Made in Hollywood

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"Hello, Mr. Reid. This is Nancy..."

Sitting in her office, Nancy Josephson can’t remember this is the first call today. Although her voice is a bit hoarse, her smile is still brilliant, and her tone of voice is even more natural. , "Have you seen the disc you sent some time ago? Are you satisfied with the effect of the new disc player?"

Hearing the satisfactory answer from the other side, the smile on Nancy’s face became more charming, “What do you think of Duke’s films? The school’s mission has always been to promote the recognition of outstanding film performance and the promotion of technical research, technical methods, and equipment improvements. People, Duke has made a lot of contributions in these areas..."

Finally, Nancy Josephson reminded again, “The college is committed to promoting the sustainable development of the public and film companies. Didn’t you know if you watched the news these days? Duke just put out a large sum of money and established the Duke The film fund is dedicated to helping talented newcomers."

Satisfied with hanging up, Nancy glanced at the phone book and dialed another number...

Public relations are simple to say, but quite cumbersome to do, and they must be mastered, otherwise the effect may be counterproductive.

You’re welcome ¤, Oscar public relations is a systemic big project. In the critical stage of Oscar public relations, Duke followed the advice of Pani Kelly and established a film foundation specifically to help new directors. For future purposes, after the Oscar is over, how could he fund projects that have no benefit at all?

Duke is also very clear that he is not a director that the academy likes, and he is destined to go further and further away from Oscar in the future.

In fact, most people know that the Oscar is indeed the most authoritative award in the United States, but it does not necessarily represent the development direction of mainstream movies.

In addition to talking in private. Propaganda in the media is also essential. For example, Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter have published similar reviews and reports.

"Duke has played a huge and irreplaceable role in promoting the development of the entire Hollywood film industry. Looking at the world film market, Hollywood is the dominant one. This situation is exactly the beginning of Duke's "Independence Day" and was " "Titanic" zoomed in. Then it reached its peak in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Perhaps it is an exaggeration to say that there would be no internationalization of Hollywood movies without Duke, but it is absolutely impossible for Hollywood movies to conquer cities around the world like they are now. To any real opponent!"

"In terms of qualifications, Duke is a director who has been in Hollywood for twelve years, with a total box office of more than 5 billion U.S. dollars in directing films! In terms of film technology, he created a new situation in action films and explosive films and became the target of imitation all over the world. In number, he has been nominated for best director four times in the past. If he can get the best director Xiaojinren, he definitely deserves his name!"

Every year during the awards season, the whole of Los Angeles is disturbed. After attending some events one after another, Duke temporarily hid in the Warner Studios in Burbank and began to work with Mike Dawson in the post-production of "Hurricane Rescue".

The first commercial for this film has been edited by Duke and will be played during the Super Bowl intermission in early February. However, due to attending the Oscar nominees luncheon, Duke was unable to watch this Super Bowl live.

Compared to the huge trilogy of Lord of the Rings. The post-production work of "Hurricane Rescue" is much simpler. Duke only prepared three months of post-production time, and the film will be fully completed in mid-April.

The editing techniques used in this film are very similar to the two films he started, "Life and Death" and "Courage to Death Island". The sharp editing methods are no longer rare in Hollywood today. For Duke or his dedicated editor Mike Dawson, editing is basically not difficult.

Moreover, the two are more in supervision and control, the most basic editing work. They were handed over to several assistants of Mike Dawson.

The work came to an end. Duke and Mike Dawson left the editing room and walked into the rest room next to them. Tina Fei was sitting on the side of statistics. Seeing them come in, he hurriedly read the last email.

"How's it going?"

Taking three cups, Duke poured a cup of coffee for each of them. Mike Dawson was also very curious. Although he is one of the few people in the Duke team who has won an Oscar trophy, who would think that there are too many petites?

"Nancy and Pani just fed back the data." Tina Fei stared at the laptop screen and said, "They are sure to win about a quarter of the votes from the Producers League and Directors’ Union. These people will basically The best director chooses you first."

"George and Frank also called." She thought about it for a while and continued, "People around them will also vote for us first."

After spending so many years by Duke's side, Tina Fei has long been able to be alone, and she said her analysis results, "I think there is more than 70% of the possibility, we will win a big victory."

Tina Fei picked up the mouse, clicked a few times, then turned the laptop screen to Duke, pointed to the crowded picture on it, and said, "Since three days ago, your supporters have been in the Hollywood area and Weihir Street. Gather to protest the unfair treatment of you by the academy. Now there are voices on the Internet that support your award. If the academy really does its own way, it will inevitably trigger a large-scale protest afterwards. From the current public opinion, it will even affect the Oscars. Fairness and justice."

Although the film academy has done things that run counter to public opinion, the power of the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings is immense, especially Duke. He is indeed a purely commercial director. It is not fake that he is a very young director, but The current qualifications are no longer a problem. After all, there have been four nominations for "Saving Private Ryan", "Chicago", "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers"!

If there is still a problem with such a director’s qualifications, then the academy is drawing its own face.

As for the final selection of the academy, it will not be announced until the Oscars, but from the list of nominations, one or two can be guessed.

On February 14, 2004, the traditional Western Valentine's Day, Duke and Ivanka did not spend this holiday alone, but went to the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California as a companion. The 76th Oscar nominees luncheon was held here, and it was Jennifer Garner who presided over the nominees luncheon.

"Nominated for the best soundtrack..."

The actress, who has just come out of the famed names, announced the nominations one by one, ""Big Fish", "Cold Mountain", "Looking for Nemo", "Dust and Mist Home", and "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" ."

Duke sat quietly at the oak round table and occasionally took a sip from the coffee cup, which seemed quite relaxed. The pretty face of Ivanka on his right has been straining, and it seems to be more nervous than his client. Only when he hears the name "Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" on the nomination list, she smiles.

"Relax, dear." Duke gently shook her hand hanging under the table. "I was a little nervous because of you."

"How could I not be nervous!" Ivanka leaned in his ear and whispered, "This is your best chance to win the Oscar. Do you want to wait?"

She looked at the members of the college's executive committee sitting in the front side, and said with dissatisfaction, "If they are still so stubborn, even if I go to the bank for a loan, I have to launch the media to criticize them!"

Duke smiled, said nothing, and held Ivanka's hand tighter again.

The announcement of the nomination list has come to the end.

"The best director nomination is Fernando Merrills-"City of God". Sofia Coppola-"Lost in Tokyo", Peter Will-"Raging Seas". Duke Rosenberg-"Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", Clint Eastwood "Mysterious River"!"

As soon as the list was announced, Duke and Ivanka breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and made so much effort. At this moment, it must be fake if you don't care.

Anyway. Getting a nomination is a victory. After all, a nomination is an admission ticket to the award ceremony. If you don't even have an admission ticket, how can you compete for the award?

As expected, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was nominated for Best Picture.

Although not nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Leading Actress. But the two heavyweight nominations for Best Director and Best Picture are enough to guarantee the gold content of the nominations for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".

What's more, Duke heard it very clearly that "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won not the eleven nominations in memory, but twelve nominations-best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, Best art direction, best costume design, best sound effects, best visual effects, best film editing, best makeup, best soundtrack, best original song and best photography!

Although it did not break or even tie the nomination record held by "Titanic", there is a chance to break another Oscar record-a single film won 11 Oscar awards!

Twelve nominations to win twelve statuettes are indeed very difficult, but there has never been an easy success in this world. Since the academy has thrown twelve nominations in the film, Duke naturally wants to make this Twelve nominations turned into genuine awards.

The nominees luncheon ended here, and Duke's table welcomed many people who came to congratulate.

"Congratulations, Duke."

Harvey Weinstein came over and shook hands with him. There was not much contact between the two, but there was no personal conflict, nor was it a tit-for-tat enemy.

"Your harvest is not bad, Harvey."

Duke shook his hand gently, and the two of them couldn't talk about friendship either.

Finally, a monotonous nasal sound rang in Duke's ear, "Do you need me to hug you?"

"I should hug you."

After speaking, Duke stretched out his arms and gave Sophia Coppola a congratulatory hug. Both of them patted each other's back with their hands. They had worked together for many years, and naturally there was a tacit understanding.

"Congratulations on becoming the first American woman nominated for best director!"

Hearing Duke’s words, Sophia exhorted, “I may have won the lowest prize, and you are the highest. But, Duke, don’t be careless.” (To be continued.)