THE PLAIN DEALER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1995 7-E 'Little' big movie Before Winona Ryder's version of "Little Women," there was the original film version, starring Katharine Hepburn, right. The acclaimed 1933 movie, directed by George Cukor, will be shown at 5 and 7:45 p.m. today at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Cleveland. Admission is $4. Oscar vital for foreign films in U.S.
Rade Serbedzija plays a world-weary political photographer who returns to his homeland after a 16-year absence in the Macedonian film "Before the Rain." The Palm Springs International Film Festival, which concluded Jan. 15, showcases many Oscarsubmitted foreign films. In 1995's lineup, there were 13 Oscarsubmitted films. Among the most lauded was Macedonia's "Before the Rain," an accomplished first feature about ethnic strife. The film has a U.S.
distributor, but Gramercy Pictures is awaiting the Feb. 14 Oscar nominations with hope and concern. Gramercy is scheduled to release "Before the Rain" Feb. 24. So the film could either arrive in theaters riding high or healing 10 days of heartbreak.
Russell Schwartz, Gramercy's president, said, "It will still come down to reviews and word-ofmouth." Strand Releasing has the rights to France's submission "Wild Reeds." If it's nominated, the movie will premiere in March; if not, late April. In limited markets, Strand released Oscar-nominated short films last year. Without the nominations, the short films would not have made it to any theaters, says Strand co-president Jon Gerrans. The year's biggest films, from TWO THUMBS UP." ROGER EBERT. SISKEL EBERT GARY OLD MAN IMMORTAL BELOVED ROD PICTURES COLUMBIA NOW SHOWING EXCLUSIVELY The Music Of IMMORTAL BELOVED Is Brought To Life With MAHK.
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ored three first-time candidates At the awards honoring 1968. and two previous nominees. films, Anthony Harvey won the "Quiz Show" director Robert DGA prize for "The Lion in Win-: Redford and "Forrest Gump" di- ter," but Carol Reed picked up rector Robert Zemeckis each has the Oscar for "Oliver!" been nominated once before, Redford for 1980's "Ordinary Four years later, Francis Ford; People," which won, and Ze- Coppola won the DGA award for meckis for 1988's "Who Framed "The Godfather," but Bob Fosse: Roger Rabbit," which lost to received the Academy Award for 3 Barry Levinson's "Rain Man." "Cabaret." Most recently, Steven Making their debuts on the Spielberg won the DGA's 1985; prestigious DGA short list were award for "The Color Frank Darabont for "Shawshank but Sydney Pollack was the mo-' Redemption," Mike Newell for tion picture academy's choice for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" "Out of Africa." Entertainment, Live Performance ADULT MOVIES 16500 Open 24 Hrs. 267-7979 3 New Releases $6.00 BEREA 201 Berea, Front OH St. 234-4300 FIRST RUN POLICY "LEGENDS OF THE FALL" (R) "DUMB DUMBER" (PG-13) "DISCLOSURE" (R) CEDAR LEE Park Cedar Free and After Lee 6 Roads PM 321-8232 BARGAIN 'TIL $3 EVERY WED.
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theaters every year, and five of those titles are usually the overseas works nominated for the foreign-language Academy Award. Many wellreceived foreign films, such a as "The Silence of Neto," not nominated for an Oscar are likely to vanish into oblivion. Much is written about Oscar nominations affecting films already in release: "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Rain Man," for instance, took off at the box office after Academy Award triumphs. The stakes are much higher with foreign films: Without an Oscar nomination, these films may never find a distributor and won't be seen in North America. Director Luis Argueta has had only a few nibbles for "The Silence of Neto," a coming-of-age story set in Antigua.
It. is the country's first Oscar submission. "I feel like I'm an underdog. But I'm very optimistic," Argueta says. Academy rules allow government film boards to select one film for Oscar consideration.
The rules are complicated and often disputed when two countries join forces to make a film, but the film must essentially be a product of the country that submits it. A committee of Academy members then watches the films, a record 45 this year, most of which don't have a U.S. distributor. The committee votes to nominate five, and the winner is selected by Academy members who have seen all five. Last year, only one movie nominated for the foreign-language Oscar, the Welsh "Hedd Wynn," did not receive a distribution deal.
The winning work, Spain's "Belle Epoque," earned $6 million in domestic theaters. The other nominees, Taiwan's "The Wedding Banquet," China's "Farewell My Concubine" and Vietnam's "The Scent of Green Papaya," all performed comparatively well on the domestic arthouse circuit. By JOHN HORN "SINGLETON GETS THE '95 MOVIE SEASON OFF TO A BOLD START!" -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE HIGHER LEARNING COLUMBIANT PICTURES NOW SHOWING REGAL CINEMAS GREAT LAKES MALL LAKESHORE 7 Great Lakes Mall-951-3500 226th Lakeshore 731-1700 GENERAL CINEMA REGAL CINEMAS RIDGE PARK SO. SEVERANCE 1-480, Ridge Road -749-4344 Mayfield Taylor 291-1244 HOYTS CINEMAS SOUTHGATE TOWER CITY 11 Libby Northfield Tower City Ctr. 621-1172 GENERAL CINEMA CINEMAS WESTGATE MALL CINEMA WESTLAKE PROMENADE W.2100 Ridge 356-1035 30147 Detrolt Rd.
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