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14 Oscar nods for ‘Titanic’ OSCAR from page 12 Addy, who played the hefty side kick Dave. Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks studio fared poorly in its first Oscar year. His “Amistad” was not nominated for best picture, nor was^Spielberg for directing it. Anthony Hopkins was nominated for supporting actor, but Djimon Hounsou, the star of “Amistad,” was overlooked. The two movies that made the most money in 1997 - “Men in Black” and Spielberg’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” - got a mea ger four nominations altogether, all in minor categories. Winslet was nominated for best actress along with three fellow Englishwomen - Helena Bonham Carter of “The Wings of the Dove,” Julie Christie of “Afterglow” and Judi Dench of “Mrs. Brown” - and one American, Helen Hunt, of “As Good as It Gets.” On the strong lineup of British women, Winslet said English actresses aren’t better. The nomi nees, she suggested, were lucky to get good roles. “One can’t help but feel: Good on the Brits,” she said. Robert Duvall’s self-financed starring role in “The Apostle” earned him a best actor nomina tion. He will face Matt Damon from “Good Will Hunting,” Peter Fonda from “Ulee’s Gold,” Dustin Hoffman from “Wag the Dog” and Jack Nicholson from “As Good As It Gets” Absent from the nominations was Winslet’s “Titanic” co-star, young Leonardo DiCaprio, who has teen-age girls going back to theaters several times to see the move. “Titanic” was also nominated for art direction, cinematography, costume design, editing, makeup, score, song (“My Heart Will Go On”), sound, sound effects editing and visual effects. The Academy Awards will be presented March 23 in Los Angeles. m reoruary i yy /, 1 name co producer 20th Century Fox was inundated with distress signals from the film’s location. One week, the crew’s food was drugged by a disgruntled worker. Another week, Cameron was able to com plete only a few seconds of action. The movie’s budget ballooned to nearly double its original size, and the picture’s release was delayed from July to December. In o^widely told tale, two top exec utives nearly came to blows over the release date. Once the movie arrived in the aters, audiences couldn’t get enough: “Titanic” has been the nation’s No. 1 movie for eight weeks and will pass “Jurassic Park” this weekend to claim third place on the all-time list. “I don’t sit here gloating over proving everyone wrong. But I’m certainly happier they all were wrong,” said Peter Chernin, who heads Fox parent News Corp. He said the picture was “the victim of relentless, nasty press coverage and industry gossip. What kept us going was what we saw on screen.” In the best director category, Cameron faces Peter Cattaneo for “The Full Monty,” Gus Van Sant for “Good Will Hunting,” Curtis Hanson for “L.A. Confidential” and Atom Egoyan for “The Sweet Hearafter.” maun la iiiauie. likc me ship, it’s huge. What can you do? I just sort of feel we are surfing along in their wake,” Hanson said. The nominees for best support ing actress were Stuart, Joan Cusack in “In & Out,” Minnie Driver in “Good Will Hunting,” Julianne Moore in '“Boogie Nights” and Kim Basinger in “L.A. Confidential.” Burt Reynolds was nominated for best supporting actor for “Boogie Nights.” The other nomi nees were Robert Forster from “Jackie Brown,” Hopkins from “Amistad,” Greg Kinnear from “As Good as It Gets” and Robin Williams from “Good Will Hunting.” Sinatra hospitalized LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Sinatra was hospitalized Tuesday for tests that a family spokeswomen said was for nothing serious. The hospitalization at Cedars Sinai Medical Center conies 13 months after the 82-year-old enter tainer suffered a heart attack. “Mr. Sinatra is at Cedars where he is undergoing testing,” his spokeswoman Susan Reynolds said, refusing to comment further. Sinatra was taken by ambulance from his Beverly Hills home about 9 a.m. He was accompanied by his wife Barbara, and the ambulance traveled to the hospital without lights and siren. “It’s a non-emergency. He’s fine,” hospital spokeswoman Charlie Lahaie said. « Sinatra has not been seen in public since his heart attack in January 1997. CORRECTION In Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Nebraskan, the architect of the NBC Bank Building was incorrectly identified. The architect’s name is I.M. Pei. I-----I ' Make a "BIG" hit. . . wiith a "Little" brother. x Call Big Brothers Big Sisters Today at h6h-2227!1! Hosted by Afnkan People s Union ■ 1“" • ::v: • ' . .. . What is the Big XI Conference on Black Student Government? A forum for addressing predominantly white colleges and universities. -——-------:I 'Dance’ taps out glimpse of Kfe in Japan from DANCE on page 12 is Suo’s latest work, and it is perhaps the greatest film ever to come out of Japan, winning all 13 Japanese Academy Awards. “Shall we Dance?” is a polite film that focuses on the midlife metamorphosis of Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho), an ordinary busi nessman living a comfortable subur ban life with his faithful wife and adorable daughter. As he says about his situation, “It’s not a matter of like or dislike, it’s my job.” But his mundane life soon takes a turn. Taking the train home after work, Sugiyama sees a beautiful woman standing alone, lost in thought, at a second-floor window. Each night, as the train shuttles him back to the comforts of home, she is in the window. One night, on a whim, he gets off the train and decides to investigate. Upon entering the building, he learns that the beautiful woman, Mai, played by ballet veteran Tamiyo Kusakari, is an instructor at a ballroom dancing school. Sugiyama promptly signs up for lessons, hoping forprivate lessons from Mai, but must settle for a group class taught by an older woman. Sugiyama soon regains the spring his step had long since lost. His continued absence from home « In the end, “Shall we Dance? ” is a passionate character study that teaches both the characters and the audience that life’s lessons are not learned by yourself... ” raises some suspicions from his wife, who thinks he is having an affair. Although his original motivation for dance lessons was a chance to meet Mai, Sugiyama continues to take lessons in secret and begins to appreciate the art of ballroom dance with the company of his classmates. The pace, tone, dialogue and cin ematography makes for a gorgeous film. The film is subtitled - but if you can read this, it won’t be a prob lem. Sugiyama’s classmates provide a nic$ amount of comic relief, including a co-worker of his who disguises himself as the passionate Latin dancer “Donny Aoki.” The most interesting construct of the film is the intimate look it takes on Japanese culture and the stigma its almost Victorian society places on social interaction with the oppo site sex - including dancing. In the end, “Shall we Dance?” is a passionate character study that teaches both the characters and the audience that life's lessons are not learned by yourself but through interaction with others. “Shall we Dance?" is playing at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery from Thursday through Sunday and Feb. 19-21. Show times are at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. with added matinees for the weekend showings. All show ings, except for the premiere, are open to the public. The premiere of “Shall we Dance?” is part of a special event hosted by the Nebraska Art Association and Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. Admission is $15 per person and features a cash bar and dessert buffet with a ballroom dancing lesson after the film. For more information about the special screening, call the NAA office at (402) 472-2540. What is the purpose of the wUI lid d R«v ■ To build leadership and axnmunication skills, promote academic success and political awareness, and to reinforce the eductions! and cultural development of young aspiring Students. - For more information please call (402U72-5397 or e-mall us at big12 9 unlinfo.unl.edu * Everyone is welcome to attend I* J v* ;f;r FocSiSfcir^Our ff^gre^ng^by us News/WortdRsports. ORUgf fc LWOTOUR EMPLOYMENT- Earn up to $2,q°g/month. Free world trawl (Europe, Carribean, «te.). Our service recommended by US News/World Reports. (81fl» 933-1938, extCl07. Cruise Ship & Land Tour Jobs Mexico. Caribbean, etc.). 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