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Show Sunday, March 24, ArtsEnteriainment 1991 The Daily Herald, Provo. Utah B8 Here's the list: Mark do win sears ard Zanuck, who produced "Daisy" Editor's Note: The three-hoWestern "Dances with Wolves, " which broke several ur with his wife, Lib. "No one thought it would be commercial. The consensus was that it would be a nice movie with good reviews, but it couldn't attract a wide audience." Studios also wanted the Zanucks to use a younger star, like Meryl Streep or Shirley MacLaine. The producers insisted on Jessica Tandy, who won her own Oscar as best actress. After the budget was trimmed from $12.5 million to $7.5 million, Warners agreed to advance $5 million for the U.S. rights, and an English company supplied $2.5 million. The "nice movie" ended up selling $107 million worth of tickets. "Rain Man," best picture of 1988, was another problem film. A movie that centered on an autistic savant seemed an unlikely box office draw. Such directors as Martin Brest, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack signed on for the project, then resigned. Finally Barry Levinson turned it into a hit with the simple tactic of letting the two brothers interact. They were playou by Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, the latter chosen best rules of Hollywood filmmaking, is a heay favorite as the movie industry prepares to honor its own. But unconventional films often win big at the Academy Awards, as a look at the record clearly shows. By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer - ANGFI-KI .OS (API Boldly defying conventional wisdom, Kevdirected in Costner West.mil starred in a three-hou- r ern with subtitles that went on to smash and the become a box-offi- hi(j favorite at Monday night's Academy Awards. Topping the nominations with 12, Dances with Wolves" seems likely to stampede the 63rd annual Oscar extravaganza at the Shrine Auditorium. The gangster epic "GoodFel-las,- " high-power- the most honored film by the nation's film critics, might be able to muster enough support to upset the favorite. Also nominated are The Godfather, Part III," "Awakenings" and "Ghost." The nominees for acting awards are a diverse group, including two who did not perform their roles in English. Gerard Depardieu, named as best actor, spoke his "Cyrano de Bergerac" lines in the original French. Graham Greene, nominated as supporting actor, did his 'Dances with Wolves" dialogue in an Indian dialect. Costner is also nominated as best actor, along with Richard Harris for "The Field," Jeremy Irons for "Reversal of Fortune," and Robert De Niro for "Awakenings." Meryl Streep was nominated as best actress for the ninth time in a dozen years. She played an unaccented role as the actress struggling to come to terms with her overbearing mother (Shirley Mac-Lain- in actor e) "Postcards from the Edge." Other nominees: Kathy Bates, "Miserv"; of vhe year. Oliver Stone tried for 10 years to make a film drawing from his own experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. Producers told him it was too downbeat, too violent; besides, Americans didn't want to hear any more about that bitter chapter in their history. Finally Stone filmed "Platoon," and it was acclaimed best picture of 1986. Richard Attenborough took longer to complete "Gandhi," best picture of 1982. "The filming of Gandhi's life possessed me for 20 years," he said. "Nothing was more important to me. It took me over completely. It became an obsession." After unanimous turn-dowin Hollywood, the director raised the $20 million from private investors and the government of India. "Amadeus" appeared to be a dubious project. All that longhair music. Actors in wigs and lace. No stars. Yet Czech exile Milos For-ma- n converted the stage success into a masterful movie, winning as best picture of 1984, as well as for F. Murray Abraham as best actor. A bit actor named Sylvester Stallone wrote a screenplay about a prizefighter who wins the championship against great odds. Studios wanted to buy it for Burt Reynolds, James Caan or Ryan O'Neal. No sale, said Stallone, "I'll do it myself." He finally persuaded a pair of independent producers to star s himself on a budget. "Rocky" scored its own Cinderella win as best picture of 1976. Anjelica Huston, "The Grifters"; Julia Roberts, "Pretty Woman"; Joanne Wood- ward, "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge." Besides Greene, the nominees for supporting actor are Bruce Davison, "Longtime Companion"; Andy Garcia, "The Godfather, Part III"; Al Pacino, "Dick Tracy"; Joe Pes-c- i, "GoodFellas." In the race for supporting actress: Annette Bening, "The Grifters"; Lorraine Bracco, "GoodFellas"; Whoopi Goldberg, "Ghost"; Diane Ladd, "Wild at Heart"; Mary McDonnell, "Dances with Wolves." Kevin Costner's gamble on "Dances with Wolves" violated at least three industry precepts: It was a Western, and there hadn't been a hit from that genre since John Wayne was tall in the saddle. Costner insisted on three-houlength. That meant theaters could offer one performance per prime-tim- e evening, thus limiting the take. He wanted the native Americans to speak in their historical d of the film language. bare-bone- Would Academy voters ever bestow their highest honor on an film? They did in 1969 for "Midnight Cowboy." True, the X was less severe in those early years of the rating code, and the film was later rated R. rs box-offi- Producer Frank McCarthy tried for 20 years to film the biography of George S. Patton, the maverick general of World War II. War movies were passe, he was told. Finally Darryl Zanuck approved the film, which became best pic- One-thir- carries English subtitles, and .American audiences are supposedly allergic to subtitles. Instead of three strikes, Costner stored a home run, winning almost unanimously favorable reviews and a steady flow at the box office ($122 million after 19 weeks). Academy history indicates that winners of the best picture award often have challenged Hollywood Tules and regulations. Who would have thought that a movie about the relationship of an elderly Southern lady and her black chauffeur would attract attention in the era of films? Best picture of l!)8!i: Driving Miss Daisy." 'it was turned down by all the major companies." reported Rich ture of 1970. The list extends back into Academy history. "Tom Jones" (1963) managed to turn an ancient novel into rousing entertainment. "Marty" (1955) was an almost precious story of two misfits which had already appeared on live television. Hamlet" (1948) disproved the theory that Shakespeare and movies didn't mix. anew to thumb their noses at Hollywood's 'conventional wisdom." encourage filmmakers - ,:.'.. -- bev: rr ln ;ii:d.n hillu i; K,vm M. .W-- - mil r , $?.' .A twinit'iuh'd Scorcese Schroeder Harris Irons Costner Depardieu 3. ACTRESS: Kathy Bates, "Misery"; Anjelica Huston, "The Grifters"; Julia Roberts, "Pretty Woman"; Meryl Streep. "Postcards From the Edge"; Joanne Woodward, "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge." 4. SUPPORTING ACTOR: Bruce Davison, "Longtime Companion"; Andy Garcia, "The Godfather Part 111"; Graham Greene, "Dances With Wolves"; Al Pacino. "Dick Tracy"' Joe Pesci, Best Actor "GiKKlKellas." 5. SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Annette BrniriK, "The Grifters"; Uirraine Bracco. "GoodFellas"; Whoopi Goldberg, "Ghost"; Diane l.add, "Wild at Heart"; "Dances With Mary McDonnell, De Niro Wolves." 6. DIRECTOR: Kevin Costner, "Dances With Wolves"; Francis Ford Coppola, "The Godfather Part III"; Martin Scorsese, "GoodFellas"; Stephen Frears, "The Grifters"; Barbet Schroe-de"Reversal of Fortune." 7. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Woody Allen, "Alice"; Barry Levinson, "Ava-lonBruce Joel Rubin, "Ghost"; Peter Weir, "Green Card"; Whit Stillman, "Metropolitan." 8. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Steven Zaillian, "Awakenings"; Michael Blake, "Dances With Wolves"; Nicholas Pileg-g- i and Martin Scorsese, "GoodFellas"; Donald E. Westlake, "The Grifters"; Nicholas Kazan, "Reversal of Fortune." 9. FOREIGN FILM: "Cyrano de Bergerac," France; "Journey of Hope, Switzerland; "Ju Dou," People's Republic of China; "The Nasty Girl," Germany; "Open Doors," Italy. 10. ART DIRECTION: "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Dances With Wolves," "Dick Tracy," "The Godfather Part III," "Hamlet." 11. CrNEMATOGRAPHY: "Avalon," "Dances With Wolves," "Dick Tracy," "The Godfather Part III," "Henry & r, mw 'Tim .v r tM. a m i "; Best Actress " jjlh" Roberts 17. MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE: Randy Newman, "Avalon"; John Barry, "Dances With Wolves"; Maurice Jarre, "Ghost"; David Grusin, "Havana"; John Williams, "Home Alone." 18. MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG: "Blaze of Glory" from "Young Guns II"; "I'm Checkin' Out" from "Postcards From the Edge"; "Promise Me You'll Remember" from "The Godfather Part III"; "Somewhere in My Memory" from "Home Alone"; "Sooner or later il Always Get My Man I" from "Dick Huston Woodward Greene Garcia Pacino Bracco Bening ' ' ' June." 12. COSTUME DESIGN: "Avalon," "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Dances With Wolves," "Dick Tracy," "Hamlet." 13. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "American Dream," "Berkeley in the Sixties," "Building Bombs," "Forever Activists: Stories From the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade," "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journev." 14. DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "Burning Down Tomorrow," "Chimps: So Like Us," "Days of Waiting," "Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn," "Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember." 15. FILM EDITING: "Dances With Wolves," "Ghost," "The Godfather Part III," "GoodFellas," "The Hunt for Red October." 16. MAKEUP: "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Dick Tracv," "Edward Scissorhands " Bates Streep " ' 0 ft Best Supporting Actor Davison Pesci Best Supporting Actress Goldberg McDonnell Tracy." 19. ANIMATED SHORT FILM: "Creature Comforts," "A Grand Day Out," "Grasshoppers (Cavallette)." 20. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: "Bronx Cheers," "Dear rosie," "The Lunch Date," "Senzeni Na?" ("What Have We Done?"); "12:01 p.m." 21. SOUND: "Dances With Wolves." "Days of Hunt "The Recall." " P'TJ jmnmrT p Thunder," "Dick Tracy," for Red October," "Total 22. SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: "Flatliners," "The Hunt for Red October." 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