Chapter 297 Oscar (Part 2)

Waiting patiently until the applause stopped, Billy Christo said: "So, Hollywood is a place full of dreams, whether you are under twenty or over eighty, as long as you really have Talent, willing to work hard, it will definitely be affirmed.”

A burst of applause sounded again, and many people turned their attention to Eric. There is no doubt that the phrase 'not yet twenty years old' in Billy Christo's mouth refers to Eric. The camera's lens also moved to Eric's side in accordance with public opinion.

Eric clapped his hands calmly, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, which was regarded as a response.

After Billy Christo finished speaking, he invited another group of presenters to come up, and then left the stage.

After several irrelevant awards, another legendary Hollywood actress, Jane Fonda, appeared on the stage, and Eric couldn't help but sit up straight, because the next two awards were given to him at this year's Oscars. The two most important awards, although Eric directed four films this year, Firefly also applied for the best director for the two films "Pretty Woman" and "Dark War", but they were not nominated.

Therefore, Eric's two best screenplay awards for "Small Island" and "Scent of a Woman" have become the two most important nominations for his Oscar this year.

Born into an acting family, Jane Fonda and Morgan Freeman are about the same age. However, they only look in their forties on the outside. The long black dress makes the actress vaguely reveal her youthful appearance. Divide the charm.

"This year is undoubtedly a bumper year for Hollywood. Not only has the total domestic box office exceeded 5 billion US dollars for the first time, but also more excellent movies have emerged than in previous years. No matter any excellent movie, it is always A good script is inseparable from a good script, which is the foundation of a movie. So, let's take a look at the movie nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay." Jane Fonda said, turning her side slightly. After gesturing to the big screen, he continued: "The nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay are: "Driving for Miss Daisy". Alfred Ahari; "The Enemy, a Love Story", Roger Simon; "Dream Comes True," Phil Alden Robinson, "My Left Foot," Jim Sheridan, "Scent of a Woman," Eric Williams."

The five nominated candidates appear on the big screen in sequence. Eric looked at the stage without blinking. Although he repeatedly wanted to appear as if nothing had happened, under this situation, in this tense atmosphere, Eric put his hand on his knee. Still clenched into fists involuntarily. Although the two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay still do not attract much attention compared with the last four awards, compared with the previously irrelevant technical award for Best Soundtrack, these two The gold content of awards is much higher.

After Jane Fonda introduced the nominees, she didn't make the audience wait too long, and quickly opened the envelope in her hand. After looking at it, he approached the microphone and said, "The best adapted screenplay that won the Oscar is: "Driving for Miss Daisy".

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Amidst the loud applause, Eric's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a strong sense of ill will. Among the nominations for the best screenplay, "Scent of a Woman" is the one most likely to win the award. After all, everyone knows that horror movies are not very popular with the Oscars, although they also thought about applying for "Sleepless in Seattle" Or the best original screenplay for Pretty Woman, after all, romance movies are a bit more lovable than horror movies, though, after thinking about it again and again. Eric still decided to apply for the best original screenplay for "Frightening Island", and gave up "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Pretty Woman".

after all. Romance movies have a low chance of winning Best Original Screenplay, while "A Little Island" is a horror movie though. But this script is undoubtedly much more exciting than traditional horror films, and the possibility of winning awards is higher than that of the other two love films, although Oscar will not prohibit Eric from submitting the other two love films together. And the possibility of being nominated is not small, but in that case it will only dilute the number of votes and make the probability of winning several scripts very low.

But Eric now finds that, despite all his calculations, he still ignores another fact.

Whether it is the best original screenplay or the best adapted screenplay, the members of the screenwriters union vote While it would be inappropriate to let all of his nominations fall, considering he got two nominations, at least one of the two films would have been voted for. But Eric is also certain that most screenwriters will not vote for both scripts at the same time, but will only choose one of the two scripts "Scent of a Woman" and "Cry on the Island".

This also means that while Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay are two separate awards, the votes for these two awards are still split.

Then, there is no doubt that if the members of the Screenwriters Guild are asked to choose one from the other, "Scent of a Scent and Knowing a Woman" with higher artistic achievements will definitely get more votes than "Cry on the Island". "Woman" failed to win the award, so the next "Cry on the Island" is even more hopeless.

With a sigh in his heart, Eric shook his head slightly, quickly withdrew his expression, and turned his attention to the stage.

After the best adapted screenplay, Jane Fonda did not step off the stage, but continued to introduce the nominations for the best original screenplay: "The Oscar nominees for the best original screenplay are: Dead Poets Society, Tom Fonda. Shulman; "Sin and Wrong," Woody Allen; "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," Steven Soderbergh; "Island," Eric Williams; Lee meets Sally, Nora Ephron."

Eric's face reappeared on the screen in the center of the stage. Even though many people at the scene could see him on the stage as soon as they looked up, many people still turned their attention to where Eric was sitting.

There is no doubt that these people must also be aware of Eric's current situation. As for whether anyone is gloating at the misfortune, it is unknown.

Eric turned a blind eye to other irrelevant glances, and just nodded to the concerned cast members around him and made a reassuring look. (To be continued)