Los Angeles – The Oscars brought a bleak elegy to Genes Hackman And a happy tribute to Quincy Jones Sunday night.
In a late addition to the ceremony, Morgan Freeman He praised the two -time Oscar winner and his twice co -star Hackman, five days later The actor and his wife were found dead In his New Mexico.
“This week our community lost a giant, and lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” said a solemn Freeman. “He received two Oscar and, more importantly, he won the hearts of cinema lovers worldwide.”
Freeman concluded: “Gene always said: ‘I do not think of the legacy. I just hope people remind me of how someone who tried to do a good job. So I think I speak for everyone when I say Gene, they will be remembered for that and for much more. Rest in peace, my friend.”
Freeman and Hackman co -starred in “under suspicion” of 2000 and in the Clint Eastwood Western “Unforgiven” of 1992, the film that earned Hackman his second Oscar. He won the first for “The French Connection” of 1971.
The 95 -year -old man HackmanHis wife Betsy Arakawa and his dog was found dead at his home in Santa Fe on Wednesday. The cause remains under investigation.
The tone was very different when Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg introduced a musical tribute to Jones, who died November 3 at 91.
“When one listens to the name of Quincy Jones, one is the musical genius,” Winfrey said. “But man, our dear Q, had an equally deep impact on the world of cinema, as a composer and producer.”
Goldberg added: “When we talk about black excellence, we are talking about Quincy.”
Then they introduced Queen Latifahwho gave an energetic rave of “ease on the way”, a song of “The Wiz”, whose soundtrack Jones, a seven times nominated for an Oscar, produced. The performance included dozens of dancers and support voices of the Chorale Master of Los Angeles.
Jones received a de facto tribute at the beginning of the show when Cynthia Erico sang “Home” of “The Wiz” in his opening potpourri with the cast companion “Wicked” Ariana Grande.
Winfrey and Goldberg were cast partners in “The Color Purple” of 1985. Jones was producer of the film directed by Steven Spielberg and co -written the score.
“He really discovered me for ‘The Color Purple’, which was my first movie,” said Winfrey.
Two weeks after his death, Jones received his second Honorary Oscar in the November governors awards.
The Hackman segment was followed by the annual “in memoriam” assembly of cinematographic figures that died since the last academy awards.
Included the director David Lynch and actors Maggie Smith, Teri Garr, Joan Plowright, Donald Sutherland, Louis Gossett Jr., Shelley Duvall and James Earl Jones.
Most of them were highlighted with brief clips in the midst of musical assembly.
“I am a professional actress!” Garr said in his, a “Tootsie” scene.
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