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Wednesday April 11th, 1984

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hirley, Jack and Oscar

This year’s Academy Awards
yielded none of the surprises that
characterized the last few years of
Oscar presentations. After two Brit-

By DONNA FORBES
and JOEL HAGEN

 

ish films took Best Picture honors,
back to back, Hollywood is back on
top. Terms of Endearment, nom-
inated for more than ten awards,
was the big winner, walking away
with five golden statues in the
following categories: Best Picture;
Best Director - James L. Brook; Best
Actress - Shirley MacLaine; - Best
Supporting Actor - Jack Nicholson
and Best Screenplay Adaption.

Foreign films were big winners in’

the last couple of years. Ingmar
Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander
received four awards, including Best
Foreign Film and Best Cinema-
tography.The Year of Living Dan-
gerously, one of many good movies

from Australia’s resurging film in-
dustry captured. one award, Best
Supporting Actress, Linda Hunt.
Her performance as a man, Billy

Quan, was exceptional, and the-

Academy proved it had taste by
ignoring Cher and Amy Irving.

Robert Duvall, who has several
times been nominated, without suc-
cess, was finally given the recog-
nition he deserves, for his role in
Tender Mercies. That film, about a
washed-up country singer, also
picked-up the award for Best Orig-
inal Screenplay.

The blockbusters had a_ poor
showing this year. Return of the
Jedi ended. up with just one award,
Best Visual Effects and The Right
Stuff, a space fantasy oozing with
American patriotism, won only two
awards, proving that Americans
want quality, not John Glenn.

Fleshdance....oops....Flashdance
won Best Song, for Irene Cara’s
pathetic nerve-jangler, What a Fail-
ing....oops....What a Feeling.

 

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Last but not least, Canada proved
that its film industry is gaining
strength. Flamenco at 5:15, a docu-
mentary about Spain’s unique cul-

 

 

tural dance, won the award for Best
Achievement in a Documentary
Film.

And That’s Entertainment!