HPDBC Chapter 1569 Best Editing Award
Chapter 1569 Best Editing Award
Chapter 1569 Best Editing Award
"Oprah...Uma! Uma...Oprah..."
Who knew that after David Letterman told two legitimate jokes, he started with this baby joke. Ronald found that the laughter of the people around him was much quieter than the first time he heard it, especially the two parties involved, who were so embarrassed that they were at a loss.
Oprah Winfrey, also a talk show host, was a little overwhelmed. What the hell is this?
Ronald felt that he was like many other people and began to move his buttocks. Embarrassment seemed to rise from everyone's chair like nails, forcing you to start dodging left and right.
"This year's Oscars is a very eye-catching event, almost as eye-catching as the press conference for the establishment of DreamWorks... Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, three children with their own dreams and $1.8 billion, who knows what they will achieve?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
David Letterman's level of humor quickly swung between the best in the country and an unqualified kindergarten teacher. Ronald was so amused that he really didn't know what to do.
"Many of you here are directors and producers. We used to pray that the three of them wouldn't be so successful next year. Now it's much simpler and saves a lot of time. We just have to pray that one company, DreamWorks, won't be successful."
Ronald stopped laughing. This joke was aimed at people like him. If he laughed and was caught by the camera, it would become tomorrow's news. Although it was likely that the people at ABC would be sensible and not even give a close-up of the three DreamWorks bosses.
"There was a company called Seewo Films that gave Stallone $2000 million to shoot a movie with an undetermined script. God, if you want to make money, the only thing that's undetermined is which Roman letter Stallone will put after Rocky..."
"Puff..." Ronald couldn't help himself. Stallone's salary had long been over 2000 million US dollars, but now everyone in Hollywood knows that he is no longer good, and only outsiders will be deceived by his international appeal... But returning to shoot the Rocky series is a feasible plan.
"This year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is Ang Lee's 'Drink, Eat, Man, Woman.' Coincidentally, these are the words that Schwarzenegger said when he first dated his wife Maria Shriver..."
"Hahaha……"
This is a joke about Schwarzenegger's poor English. Anyway, people generally don't pay much attention to jokes about celebrities, because they are looking for opportunities to show up in such occasions. Sure enough, the camera quickly captured the reactions of the two people - they were both laughing happily.
"Like Forrest Gump said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what the next one will taste like... unless of course you're sitting next to Roger Ebert, then you can't get any..."
"Ha..." Now it was Ronald's turn to be embarrassed.
He couldn't laugh or not laugh at this joke.
The joke apparently talks about Roger Ebert's love for chocolate sweets, but it actually contains an implicit criticism of film critics headed by him.
Many people envied and envied him for the movie review show he and Gene Siskel broadcast on TV every Thursday. Some movie critics from other newspapers ridiculed his movie review show as a large spoiler show.
They make a few comments and then broadcast the most essential part of the movie. The most delicious part of the movie is fed to the audience like chocolate, and the audience goes to the cinema and cries out that they have been cheated when they see this rubbish.
Roger Ebert actually gave Forrest Gump a high score, but the phenomenon of him being satirized does exist. So this joke is more dangerous...
David Letterman may not be suitable for such formal occasions. He is only suitable for late-night talk shows. Many jokes would be too much if told at the Oscars.
Fortunately, the directors of the broadcast are an experienced team who understand the importance of this matter. When telling this joke, the camera was focused on Tom Hanks who played Forrest Gump, thus limiting the joke to the actor who played Forrest Gump, and everyone should not over-interpret it.
Ronald was still not reassured, so he stood up and asked his stand-in to sit in his seat, then went to find Richard who was sitting behind him and asked him to go to the ABC director to confirm. If his laughter was really caught on camera and it would cause misunderstanding when edited together, then it must be edited out when it is replayed.
When he walked to Richard's side, Ronald saw Helen sitting next to Richard. This position was specially chosen by her. The seat at the back would not attract attention, and she could find a chance to talk to Ronald.
Seeing Ronald approaching him, Helen looked at her lover lovingly, her beautiful eyes full of water. Her dress was simple and sexy, pearls matched with a black sleeveless dress, which made Ronald look at her twice more.
"God bless you..." Helen raised her fingers, crossed her index and middle fingers, and made a gesture of praying for good luck. She was also very tactful and did not come up to talk to Ronald. Ronald just smiled to show that he received it.
No one noticed what was happening, except for a woman who kept staring at Ronald.
"Hmph..." The one sitting in the front turned around and stared at him closely was Meg Tilly. She was in a bad mood when Ronald's Diane came in. The long black and white dress Diane was wearing was supposed to be hers.
They are said to be a model of loving couples in Hollywood, but they still have a lover? Unfortunately, Meg Tilly's eyesight is not very good, and the dazzling lights made her unable to see who the woman was.
She tried to turn her head to see the woman's face clearly, but ended up blocking the view of several female stars behind her. Just at that moment, the camera swept over and the heads of the female stars were blocked by her.
"Ah, I'm going to kill you..." Those beauties were all screaming in their hearts, wanting to kill her as soon as possible. At the Oscars ceremony, except for the seats of the big winners' crews, other seats might only have this one chance to be scanned by the camera in the whole night, but Meg Tilly blocked it.
"That man seems to be Richard..." Meg Tilly was still trying to figure it out, but with a snap, her shoes were kicked to the seat in the row below.
"what……"
Meg Tilly screamed. She was wearing very high heels, and in order to relax her feet after sitting down, she secretly took them off and stuffed them under the seat. Unexpectedly, there was a bad guy behind her who kicked her shoes off.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting to give out the awards... The first award is for Best Supporting Actress, ah!" The host David Letterman just started to announce the awards when he heard a cry of surprise, "It looks like some people can't wait..."
“Hahahaha…” the audience burst into laughter again.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Diane looked at Ronald who had returned. The diamond necklace on her neck was sparkling, and she looked more noble. The expression on her face that had accumulated from the bullying she had suffered as a girl seemed to have been washed away by happiness after being with Ronald. Now there was only love and satisfaction on Diane's face.
"It seems someone's shoe fell off..." Ronald brushed it off and said, "Well, who's going to present the awards next?"
"Tommy Lee Jones..."
Last year's Best Supporting Actor winner, Tom Lee Jones' hair has grown back, but his hairline has become a little suspicious... He knew that this award was not the main attraction tonight, so he was very quick and announced the nomination in one go:
"Rosemary Harris, The Untold Story; Helen Mirren, Mad King George; Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction; Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway; Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway;
The winner is Dianne Wiest! "
Dianne Wiest is a very tall actress, but her voice sounds very young.
"Oh God, let me put my glasses on first, I'm just as excited as the first time I won, but this time I already need them... I feel so honored to be nominated with these very talented women, especially my colleague, the equally talented Jennifer Tilly, she is amazing..."
The camera panned to Jennifer Tilly who was sitting below. Jennifer was still a little disappointed, forcing a smile on her face, but she still looked unwilling... Especially since her sister was here tonight, she felt that she had wasted her carefully prepared speech by not receiving the Oscar in front of her and going on stage to "thank" her.
"I'm furious……"
Who knew that Meg Tilly, who was sitting in the back, was so jealous that even though her sister didn't win the award, the broadcaster gave her a five-second close-up! She got the third candidate for Armani Haute Couture, but her sister got the chance in a cheap dress!
The next three were all small awards: Queen of the Desert won the Best Costume Design Award, Ed Wood won the Best Makeup Award, and Speed won the Best Sound Editing Award.
However, in these three awards, the latter two have nominations for Forrest Gump. And in these awards, the nominations are relatively small, with only three nominations for Best Makeup and Best Sound Editing, which is less than the usual five nominations.
Therefore, it was quite abnormal that Forrest Gump failed to win these two awards. Ronald also expressed his consolation to the nominees around him. They all attended in their best clothes. Although they did not win any awards, they were very happy. However, they did not have the opportunity to take out the speech that they had kept in their pockets for a long time to thank their families for their support, which made them a little regretful.
Soon it was time for the first important award of the night, Best Editing.
The person who presented the award was the famous comedian Steve Martin, who had hosted the Oscars before, and he started by making fun of David Letterman.
"I listened to the opening of David Letterman's show tonight and it was hilarious...but anyone who comes on after Arthur Miller is going to be hilarious."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Ronald was also amused. Arthur Miller was the president of the academy. He followed tradition and was the first to come on stage after the opening. He spoke a bunch of meaningless nonsense. Everyone wanted him to come down quickly...
"Every time I shoot a big-budget movie, someone asks me what film editing is..."
Steve Martin went on to tell a joke. This is customary for awards like this, where everyone has to say something explanatory so that the TV audience can understand what the award is about.
For those inside Hollywood, of course, everyone knows what movie editing is, but TV viewers don't quite understand it. Everyone stops and waits to hear Steve Martin's witty remarks.
"I always answer, how the hell should I know, you're the director of this movie..."
"Hahaha..." Another burst of laughter. It seemed that David Letterman's performance was really not good. Almost every guest who came on the stage had to try hard to tell jokes to let everyone know that they could also be invited to host the next awards ceremony.
"The nominees for Best Editing are Walter Murch, Forrest Gump..."
Best Editing is also an award closely related to Best Director and Best Screenplay. This year's nominees are all strong films, including Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Speed, and the documentary film that received a lot of attention this year, The Hoops.
Whoever wins the Best Editing award will also have an advantage in winning the Best Director award later.
Ronald was also very nervous. Walter Murch, who was nominated, had always been nominated for both the Best Sound Editing and the Best Film Editing awards. He didn't win the Best Sound Editing award just now, so this time the Best Editing award was his only chance.
"The Oscar goes to Forrest Gump, Walter Murch..."
"Beep...beep...beep..." The theme song of Forrest Gump sounded. Ronald turned around to look at Murch who was sitting in the back row, and hugged him to congratulate him as Murch passed through the corridor.
"Thank you. Film is an art that requires teamwork. The Forrest Gump team had hundreds of people, and the core of them was the director, Ronald Lee, who had a strong curiosity and genius leadership. I felt his qualities when I first met him more than a decade ago...
Thanks to my team members...Finally, I want to thank my wife and my four children. Without you, none of this would be meaningful. Thank you!"
Walter Murch wore gold-rimmed glasses, and compared to his last award-winning look, which was like a hippie, this time he looked more like a university professor. His fluent acceptance speech also showed his true nature as a wise man.
Ronald stood up and applauded him for a long time. This editing award was a good start for Forrest Gump...
However, the music of Forrest Gump did not play again in the Best Supporting Actor category. Gary Sinise lost to Martin Landau, who was the most popular candidate for the role in Ed Wood.
He is a frequent nominee for Oscars and Emmys, but he did not win the first two Oscars and the first three Emmys. Only when the TV series "The Last Thing" was rebooted in 1988 did he win an Emmy for reprising a role 20 years later.
This time, sentimentality was also a major factor in the Oscars. The performances of other nominees, including Sinise, were not outstanding enough to stand out from the others, so Martin Landau still won the award.
"Honey, I'm going to present the awards."
Diane smiled and kissed Ronald, then stood up. Although it was called an award ceremony, she was actually presenting the science and technology award winners with Jamie Lee Curtis. ABC would edit the video of her presenting the award to Old Yan a few weeks ago into the broadcast, which was equivalent to a live broadcast.