaned on Adrian after humming. Although the pain has been relieved a lot, after all, she didn’t dare to sit for a long time. The sequelae takes time.

Although the Cannes Film Festival is supported by the French government, it still has many shortcomings compared to the Oscar. The host’s performance can only be quite satisfactory. The judges are sitting on the top of each other, and there is basically no singing and dancing. The performance made the entire awards ceremony more serious and less lively-the posture of the Frenchman is evident.

Because of this, even if there are more than ten awards to be awarded, and some awards have two places-such as the golden camera or the jury award. But it didn't take much time to enter the most important link.

Although Adrian can’t remember all the winners list-after all, he is not omnipotent and omnipotent. Only those who have seen it in the past life will have memory, and the shallower the impression, the more difficult it is to find. The Cannes Film Festival is not as famous as Oscar after all. But those important awards are still very clear to him, but they are just one by one. However, the current 45th Cannes Film Festival has made a lot of changes. For example, the best director award was awarded to Bill August of Denmark. Knowing that in the original trajectory, it was his "Good Betrayal" that got Golden Palm

When hearing the name, Adrian gripped Monica's hand tightly. Basically, it is impossible for Bill August to get the best director because he got the best director, because Cannes is much better than Oscar in principle, and there are few cases where a movie wins several awards. It is difficult to assess whether this principle is good or bad.

"You will get it, Ed." Monica said softly at this time, and the previous "No" was just a joke.

Adrian didn't answer, just smiled and patted her hand. Next is a special award for the jury with two places. If there is no "Pulp Fiction" name, the possibility of getting Golden Palm will be greatly improved. But this is not easy. If you compare it with Oscar, the Golden Palm Awards are the awards that combine the best film and best director. Generally speaking, if you can get the special jury award at the previous Cannes Film Festival, then Participation, the possibility of obtaining Golden Palm will be greatly improved. Of course, there are also many movies that take Golden Palm directly, but the proportion is relatively small.

But as a person with a strong desire to control, Adrian doesn't like this kind of situation that cannot be mastered. It's just interesting to try this feeling occasionally. Anyway, Golden Palm didn't have to get something in the plan, so it made him feel a little excited.

"It is the Italian film: "The Little Thief" and the Spanish film: "Fantasy" that won the special award." With the announcement of the host, the scene immediately burst into warm applause. Adrian also took a long breath, now waiting for the last moment.

Probably the two award-winning directors realized this, and their speeches were very short. After they walked away, the host made a few more jokes, and announced that the award-winning guests would play. Soon, in the sound of music, a tall and slender figure came out from behind the rows of frame-like decorations. The long, young and beautiful face of the scroll was the best. Grey and blue eyes, not Nicole? Who is Kidman?

She still wears the dress at the reception that day, the thin-shouldered evening dress with black transparent stockings and flat shoes, but the addition of a pair of long black gloves, which makes her more outstanding temperament, Adrian can not help but raised his eyebrows .

As Nicole appeared on the stage, the host introduced it to everyone, but after a few words, he pulled the topic back to the Palme d'Or, and Nicole stood beside him with a smile. Compared with the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival’s award-winning guests are all vases. No matter men or women, the only thing that comes on stage is to give the list to the host, and then watch the host call out the name next to the winners on stage. He left after the speech.

French... Adrian shook his head in his heart, and then focused his attention on the presenter. This middle-aged man in a suit with his head in his forties, about 40 years old, had opened the long scroll Nicole handed him.

"So, now I am announcing," he said dryly and officially, "At this film festival, the winner of the Golden Palm Award is the American film: "Pulp Fiction""

Adrian, who squeezed his fists involuntarily, immediately waved his hands in a small force, and a rare expression of excitement and excitement on his face, I have to admit that occasionally such a visit is indeed very exciting.

Applause rang, and the surrounding circle was especially warm. The seats in the theater were divided by area. The people sitting nearby were Americans. Whether they were jealous or not, they clapped their hands vigorously at the moment.

After shaking hands with Travolta, Jackson, Willis, Dennis and others, the adjusted Adrian walked on stage with a smile in applause.

"Thank you, Lehrmit, thank you, Nicole." He shook hands with the host and Nicole, and then took the trophy from the host Lehrmit, and a golden palm coconut was attached to it. Cube-shaped chamfered transparent crystal.

"Thanks to the judges for putting this honor in my hands. It’s really exciting and exciting. When I was making this movie, I never expected that one day I would take up the Golden Palm trophy here. .Thanks to the participating actors, thank all the crew members, thank everyone who supports me, thank you, thank you very much" Adrian said as he raised the trophy in his hand and shook it.

Because this is France, and the host uses French from beginning to end, the speech of Adrian is also French. His French is not particularly good, and there is no problem in listening and speaking, but if you speak too fast, there will be situations where the words do not match the meaning, so Adrian tries to speak slowly as much as possible, and the content is relatively short and popular.

As a result, his French was both clear and frustrating. After the speech, the French applauded warmly. Even the host and the French judges who were not far away clapped their hands. In addition, Americans are also supporting the directors of their own countries ~ IndoMTL.com ~ The enthusiasm in the theater is much higher than before.

Adrian owed a little, and was about to go down with the trophy, and just as Nicole was going to follow, the two almost collided together, and a few laughs were immediately drawn.

"Sorry." Nicole said awkwardly.

"It's okay." Adrian made a gentle gesture by the gentleman.

Perhaps because of the tension, Nicole suddenly fell to the ground when she went down the stairs, but the Adrian who followed him took her arm in time.

"Don't worry, it's okay," he whispered, and when Nicole stood firm, he let go of his hand, and the gentleman-like move immediately greeted a lot of applause.

"Thank you." Nicole smiled at him, then walked to his seat without looking back.

Adrian did not say anything, and returned to his seat.