[net.movies] Academy Awards Contest

tommyo (02/22/83)

O.K. all you movie buffs and film critics.  It`s time to pick the
winners in this year`s Academy Awards.  I don`t want to hear about
the best cinematography for a film short produced outside of the U.S.
with 3 or less cameras.  I`ll keep it to the biggies:
Best Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Director, Song and of
course Best Film.  I`ll supply the nominees, you MAIL me your choices.
All picks must be recieved by April 1.  The Oscarcast is scheduled for
April 11.  GOOD LUCK!

Best Picture - THE VERDICT, MISSING, GANDHI, TOOTSIE, E.T.
Best Actor - Paul Newman(THE VERDICT), Ben Kingsley(GANDHI), Jack Lemmon(MISSING
	     Dustin Hoffman(TOOTSIE), Peter O`Toole(MY FAVORITE YEAR)
Best Actress - Jessica Lange(FRANCES), Mreyl Streep(SOPHIE`S CHOICE)
               Julie Andrews(VICTOR/VICTORIA), Sissy Spacek(MISSING)
               Debra Winger(AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN)
Supporting Actor - Charles Durning, the governor in BEST WHOREHOUSE IN TX.
                   Louis Gossett, the drill sergeant in OFFICER/GENTLEMAN
                   John Lithgow, the transsexual in WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
                   James Mason, the Boston lawyer in THE VERDICT
                   Robert Preston, Julie Andrews manager in VICTOR/VICTORIA

Suppoerting Actress-

Jessica Lange, the girl Hoffman falls for in TOOTSIE
Glenn Close, Robin Williams wife in WORLD / GARP
Teri Garr, Hoffman`s original girlfriend in TOOTSIE
Kim Stanley, Jessica Lange`s mother in FRANCES
Lesley Ann Warren, James Garner`s mistress in VICTOR/VICTORIA

Director- Wolfgang Petersen - DAS BOOT
          Steven Spielberg - E.T.
          Richard Atenborough - GANDHI
          Sydney Pollack - TOOTSIE
          Sidney Lumet - THE VERDICT

and finally BEST SONG

EYE OF THE TIGER (Survivor) ROCKY III
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING - BEST FRIENDS
IF WE WERE IN LOVE - YES, GIORGIO
IT MIGHT BE YOU (Steven Bishop) - TOOTSIE
UP WHERE WE BELONG (Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes) - OFFICER & A GENTLEMAN

Tom O`Connor ..!ihuxw!tommyo or ..!ixlpc!tomoc