European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Rises on Short Oscar list v very year about this time firn buffs critics even members of the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences begin to wonder How they can possibly find five legitimate contenders for each of the major Oscar categories. But this year with less than a month of qualifying time remaining the speculation is verging on panic. This is the thinnest year i can remember for Best picture candidates said a Veteran Hollywood producer who has been voting on Academy awards since the Early 60s. The Only movie i know will be nominated is for rest Gump. A lot of my friends Are talking about four weddings and a funeral. After. That your guess is As Good As mine.". What about Quentin Tarantino s Pup pc the by far the year s most talked about movie or Robert Redford s quiz show one of the most hyped in conversations with several voting Mem Bers of the Academy the Only consensus Nomi Nee was Forrest Gump. Yes most critics love pulp fiction but it is too hip and politically incorrect for the Academy s Liberal leaning to Ward geriatric mainstream they said. Hit men talking dirty Needles plunged into the hearts of drug addicts brain matter splattered Over a car. And you say this is a comedy quiz show s problem is that after Robert Redford went on the publicity stump oversee r Ling the film s significance the mome Jit America lost its innocence it was met _ with Ai wide Yawn at the Box office. It is a solid thoughtful Well made movie a Cadillac rolling off the Chevy Assembly line. But mainstream moviegoers rightly perceived it Asan elitist film and though Hollywood denizens Pride themselves on their elitism it s against their nature to support a Flop. Gump virtually everyone Oitay Impromptu panel agrees is the Only dead certain Nomi Nee. And no just As Best picture. Robert Zemeckis will make the director s list and town Hanks last year s Best actor for Philadelphia will make that ballot again for his role in Gump. Gary. Sinise the Vietnam squad Leader whose life is saved and changed by Gump also stands As the front runner for Best sup porting Ictor. _ " Diane Wiest is being talked up As Best actress for her role As a fading Broadway diva in Woody Allen s bullets Over Broad Vay and i was reminded not to forget perennial favorite meryl Streep even though the Viyer Vild was largely a failure it the Box office. The Best actor category is the Only rendering much enthusiasm. Hanks has a Good Chance to become Only the second actor to win Back to Back oscars Spencer Tracy achieved it in. 1937 and 1938. Already mentioned As rivals Are John Travolta who enjoyed a storybook career comeback in pulp. Fiction Tommy Lee Jones co66paul Newman nobody s fool Rad Pitt legends oath Efale Tim Robbins the Shawshan redemption Ralph Fiennes quiz show and Hugh Grant four weddings. Let the games begin. _ los Angeloa times Washington Post news service bridging the Gapin Allentown morning Call urn ors have surrounded Sta trek Gen rations like a Squadron of angry Kling on Ever since plans for the movie were announced. William Shatner 63, and Patrick Stewart 54, captains of the uss Enterprise in the 23rd and 24th centuries respectively supposedly did t get along during filming. Then following re ports of negative reaction at a test screening Par amount pictures re shot the ending. None of this seems to have deterred fans. Star trek generations had the biggest opening of any trek movie to Date with $23 million at the Box of fice and opens Friday on the cafes circuit. In an attempt to boldly go where few Star trek interviews have gone before the stars of Sta trek generations including Shatner capt. James t. Kir Stewart capt. Jean Luc Picard David Carson the movie s director and Rick trek movies and to series producer recently tried to set the record straight Here then is the Sta Date log for Sta trek generations r review on Page 12 comparing Kirk and Picard Carson Picard and Kirk Are two faces two sides of the same Coin. They complement each other the twinkle with which Kirk does everything and the seriousness with which Picard does Stewart Picard is essentially a negotiator a talker a Diplomat. And Kirk is very much More a Man of action. He would throw a punch first and ask questions 1 v 1 " _ r Shatner Stewart feud Shatner dumbest thing i Ever heard. The t truth is i love him Stewart he s a great Guy. He s become a Friend. In the Short time that we be known each other there s a Bond that will last our lifetime and Well work together again i know because we so enjoyed working together. He s a wonderful actor giving a kind generous Stewart who wants to write articles about How Well Patrick Stewart and Bill Shatner arc getting on. Bill has got a bit of a brutal reputation that precedes him particularly in his relationship with his colleagues. I was uneasy about that. Once we got working together and i began to june in to just How Bill plays this Guy i thought we had the makings of a really Nice team Given their two natures he s become a Good typecasting Carson when he walks on the Bridge of the Enterprise he Shatner is Captain Kirk and he brings an incredible Charisma. People who be grown up with Star trek their Knees shake a bit. He is a Folk hero an icon of Shatner i accept worship very easily. Does it playing Kirk put a distance Between me and other people i attempt to overcome it by lowering myself and bowing and scraping on the floor. It s extraordinary playing a character Over 30 years. Of course it s been Stewart it bothered me in anticipation of to s Star trek the next generation. It playing Picard bothered me a lot. I spent the Large part of the last four years working really hard to create for myself a career and identity that was apart from Captain _ another sequel of Shatner Paramount s not going to make another movie with the old cast. That s unimaginable Stewart t it have been wonderful if we would have had one scene in which we d have both Crews together in the same room then again it is Sta trek and that could still happen because anything can happen on Star Herman we re beginning discussions on Story. Ideas for the next los Angeles times Washington Post news service u Paramount William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Sta trek generations which opens Friday at military Heaters. December 4. 1994 sunday Page 11
