Thanks to Gloria Monti for forwarding the Oscar list and accompanying story. But I did have a certain "knee-jerk reaction" to this sentence: >BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Braveheart, actor Mel Gibson's directing debut, >captured a leading 10 Academy Award nominations Tuesday, including >best picture. Now it's my memory that Mel Gibson directed _Man Without a Face_. Am I wrong? I'm happy to be corrected if so. The reason I'm a bit upset (if I'm right about Mel) is that a recent syndicated obit. about Gene Kelly (by Larry Swindell) made the BIZARRE claim that _An American in Paris_ was the last American musical to win an Oscar for Best Picture. But by ANY and all standards _Gigi_ was an American film and so for sure as hell was _West Side Story_. So why such carelessness with facts? Yes there are more important things in life to worry about, but still... David Desser ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]