European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and Stripe saturday february 16,1991faces a no places gets 12 a ,. From wire reports a a a a a a a the panoramic a dances with wolves a Kevin Costner a five year quest to revive the epic Western has swept Academy award nominations with a leading 12 selections. It is the first Western in 21 years to receive a nomination for Best picture. The three hour Frontier drama about an army Man who is absorbed into Hidi an life was nominated for Best picture plus Best actor and director for Costner who made his directorial debut in a dances with wolves and had never been nominated for an Oscar. Tying for second place with seven nominations apiece in the an noon ments wednesday were Warren Beatty so Dick Tracy and Francis Ford Coppola so the godfather part Iii a which continued the Saga of the Corleone family a&Quot.v-, a Dick Tracy a with its comic strip characters and extensive use of primary colors excelled mostly in technical categories but Drew a supporting actor nomination for Al Pacino sport Ray a i of the Gangland figure called big boy Ca Rice. A the godfather part 111�?� scored a Cost picture selection and a supporting actor nomination for Andy Garcia who portrays Sonny Corleone a out of Wedlock son. A. Among the More commercial selections were a bust actress nomination for Julia Roberts the bubbly streetwalker in a pretty woman a and a Best picture Honor for the sentimental life after death. Love Story  both films were major winners at the Box office but were deemed mediocre by critics. Competing against a dances with wolves Quot a a ghost and a the godfather part Iii for Best picture in the March 25 awards presentations will be a awakenings Quot a sentimental drama about medical rip Van Winkles and a Good fellas Quot Martin Scorsese a darkly funny look at a Brooklyn n.y., mobster who turns informant. A dances with wolves Quot which had been turned Down by several major Stu dirty because it was a Western and had Only Costner As Quot a Box office draw earned supporting actor and actress nominations for Graham Greene and Mary Mcdonnell. The film was com elected Only after Costner who plays Inion Soldier John j. Dunbar gave Back to the production $2 million of his salary. The movie Cate in at $18 million which was below the Industry average. Quot dances with wolves also was nominated for Art direction cinematography costume design film editing original score sound and adapted screenplay for Michael Blake. A i was stunned. .1 think its like Christmas a said Jim Wilson who co produced a dances with wolves a and attended the pre Dawn nominations ceremony. He said he promptly called Costner who was asleep at Home. A i told him he got 12 nominations. He rolled Over and said what a and i said a you got a dozen  he said Costner was elated. A a no other film in 24 years has received More than 12 nominations. The dozen for a dances with wolves matched the nominations for a a reds in 1982. A a who a afraid of Virginia Woolf a received 13 nominations in 1967. A fall about even received 14 nominations in 1950. Thirteen westerns have been nominated for Best picture oscars but Only 1930�?Ts a Cimarron a a sprawling Saga about Oklahoma homesteaders won. The last Western nominated was Quot Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kids in 1970. Joining Costner for Best actor were Robert de Niro As a catatonic patient who briefly recovers in a awakenings a Gerard Depardieu for the swashbuckling poet in a Cyrano de Bergerac a Richard Harris As an Irish peasant consumed by his love for land in a the Fields and Jeremy Irons As the sinister socialite Claus von Bulow in a reversal of  with Roberts the Best actress choices were Kathy Bates for an obsessed fan in a misery a Anjelica Huston As the fading con artist from a it re grift ers a meryl Streep As a troubled actress in a postcards from the Edge and Best director nominees Joanne Woodward As the wife in a crumbling marriage in a emr. Amp mrs.  it was Streepy a ninth nomination. Costner faces four veterans in the Dreeling category Coppola for a the godfather part Iii Scorsese for a Good fellas a Barbet Schroeder for a reversal of fortunes and Stephen Frears for a the  besides Frears and Huston a the drifters a collected two other nominations a for Annette Bening As supporting actress and Donald Westlake for Best adapted screenplay. Whoops Goldberg who played a Low rent psychic in Quot ghost a also earned a nomination for supporting actress. Joining her were Bening Mcdonnell and Lorraine Bracco in  and Diane Ladd in a wild at  said Goldberg a a in a just thrilled just amazed i really wanted it to happen a in addition to Garcia Greene and Pacino other nominations for supporting actor were Bruce Davison in a Long time companion and Joe Pesci in  1 Quot i fee in a carrying the Torch for the people represented in the film a said Davison who plays the selfless Friend of a dying aids patient. A a in a very very proud and honoured that this film reached such  years biggest hit Quot Home alone a fared poorly with just two nominations for original score and original song. The film which opened in november has collected $222.2 million to Date. The Mueh talked about a Bonfire of ithe vanities was ignored by the Academy and Robert Redford a critically panned Quot Havana emerged with just one nomination for original score. A Hamlet a which some prognosticators thought would bring a Best actor nomination for Star Mel Gibson was nominated Only for Art direction and costume design. I Depardieu so Cyrano de Bergerac from France was among the Best for eign language film nominees. Also nominated were Switzerland so journey of Hope a China so Tju Dou a Germany so the Nasty girls and Italy so open  a a a a a a a a. A original screenplay selections were Woody Allen for a a lice Barry Levin son a Nav along Bruce Joel Rubin a a ghost Peter Weir a Green card and first time filmmaker Whit still Man for  in the screenplay adaptation category the nominees were Blake for a dances with wolves Westlake a the grift Erst Steven Zaillian a a awakenings Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese for a Good fellas a which was based on Pileggi a bestseller a a Wiseguy and Nicholas Kazan a reversal of  filmmaker Barbara Koppler a 5-year crusade to chronicle the tempestuous Hormel meat packers strike in Austin minn., received a documentary feature nomination for a american  a the film was just so hard to make. Its the happiest Day of my life a said Kopple who financed her documentary through piecemeal contributions including $25,000 from Rock Star Bruce Springsteen. 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