Oscar Watch

And the winner . . . for the biggest campaign to generate Oscar “consideration” . . . MGM/Pathe’s “The Russia House.”

The producers and studio purchased a whopping 47 pages of Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter ads to remind academy voters of the movie. The result: 0 nominations.

How did the other big campaigns pay off, in terms of nominations? Here’s our count:

* “Green Card,” 46 pages--1 nomination, best original screenplay.

* “The Godfather Part III,” 41 pages--7 nominations, including best picture.

* “Dick Tracy,” 40 pages--7 nominations, including Al Pacino for best supporting actor.

* “Avalon,” 39 pages--4 nominations, including best original screenplay.

* “Awakenings,” 36 pages--3 nominations, including best picture.

* “Edward Scissorhands,” 34 pages--1 nomination, makeup.

* “Ghost,” 32 pages--5 nominations, including best picture.

* “The Grifters,” 32 pages--4 nominations, including Anjelica Huston for best actress, Annette Bening for supporting actress.

* “Postcards From the Edge,” 33 pages--2 nominations, including Meryl Streep, best actress.

* “Pretty Woman,” 33 pages, 1 nomination, Julia Roberts for best actress.

As for “Dances With Wolves,” which got a startling 12 nominations, including best picture: a relatively modest 27 pages.

“GoodFellas”--which garnered six nominations, including best picture--purchased 24.