Chapter 107: The Academy Awards
"Ladies and gentlemen! I'm back again this year, are you feeling particularly excited?! I'm thrilled to see everyone, and I'm sure everyone is thrilled to see me too! For the past whole year, I've been looking forward to the Oscars, looking forward to your arrival! Can anyone tell me what day it is today?"
"Oscar! Oscar!"
With the arrival of host Billy Crystal, the Chinese theater gradually rose to a hot wave. As the host, Billy Crystal is not the first time hosting the Oscars ceremony, and he has a set of ways to boost the atmosphere on site.
Billy Crystal was born in Long Island, New York, and graduated from the film department of New York University. At a young age, he performed stand-up comedy in coffee shops and on campus. He later became famous for his TV stand-up comedy and comedy shows "Soap" and "Saturday Night Live". In 1978, he made his film debut with "Rabbit Test", and in 1989, he starred in the popular movie "When Harry Met Sally". Billy Crystal is one of the most talented artists in the entertainment industry, having worked as a screenwriter, director, and producer for many years. At the same time, he is also an excellent host, having hosted several Grammy Awards and the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. He is known for his wit and humor, making him one of the most popular hosts in America.
"That's right, yes, it's today, the annual Academy Awards are about to be announced, oh God, I don't know which director, which handsome guy, which beautiful girl will become today's lucky one?"
"Although I would also like to tell everyone, unfortunately, many of the judges present will not grant me this right." As he said this, Billy Crystal made a gesture of regret, causing the people in the audience to burst out laughing.
"Oh, haha, everyone, don't laugh at me, this is what I said is true, can saying the truth be wrong?!" Then Billy suddenly turned his head and made a listening gesture, then stood up straight and laughed, saying: "Everyone guess what this gentleman just said?"
He pointed to an audience member who was not willing to leave, smiled and said: "He said this is not to mock me, but to express the joy in his heart. Yes, everyone today is very happy, I am happy, we are all happy."
As Billy's humorous language kept sounding on the scene, it brought waves of applause. With the rising atmosphere on the scene, Billy Crystal, standing on the stage, became more and more passionate, and from time to time made one or two moves that made people laugh.
"Billy is really an excellent host!" Song Tang couldn't help but exclaim as he watched Billy continuously performing on the hosting stage.
"Yes, Billy is indeed outstanding. Every time he hosts such a ceremony, he can bring different fun to people. I think if Billy specializes in performing, it's not impossible for him to become an Oscar winner!" Steven heard Song Tang's sigh and couldn't help but chuckle. As for Billy Cristo, this wasn't the first time Steven had seen him host a show, and his understanding of Billy was obviously more than Song Tang's!
Having heard Steven's words, Song Tang nodded in agreement. Obviously, Steven had more say in this matter than Song Tang did.
"Alright, I've said too much already. I think many of you are getting impatient to know who the Oscar statuette belongs to! Hehe, I think it will be revealed very soon! However, this is also what I find most regrettable, because the main character from now on won't be me anymore! It's really a pity! Why did it have to turn out like this? I think it's all because of the Oscar statuette's fault, so I'm going to give away all the Oscar statuettes for this year!" After Billy finished speaking, he made a sad gesture and then said with a "deeply hateful" tone: "Alright everyone, please welcome tonight's award presenter, who will reveal tonight's list of winners."
The real show has finally begun, under everyone's expectation, the Oscars ceremony has officially started! First to be awarded is the Best Original Song Award, this first little gold man, the Academy Awards will give it to the theme song "A Whole New World" from the movie Aladdin. This is a very beautiful song, and it is well-deserved of the Oscar for Best Original Song. Next, the award for Best Original Score was also given to the movie Aladdin. Then came the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film, which were won by "Tunisian Victory" and "The Train", respectively. The awards for Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Documentary Feature went to "Education for Death" and "The Battle of Russia", respectively. The award for Best Foreign Language Film was relatively fiercely contested, but ultimately it was won by France's "Monsieur Vincent".
The 65th Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Costume Design went to Far and Away, which excelled in makeup and costume design. The 1992 Hollywood blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by David Koepp, did not disappoint with its three Oscar wins for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound. Although these three awards are not the most important at the Oscars, it was a bit disappointing that Jurassic Park only won these three relatively minor Oscars considering its $1.13 billion box office gross. However, it's fortunate that Jurassic Park didn't let the Oscars slip away after being nominated.
"Congratulations, Steven and Dennis!" Song Tang said with a smile to the crew of "Jurassic Park" after they brought back all three little golden men.
"Haha, everyone is happy, this is everyone's credit! But we should thank Dennis and Industrial Light & Magic!" Steven wasn't very enthusiastic about these awards, maybe only the Oscar for Best Director would excite him. However, what Steven said was right, Jurassic Park's success was largely due to the efforts of Dennis and his team at Industrial Light & Magic. As ILM technology matures, more and more films will use it.
"After this Oscar is over, Dennis will definitely be busy!" Song Tang said with a smile to Dennis.
"Haha, I have to thank you for your discerning eye, if it wasn't for your unique insight, we wouldn't be able to achieve this." Dennis was indeed thrilled about the success of Industrial Light & Magic's technology in "Jurassic Park". With the surprise hit of "Jurassic Park" and the impact of winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, Dennis believed that more film companies would come to work with ILM. Although ILM had also achieved great results with "Star Wars" and "Terminator 2", there was no doubt that this time with "Jurassic Park" brought a much bigger impact, with a global box office of $1.13 billion, not just $130 million! The more Dennis thought about it, the more excited he became, and at the same time, he silently thanked Song Tang.
"We also got what we wanted, didn't we Dennis? That's a win-win result. I think in the future, we'll have more opportunities to cooperate, Dennis!"
"That's really exciting!"
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Just as a few people were talking, the Oscar for Best Film Editing came out, and the winner was "Unforgiven", which had a high reputation. The next Best Art Direction award went to "Howards End". The award for Best Cinematography went to Roger Deakins' "The Shawshank Redemption", although it did not win any of its previous nominations for Best Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound Mixing. However, winning this Best Cinematography award was a relief for Deakins, regardless of the outcome. At least "The Shawshank Redemption" won't become an Oscar nominee with seven nominations but no wins, becoming an "uncrowned king" in film history, which would be regrettable.
"Congratulations! Congratulations!"
"Thank you all!!!"
"Genius Song, Genius Song!"
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Although this is not a high-gold-content award, Song Tang still walked towards the stage amidst the congratulations of the people around him and the cheers at the scene. The one who presented this award to Song Tang was Oliver Stone, the director of "JFK", which won this award last year. Just as Song Tang took over the little golden man and wanted to leave, Billy, tonight's protagonist and also the host of this Oscar ceremony, stopped him.
"Song, what's the hurry? Want to say a couple of words?" Billy slightly tilted his head, with a hint of a smile, and said to Song Tang.
"May I?" Song Tang saw Billy's posture and knew he couldn't pass casually anymore.
"Of course, as the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, I think you should get this honor. Everyone knows that at this year's Oscars, our genius Song, at the age of 18, oh no, now it should be 19, his two films together received a total of one nomination, including Best Picture and Best Actor such heavyweight awards. Can I surpass him?" After finishing speaking, Billy turned around, with an attitude of throwing the question to the audience present.
"Of course not!"
"No way!"
"Genius Song, say two sentences!"
"Genius Song, say two sentences!"
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"You see, Song, can you bear to let everyone be sad?" Billy said with a helpless look.
"Ah, okay, Mr. Bill! You're the host for tonight, you have the final say!" Seeing this, Song Tang couldn't help but roll his eyes, then walked up to the microphone under everyone's gaze, picked it up and said.
"Actually, what I wanted most tonight was the little golden man for Best Director, unfortunately, the judges didn't even give me that chance!"
Haha!!!
The room was filled with laughter as soon as Song Tang's words were spoken.
"But now it seems that getting this little golden man is not bad at all. At least I didn't make a wasted trip. I don't know what's next, if there will be anything else for me!"
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