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Volume 1(X), Issue 117
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Best Actor
Roberto Benigni — Life is Beautiful
Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte — Affliction
Edward Norton — American History X
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro — Central Station
Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love
Meryl Streep — One True Thing
Emily Watson — Hilary’andJackie
Best Supporting
Actor
James Cobum—Affliction
Robert Duvall —A Civil Action
Ed Harris — The Truman Show
Geoffrey Rush — Shakespeare in Love
Billy Bob Thornton — A Simple Plan
Best Supporting
Actress
Kathy Bates — Primary Colors
Brenda Blethyn — Little Voice
Judi Dench — Shakespeare in Love
Rachel Griffiths — Hilary andJackie
Lynn Redgrave — Gods and Monsters
Best Director
Life is Beautiful— Roberto Benigni
Saving Private Ryan — Steven Spielberg
Shakespeare in Love—John Madden
The Thin Red Line — Terrence Malick
The Truman Show — Peter Weir
Best Picture
Elizabeth
Life is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
The Thin Red Line
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INNERS
The envelopes will remain sealed until March 2ft ':
but the Emerald offers our own Oscar picks §
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UNMARRKD BY THH KNOKMOUS HULL OH
“Titanic,” the Oscar horizon reveals
clear sailing ahead for smaller films
hoping to net an Academy Award.
The only problem is, the harbor’s looking a
little clogged.
No “titanic" films have emerged from the
murk of blockbusters released in ’98, leaving
myriad smaller flicks with a shot at snagging a
statuette.
The only real Oscar favorite, Steven Spiel
berg’s acclaimed World War II flick “Saving
Private Ryan,” reeled in only 11 nomina
tions, including Best Picture. Not a bad haul,
but still tuna compared to “Titanic,” which
won as many awards last year as “Saving Pri
vate Ryan” is nominated for.
The nice surprise this year turned out to be
John Madden’s "Shakespeare in Love,”
which boasts an even larger catch (13) and is
contending with “Ryan” for Best Picture and
Best Director.
Movies such as “Elizabeth” and Roberto Be
nigni’s “Life is Beautiful” also made a modest
showing in the preliminaries, but the rest of the
slots are mostly filled with flicks that only
picked up a spare nomination or two.
Oscar is sailing unclaimed waters, and
there’s no telling who will sink or swim.
But we’ll tell it anyway. Forget predic
tions; these are the Emerald's picks for the
71st annual Academy Awards:
Best Actor—Tom Hanks, ,
“Saving Private Ryan”
OK, so he’s already won two (“Forrest 1
Gump,” 1995; “Philadelphia,” 1994). m
OK, so he’s al ready the favorite for the f!
award. But he deserves it.
Time and again, Hanks has proven
his depth of talent and his versatility
as an actor, playing everything from a f
grown-up kid to an intellectually chal
lenged southerner to a gay man dying
of AIDS. His role as Captain Miller in
"Saving Private Ryan” is no exception,
as Hanks establishes a powerful char
acter as much with his face as with his
dialogue. |
We do laud Roberto Benigni for his
portrayal of Guido in "Life is Beauti
ful,” however. He comes in a close sec
ond, with his funny, life-embracing por
trayal of the character only he could have
played.
We also have one beef with this catego
ry: Why no nomination for Jim Carrey in
his outrageous yet touching role as Tru
man in “The Truman Show”? After win
ning the Golden Globe for Best Actor over
Hanks, Ian McKellen and Nick Nolte, all
Oscar nominated, he deserves at least a
nod from the Academy.
Turn to OSCARS, Page 8A
Story by:
Nicole Garton
Illustration by:
Kelly Berggren
Tom Hanks received a
Best Actor nomination
tor his role as Captain
Miller in the World War
II flick‘Saving Private
Ryan.’
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Bijou to host Oscar night
You saw the movies on the big
screen, with the lights low
and the sound booming.
On March 21, you can watch the
71st annual Academy Awards the
same way. But you’d better hurry, be
cause the tickets are almost sold out.
The Bijou Art Cinemas, 429 E. 13th
Ave., showed the Oscars in its eclectic
theater last year to a sold-out audience.
“They loved it — it was great,” said
manager Louise Thomas. “Everyone
hadagood time.”
The $5 tickets for the show have
been on sale since March, and only
front-row seats are left. Proceeds will
be donated to the Relief Nursery.
The show will begin at 5 p.m. with
a pre-show celebration, hosted by
Geena Davis, and the awards ceremo
ny, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.
The Bijou will offer a no-host bar
and will auction off posters from Os
car-nominated films such as “Saving
Private Ryan,” “Life is Beautiful”
and “Elizabeth. ’’ Wine from the local
Secret House Winery and multi
month Bijou passes will also be auc
tioned.
For those who prefer to stay at
home, the Oscars will air at 5 p.m. on
ABC.
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