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By mid-February, before the eighty-second Oscar nominees luncheon, the North American box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" was still growing slowly, with a cumulative total of more than $235.6 million, although it lags far behind Hurricane's radical " "Avatar", but for a film with a production cost of only 80 million US dollars, this can be said to be a big hit.

Subsequently, the Oscar nominees luncheon was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Unlike previous sessions, Murphy did not let Bill Rossis do the work, but appeared in the banquet hall of the nominees luncheon in person. .

As Robert Downey Jr., Jonah Hill and others are still doing publicity all over the world, Murphy, on behalf of the entire "Wolf of Wall Street" crew, walked alone into the Hilton Grand Ballroom No. 1 Ballroom.

"Please go here, Director Stanton."

A waiter led Murphy to the front table of the banquet hall. Murphy took a look before going over. The people sitting there were basically characters from the top buildings of Hollywood, such as representing the "Avatar" crew. Jon Landau, Walt Disney Animation Director John Lasseter, and Hollywood’s top star... Leonardo DiCaprio!

There was a time when Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio were very close because of Robert Downey Jr., but now...

Murphy shook his head slightly. Leonardo DiCaprio is not only a movie star, but also a very successful businessman. When certain interests are in front of him, the fragile friendship between the two Collapsed suddenly.

Of course, he also knows very well that this is the norm in Hollywood or any business circle. It is impossible that everyone you meet will become James Franco, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hee. You are such a best friend.

"Hi, Jon."

Walking to the banquet table, Murphy first greeted the big fat producer from 20th Century Fox. Jon Landau saw that it was Murphy who came over and quickly stood up and hugged him. Wow, Murphy! So happy to meet you."

Subsequently, Murphy shook hands with John Lasseter under the introduction of Jon Landau. The two sides had not met before, but they were well known for each other for a long time.

Especially Murphy, who has a good impression of the non-children animations of Pixar Studios, and was also a big love. He deliberately chatted with John Lasseter, the core character of the Pixar Five Tigers.

From John Lasseter’s mouth, Murphy also learned that he came for "The Flying House". It is said that this Pixar studio’s classic work is likely to be the first ever nominated for Oscar. Animated feature film of the best film!

If it is nominated, it is undoubtedly a huge honor for Pixar Studios. On the one hand, it is the best praise for their perseverance in creating. On the other hand, it is also the effect of the expansion of the Oscar nominees for the best film.

Starting from the 82nd Oscars, the list of nominations for the best film Oscars is no longer limited to five, but there can be up to nine! In other words, if there were a lot of excellent films produced that year, the judges may fill up the list of nine nominations. If there are not enough excellent films, they will choose a few but not less than five.

This can be said to be the biggest reform made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recent years for the Oscars, allowing some outstanding sci-fi films and commercial films such as cartoons to enter the nominations list and play the role of escort.

Therefore, both Bill Rossis and Robert Downey Jr. believed that the difficulty of winning the best picture nomination for "The Wolf of Wall Street" was far less than that of Murphy's or only five spots for the best director. Nominate.

Watching Murphy talking and laughing with John Lasseter, Leonardo DiCaprio was somewhat uncomfortable, but he was also an old man in the circle, and did nothing, just sit here peacefully.

He can see that Murphy's attitude towards him has changed dramatically from before. If it were before, the first person to greet him after he came over must be himself.

Leonardo DiCaprio understands why this is, but he doesn't feel any guilt, and he has already released his goodwill through his agent. If the other party accepts it, it is beyond his control.

Having said that, at that time, I changed positions, and with Murphy Stanton's utilitarian character, he might not be much better than himself.

"Hello, Leo."

When he was in a trance, Leonardo DiCaprio heard the familiar voice of greeting, shook his head quickly, returned to his senses, looked at Murphy, who was already sitting next to him, and pulled out a formulaic smile. "Hello, Murphy."

After he said this sentence, he stopped talking.

Murphy nodded to Leonardo DiCaprio and said nothing.

There is no need to pretend to be enthusiastic as the two people don’t know the basics and know the bottom of the story, but they also know a lot.

Murphy was very clear about why Jordan Belfort wanted to take back the right to adapt to "The Wolf of Wall Street" and who was behind it.

Similarly, Leonardo DiCaprio also knows that the distance between Murphy and the word "good guy" is as far away as the entire Pacific Ocean. No one knows the obstacles he encountered in the Olympics this time. Is there a shadow of Murphy?

Murphy looked at Leonardo DiCaprio for the last time, retracted his gaze, and chatted with Jon Landau about some things about "Avatar". The global box office of this film has been close to 2 billion U.S. dollars. Everyone can see that as long as there are no major accidents like the outbreak of the Third World War or alien invasion, James Cameron will definitely be able to surpass himself, and the truck driver will completely become a movie myth.

It's not that he never had the idea of ​​directing this film, but just thought of it and chose to give up, because it was almost non-operable.

Let’s not talk about whether "Avatar" is James Cameron's ideas since more than ten or twenty years ago. It is only a technical issue, which is a problem that Murphy can't solve.

As long as people with normal heads understand a little bit, they all know that this film can be described as a typical type that can not be solved by a script and a director. Even if it is to write a script, it is of little use.

Since the beginning of this century, James Cameron has cooperated with Sony Electronics to start research on the latest 3D photography and action imaging. He has not only done a lot of research experiments for this purpose, but also shot several documentaries to explore the technology. Feasibility, and the latest 3D photography and other technologies that must be used in the production of "Avatar", the patent rights have always been firmly held in the hands of James Cameron. If there is no authorization from the truck driver, everything is empty talk.

Of course, it’s not impossible to use other techniques to shoot. Perhaps it can also achieve the final film effect of "Avatar". The problem is that James Cameron, as a technical maniac, has invested nearly ten years in these new technologies. If you change to other directors, how many years will it take to advance other technologies to the point where you can shoot and produce "Avatar"?

How many directors can be willing to devote so much time and energy to James Cameron?

As for the kind of "Avatar" that can be shot and produced by writing a script, the effect after the film is not bad at all...

Murphy shook his head. Fortunately, he was not so mentally retarded. To be precise, this kind of thinking is praised when it is described as retarded.

For things like movies, there may not be any rewards for paying, but there is absolutely no reward for not paying. Just like Murphy has been complaining about the male protagonist in his heart, "Avatar" has also received a lot of criticism, but no matter how much criticism there is, it is now The explosive box office results are the best return for James Cameron's crazy research on new technology.

If Murphy was asked to evaluate, he would say, "Movies are divided into pre-sound films and after-sound films, into pre-color films and after-color films, and divided into "Avatar" and "Avatar" after!"

Suddenly, Murphy felt that someone was staring at him, he didn't need to look, he also knew that it must be Leonardo DiCaprio.

With Leonardo DiCaprio's network, it is not difficult to know that a considerable number of Oscar judges are dissatisfied with his actions for the Olympics, and they will make unfavorable choices when voting.

Although the "Wolf of Wall Street" was lost, Leonardo DiCaprio's Olympic plan was not affected too much. According to the news Murphy received, Leonardo DiCaprio ranked The consensus is that the new film co-operated with Martin Scorsese, "Bounded Island" originally scheduled to be released in February this year, will be screened in Los Angeles at the end of December last year, in order to obtain the best actor for this year's Oscar. opportunity.

Frankly speaking, acting is a very subjective thing, and everyone’s judgment criteria are different, but Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting has been criticized, especially for exaggerated facial expressions and extremely easy to send. Excessive force is something that the Oscar judges dislike very much.

But Leonardo DiCaprio is famous, funded, capable, and has a wide network of relationships. In many cases, as long as he chooses movies and roles for the Oscars, he will basically appear on the Oscar best actor list. on.

The nominees’ luncheon started very quickly. Murphy included. They were not interested in the meals provided at the luncheon. They just listened to the school’s rotating chairman Sid Ganis and the guest Anne Hathaway one by one. Announcement of the nomination list.

The nomination list was announced very quickly. Listening to the name Anne Hathaway said, Leonardo DiCaprio’s face began to become a little ugly, because he invested heavily in the "Closed Island" "Unexpectedly, nothing has been won in the technical awards that have been announced, and Murphy's "Wolf of Wall Street" has won a series of best editing, best photography, best costume design, best art direction and best adapted screenplay. Nominate.

Then, the nomination list of the four most heavyweight awards jumped out of Anne Hathaway's mouth.