ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, March 11, 1996 TAG: 9603120056
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
Can you do a better job than our movie reviewers of picking this year's Academy Award winners? Give it a try, using this ballot. It could be worth a book of movie passes. See rules below.
Best Picture:
``Apollo 13''
``Babe''
``Braveheart''
``The Postman''
``Sense and Sensibility''
Best Director:
Mike Figgis: ``Leaving Las Vegas''
Mel Gibson: ``Braveheart''
Chris Noonan: ``Babe''
Michael Radford: ``The Postman''
Tim Robbins: ``Dead Man Walking''
Best Actress:
Susan Sarandon: ``Dead Man Walking''
Elisabeth Shue: ``Leaving Las Vegas''
Sharon Stone: ``Casino''
Meryl Streep: ``The Bridges of Madison County''
Emma Thompson: ``Sense and Sensibility''
Best Actor:
Nicolas Cage: ``Leaving Las Vegas''
Richard Dreyfuss: ``Mr. Holland's Opus''
Anthony Hopkins: ``Nixon''
Sean Penn: ``Dead Man Walking''
Massimo Troisi: ``The Postman''
Best Supporting Actor:
James Cromwell: ``Babe''
Ed Harris: ``Apollo 13''
Brad Pitt: ``12 Monkeys''
Tim Roth: ``Rob Roy''
Kevin Spacey: ``Usual Suspects''
Best Supporting Actress:
Joan Allen: ``Nixon''
Kathleen Quinlan: ``Apollo 13''
Mira Sorvino: ``Mighty Aphrodite''
Mare Winningham: ``Georgia''
Kate Winslet: ``Sense and Sensibility''
Best Screenplay (original):
``Braveheart'': Randall Wallace
``Mighty Aphrodite'': Woody Allen
``Nixon'': Steven Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
``Toy Story'': Joss Wheden, et al.
``Usual Suspects'': Christopher McQuarrie
Best Screenplay (adaptation):
``Apollo 13'': Wm. Broyles, Al Reinert
``Babe'': George Miller, Chris Noonan
``Leaving Las Vegas'': Mike Figgis
``The Postman'': Anna Pavigano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli
``Sense and Sensibility'': Emma Thompson
Best Cinematography:
``Batman Forever'': Stephen Goldblatt
``Braveheart'': John Toll
``A Little Princess'': Emmanuel Lubezki
``Sense and Sensibility'': Michael Coulter
``Shanghai Triad'': Lu Yue
YOUR NAME:
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RULES:
Check one nominee in each categopry. One point will be awarded for every correct answer. A book of Carmike Cinema passes will be awarded to 10 readers who (1) beat our critics and (2) have the highest scores. In the case of ties, we will draw from a pool of the tying ballots.
Entries must be postmarked no later than Friday, March 22, 1996.
Employees of the Roanoke Times are not eligible.
Send ballots to Oscar Contest, c/o Features Dept., The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010.
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