Chapter 72 Oscar under strike(2/2)
Thanks to John Patrick Shanley
Thanks to my husband for being my partner in life and work for so many years...
Thanks to my friends and colleagues…
Finally, Michael—Let’GO!”
Olympia Dukakis controlled it very well. She knew that she didn’t have much time to give her supporting actress acceptance speech. After a round of thanking her, she finally showed her true excitement for her cousin Michael Dukakis, the leader of the Donkey Party.
Lead the candidates to shout and let them work as hard as themselves to win in the upcoming Super Tuesday primaries!
Dean Martin's "That's Amore" sounded again. The host of this year's Oscars was poor, but the coordination of various details was very good. The sound equipment in the new venue is better than that in the old venue.
There are many, and you can switch the winner's theme music at any time.
The screen, which can be raised and lowered at any time, is wrapped like an oil painting frame. As the winners, award presenters and other guests come on stage, they have stills of their masterpieces as background introductions to familiarize the audience.
The stills of the mother played by Dukakis wearing pajamas in the breakfast scene slowly rose up as she came off, and the audience kept applauding to express their congratulations.
Ronald stood up, waited for Dukakis to come down, gave her a hug, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Congratulations!" There are thousands of words in this sentence.
"Thank you, Ronald." Olympia Dukakis couldn't help it anymore and hugged her husband's shoulders tightly. Her husband was also a stage actor. The two of them worked hard to play the supporting actress role in "Moonlight"
, it was a decision that changed her destiny.
Seeing that the audience was still applauding, Ronald looked at the people on the crew next to him. Nicolas Cage also looked over, and he also noticed the abnormality in the applause for Dukakis.
Then there was screenwriter John Patrick Shanley, who was attending the Oscars for the first time and had no idea that Dukakis's unexpectedly loud ovation was particularly rare.
"What happened?"
With a big question mark in his heart, Ronald put away his doubts and sat down.
"The next award is for the best art direction..." Chevy Chase didn't tell his bad jokes this time.
Dong dong dong dong... The drumbeat started to sound, this time not after the winner was announced, but before the award winner was announced.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our presenter is...five-time Oscar nominee, two-time winner, Olivia de Havilland..."
On the frame was a still of Gone with the Wind played by de Havilland, rising slowly. The theme song of "Gone with the Wind" began to play on the scene. After the last note stopped, the still rose to the highest level and the lights turned on.
Behind...
Olivia de Havilland walked to the awards podium wearing an all-red dress and a large sapphire necklace.
Oops...
The scene was bigger than the winner. All the audience stood up to pay tribute to this Hollywood legend. The applause was comparable to that of Dukakis just now.
What's going on? This is the second abnormal applause today.
Ronald also slowly sat down.
The old lady's line skills are excellent, her speech is cadenced, and she has the charm of a classical actress. People can't help but recall the Melanie she played decades ago.
"I have played eight centuries of stories on the screen, from Robin Hood to the Civil War. Actors need the help of artistic directors to get into the role..."
"The winner is..." Olivia de Havilland paused with an accent, "Ferdinand Scafioti, the Last Emperor"
The graceful theme song of "The Last Emperor", with silk and bamboo tunes and full of oriental charm, sounded, and the winners began to come on stage to receive their awards.
However, the applause this time was much smaller, and even the theme song has not been changed. The soft orchestration in it can be heard clearly.
Ronald, who felt strange, looked at Donna on his right. He saw that she didn't clap vigorously.
Today is the first time the awards ceremony is held in the new venue. Because there are many more seats, nominees can bring their family members to attend, and Donna also came to attend.
"Why don't you applaud? I saw you applauded Dukakis very enthusiastically just now?" Ronald asked his cousin in a low voice.
"I've seen Moonlight and Seductive. Olympia was so great. I haven't watched The Last Emperor yet. I don't know if it's good or not..."
Donna's words seemed to give Ronald an inspiration.
De Havilland's Gone with the Wind is the most watched Hollywood movie in history. Many of the audience were outsiders like Donna. They didn't know what movies like "The Last Emperor" and "Moonlight" were.
They like it.
Ronald took out the list of all the nominated films prepared by his agent and scanned them casually. Sure enough, his guess was right.
Many movies that are very successful at the box office, such as "Dirty Dancing", "Beverly Cop 2", "Lethal Weapon", "Predator", "RoboCop", "The Show", etc.
There are no nominations, or only one or two minor awards.
Among the films that have been nominated for major awards such as Best Picture, Director, Acting, Screenplay, etc., except for "Moonlight", the box office number has reached 25 million since the nomination, and "Fatal Attraction" has received 140 million.
"Receipt of News" is 35 million, and none of the films nominated for other major awards exceed 20 million.
The best-performing "The Last Emperor" only earned over 10 million after a long run. There are also several films nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, which are one or two million more.
, less than a few hundred thousand, and apart from insiders, there are very few viewers who have watched it.
"No wonder they applauded Olympia Dukakis. Her performance was good and impressive on the one hand. Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction, the supporting role of the wife, was less impressive to the audience than the leading actor and actress. Other nominations
Chapter completed!