---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 10:28:47 -0500 From: Chris White <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] 'Braveheart' leads Academy Award nominees BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Braveheart, actor Mel Gibson's directing debut, captured a leading 10 Academy Award nominations Tuesday, including best picture. The other best picture nominations were Apollo 13, Babe, Sense and Sensibility, and Italy's The Postman. Massimo Troisi was made the first posthumous acting selection in 20 years for his leading role in The Postman. Also nominated for best actor were Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland's Opus, Anthony Hopkins in Nixon and Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking. Emma Thompson was nominated for best actress for Sense and Sensibility. She faces Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking, Elisabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas, Sharon Stone in Casino and Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County. Among films with multiple nominations, Apollo 13 collected nine and Babe and Sense and Sensibility each earned seven. The best picture nomination for The Postman was the first foreign-language selection in the top category since Cries and Whispers in 1973. Even though Leaving Las Vegas was not picked for best picture, as was widely expected, director Mike Figgis was nominated for best director. He faces Gibson, Babe's Chris Noonan, The Postman's Michael Radford and actor Tim Robbins, who directed Dead Man Walking. All of the supporting acting nominees are first-time Oscar honorees. Selected for best supporting actor were James Cromwell in Babe, Ed Harris in Apollo 13, Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, Tim Roth in Rob Roy and Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects. Joan Allen was nominated for best supporting actress for Nixon as was Kathleen Quinlan for Apollo 13, Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite, Mare Winningham for Georgia and Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensibility. Holland's Antonia's Line was nominated for foreign language film, where it faces Sweden's All Thing's Fair, Algeria's Dust of Life, Brazil's O Quatrilho and Italy's The Star Maker. Troisa's posthumous nomination for the 68th annual awards puts the late Italian actor in select Oscar company. The last posthumous nominee was Peter Finch in 1976, who won for Network. Other posthumous nominees include James Dean and Spencer Tracy. Woody Allen, nominated for writing Mighty Aphrodite, tied filmmaker Billy Wilder for most career nominations for screenplay, with 12. In addition to picture and directing, Braveheart was nominated for cinematography, costumes, editing, makeup, original score, sound, sound effects editing and original screenplay. Some films once considered Oscar favorites did poorly in the voting by the 5,043 voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The American President collected just one nomination, as did The Bridges of Madison County and Casino. Several of 1995's highest grossing films also were largely overlooked. Batman Forever earned three nominations, and Pocahontas got two. Waterworld, the most expensive movie ever made, drew just one nomination, for sound. The original screenplay nominations were Braveheart, Mighty Aphrodite, Nixon, Toy Story and The Usual Suspects. The adapted screenplay picks were Apollo 13, Babe, Leaving Las Vegas, The Postman and Sense and Sensibility. Academy voters did not embrace most of the prestige projects released late in the year. Only one best picture selection - Sense and Sensibility - was released in December, and the other four all came out in August or earlier. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Partial list of 38th Annual Academy Award nominations: BEST PICTURE: Apollo 13 Babe Braveheart The Postman (Il Postino) Sense Sensibility BEST ACTOR: Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas Richard Dreyfuss, Mr. Holland's Opus Anthony Hopkins, Nixon Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking Massimo Troisi, The Postman (Il Postino) BEST ACTRESS: Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas Sharon Stone, Casino Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: James Cromwell, Babe Ed Harris, Apollo 13 Brad Pitt, 12 Monkeys Tim Roth, Rob Roy Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Joan Allen, Nixon Kathleen Quinlan, Apollo 13 Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite Mare Winningham, Georgia Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility BEST DIRECTOR: Chris Noonan, Babe Mel Gibson, Braveheart Tim Robbins, Dead Man Walking Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas Michael Radford, The Postman (Il Postino) BEST FOREIGN FILM: All Things Fair, Sweden Antonia's Line, The Netherlands Dust of Life, Algeria O Quatrilho, Brazil The Star Maker, Italy BEST SCREENPLAY (written directly for the screen): Randall Wallace, Braveheart Woody Allen, Mighty Aphrodite Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson and Oliver Stone, Nixon Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft, Toy Story Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects BEST SCREENPLAY (adapted for the screen): William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, Apollo 13 George Miller and Chris Noonan, Babe Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi, The Postman (Il Postino) Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility BEST ART DIRECTION: Apollo 13 Babe A Little Princess Restoration Richard III BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Batman Forever Braveheart A Little Princess Sense and Sensibility Shanghai Triad Why is Joan Allen a *supporting* actress whereas Sharon Stone is an actress? Gloria Monti ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]