Chapter 1969: 1969 The Suspense Soars
Standing on the side stage, Hugo looked at the stage that had reopened the noisy prelude, but his eyes were a little dazed.
Regardless of the outcome of tonight, whether the "Titanic" continued its historical trajectory to complete its dominance, or "LA Confidential" turned into an iceberg and successfully overturned the strongest cruise ship in history, but the era of blockbuster movies led by computer special effects has come irresistibly up. Hugo clearly knows that ten or fifteen years later, the big screen will be bombarded by these commercial blockbusters; but correspondingly, people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of scripts, but excellent scripts and excellent screenwriters are Fewer and fewer.
Although Hugo knows that this is the inevitable result of the development of the film industry, even without his participation, the result is still the same; although Hugo also knows that as an independent individual, even if his influence is large, it is difficult to shake the development trajectory of the entire industry. Not the savior, nor the center of the universe, not everything is related to his little butterfly; but now Hugo still inevitably thinks that there are more or less behind the "Independence Day" and "Titanic". His participation, so what role does he play in the torrent of history?
He is not a savior, he has neither the responsibility nor the ability to change the track of the wheel of history, but he is one of them, an important one - especially after becoming a member of the decision-making team of DreamWorks, so, the galloping horse In the torrent of history, he can no longer stay out of it.
Gently shaking the little golden man in his hand, Hugo's eyes became firm again, the heaviness lingering in his heart dissipated, and the smile at the corner of his mouth rose slightly again, that confidence and calmness reflected the golden light of the trophy, Let the surrounding darkness slowly recede.
The awards ceremony is still going on, and the two awards in the screenplay department belong to "LA Confidential" and "As Good as It Gets". It is a choice that completely conforms to the popular will, but it suddenly creates huge uncertainty about the follow-up direction of tonight's awards ceremony.
"As Good as It Gets" won the Best Original Screenplay Award, which not only made Hugo the second artist in film history to win the screenwriter and actor statuette at the same time, but also allowed "As Good as It Gets" to win the first trophy. Competition ranks, so far, among the five nominated works for the best picture, "Titanic" leads strongly with ten trophies, followed by the three statuettes of "L.A. Confidential", "As Good as It Gets", "Spiritual" "The Catcher" and "Six Heroes of Light Pigs" each received a trophy. Except for the award for the best music and comedy soundtrack for "Six Heroes of Light Pigs", which was slightly inferior, the awards for the other four works are full of weight, so there is no suspense. On the contrary, as the award ceremony progressed, it became more and more confusing.
The next three heavyweight individual trophies for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director will determine to a large extent whether the suspense can continue, because "Titanic" has won in all three departments. Nomination, if this work takes the lead in grabbing any trophy in the three departments, it can announce the end of the suspense in advance.
The first to appear was Geoffrey Rush (Geoffrey. Rush), a veteran actor who won the award for his outstanding performance in "Shine" last year. He took the stage to present the Best Actress Award.
From the list of nominations, Judi Dench of "Mrs. Brown" and Helen Hunt of "As Good as It Gets" are the biggest winners. The later winners, especially Judy, who is 63 years old this year, are commendable both in terms of their contributions to the entertainment industry and the performance of this work, and it is completely logical to win the award.
Although Kate Winslet of "Titanic" is only 22 years old, and the performance in this work is also slightly inferior, but no one can ignore the energy of this big ship, and being shortlisted has the ability to win the award—— The previous sweep of the technology sector directly proved this point.
In the end, Jeffrey announced the answer. "As Good as It Gets", which just won the first trophy tonight in the best original screenplay department, has achieved double success. The Hollywood film critics applauded and praised it endlessly, and finally succeeded in standing out on the night of the Oscars, and successfully won the statuette for the first nomination!
Although this is only Helen's first Oscar nomination, she deserves it. Even Judy had to express her admiration and gave her blessing with a standing ovation.
Helen standing on the stage looked a little excited, her slightly flushed eyes easily revealed the confusion in her heart, "...Uh, I think I need to thank the screenwriter of this work, Mr. Lancaster. Thank you for giving Thank you for giving me the opportunity to play this role, and thank you for being willing to listen to my stupid views on acting, this may not be the best moment of my life, but it is the most memorable moment of my life." As she spoke, the tears in Helen's eyes Tears fell down, but she didn't cry. Instead, she burst out laughing. With this smile, the tears fell faster, making everyone feel the same.
It's followed by Best Actor, one of the most competitive divisions in any given year, and this year was no exception, with Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman The head-on collision with Hugo Lancaster, the three film stars, was full of sparks, plus the two newcomers Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio joined the battle-the former is the best actor. The leading role and the strong newcomer nominated for the best original screenplay, the latter has already been nominated for the Oscar for best supporting actor four years ago.
It can be said that the topicality of the five nominees has reached an unprecedented height. At this moment, the number of viewers watching the Oscars ceremony in the United States has soared to 59 million, constantly breaking the record for tonight. The degree of attention can be clearly felt even through a small screen.
In addition, four of the five best picture candidates have joined the final showdown, which can be said to be unprecedentedly intense. Somewhat similar to the Best Actress pattern, Golden Globe winners in the drama category and musical comedy category are the biggest winners. Before the awards ceremony, it was generally believed that this would be a duel between Hugo and Jack. The difference for Best Actress is that the strength of the other three candidates is stronger and the gap is narrower.
Jack's last win was fourteen years ago, when he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Mother and Daughter" - also from "As Good as It Gets" director James L-Brooks , and after that, Jack has been nominated three times - including "Yihai Xiongfeng", which he cooperated with Hugo, but he failed to win the award.
Compared with Dustin, Jack is undoubtedly more prolific and more active in recent years. After Dustin won his second Oscar winner with "Rain Man" nine years ago, he has never been nominated for the next period of time, and this time the nominated work "Being a Great Hero" "--Barry Levinson, also from the director of "Rain Man"--is still a little undercooked and lacks some strength.
In addition, Matt, who was nominated by "Good Will Hunting", and Leonardo, who was nominated by "Titanic", are both typical movies that are bigger than the works of actors. The script of the former is the most brilliant part. Robin's demeanor is suppressed; the latter is naturally needless to say, the overall movie is the most magnificent existence, and James Cameron is the real winner as the director.
Relatively speaking, Hugo's performance in "LA Confidential" is not only amazing, but also completely integrated with the story, and even played a non-negligible role in promoting the story. From the actors, the script, and the film as a whole, this is a work that has achieved perfect integration. This also makes Hugo Jack's biggest rival.
However, Hugo's biggest disadvantage is that the last time he won an award was only two years ago, and tonight he has already won the best original screenplay statuette. The crisis of splitting votes cannot be underestimated. More importantly, "As Good as It Gets" almost gave Jack a perfect stage to show off his strengths; but "LA Confidential" gave Hugo very limited space, even if Hugo performed brilliantly, But the momentum fell behind.
But even so, people are still looking forward to: what if... just if, what if Hugo wins the best actor again? So what kind of incredible record will Hugo create! The youngest winner of the two Best Actor Awards in film history, the first actor in film history to win Best Actor and Screenwriter Awards at the same award ceremony, the first actor in film history to win four Golden Award trophies, equaling Katharine Hepburn's number of trophies... …
Although this is just a thought, it is enough to make everyone's blood boil, not to mention the powerful momentum of "LA Confidential" tonight. Therefore, even knowing that Hugo's disadvantage is relatively obvious, even knowing that the confrontation between Jack and Hugo is definitely a thin-ice confrontation that does not allow any flaws, people still have great expectations.
Hugo, who returned to his seat, has calmed down. It's not that he has no desire for this trophy, but that he has just experienced emotional ups and downs, but now he has calmed down. The nervousness is in his blood. Quietly settled down.
Turning his head, Hugo saw Jack with a calm face, but Jack turned his head to look at Hugo, his half-smiling eyes revealed the tension in his heart at the moment, and the tightness leaked out made people laugh. . Jack also winked his right eye at Hugo, as if to say, "Get ready to congratulate me."
This made the arc of Hugo's mouth slightly outlined.
Leonardo, who was sitting on the other side, lowered his eyes slightly at this moment, the emotions in his eyes were mixed and shrouded in a shadow, making it elusive. Hugo didn't have time to explore, and presenter Francis McDormand stepped onto the stage.