ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS : From Best Actor to Song--the List
Nominations for the 63rd Annual Academy Awards, to be presented March 25 during nationally televised ceremonies:
* Picture: “Awakenings,” “Dances With Wolves,” “Ghost,” “The Godfather Part III,” “GoodFellas.”
* Actor: Kevin Costner (“Dances With Wolves”), Robert De Niro (“Awakenings”), Gerard Depardieu (“Cyrano de Bergerac”), Richard Harris (“The Field”), Jeremy Irons (“Reversal of Fortune”).
* Actress: Kathy Bates (“Misery”), Anjelica Huston (“The Grifters”), Julia Roberts (“Pretty Woman”), Meryl Streep (“Postcards From the Edge”), Joanne Woodward (“Mr. & Mrs. Bridge”).
* Director: Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather Part III”), Kevin Costner (“Dances With Wolves”), Stephen Frears (“The Grifters”), Barbet Schroeder (“Reversal of Fortune”), Martin Scorsese (“GoodFellas”).
* Supporting actor: Bruce Davison (“Longtime Companion”), Andy Garcia (“The Godfather Part III”), Graham Greene (“Dances With Wolves”), Al Pacino (“Dick Tracy”), Joe Pesci (“GoodFellas”).
* Supporting actress: Annette Bening (“The Grifters”), Lorraine Bracco (“GoodFellas”), Whoopi Goldberg (“Ghost”), Diane Ladd (“Wild at Heart”), Mary McDonnell (“Dances With Wolves”).
* Foreign-language film: “Cyrano de Bergerac” (France), “Journey of Hope” (Switzerland), “Ju Dou” (People’s Republic of China), “The Nasty Girl” (Germany), “Open Doors” (Italy).
* Score: “Avalon” (Randy Newman), “Dances With Wolves” (John Barry), “Ghost” (Maurice Jarre), “Havana” (David Grusin), “Home Alone” (John Williams).
* Song: “Blaze of Glory” from “Young Guns II” (Jon Bon Jovi), “I’m Checkin’ Out” from “Postcards From the Edge” (Shel Silverstein), “Promise Me You’ll Remember” from “The Godfather Part III” (Carmine Coppola, John Bettis), “Somewhere in My Memory” from “Home Alone” (John Williams, Leslie Bricusse), “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)” from “Dick Tracy” (Stephen Sondheim).
* Costume design: “Avalon” (Gloria Gresham), “Cyrano de Bergerac” (Franca Squarciapino), “Dances With Wolves” (Elsa Zamparelli), “Dick Tracy” (Milena Canonero), “Hamlet” (Maurizio Millenotti).
* Cinematography: “Avalon” (Allen Daviau), “Dances With Wolves” (Dean Semler), “Dick Tracy” (Vittorio Storaro), “The Godfather Part III” (Gordon Willis), “Henry & June” (Philippe Rousselot).
* Original screenplay: “Alice” (Woody Allen), “Avalon” (Barry Levinson), “Ghost” (Bruce Joel Rubin), “Green Card” (Peter Weir), “Metropolitan” (Whit Stillman).
* Adapted screenplay: “Awakenings” (Steven Zaillian), “Dances With Wolves” (Michael Blake), “GoodFellas” (Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese), “The Grifters” (Donald E. Westlake), “Reversal of Fortune” (Nicholas Kazan).
* Art direction: “Cyrano de Bergerac” (Ezio Frigerio, Jacques Rouxel), “Dances With Wolves” (Jeffrey Beecroft, Lisa Dean), “Dick Tracy” (Richard Sylbert, Rick Simpson), “The Godfather Part III” (Dean Tavoularis, Gary Fettis), “Hamlet” (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Shiavo).
* Feature documentary: “American Dream,” “Berkeley in the Sixties,” “Building Bombs,” “Forever Activists,” “Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey.”
* Short subject documentary: “Burning Down Tomorrow,” “Chimps: So Like Us,” “Days of Waiting,” “Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn,” “Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember.”
* Animated short film: “Creature Comforts,” “A Grand Day Out,” “Grasshoppers.”
* Live-action short film: “Bronx Cheers,” “Dear Rosie,” “The Lunch Date,” “Senzeni Na? (“What Have We Done?),” “12:01 PM.”
* Sound: “Dances With Wolves” (Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins), “Days of Thunder” (Charles Wilborn, Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell), “Dick Tracy” (Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill), “The Hunt for Red October” (Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Don Bassman), “Total Recall” (Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos deLarios, Aaron Rochin).
* Sound-effects editing: “Flatliners” (Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin), “The Hunt for Red October” (Cecelia Hall, George Watters II), “Total Recall” (Stephen H. Flick).
* Makeup: “Cyrano de Bergerac” (“Michele Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne), “Dick Tracy” (John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler), “Edward Scissorhands” (Ve Neill, Stan Winston).
* Editing: “Dances With Wolves” (Neil Travis), “Ghost” (Walter Murch), “The Godfather Part III” (Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch), “GoodFellas” (Thelma Schoonmaker), “The Hunt for Red October” (Dennis Virkler, John Wright).
BEST DIRECTOR Kevin Costner
“Wolves”
Francis F. Coppola
“Godfather III”
Martin Scorsese
“GoodFellas”
Stephen Frears
“The Grifters”
Barbet Schroeder
“Fortune”
Last year’s winner:
Oliver Stone
“Fourth of July”
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