Judging from the progress of the award ceremony, this Golden Globe Awards ceremony is more like a contest between "Social Network" and "The King's Speech". The PK between the two sides is full of flavor, but it is completely different from the Oscar results in Duke's memory. "Social Network" is the biggest winner of the Golden Globe Award.

"Social Network" won two heavyweight awards: Best Picture and Best Director in the Drama category, while "The King's Speech" was only won by Colin Fiss, a Best Actor in the Drama category.

It can also be seen from this aspect that the results of the Golden Globes have little impact on the Oscars.

As Duke's main competitor, Natalie Portman took away the Best Actress in the Drama category. In all the outpost awards that have been held, Natalie Portman almost achieved a sweep in Best Actress.

However, Duke was not in a hurry. After all, "Georgement" almost missed the nominations for these awards due to its release time, so there is naturally no way to talk about the award.

After the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the competition among various Hollywood companies and filmmakers during the awards season became more intense. Although David Finch did not attend any publicity and public relations activities, the producer and distribution of "Social Network" Sony Columbia Pictures showed that it was inevitable to win several heavyweight awards and increased the promotion and public relations efforts.

Perhaps it was Sony Columbia Pictures that made Weinstein Pictures feel the crisis, and the brothers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein once again used their killer moves and hired professional "water troops" to discredit "Social Networks" across the city.

"Social Network" unfortunately became another victim of Harvey Weinstein's bottomless PR strategy.

At this critical moment of the Olympics, negative comments about "Social Network" came like a tide. First, various people related to "K" came forward to accuse the film of fabricating facts and vilifying images. Then, the original novel, which is the basis of the film, broke out in plagiarism. Moreover, David Finch, the director of "Social Network", has always been unwilling to promote this work and ignored Oscars.

On the other hand, Harvey Weinstein made various high-level shapings of "The King's Speech", and the directors and cast members also cooperated unconditionally with the publicity activities arranged by Weinstein.

In fact, the values ​​of "The King's Speech" are more likely to be favored by older white male members of the academy than the Social Network, which tells the stories of Internet entrepreneurs at a super fast pace.

At the same time, Duke's public relations publicity has never been relaxed. Many activities such as private movie tours, internal promotion meetings, celebrity charity associations, etc. that can directly affect the choice of judges.

At the end of January, on the eve of the announcement of the Oscar nomination, several major Hollywood union awards that can truly affect the Oscars and even reflect the results of the Oscars to a certain extent announced their respective award results.

Unlike the Golden Globe Awards that are lively like big parties, the Union Awards do not have a special award ceremony, but just announce the award results to the media.

The award results surprised many people. In the most important Actors Union Awards, Directors Union Awards and Producers Alliance Awards, the popular films "Black Swan" and "Social Network" have not won any of them.

"Georgia", which has been insulated from various awards in the awards season, became one of the big winners. Scarlett Johnson won the Best Actress Award at the Actors Union Award for the heroine of the film. Duke won the Directors Union Award, and Weinstein Pictures' "The King's Speech" won the Best Actor in the Actors Union and Best Film Award at the Producers League!

These two films divide the four awards with the highest value of the union!

Especially for Best Actress and Best Director, the entire awards season has been the rhythm of Natalie Portman and David Finch winning the awards…

The Oscar wind direction has quietly changed.

White clouds were floating in the blue sky, and the golden sunlight shone through the gaps of the clouds on the green lawn, reflecting a small white ball shining brightly. Duke stood in front of the ball and gently waved the putter in his hand. The white golf ball rolled over the uneven ground and was ready to fall into the hole.

"Birdball!"

The voice of a middle-aged man sounded from behind. Duke handed the club to the caddy, took off the sun hat on his head, and walked over there. At the same time, he smiled and said, "It's just good luck."

A huge sun umbrella stood abruptly on the lawn. Harvey Weinstein was sitting on the chair under the sun umbrella. He drank coffee and said to Duke, "Strength is the basis of luck."

Hearing the pun, Duke said nothing, but shook his head and smiled, and sat on another chair next to Harvey Weinstein.

Harvey Weinstein put down his coffee cup and waved his hand in front. After the caddie walked away, he said, "Duke, fortunately you are not very interested in Oscars. Otherwise, I will have a strong competitor in the future."

"Don't worry, Harvey." Duke picked up the coffee cup and poured himself a cup, saying slowly, "My interests and goals are commercial movies."

He paused for a moment and said, "And this time some of my methods have reached the bottom line of the college. These methods can be used once, just like every year, I believe the college will not sit idly by."

Duke has always been a very sensible person, and he is not so stupid that he thinks that with strength, Oscars will become his own family.

"The entire Weinstein Pictures operation is centered around Oscars..." Harvey Weinstein did not shy away from this and said directly, "I don't want to be your competitor either."

"We won't be competitors." Duke picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. "Your competitors won't be me, either."

In fact, most people in Hollywood know that, as Harvey Weinstein said, many of Weinstein Pictures’ operating strategies are formulated around the Oscars, which is also an important reason why the Weinstein brothers can always win at the Oscars.

By the same token, not to mention first-tier companies like Warner Bros. or Twentieth Century Fox, if they are second-tier companies like New Line Film or Lionsgate Film, if the company's operating strategy is like Weinstein Pictures, their performance at the Oscars may not be much worse than Harvey Weinstein.

And Duke knew very well that anyone or company could only influence the Oscars and could not control the Oscars, and the Weinstein brothers were no exception.

In fact, from some perspectives, the Weinstein brothers' Oscar crisis has begun to emerge.

In recent years, the videos pushed by Weinstein Pictures have not been much different from previous award-winning films. "The King's Speech" is still a production line under Weinstein's usual "Oscar Success Formula", which is no different from previous films such as "Iron Lady".

The combination of "biography + huge personality flaws + workaholics + historical facts" and combined with the actor's slightly neurotic performance, it has become a standard "Oscar-nominated film". This is the production and promotional model that the Weinstein brothers have been using for many years since they "strike the Olympics".

There is no doubt that in recent years and even in the past few years, such assembly line model is one of the safest ways to win the Ao.

However, this society is changing, and the entire entertainment industry is changing.

With the rise of a series of new platforms and producers such as cable TV, li, online media, Amazon, etc., the focus of the word "entertainment industry" is becoming increasingly alienated from "entertainment" and leaning towards "industry".

Faced with unprecedented competition, Hollywood's pressure on the box office of films has greatly exceeded its demands for film quality. Type films and large-scale production sequels have become the only magic weapon to ensure box office. Large-scale film giants such as Warner Bros., Fox, Universal Pictures, etc. have controlled the market for "money-making tools" superhero films and teenage science fiction films, which has allowed other small and medium-sized producers to only work hard on the content and genre of the film to attract specific audiences and make a big splash with small profits.

As a result, the already unique academy became more conservative and niche.

In order to indicate that it is an "Oscar" rather than a "People's Choice Award", the trend of the Academy's Oscar Awards that favor non-profit, low-cost art films will inevitably become increasingly popular.

It is also because of this that low-cost independent films will be unprecedented in the Oscars in the future, and Weinstein's "Oscar Nomination" works are essentially assembly-line works, and will inevitably be abandoned by increasingly conservative academys and will encounter challenges from opponents with outstanding traits. The safe choices in the past will appear mediocre.

There is also Weinstein Pictures’ control over directors and actors. The Weinstein brothers always ask them to cooperate with public relations unconditionally. For example, Judy Denge, who plays "Mrs. M", once tattooed Harvey Weinstein's name on his buttocks to show his gratitude. Even on the red carpet, as long as Weinstein asks, she can unbutton her pants so that the other party can see her buttocks to attract publicity.

Such absolute control naturally has its disadvantages and advantages. Cooperating actors may win the coveted trophy, but on the other hand, uncooperating actors and directors will choose to stay away. In this era with increasingly prominent personality, fewer and fewer directors and actors who are willing to cooperate in this way will be, and the Weinstein brothers' strategy of fighting for the Olympics will also arouse many people's disgust.

Although the Weinstein brothers and Weinstein Pictures will still be popular in the future, it is almost impossible to harvest the Oscars like a few years ago.

Over-control of people's hearts can sometimes lead to losing people's hearts.

Especially in recent years, "Weinstein Brothers Control Oscars" has gradually become a voice circulating in the media. This kind of leaked remarks will make many Oscar judges who are not short of money and value reputation cherish their feathers more, and will become cautious about films produced by Weinstein Pictures. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!