European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 b the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1992faces n places bugs Muscles in on Oscar nominations by the associated press bugs Warren Beatty a icy look at an equally charming and deadly mobster collected a leading 10 nominations for the 64th annual Academy awards it was announced wednesday. Beauty and he beast the animated classic from Disney studios about love conquering All became the first animated film in Oscar history to be nominated for Best picture. Bugs was nominated for Best picture and Best actor for Beatty and received two supporting actor selections for Ben Kingsley and Harvey Keitel. The other nominations for Best picture were Oliver stones Juk barbra Streisand a the Prince of tides and the psychological thriller the silence of the lambs. Joining Beatty in the Best actor Competition were Robert de Niro for Cape fear Anthony Hopkins from the silence of the lambs Nick Nolte in the Prince of tides and Robin Williams in the Fisher King. Ceena Davis and Susan Sarandon the two stars of the female buddy picture Thelma amp Louise were both Best actress nominees along with Laura Dern from rambling Rose Jodie Foster for the silence of the lambs and in a mild Surprise Bette Midler for the commercially unsuccessful for the boys. Among films with the highest nominations. Juk collected eight followed by seven each for the Prince of tides and the silence of the lambs. The Academy a president Karl Malden and actress Kathleen Turner were hosts of the pre Dawn announcement ceremony in Beverly Hills Calif. The timing accommodated network television morning news shows. The nominees were selected by the Academy a 4, members. The awards ceremony scheduled for March 30 at the los Angeles music Center will have comedian Billy Crystal As Host and will be carried live by Abc stars Annette Bening and Warren Beatty strike Sparks in Quot bugs. A to. Dernus Mother Diane Ladd was nominated for Best supporting actress for rambling Rose the first time a Mother and daughter have been nominated in the same year. Other supporting actress nominees were Juliette Lewis for Cape fear Kate Nelligan in the Prince of tides Mercedes Ruehl for the Fisher King and Jessica Tandy from Fried Green tomatoes. C competing against Keitel and Kingsley for Best supporting actor will be Tommy Lee Jones from Juk Michael Lerner of Barton Fink and Jack pal Ance from City slickers. John Singleton who directed Boyz n the Hood at age 23, became the youngest director to be nominated. The previous Holder of that distinction was Orson Welles who was nominated for the 1941 film citizen Kane at age 26. Other Best director nominees were Barry Levinson for bugs Stone for Juk Ridley Scott for Thelma amp Louise and Jonathan Demme for the silence of the lambs. Streisand failed to become the first woman director to be nominated for Best director since Lina Werdmuller in 1976 for seven beauties. Other snubs included Fried Green tomatoes which gathered but two nominations and Box office hit terminator 2 judgment Day which picked up six nominations but All in lesser categories. Singletons script for Boz n the flood was nominated for Best original screenplay As were the scripts for bugs. The Fisher King grand Canyon and Thelma to Louise. Europa Europa not eligible for Best foreign film because German film officials did not make the controversial movie the country s one Oscar selection was honoured for Best adapted screenplay. The other adapted screenplay nominees were Fried Green tomatoes Juk. The Prince of tides and the silence of the lambs. Nominated for Best foreign language film were Iceland a children of nature Czechoslovakia a the elementary school Italy a Mediterraneo. Sweden a the of and Hong Kong a raise the red lantern. The studios behind these and other films were braced to mount new advertising campaigns cashing in on the nominations. Tristan pictures producers of bugs planned to move the film into More Heaters after the nominations were announced. Historically a nomination for Best picture has proved to be Worth $10 million at ticket windows. And winning in that category can bring More than $20 million. In awards already announced the National Board of review selected the silence of the lambs As 199l�?Ts top film. Beatty was Best actor and Sarandon and Davis from Thelma so Louise tied for Best actress. A the los Angeles film critics association picked bugs As the Best release giving their acting awards to Nolte in the Prince of tides and Ruehl in the Fisher King. 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