'Silence' makes big noise at Oscars

LOS ANGELES(AP)—ANGELES "Silencer; owner in "The Fisher King," won for the Lambs," the thriller about a best supporting performances. fledgling FBI agent who needs the "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," help of an evil genius, swept the the 1991 box-office champion, Oscars on Monday night, winning outperformed its more prestigious best picture, best director and acting rivals in technical categories. It won awards for Anthony Hopkins and four Oscars: makeup, sound effects Jodie Foster. editing, sound and visual effects. "My God. I can't believe it!" said "Bugsy," Warren Beatty's gang- Hopkins, who won for his portrayal of ster epic that had the most Dr. Hannibal (The Cannibal) Lecter nominations with 10, picked up early and received a standing ovation from awards for art direction and costume the crowd at the 64th Annual Aca- design. Another best picture nomi- demy Awards show. "I am greatly nee, "JFK," Oliver Stone's assassi- honored and tremendously moved." nation polemic, won for film editing Hopkins becomes the third British and cinematography. performer in a row to win as best Callie Khouri won the original actor, following Jeremy Irons for screenplay award for the female "Reversal of Fortune" and Daniel buddy film, "Thelma & Louise." Day-Lewis for "My Left Foot." "I really want to thank my mother, "I'd like to dedicate this to all the who taught me everything about love women before me who didn't have and loyalty that a gal could ever need the chances I had," said Foster, who to know," Khouri said. joins the ranks of repeat Oscar Ruehl, a first-time nominee, winners. She was named best actress ANTHONY HOPKINS recounted her early days as a strug- of 1988 for her performance as a rape Tally for best adapted screenplay. gling actress, and added, "At this victim in "The Accused." Jack Palance, the crusty trail boss moment, all of those sort of doleful "Silence" also brought Oscars to in "City Slickers," and Mercedes director Jonathan Demme and to Ted Ruehl, the warm-hearted video store (Continued on Page A-4)

Oscar (Continued from Page A-1) that he would win an Oscar, "and 42 Menken, like many celebrities who years later, he was right." appeared during the show, wore a memories ... suddenly trans- Composer Alan Menken won the red ribbon on his lapel, symbolizing formed themselves into nothing more award for best original score for his support for AIDS awareness and re- than the sort of charming and amus- music for "Beauty and the Beast," search. ing anecdotes from my memoirs." and he and his late partner, lyricist Best foreign film was Palance, a sentimental favorite Howard Ashman, won a second "Mediterraneo," an Italian comedy nominated four decades ago for Oscar for the movie's title song. set during World War II. playing villains in "Sudden Fear" Menken paid tribute to Ashman, Other best picture nominees and "Shane," demonstrated his who recently died of complications included "Silence," which despite its fitness by performing several push- from AIDS at age 40. release in early 1991 won the ups on stage. "Howard, I wish you could have bellwether Directors Guild award for The 72-year-old character actor seen the finished product . . you Jonathan Demme, as well as the recalled a director telling him in 1949 would have been proud,"he said. Writers Guild Award for Ted Tally.