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BEVERLY MILLS, Calif. (A?)—Ameri
can Beauty, the dark comedy about family
mayhem in suburbia, led
a diverse slate of Oscar
contenders with eight
nominations today. The
Cider House Rules and
The Insider were right be
hind with seven each.
The three received
nominations for best pic
ture along with the super
natural death-row saga The Green Mile and
the ghost story The Sixth Sense.
A notable omission among the acting con
tenders: Jim Carrey, who gave a dead-on im
personation of the late comic Andy Kaufman
in Man on the Moon. Carrey received back-
to-back Golden Globes for that role and
1998’s The Truman Show but was not nomi
nated for an Academy Award for either role.
American Beauty also was nominated for
best actor and actress for Kevin Spacey and
Annette Bening, director Sam Mendes,
screenwriter Alan Ball for best original screen
play, as well as for cinematography, film edit
ing and original score.
Bening said the nominations were espe
cially gratifying for a movie that deals with
difficult personal issues, blending wild humor
with horrific action.
“The movie has so many contradictions,”
Bening said. “Its heart is really in some very
difficult truths. To see it recognized this way
really is a surprise.”
Besides best picture. The Cider House
Rules, a story of coming of age in a New Eng
land orphanage, got nominations for support
ing actor Michael Caine, director Lasse I lall-
strom, adapted screenplay by John Irving, who
wrote the novel, as well as score, editing and
art direction.
The Insider, a portrait of a tobacco-indus
try whistleblower, also received nominations
for lead actor Russell Crowe, director Michael
Mann, adapted screenplay, cinematography,
editing and best sound.
The ghost story The Sixth Sense, last year’s
biggest box-office surprise with $278 million,
received six nominations including one for 11 -
year-old Haley Joel Osment for supporting ac
tor, and two for M. Night Shyamalan for di
recting and original screenplay.
Besides Crowe and Spacey, the best ac
tor nominees were Richard Farnsworth in
The Straight Story, Sean Penn in Sweet and
Lowdown and Denzel Washington in The
Hurricane.
At 79, Farnsworth was the oldest lead ac
tor nominee ever. Farnsworth previously was
nominated for Comes a Horseman in 1977.
“It feels a lot better because I’m getting up
there in age and might not have a chance
again,” Farnsworth said. To celebrate,
Farnsworth said he plans to go out for a taco
and a martini with an onion tonight.
The other lead actress nominees were Janet
McTeer in Tumbleweeds, Julianne Moore in
The End of the Affair, Meryl Streep in Music of
the Heart and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry.
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nominees
Here is a look at the
nominees for the 72nd
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American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
Russell Crowe,
The Insider
Richard Farnsworth,
The Straight Story
Sean Penn,
Sweet and Lowdown
Kevin Spacey,
American Beauty
Denzel Washington,
The Hurricane
Annette Bening,
American Beauty
Janet McTeer,
Tumbleweeds
Julianne Moore,
The End of the Affair
Meryl Streep,
Music of the Heart
Hilary Swank,
Boys Don't Cry
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Sam Mendes,
American Beauty
Spike Jonze,
Being John Malkovich
Lasse Hallstrom,
The Cider House Rules
Michael Mann,
The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan,
The Sixth Sense
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