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Look for Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy to garner Oscars
By ANDREW LAWLER and KEVAN
WARD
Entertainment Writers
Merry Valentine’s Day. This
year’s Oscar nominations are an
nounced today, so we thought we’d
try to predict the lucky nominees.
Incidentally, one notable trend
is likely to be the Oscars’ emphasis
on films set and shot in the South.
With “Driving Miss Daisy" and
“Glory" both set and shot in
Georgia, and “Blaze” and “Steel
Magnolias" set and filmed else
where in Dixie, it looks like the
South has risen again, at least ns
far as the Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences is con
cerned. Heck, even “Born on the
Fourth of July” was partially set in
South Vietnam.
So here it is — our choices for
who’ll probably be nominated for
the six major Academy Awards. A
dot (•) indicates the choice for
winner. Afterward is a rundown of
the usual shameful oversights.
And the Oscar goes to:
Best Supporting Actor:
• Denzel Washington for “Glory;”
James Earl Jones for “Field of
Dreams;” Alan Alda for “Crimes
and Misdemeanors;” Morgan
Freeman for “Glory;” Robin Wil
liams for “Dead Poets Society.”
Best Supporting Actress:
• Laura San Giacomo for “sex, lies
and videotape;” Julia Roberts for
lack of competition — I mean,
“Steel Magnolias;" Kelly Lynch for
“Drugstore Cowboy;” Angelica
Huston for “Enemies: A Love
Story;” Lena Olin for “Enemies: A
Love Story." Not a great year for
supporting actresses.
Best Actor:
• Morgan Freeman for “Driving
Miss Daisy;” Tom Cruise for “Born
on the Fourth of July;" Daniel Day-
Lewis for “My Left Foot” (But has
anybody in America actually seen
this film?); Kenneth Branaugh for
“Henry V;” Martin Landau for
“Crimes and Misdemeanors” (An
drew’s choice); Paul Newman for
“Blaze” (Kevan’s choice).
Best Actress:
• Jessica Tandy for “Driving Miss
Daisy;" Michelle Pfeiffer for ‘The
Fabulous Baker Boys;” Andie Mac-
Dowall for “sex, lies and video
tape;” Meg Ryan for “When Harry
Met Sally Isabella Rossellini
for “Cousins ”
Best Director:
• Edward Zwick for “Glory;” Oliver
Stone for “Bom on the Fourth of
July;” Spike Lee for “Do the Right
Thing;” Bruce Beresford for
“Driving Miss Daisy;” Tim Burton
for “Batman." Sure, the Academy
hates blockbusters, but, c’mon,
Burton was good.
Best Picture:
• “Glory;" “Driving Miss Daisy;”
“Born on the Fourth of July;” “My
Left Foot;” “Field of Dreams.” How
ever, don’t blame us if “Daisy”
wins. This is one of the closest
races in years.
Most Likely to be Ignored:
Andrew: “Batman.” Jack deserves
a nomination for the Joker, and the
film really should be seriously con
sidered for a Best Picture nomi
nation. However, the film made too
much money, it’s too efTects-heavy,
and it’s based on a comic book.
These factors play into many of the
Academy’s predjudices for it to re
ceive adequate consideration. Also,
it’s a shame that “The Little Mer
maid" won’t get a Best Picture
nomination. In spite of the fact the
film was animated, it was consis
tently entertaining and extremely
well put together. Finally, it’d be
nice if Sean Connery was nomi
nated for “Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade." It was a better per
formance than ‘The Untouch
ables.” (And he won for that!)
Kevan: Danny DeVito deserves a
Best Director nomination for “War
of the Roses," and let’s not forget
director Peter Weir for “Dead Poets
Society." Vincent Ward deserves to
win Best Director for The Nav
igator,” but of course no one’s ever
even heard of his movie. Meg Tilly
deserves at least a Best Actress
nomination for The Girl in the
Swing.” From “Vampire’s Kiss,”
Nicolas Cage definitely deserves a
Best Actor nomination and Maria
Conchita Alonso, perhaps the only
person this year who actually de
serves to win Best Supporting Ac
tress, won’t even be nominated.
“Cousins” deserves something,
anything, as does The Adventures
of Baron Munchausen,” “The
Abyss” (pray for a technical award)
and “Heathers." The biggest over
sight is “Dead Calm." I must’ve
been the only person in the world
to see it, but it deserves a nomi
nation for Best Picture, Best Di
rector and Best Actress, as well as
numerous technicals. And I still
think they owe JefT Goldblum a
nomination for 1987’s The Fly.”
How long are they going to ignore
this movie?!
Watch tonight’s “Entertainment
Tonight” for the actual nomi
nations. Of course, we could be to
tally wrong, but that’s not likely.
We hope.
‘Driving Miss Daisy': Should take an Oscar
Frantic ‘Noises Off’ promises to be fun
By ANDREW LAWLER
Entertainment Writer
“Noises Off 9 will be performed Feb.
14-18 at the Fine Arts Theatre.
Tickets are available at the box of
fice. For more info call 542-2838.
“Kill him!”
“Kill!"
The ball gets thrown, nearly hit
ting the director. Ambrosavnge
gets it, passes it to McLean. Mc
Lean is up and ...scores! He just
nicks Ammerman on the leg. Mc
Lean rotates in.
No, you haven’t accidentally
wandered onto the sports page.
Rather you’ve just glimpsed how
the cast of “Noises OfT,” the Drama
Department’s Winter production,
gets ready for rehearsal.
They plan to bring the same fre
netic energy to this high-powered
farce.
“Noises OfT is a slapstick look at
a British theatrical company
during three stages of a produc
tion. The first act is a dress re
hearsal, the second, a performance
viewed from backstage, and the
third is a later performance that
just goes wrong.
Professional actor, trained mime
and University Assistant Professor
John Ammerman was chosen to di
rect the comedy, the theater de
partment’s second production of
the year.
To say Ammerman is pleased
with the production is an under
statement.
“I lucked out," says Ammerman,
“I thought it (the play) would be
hard (for the actors), but, by luck, it
hasn’t been. The play is tremen
dously difficult in terms of
movement and reactions. They (the
actors) have to play characters that
are making mistakes. It’s difficult
to make a mistake on purpose.”
To further complicate matters,
the actors play two characters: the
actor in the play and (try to follow
this) the character the actor in the
play is playing.
The interplay of these
relationships provides much of the
humor, especially in the third act.
The actor's character begins to
break down, so the actor’s person
ality (not the real actor’s) begins to
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break through," Ammerman said.
Actress and University Master
of Fine Arts student Mary Ambro-
savage agrees it hasn’t been an
easy play to do.
“It’s physical comedy, and it’s
really rough. You have to learn
how to convey a thought through
some sort of physicalization,” she
said.
However, she seems very confi
dent the show will be successful.
“It ought to be a pretty funny
show," she said.
Ambrosavage’s confidence is
echoed by stage manager and
Master of Fine Arts student Mi
chael McLean.
“It’s going to be the highlight of
the season,” McLean said.
He also pointed out that not only
was the cast first-rate, but the pro
duction boasted an excellent, re
versible, two-story set.
This truly impressive set was de
signed as a thesis project by an
other MFA student, Scott Grim.
McLean keeps it up
By JEFF WOHL
Contributing Writer
Don McLean “For the Mem
ories Vol. 1 and 2” - Gold Castle
Records.
For Don McLean, the high-
water mark of his career was the
1971 mega-hit “American Pie.”
Few songs in American history
have become events. His was one.
But McLean didn’t stop there.
The follow-up single, a stereo
tribute to Vincent Van Gogh
called “Vincent” was an even
bigger international release.
In the 80s his cover version of
Roy Orbison’s “Crying” was a top-
five hit on the pop, country and
adult-contemporary charts in the
United States and hit number
one in Holland and Britain.
For the 90s, “For the Memories
Vol. 1 and 2” is a Election of
songs he covered in concert but
never released.
Volume one is primarily 50s
sounds. Ricky Nelson’s “Travelin’
Man,” cowboy crooner Marty
Robbins’ “White Sport Coat” and
Sam Cooke’s ‘What a Wonderful
World” are the highlights. Filling
in on background vocals is The
Jordanaires, who previously sang
with Elvis. The entire collection
is OK but is overshadowed by
volume two.
Volume two deals with the 30s
and 40s. It’s hard to go wrqng
with material written by Hoagie
Carmichael, Irving Berlin and
George and Ira Gershwin. Re
cently, Harry Connick Jr. has
had great success with that era’s
music on the soundtrack to the
movie ‘When Harry Met Sally.”
“Stardust,” “Change Partners”
and “Someone To Watch Over
Me” along with “It Had To Be
You” are worth the purchase
price of the album. But those are
songs anyone with a decent voice
can do well. So McLean isn’t bad,
but he isn’t stellar either.
Together, “For The Memories
Vol. 1 and 2” is a solid release. If
you like Don McLean, you prob
ably already have it. Otherwise,
save your money. This is a re
lease for the 40-plus group, so
that’s why I’m mailing it to my
parents. Happy Valentines Day,
mom and dad.
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