Hollywood What If Chapter 306
It was obvious that The Revenant would wioronto Iional Film Festival People's Choice Award because Hollywood movies are made to please the audienbsp;
Even though The Revenant was made for the Oscars, Kazir made sure that the audience would like the movie as well.
This movie was actually different from the usual subjects Kazir filmed. His filmography was mostly about edies, a and horror. His first three movies were horror movies that he already fot.
The Revenant was more about adventure and drama, where a man tried to survive in a harsh enviro.
Fortunately, Kazir knew what he had to do and he produced a great movie, he believed. The fact that the film won the People's Choice Award was enough to satisfy his ego.
Besides, the protagonist of his movie was her than Tom Cruise, the man himself. Their tag team was enough to secure the victory.
Their victory at the Toronto Iional Film Festival found its way into the neers and people realized that the great directrey had actually made another movie for the year.
The guy had fans all over North Amerid they were excited to see his movie. All of Kazir's movies were iing and they khe director wouldn't disappoint them.
Well, Kazir has never had a flop movie since 1995. All his movies have been successful and profitable.
After winning the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Iional Film Festival, the team wao fight and make sure that the movie would also win awards at the Golden Globes.
Too bad, because the Berlin Iional Film Festival, es Film Festival and Veernational Film Festival had already ended, and their movie could only participate ioronto Iional Film Festival.
Well, the crew was breathing a sigh of relief because their movie had won an award at this film festival. Winning an award was a requirement to be nominated for the Oscars.
Requirements to be nominated for the Oscars (source: Google)
1) The film must have won an award at a qualifying film festival.
OR
2) The film must have pleted a oheatrical run in a ercial theater in a qualifyiro area (LA ty, New York City, the Bay Area, Chiiami or Atnta).
In addition, the film must have been released to the public between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year.
The Revenant was already eligible, and all that is left is for the members of the Academy to vote for it to be nominated.
And for that, Salvatore Barloat Kingsley had already prepared a PR pn.
Both Kazir and Tom were willing to spend money just to get their respective awards. Because holy, the only way to get nominated for an Oscar was to use money and es.
Ahe members of the Academy could be bribed, but people don't usually give them mohey gave them gifts instead.
The Academy had to keep the image that they were partial and fair. They want to keep the 'artistry' of Hollywood, even though they ot help but be biased sometimes.
Another fact was that Tom Cruise and Kazir Grey were actually members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sces(AMPAS).
Membership in the Academy is by sponsorship, not application. Nominees must be sponsored by two Academy members from the bran which the nominee seeks membership. In addition, Academy Award nominees are automatically sidered for membership and do not require sponsorship. (Google)
Sihey were both nominated for Awards a few years ago, they were automatically members of the Academy. Obviously, they could vote for themselves and their film.
However, their two votes were not enough to secure nominations. In the first pce, there were more than 9000 Academy members, so two votes didn't matter at all.
So yeah... Your vote doesn't matter at all, so stop voting, ahem... Nah, I'm just joking.
Anyway, they passed the first hurdle and their movie met the requirements to be nominated.
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September and October were rexing months for Kazir. What he did iember was to attend the 12-day movie Toronto Iional Film Festival, but after that everything was rexing.
He was not busy as he had already finished most of his work. Sometimes he visited the pany, but most of the time he spent his days with Angelina, who was not as busy as he was.
Of course, the Big Six still found a way to annoy him. Most of them wao talk to him about Grey Pictures and whether he would agree to their proposals.
He was being courted by the giant studios and Kazir was waiting for the best option. He khat the right moment would e and he just had to wait.
So far, after valuation, the worth of Grey Pictures has risen to 7.5 billion dolrs.
So 30% of his shares in the pany was worth 2.25 billion. The giant studios could afford it, but it was also something that could hurt them.
In a way, it was a gamble for them as well. The difference was that ohey acquired Grey Pictures, the ces of them winning were very high.
Just like that, October 31, 2002 came and The Revenant premiered. The premiere night took pce at the TCL ese Theatre, colloquially known as Grauman's Theatre.
Si was Halloween, some of the audience were wearing es, which made the event iing.
The cast of the movie waved their hands as they stood on the red carpet. The cast of the movie was very small, it didn't even reach 20 actors.
Despite the small cast, many celebrities attehe premiere to support the movie. People like Liam Neeson, Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon showed up as guests.
In addition, many critid some members of the Academy came to see the movie. They were invited, of course.
In fact, the critics didn't just get invitations, they got money. Obviously to promote the movie and make sure that The Revenant would have a positive reputation.
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