Entertainment 1998

Chapter 732 Chapter 731, Oscar Awards Ceremony Winner Takes All

March 2003, 3, 13:6 p.m.
The 75th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.

This is an annual event in the world film industry, and it is also a feast for the fashion industry to compete for beauty. The male and female movie stars who are invited to participate are all dressed up at this moment, enjoying the happy moment of being chased by the spotlight on the red carpet!

It is the wish of every film practitioner to gain recognition from peers and take home an Oscar at an awards ceremony. However, at an awards ceremony with thousands of people, only a dozen or twenty people are destined to receive this honor. The vast majority of people will become guests, repeating the disappointment year after year!

As the director of "The Departed", Jiang Feng came to attend the award ceremony and naturally enjoyed the Oscar red carpet treatment that is unattainable for domestic male and female stars.

Well..., to be precise, Jiang Feng enjoyed the treatment of walking the red carpet three times!
First, the crew of the movie "Departures" walked the red carpet. The lead actor and director Jiang Feng, producer Jiang Zhiqiang, producer Li Xing, lead actor and director Zhang Yimou and Japanese actress Miyazawa Rie walked the red carpet together amid the cheers of the crowd and accepted everyone's cheers.

After walking to the end of the red carpet and signing on the autograph wall, Jiang Feng didn't dare to stay any longer. He turned around and ran out of the venue with Zhang Yimou.

no way.

The damn Academy Awards organizing committee arranged the entrance order of the crews of "Departures" and "Heroes" too close, with only a Dutch crew's "Hotel Paradiso" in between.

When Jiang Feng and Zhang Yimou came outside the venue and stood at the starting point of the red carpet, and walked onto the red carpet again with Zhang Weiping, Jet Li, Manyu Zhang, Fan Jiuyi and others on behalf of the "Hero" crew, the audience on both sides of the red carpet burst into warm applause and cheers.

Learned a lot.

It was a very strange sight to see a director and a star walk the red carpet twice in a row at the same award ceremony.

Since the inception of the Oscars, it seems that such opportunities have occurred so rarely that they can be counted on one hand.

The crew of "Hero" walked to the autograph wall to sign, and director Zhang Yimou led everyone in. Jiang Feng repeated the story just now and went back again.

But this time it's easier.

"The Departed" was the favorite to win an award at this year's Academy Awards and was the finale, with only one crew from "Chicago" coming behind it.

When Jiang Feng turned back again, Han Shanye, who was not far from the starting point of the red carpet, was being interviewed by Jing Wei, a reporter from the National Television Film Channel.

"Mr. Han, both the movies "Departures" and "Hero" have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. From the bottom of your heart, which movie do you hope will win the award?"

The movie channel was broadcasting live. Han Shanye didn't dare to speak without thinking. He frowned and thought about it, then threw this difficult question to Jiang Feng, who had just returned to the crew of "The Departed".

"Jiang Feng, you are the lead actor of "Hero" and the screenwriter, director and lead actor of "Departures". Please tell our TV viewers across the country which of these two movies do you hope will win the award?"

wipe…

Hearing the difficult question thrown by the old man, Jiang Feng cursed inwardly. Han Shanye was indeed a leader with a very slippery personality.

When you see results, take the lead. When you encounter difficulties, haha... find someone to take over first.

However, I may complain in private!

Jiang Feng still had to answer this question, because at this moment, the camera of the national television film channel photographer had already started shooting at his face.

"Hello, everyone watching TV, I am Jiang Feng!
"Hero" and "Departures", one is the starring role of me, and the other is the screenwriter, director and starring role of me. In fact, no matter which movie it is, it is like my child.

If you ask me which movie I would like to win the award, I really can't give you an answer.

But, I can say something else…”

"Oh, Director Jiang Feng, please speak!"

Jing Wei thought Jiang Feng would play tricks, but unexpectedly, he suddenly made a turn at this time.

"I think Xiao Rizi would really not want the movie "Departures" to win the award."

"Uh…"

Jingwei was a little confused.

We are talking about your movie, why are you talking about others? !

But at this moment, Jiang Feng began to explain.

"Look, Xiao Ri's films have won three Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film: Rashomon in 1951, Hell's Gate in 1954, and Miyamoto Musashi in 1955.

But it has been 1955 years since 48, and they have not won any Oscars, so the film industry has been holding back its efforts to prove that they are now better than their predecessors.

But at this moment, if two Chinese people, shooting a movie in Japanese, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, would you think it would be a great honor for their nation…”

Jiang Feng stopped talking here.

The following words are very obvious. I hope that those filmmakers with ambition and national self-esteem will commit suicide by disembowelment because of this? !
Understanding Jiang Feng's meaning, Han Shanye, who was standing outside the camera, kept giving him a thumbs up.

Awesome!

upright!

Jiang Feng, after you say this, I won't have to worry about being criticized anymore.

For example, last month, "Departures" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and domestic netizens have been criticizing it, saying that it is a shame for domestic films and a shame for China Film Group. It is obvious that China has such excellent directors and actors, but they have to make movies in Japanese.

Han Shanye was just thinking about it when the red carpet show for the movie "The Departed" had already begun.

Screenwriter and director Jiang Feng, producer Han Shanye, producer Harvey Weinstein, photographer Gu Changwei, and starring actors George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and others appeared on the red carpet.

The spotlights on both sides of the red carpet kept flashing, and there was a chorus of applause, cheers and screams.

"Leonardo DiCaprio, I love you. You are the most handsome man in the world."

"Charlize Theron, some people say you are Director Jiang's girlfriend, is this true?"

"Matt Damon, look here, look here, your old friend Ben Affleck just signed for us right here."

"Jiang, Jiang, you are the best man in the world because you are the first director in Oscar history to walk the red carpet three times in a row at the same awards ceremony."

Amid the cheers of fans and reporters, Jiang Feng, who was quite calm, brought the crew to the autograph wall again and wrote his name [Jiang Feng] on it!
As it was the finale of the fashion show, the lights in the Kodak Theatre dimmed as soon as the crew of "The Departed" found their seats and sat down.

Steve Martin, host of the 75th Academy Awards, walked onto the stage with a smile on his face.

"good evening!"

Steve Martin greeted everyone with a smile and there was thunderous applause from the audience.

"Welcome to the annual Oscars ceremony! It is the biggest event in the film industry!"

"Here to honor the outstanding films and the best actors and actresses!"

"The Oscars favor actors who can play a variety of roles, just like Leonardo DiCaprio."

Steve Martin said this and gestured to Leonardo Dicaprio who was sitting in the audience.

As the favorite at tonight's awards ceremony, the crew of "The Departed" was naturally sought after by everyone, and the most sought after person in the crew was probably Leonardo Dicaprio.

There is no way, this guy is too handsome! But in the movie "The Departed", he didn't rely on his looks, but on his acting skills, otherwise he wouldn't have been nominated for the Best Actor at the Golden Globe and Oscar, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the first time.

"Clap clap clap!"

There was thunderous applause, and Leonardo Dicaprio, sitting upright, waved his hand very gentlemanly to thank everyone.

"Leonardo Dicaprio's performance as an undercover policeman in The Departed was perfect and he was nominated for the Best Actor award!

And I can only be the host."

At this point, Steve Martin spread out his hands in grievance, which immediately made the audience burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"Oooh!"

"Papa…!"

When the applause died down, Steve Martin continued:
"As everyone knows, in the past year, the world cinema produced a very impressive movie, which grossed over 9.2 million U.S. dollars at the box office. Yes, that's right, I'm talking about The Departed.

The screenwriter and director of this movie must be familiar to everyone. He is Jiang from China!"

Steve Martin spoke excitedly and gestured to Jiang Feng who was sitting quietly in the audience.

"Oh oh oh!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Ah oh!"

Instantly, the audience at the award ceremony burst into wild screams that lasted for a long time.

At this time, Jiang Feng, who was wearing a gray Armani suit, stood up, turned around and greeted everyone.

It has to be said that the power of the cooperation between DreamWorks, Paramount and Miramax Films is enormous. They actually managed to make the award ceremony host Steve Martin spend 5 minutes to introduce "Jiang Feng" and his movie "The Departed" in a long-winded way.

Of course, this also indicates positively that the crew of "The Departed" will definitely gain a lot tonight.

Jiang Feng just thought of this when the first award of the night - the Best Supporting Actor Award - began to be presented at the award ceremony.

The award presenter, Jennifer Connelly, walked onto the stage, stood in front of the microphone, and began introducing the nominated actors and films one by one.

"Adrien Brody, The Pianist"

Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York

Michael Caine, The Quiet American

Chris Cooper, Adaptation

George Clooney, The Departed.

Without delay or intentional creation of suspense, presenter Jennifer Connelly introduced the nominated films and then opened the envelope with the list of winners:

"Congratulations to George Clooney for winning the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 75th Academy Awards!"

"wipe…"

George Clooney, who always maintains his composure in front of others, jumped up from his seat at this time, not only swore, but also waved his fists vigorously.

After he had vented enough, Jiang Feng smiled and opened his arms to him.

"Congratulations!"

"Thank you! Jiang, to be honest, I should be the one thanking you!"

When George Clooney hugged Jiang Feng, he also patted his back hard.

March 3, 14 a.m.
The National Television Film Channel began broadcasting the 75th Academy Awards ceremony. At the same time, this is the first time that the Oscars ceremony will be broadcast nationwide on the same day in China.

Although today is Friday, the Beijing Film Academy did not organize classes for its students.

Instead, this year's Academy Awards ceremony was broadcast live in an experimental theater, and all teachers and students in the school were organized to watch it.

There is no way, this year's Oscars ceremony is definitely a grand event for the Beijing Film Academy!
Whether it is Jiang Feng or Zhang Yimou, they both graduated from Beijing Film Academy, one from the Acting Department, Class of 96; the other from the Photography Department, Class of 78.

Sitting in the crowd, Cui Xinqin appeared very calm.

No matter who came to praise him, "Teacher Cui, you have trained a good student for our school," Cui Xinqin would always wave his hands modestly.

"Jiang Feng is a talented child. I am just a little strict with him."

Some came to praise, and some came to cause trouble, such as Wang Jinsong, who has been promoted to vice president of the School of Performing Arts. He came over and said with a smile:
"Teacher Cui, you have taught Jiang Feng so successfully. How about you teach the 03 class? If you are willing to teach the 03 class, then I promise to provide you with two of the best teaching assistants.

One is Yu Feihong, and the other is Xu Jinglei. Well, Xu Jinglei was your teaching assistant before, and the students she taught were exactly the same class as Jiang Feng's. "

Belt 03 level...

Haha, let’s talk about it later.

I'd better first consider how to let Jiang Feng stay in the Beijing Film Academy to study for a doctorate. You know, this is a death order issued by President Zhang.

Our school tried to get a doctoral degree for Beijing Film Academy under the pretext of letting Jiang Feng pursue a doctorate, but he ended up not wanting to study. How am I, Zhang Huijun, going to explain this to the higher-ups?

"Damn, that's awesome!"

"Long live Jiang Feng. The award ceremony just started and he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor."

"Jiang Feng is awesome, what do you call this? Strategically, this is called taking the initiative."

"Brother Jiang Feng, you are so mighty and domineering!"

Cui Xinqin, who was sitting in the front row of the Experimental Theater, was thinking about his own things when suddenly, a burst of noise broke out in the theater.

Looking up, I found that "The Departed" directed by Jiang Feng had already won a great victory at this year's Oscars, helping Hollywood superstar George Clooney win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Ha ha…

I wonder why these little bastards are so happy? It turns out that Jiang Feng's movie won a great opening at this year's Academy Awards.

At this moment, the screen of the experimental theater showed George Clooney standing on the podium receiving the award.

"Jiang, thank you. You are the best film director I have ever seen. In my mind, there is no other!"

(End of this chapter)