hollywood melon man

Chapter 407 Hollywood's Highest Peak
Mehdi Thomson reaped the rewards, as this is his third time winning the Best Editing Award.

However, the journey of "The Return of the King" does not stop there tonight. Afterwards, "The Return of the King" won the Best Visual Effects Award, which belongs to the Orange Special Effects Studio.

This is the second consecutive year that Orange Special Effects Studio has won this award. Last year they won this award for "The Matrix Reloaded".

The members of the Orange Special Effects Studio were all quite calm and not as excited as they were when they first received the award.

The leader expressed his gratitude to Gilbert Jr.: “Over the years, our boss’s continuous investment has enabled our special effects studio to reach Hollywood’s top standards.

In the future, we will continue to work hard and contribute to the advancement of Hollywood’s special effects industry.”

The celebrity guests in the audience were all applauding. Indeed, Orange Special Effects Studio has developed very well in the past two years and is no worse than veteran special effects studios such as Digital Domain.

After winning the Best Visual Effects Award, "The Return of the King" also won an award for Best Sound, bringing the number of awards to ten.

Next, it’s time for Oscar classic nostalgia.

Well-known comedian Jim Carrey served as the guest of this segment. With an exaggerated expression, he reviewed the 75-year history of the Oscars and also made fun of the politicians in Washington.

In Hollywood, it is not a good idea to make fun of any group, as you cannot afford to offend any of them, but it is not a big problem to make fun of the officials in Washington.

The audience quite enjoyed watching this segment, but in the serious nostalgic segment that followed, even Jim Carrey couldn't make the audience laugh.

ABC, which broadcast this year's Oscars, found that the real-time ratings of the Oscars began to decline from the beginning of the nostalgic program, from 3500 million at peak time to 2900 million.

ABC TV station is also helpless, and the Oscars also understand that this nostalgic time is just driving away the audience, but they still insist on their own opinions.

It’s as if without nostalgia time, the Oscars would die.

The Academy's stubbornness and conservatism can be seen from the setting of the Oscar program process and the award-winning films each year.

Things are different now. People have more ways to entertain themselves, and the Oscars face a lot of competition.

In fact, it is very simple to save the Oscar ratings. You just need to choose movies with a wider audience to easily solve this problem.

For example, at the 70th Academy Awards, "Titanic" easily boosted the ratings of the entire awards ceremony.

This year's Oscar ratings were all thanks to "The Return of the King."

But unfortunately, unless it comes to perverted movies of this level, the Oscars' choices often go against the public's preferences.

After five minutes of nostalgia, not only the audience in front of the TV, but even the celebrity guests at the award ceremony felt a little drowsy.

The Academy seemed to understand this, and after the nostalgia period ended, it immediately used the Best Adapted Screenplay award to boost ratings.

In the past, the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay would not have been enough to revive the ratings.

But today is different. Today we have "The Return of the King", and everyone wants to see if "The Return of the King" can still create records.

In a special program broadcast live with the Oscars, Kenneth Turan was still talking: "There is absolutely no way that The Return of the King will win the Best Adapted Screenplay. In my opinion, The Pianist has a better chance."

Before Kenneth Turan finished speaking, the presenter announced the winning film.

"The winner of the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay is Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Gilbert Landrini Jr. from The Return of the King. Congratulations..."

Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are both screenwriters at Cantaloupe Studios. They worked with Gilbert Jr. to complete the script adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" series.

"Little Gilbert, shall we go up together?" asked the two screenwriters.

Little Gilbert gestured and said, "Go up, this honor belongs to you."

The two screenwriters knew that Gilbert Jr. was more looking forward to the Best Director Award, so they did not force it and happily went on stage to receive the little golden man.

The families of Butcher Lutz and Evans, who are far away in New York, gathered together today. Their main purpose was to watch the Oscars together and discuss the process of the ceremony.

Both of them are loyal fans of Gilbert Jr., and are now married, with their wives also being movie lovers.

Therefore, the two families have a lot of topics to talk about, and now they maintain a very friendly relationship.

"How many awards is this?" Evans asked.

Bacher Lutz ate apple pie and counted on his fingers: "If I counted correctly, the Best Adapted Screenplay should be the eleventh award. There are only two awards left, and The Return of the King will break the Oscar record."

Evans exclaimed: "It's really amazing, but "The Return of the King" deserves the title."

“Yeah,” agreed Butcher Lutz. “The academy did a good job of living up to public opinion this time.”

"Humph!" Evans was disdainful of the academy: "Those old guys can only give orders. Their era is long gone."

The award ceremony continued, and the highly anticipated "The Return of the King" still had to win the last two major awards, and they were the two most important awards.

If I don’t win these two awards tonight, the other eleven awards will be meaningless.

However, the final suspense will not be revealed until later, when the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress are awarded.

Adrien Brody won this year's Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "The Pianist", but when he was giving his acceptance speech, many of Gilbert's fans in front of the TV were urging him to stop.

In the online chat room, many fans gathered here to communicate. The chat content flashed by, and if you didn't pay attention, you couldn't see clearly what they were talking about.

At this time, netizens in the chat room were complaining: "Who is this person? Get down quickly?"

"That's right, who's watching him?"

“What movie is The Pianist?”

"do not know……"

"I don't know..."

"have not seen……"

Compared to movies like The Return of the King, The Pianist is not very well-known. The North American box office of this movie is only a few million dollars, not even a fraction of The Return of the King. In terms of popularity, if it weren't for the high attention of the Oscars this time, I'm afraid most people would not have heard of this movie.

Scarlett also complained: "Can you speak faster? I feel like he's been talking for a long time."

Little Gilbert tapped Scarlett on the head: "Scarlett, pay attention to the occasion and respect others. The movie "The Pianist" is not bad."

"Not bad?" Scarlett was puzzled. "Can it be better than The Return of the King?"

"At least it's better than 'The Fault in Our Stars,' " Gilbert Jr. replied.

Scarlett was even more unhappy: "The box office of this movie is as high as "Perfect Love"?"

"Well," Little Gilbert paused, "then there shouldn't be any."

Indeed, not every art film has a box office as high as "The Fault in Our Stars" with $1.73 million.

Although the box office of "The Fault in Our Stars" was purely supported by Gilbert Jr.'s box office appeal.

Fortunately, the torture time is over for Scarlett, and Adrien Brody obviously knows what everyone wants to see.

Although it was his first time winning the Oscar for Best Actor, he only said a few words and went backstage for an interview.

Then came the awarding of the Oscar for Best Actress. The combination of several important awards made the Oscar ratings soar.

Charlize Theron is now also an Oscar-winning actress and has a strong personal appeal, perhaps because of Gilbert Jr. or perhaps because of "The Matrix" series.

As it concerns her Oscar for Best Actress, both her fans and Gilbert's fans are paying close attention.

ABC backend data showed that the real-time Oscar ratings had exceeded 4000 million, which was the highest Oscar ratings in recent years.

As expected, Charlize Theron successfully won the 75th Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Monster", becoming the new Oscar winner.

When the winner's name was read out by Denzel Washington, the crew of "Monster" cheered.

Charlize Theron gracefully accepted the congratulations from people around her, and couldn't stop the smile on her face.

Little Gilbert stood up and applauded, and gave Charlize Theron a thumbs up to encourage her.

Charlize Theron also blew a kiss in return, igniting the atmosphere.

Just when Gilbert thought Charlize Theron would go straight to the stage to get her own golden statue, she walked towards Gilbert instead.

In front of the entire audience, with the live broadcast on TV and tens of millions of people across the United States watching, she gave little Gilbert a passionate kiss.

This scene completely ignited the atmosphere on the scene, and the real-time ratings of the Oscars have exceeded 4500 million.

"Go! Sally, claim the honor that belongs to you." Little Gilbert patted Charlize Theron on the shoulder.

This woman was bold and confident, and at this moment she took a firm step: "Well, I'm going!"

After that, Charlize Theron walked towards the stage with confidence and received her own Oscar.

It has to be said that the highlight of the Oscars lies in these last four awards.

Two of the four major awards have now been announced, and the remaining Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture have brought even more attention to this year's Oscars.

Everyone is looking forward to whether "The Return of the King" can live up to its expectations.

The Best Director award presenter for this year was initially said to be Ron Howard, the last year's Best Director Oscar winner. However, Ron Howard was unable to attend the event due to some other matters.

So the presenter of this year's Oscar for Best Director was changed to veteran Hollywood star Harrison Ford.

Mr. Ford appeared on the stage elegantly, holding an envelope and mentioned the list of shortlisted films and directors.

“This year’s Best Director Oscar nominees come from different countries and regions, and without exception, they are all leaders in the film industry.

Among them are Oscar regulars, newcomers, works that took more than a month to wrap up, and epic masterpieces that took several years to complete.

They are all excellent filmmakers, but there is only one Best Director tonight, let’s take a look at the nominees for Best Director…”

The big screen showed the five directors nominated for Best Director, as well as some highlights from their respective films.

For some reason, the online chat room that was so lively just now was now eerily quiet. At Evans' home, Butcher Lutz and Evans held their breath, waiting for the final result.

Scarlett clasped her hands tightly and Anne Hathaway prayed.

Charlize Theron, who had finished the interview and returned to the awards ceremony, sat next to Gilbert Jr., holding his hand, as if she wanted to pass her luck to him.

Little Gilbert was not very nervous. He smiled calmly and listened to Harrison Ford announce the winners of the night.

"The winner of this year's Oscar for Best Director is Gilbert Landrini Jr. from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Let us congratulate him..."

Once the name is announced, the merit is fulfilled.

This is the second time that Gilbert has won the Oscar for Best Director, but he is not that excited.

Instead, the people around were very excited. Scarlett excitedly gave kisses. Anne Hathaway kissed Gilbert on the right cheek, and Charlize Theron kissed on the left cheek.

In the online chat room, the chat room that was silent just now suddenly came back to life.

The chat messages began to scroll quickly, and without pausing it was already hard to read what the fans were saying.

Countless movie fans were partying and cheering to celebrate this moment of victory.

"Come on up and claim your moment of glory!" Charlize Theron pulled little Gilbert away from the crowd and watched him walk up to the podium.

Watching little Gilbert walking onto the stage, Charlize Theron said silently in her heart: My dearest, please reach the highest peak in Hollywood!
(End of this chapter)