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oe Wallace saw O.J. Simpson's escapade Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Four ElliotGoldenthal (Interview With tress Oscar even though there are down Santa Monica Boulevard Weddings and a Funeral and the Vampire), Hans Zimmer ( The no real strong performances Writer Quiz Staff than even considered going to see Show. Lion King), Thomas Newman (The amongst the nominees (Inter\'iew Shawshank. The nominees for Best Director Shawshank Redemption) and Tho- With the Vampire's Kirsten Dunst stars On March 27, film from But the film, about a man falsely are Robert Zemeckis (Forrest mas Newman again for Little should have gotten some recogni- across the globe willinfiltrateHol- accused of murder who becomes Gump), Woody Allen (Bullets Women. tion for her performance). lywood as the Academy ofMotion enlightened during his stint in Over Broadway), Robert Redford For Best Original Song "Can Jodie Foster is in a strong posi- presents Picture Arts and Sciences prison, was not overlooked by the (Academy Awards. Academy. (Pulp Fiction) and Krzysztof Lion King), "Circle of Life" (The Oscar as again the field is ex- Many of movie's finest were Another surprise was the ab- Kieslowski (Red). Lion King), "Hakuna Matata" (The tremely limited for top notch per- treat the given a Valentine's Day as sence of any female nominees for In the Best Actor category the Lion King), "Look What Love Has formances. Academy announced the nominees Best Supporting Actress from nominees are Morgan Freeman Done" (Junior) and "Make Up In the Best Supporting Actor at 5:38 am. Forrest Gump. Both Sally Field (The Shawshank Redemption), Your Mind" (The Paper). category Landau and Jackson are The film to beat this year, to no and Robin Wright were thought to Tom Hanks ( Forrest Gump), John So who will win? very strong, with the nod probably one's surprise, is Forrest Gump be receiving Oscar nods, but in- Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Paul Though betting on the Oscars is going to the aging Landau, but picked which up thirteen nomina- stead, the Academy chose Bullets Newman (Nobody's Fool) and illegal in the United States (don't don't overlook Gary Sinise who tions, including Best Picture and co-stars Dianne Wiest and Jenni- Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of fret you can still place your wa- probably gave the best acting per- Director (Robert Zemeckis). Best fer Tilly, Rosemary Harris from King George). gers ifyou go to England, it's le- formance of any actor this year. Following Gump with seven Tom and Viv, Helen Mirren from In the Best Actress category the gal there) odds-makers are saying In the music categories, even nominations each were Pulp Fic- The Madness ofKing George , and nominees are Jodie Foster (Nell), that Gump and Shawshank are though Silvestri may win for tion, Bullets Over Broadway and Pulp Fiction's Uma Thurman. Wynona Ryder (Little Women), even money to win Best Picture, Forrest Gump, there is really only The Shawshank Redemption. Perhaps the only other really big Susan Sarandon (The Client), but let's be truthful?there is re- one word that need be said for both As usual, there were a few sur- surprise was the fact that Four Miranda Richardson (Tom and Vtv) ally no competition here, Forrest music categories: DISNEY, more prises. Weddings and a Funeral and The and Jessica Lange (Blue Sky). Gump has a virtual stranglehold on precisely, The Lion King. For starters, The Shawshank Shawshank Redemption were both The nominees for Best Support- the award while Tom Hanks will On March 27, millions willhave Redemption, based on the short nominated for Best Picture, but ing Actor are Gary Sinise (Forrest most likely win the actor award for their televisions tuned in to see just story in Stephen King's Different their directors are not being con- Gump), Martin Landau (Ed Wood), the second year in a row. who will win the Academy's most Seasons, received seven nomina- sidered for Best Director (Four Paul Scofield (Quiz Show), Samuel As for the directors, though prestigious awards, but until then tions. Weddings doesn't even have any L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Redford deservers to win and I guess we will all just have to The film, which stars Tim acting nods). Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Tarantino has received much more guess at it, and decide for ourselves and Best Actor nominee Robbins Other than that, things went Broadway). critical acclaim, Gump's Zemeckis what the best films and perfor- Morgan Freeman, was virtually pretty much as expected. In the music categories: the will most likely win here as well. mances were for 1994. unnoticed at the box office. It was For Best Picture the nominees nominees for Best Original Score Unfortunately, Wicst will prob- In other words, I guess we all so unnoticed in fact, more people are Forrest Gump, The Shaws hank are Alan Silvesu i (Forrest Gump), ably win the Best Supporting Ac- just need to go to the movies.

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