Chapter 103 Sweep all the way
Hollywood public enemy Litt regards "Titanic" as an inevitable product of the development of the Hollywood film industry to a certain peak. This view has not only been recognized by many people who study the development of the Hollywood film industry, but also explains why Litt was full of confidence in "Titanic" before it was released.
At the same time, in the far away France, Sophie Ma's agent has also changed due to the huge success of "Titanic" at the box office and no longer opposed Sophie Ma's new 007 film produced by Litt. It has only been less than half a month since Litt and Sophie Ma's two-month appointment at the Tokyo International Film Festival expired.
Because of this, Lite's image in Sophie Ma's heart suddenly became mysterious.
In mid-February 1998, as the box office of "Titanic" in North America exceeded 500 million US dollars, the global box office of the film officially exceeded 1 billion US dollars. Affected by this, some countries that have not yet released the film due to review or introduction issues have also begun to accelerate the pace of release, including China.
By early March, the movie "Titanic" had been released in more than 80 countries and regions around the world, with a cumulative global box office of US$1.2 billion. At this time, filmmakers around the world had been completely numb to the long-term performance of "Titanic". The American media's attention has long been no longer focused on the box office speculation of the film, but has turned to the upcoming 70th Academy Awards.
Oscar, which has always been known for its artistic nature but is sometimes roaming the edge of business, has made a choice when facing this amazing influence, box office creation myth, but it is an unforgettable commercial film made of so-called money and special stunts, which has become the focus of discussion among many media.
With the thrilling momentum of the world's number one box office, "Titanic" won 14 Oscar nominations in one go, but many critics are still cautious about the result that "Titanic" will become the final winner. Because in the history of Oscars, there are many films that will eventually return without a loss.
The media that were slapped in the face several times in box office results were also secretly looking forward to the Oscars on March 23 that could become the "iceberg" that sank the invincible ship of "Titanic", because this is their last chance to turn the tables.
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A snow-white and smooth palm was clearly printed on the bathroom glass door stained with water vapor, and then a larger hand was pressed on the hand, and the two hands were entangled together, leaving sliding marks on the glass door.
Shower down,.
Winslet's body is elastic, with plump thighs, strong buttocks, all of which make people think of it.
The two bodies are entangled together and enjoy the intoxicating joy brought by the oldest movement of mankind.
Just two hours ago, the 55th Golden Globes ceremony had just ended. Winslet, who was nominated for Best Actress, was finally disappointed. After returning to the hotel, she was still in a low mood, so Lite had to stay with her.
After taking a shower, the two hugged each other on the bed, and the topic talked from the Golden Globes to the Oscars.
The Golden Globe Awards are always regarded as the weather vane for the Oscars. Winslet’s failure to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress means that her hope of winning the Oscars is becoming increasingly slim.
"I have told you a long time ago that you should not expect much in winning awards. Whether it is the Golden Globe or the Oscar, they cannot award the Best Actress Award to an actor under ten years old, unless your praise is really at the point where everyone can touch everyone. In fact, among all the nominees, your performance is great, but it does not exceed other nominees. In this case, most judges tend to award the award to older actors."
Winslet turned over and hugged Lit in another position.
"Your words made me feel for the first time that I was young and had no advantage."
Lite hugged Winslet and comforted her, saying, "Actually, you should think about this problem in another role. You are still young and you will have more opportunities to win this award in the future. However, those actors who are no longer young missed this opportunity. It will be more difficult to win the award in the future. Many of the judges of the Oscars come from actors and directors. They know the hard work and helplessness in this, so they will also be more emotionally biased towards those older finalists."
"But I always feel like I missed this time. I don't know how many years I will have to wait for me to have another chance to be shortlisted for the Oscar."
Litt kissed Winslet gently on the forehead, "Don't worry, there will always be a chance."
In fact, Lite also felt that Winslet was a pity this time. If it weren't for her age shortcoming, Lite would have really considered spending some money to ask a special company to help lobby the judges and help her win the Oscar for Best Actress.
This kind of lobbying is not about taking the back door, but a rule allowed by the Oscars.
This is the principle of Oscar evaluation. If a movie is very prominent among all the shortlisted films and has a clear gap with other films, then no matter how other films lobby for judges, the award will eventually be awarded to the best one.
However, in reality, it is rare to see such a movie that beats other shortlisted films with absolute strength. More often, the quality of several shortlisted films is similar. In addition, there is never a unified standard for evaluating the quality of a movie, so the lobbying system has a basis for existence.
Those who want to win the award can spend money to ask a special company to help with the operation, including media publicity and judges' public relations. In addition to this money, if you do these things, you cannot guarantee that you will definitely win the award. It can only be said that it will improve your chances of winning the award.
Moreover, depending on the awards, the funds required range from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. Among them, the two awards of Best Picture and Best Director are generally operated by film companies, because once a movie wins these two awards, the movie that has ended release may be taken out and re-showed by theaters, and the sales of videotapes and DVDs will also rise sharply. Movies like "Titanic" that are still being released may rise against the trend again.
In short, as long as you win the award, the money you spend will definitely be recovered, so the competition for these two awards is the most intense every year, and then the Best Actor and Actress Award.
This award is usually operated by an agency, but because of a large agency like Caa, half of the actors shortlisted at one time may be their clients. At this time, the agency will help all actors operate, but whoever wins the award depends on who is better luck.
Because Winslet is young, it is very difficult to operate, and the Oscars will also consider a balance. Titanic won fourteen nominations, and it is impossible for all fourteen nominations to win awards.
The Oscar allows a movie to sweep the award ceremony, but it will never allow a movie to win most important awards. This can be seen from the distribution of nominations in "Titanic" that in addition to Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, the other ten nominations are technical awards.
This time, the Oscar Awards were in line with public opinion and made "Titanic" a favorite for winning the award for Best Picture and Best Director. Then Winslet's Best Actress Award was destined to be a tragedy.
Winslet is a bit like "Titanic" defeated and "Titanic". The stage of this Oscar is destined to belong to James Cameron alone. Except for him, everyone will be overshadowed by the brilliance of the masterpiece "Titanic".
Before the awards ceremony on March 23, this atmosphere was already hot in the media, and ABC TV, which was in charge of the awards ceremony, also made a bold prediction. Because of the huge appeal of the movie "Titanic", this year's Oscars may attract more than 50 million viewers to watch live, and last year's Oscars only had a total of 40 million viewers.
This has actually formed a public opinion. If "Titanic" is popular at the award ceremony, the audience of Oscars' live broadcast and the influence of the entire Oscar award will be greatly affected in the future.
Chapter completed!