Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1307 Ronald's Grand Slam

In addition to the fixed awards that are given out at every Oscars session, there are also many honorary awards that are not given out at every session. These awards basically have one thing in common, which is that they are named after a leading figure in the field of the award.

The Gordon E. Sawyer Award (a pioneer in studio sound recording and post-production technology) is a lifetime achievement award given to those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of motion picture technology.

This year's Gordon E. Sawyer Award went to Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation master who developed the technology that made many fantasy films in the 1950s possible. Those giant monsters were made with stop-motion animation before the technology of electrically driven models was established.

Tom Hanks presented him with the award, "If Sylvester Stallone is the muscle of Hollywood and Geena Davis is the thigh of Hollywood, then people like Ray Harryhausen are the backbone of the film industry..."

This evaluation is very high, but it is hard to say how many of the audience members will truly applaud, and the audience in front of the TV has no idea what you are talking about, so the ratings fell briefly.

Ronald was reminded of Roger Corman, who also made this kind of monster fantasy film in the 1950s. Although he trained countless directors and talents, he was not in the mainstream system of Hollywood, and he was not a pioneering talent in technology. To this day, he has not even received an honorary award.

Shouldn't he talk to Coppola, Scorsese, Cameron, Jonathan Demme and other people who benefited from him, and try to push the Oscars to recognize him? Even if it doesn't work, at least add a star to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Next, please welcome Richard Gere..."

The focus of the Oscars is for stars to present awards to other stars, so as long as the audience remembers the stars, they will try to invite them to present various awards. Richard Gere's previous "Pretty Woman" has not completely passed the heat, but there is no sensational new work coming out, so it is suitable to present this kind of small award.

"We all tied red ribbons on the outside of the clothes we wore today to call for more research on... This is not something that can be accomplished by appeals alone, it requires a lot of money.

I think that in today's international situation, a large amount of defense budget expenditures should be cut and the money saved should be used for this... Please write to your representatives and senators... Only in this way will they pay attention and your voice will be heard..."

"Hey……"

Ronald sighed silently. Some people just can't bear loneliness and don't consider whether it is appropriate for them to do such things. You are just a beautiful star with average acting skills. Why do you think you have the ability to call on the public to carry out political activities?
The Oscars ceremony often goes overtime, and the key is that people often add drama to themselves... Who wants to listen to your political sermons? Everyone is waiting to see the main event later...

Because a lot of time was given to their political demands, the reading of nominations and announcement of winners were done in a hurry. Robert Richardson, the assassin of JFK, did not even have enough time to finish his speech when he won the award.

The middle of the ceremony was filled with these awards, not too big or too small, important to the industry but not important to TV viewers. Laura Dern presented the award for Best Visual Effects to the Terminator 2 team, and Ronald Van Vliet, the special effects supervisor, also received a statuette (along with four others), and he could only say one thing, the famous geek could only say that computer graphics special effects will become an increasingly widely adopted technology in movies.

After Patrick Schweitzer (also a favorite star of the audience) presented the Best Original Score Award to the animated film Beauty and the Beast, the president of the Academy, Jack Valenti, came out and introduced Audrey Hepburn to present this year's Honorary Oscar.

Famous Indian director Satyajit Ray, lying on his sickbed, weakly accepted the Oscar Honorary Award. He tightly grasped the Oscar statuette in his hand and kept talking about how he wrote letters to famous Hollywood stars and how he got nutrients from Hollywood to make his own movies, which made Ronald feel sorry for him. He had never received investment from Hollywood in his life and could only shoot with the simplest equipment...

During the break of the performance, Ronald quickly slipped to the rest area at the back and saw Yimou, accompanied by Yang Yanzi, chatting happily with the reporters. When there were questions that were difficult to answer, he pretended not to understand and answered what he wanted to say on his own.

Yang Yanzi also gave him an expression, indicating that everything was under control, and the policy drawn up by Pat Kingsley in advance was very effective. Even if the reporters did not get the answers they wanted, they were amused by Yimou's simple sense of humor. Anyway, they would not have to worry about getting a popular report...

While the red light on the live camera was off, Ronald switched back to the official stand-in who was sitting in his seat. Next, we will move on to the most critical awards.

The first award was for Best Original Screenplay, and Carly Curry, a female screenwriter of Thelma & Louise, defeated John Singleton, a black screenwriter, and James Toback, a middle-aged white male screenwriter. It has to be said that the size of the protest can still solve the problem to a certain extent.

The competition for Best Adapted Screenplay is also fierce, with JFK and Sons of the Wave also nominated. Ronald is most worried about a small-budget production, Fried Green Tomatoes, which has a unique story and is very popular among industry insiders.

"The winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay Award is... Ted Tully for The Silence of the Lambs..."

Suddenly, the applause became intense, attracting the attention of award presenters Angelica Huston and Robert Duvall.

"Beep beep..."

The dull and depressing theme song of "The Silence of the Lambs" sounded for the first time after the opening host Billy Crystal dressed as Hannibal. Ted Tully walked up quickly with his bald head shining under the lights.

Ronald felt that all his pores were relaxed.

This award marks that "The Silence of the Lambs" has finally won a heavyweight award. After losing the Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing awards to Terminator 2 and The Assassination of JKF respectively, the artistic performance award fell on the head of The Silence of the Lambs for the first time.

Although I was confident in my videotape tactics, winning the award was also a psychological confirmation. After all, the sound effects of the Terminator and the various images in the assassination of JFK were too outstanding.

“Finally I won the award…”

Unlike Ronald, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Demme and others did not have such great confidence in the videotape tactics. So this award has a much greater consolation effect on them than Ronald.

“This is just the beginning…”

Jodie Foster's eyes widened, not understanding the source of Ronald's confidence.

"Five talented actors nominated for Best Actor:"

Last year's Best Actor award winner, Kathy Bates, took to the stage to present the Best Actor award.

"Warren Beatty, the world's greatest passion..."

Every time Kathy Bates mentioned a nominee, she paused to give the audience time to applaud.

"Wow, wow, wow..." The audience automatically cooperated with the static shots that appeared on the screen, which were captured by the five nominees from the nominated films.

"Robert De Niro, Cape Fear..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoosh..."

"Anthony Hopkins... The Silence of the Lambs"

“Huahuahua…oh oh oh…”

With the close-up of Anthony Hopkins smiling on the big screen, the applause suddenly rose ten decibels, along with a mixture of male and female voices and loud whistles.

"Nick Nolte... Son of the Wave..."

"Wow, wow, wow..." The applause returned to normal.

Warren Beatty in the front row blurted out "Oh, God..."

Nick Nolte and the fifth nominee, Robin Williams, the male lead of the movie The Fisherman (Robert De Niro was not present), both noticed this sign, and frustration began to appear on their faces. But Kathy Bates on the stage had not yet opened the envelope, and everything was possible. A mixture of reluctance and expectation made them all swallow nervously.

"The Best Actor award goes to...Anthony Hope..."

"Ah ah ah..."

The noise at the scene drowned out Kathy Bates's reading.

Anthony Hopkins stood up triumphantly, turned back to kiss his wife, walked on stage like a lion, kissed Kathy Bates hard, and then took the little golden man.

The person laughing the happiest in the audience was Jodie Foster. She clapped her hands so hard and kept looking in Ronald's direction that her face was a little distorted and she was grinning.

“You really won a prize?”

"Oh, we're done, they're going to hit the Grand Slam..."

Warren Beatty has been in Hollywood for so many years, and one look at the situation shows that this year's The Silence of the Lambs is unstoppable.

"Honey, there are still three awards that have not been decided yet..." Annette Bening looked back undefeated. She heard what her husband Beatty said, but how could she believe it? We also won the Best Picture Award at the Golden Globe Awards...

"You don't understand..." Warren Beatty didn't argue. He took the lead in standing up and applauding Anthony Hopkins.

"Wow..." The sound of chair springs was heard and everyone at the scene stood up and applauded.

This is an unusual award!
Anthony Hopkins' entire performance lasts just over twenty minutes in the entire movie!
And this "Silence of the Lambs" was released at the beginning of the year!

And this "Silence of the Lambs" is a fucking horror movie!

So many impossibilities, combined together, made it seem that his award was well-deserved. The voices of the audience could testify to that!

Anthony Hopkins held the little golden man in one hand and raised the other hand high to salute the audience who were standing and applauding.

Jonathan Demi was laughing so hard that his jaw almost dropped. He heard what Ronald had just said, that this was just the beginning, and now he began to believe it.

"Oh my God, this is so unexpected. I never thought I would win an award, especially competing with so many talented actors... Thank you to the Academy and Oscar for your kindness to me. First of all, I want to say I love you to my mother, who is watching me live in Wales..."

Anthony Hopkins, with his unique Shakespearean accent, thanked many people. His hands kept fiddling with his bow tie, touching his head, and fiddling with his shirt buttons. It seemed that he really didn't expect to win the award today.

This humble demeanor actually won the favor of the audience, and there was constant applause.

Anthony Hopkins was a little too excited, and it was not until he was interviewed backstage that he remembered that he had not thanked his colleagues and producers. "Oh my God, I forgot to thank Jonathan, Judy, and Ronald. Without them, this movie would not have been possible..."

At the same time, at the awards ceremony, the music of Beauty and the Beast sounded, and a handsome man with long flowing hair came on stage to receive the award. He was Billy, the "partner" of the late lyricist Howard Ashman. He accepted the Best Original Song Award on behalf of Ashman who died of illness.

"Howard and I live in the same house and we share everything, and this moment is bitter sweet for me..."

Oscar was very thoughtful and humane, and his acceptance speech did not reveal their relationship...

"In sports competitions, the champion is the one who runs the fastest and jumps the highest, but in acting, who decides who is the best? This is why the Best Actor Award is a painful decision every year. Last year, the Academy nominated five talented ladies..."

Michael Douglas took the stage to present the Best Actress award. This is a reflection of his recent popularity for "Basic Instinct". Breaking with tradition, he replaced last year's Best Actor Jeremy Irons to present the award.

"Susan Sarandon... Thelma and Louise...

Laura Dern... the vulnerable rose...

Geena Davis... Thelma and Louise...

Jodie Foster... The Silence of the Lambs...

Betty………………………………………”

The same situation happened again, with the shouts and whistles of the audience drowning out the voices of the nominees being announced.

"Jodie Foster... The Silence of the Lambs..."

The theme song of The Silence of the Lambs plays for the third time...

The audience applauded again. Ronald looked back at Jonathan Demme, and they both smiled knowingly.

Jodie Foster smiled so hard that her mouth was crooked, and she walked on the stage as lightly as a high school girl. She was wearing a light pink trouser suit and white lace gloves.

"Ah ha ha……"

Jodie Foster burst into laughter as soon as she opened her mouth, and her excitement was beyond words. Fortunately, she was a top student at Yale, and she gave a flawless thank you speech... She thanked all the stars who won the Best Actress award before her...

……

"Every nominated director will think, is there something wrong with my film? Is the audience able to feel what I care about?"

Last year's Best Director Kevin Costner took the stage to present the Best Director Award.

Director nominations have video clips of their live work as the background for the announcement of the nominations. This is the Oscars' preference for directors, which is the most important position for the success of a film.

There was no cheering from the audience this time, after all, the actors and judges did not understand the work of many directors. However, the applause for Jonathan Demme was still louder than that for Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, Ridley Scott and others. Only the black director John Singleton received the most enthusiastic applause from the black audience, and the momentum was almost the same as his.

"The Oscar goes to Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs..."

Jonathan Demme's expression was very calm. He felt that he was not as popular as the male and female protagonists. He was worried that he would be the only loser. The sudden news made him a little stunned. He decided to kiss his wife first...

"In my lifelong love of film, the honor of tonight is something I could never have imagined. I can only give credit to the screenwriter Tully, uh, uh... my director of photography Tucker Fujimoto, uh, sorry, and my casting director Howard Forer, who helped me cast such great actors like Tony and Judy...

Uh… um, sorry, I also want to thank Daydream and Ronald, as well as Mike McDavoy of TriStar Pictures. Without their great assistance, this film would not have been re-shot in the tragedy of Orion's bankruptcy…

Uh-huh...ah-ah...thank you!"

Jonathan Demme, who was already nervous and incoherent, finally stammered out his thanks... and walked off the stage amid the audience's kind applause.

The final award presenters were heavyweights Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor, which was also a kind of respect for the old stars.

"We come to the final award, Best Picture...This year's five nominated films are..." Paul Newman mainly introduced the nominations.

"The Oscar goes to..." Elizabeth Taylor has managed her figure very well and has regained 70% of her youthful charm today...

"The Silence of the Lambs, Ronald Lee, Mike McDavoy..."

"Beep, beep...beep..." The theme song sounded for the fifth time.

"Ahhh..." Diane happily hugged Ronald and kissed him passionately. This was the third time in the history of the Oscars that a movie won all five of the most important art awards: Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Picture. The last two movies that won this grand slam were "It Happened One Night" in 1934 and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975.

"Oh my God..." Ronald held the golden statue, and Mike McDavoy made him the main candidate to give a speech.

"I didn't expect this day when I took over the film project from Orion. Thanks to their executives for always supporting the director's artistic freedom in filming movies. I deeply believe that this is the principle of making outstanding films..."

Ronald spoke eloquently, made a subtle comment about Orion's short-sighted richest boss, and ended his speech happily.

It’s a bit regrettable though, it would be better if this was the Best Director Award, but never mind, let’s just have fun tonight.

(End of this chapter)