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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 24-MAR-97: Movie fan Hyundo Seung from
Carson City, Nevada stands in the bleachers dressed as the Oscar
statue outside the Shrine Auditorium prior to the start of the
Academy Awards, March 24. Celebrities and fans are gathering for the
69th annual Academy Awards. [Photo Jeff Christensen, Reuters]
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - The independent film, ``The English
Patient,'' won the Oscar for best picture at the 69th Academy
Awards Monday night.
 Geoffrey Rush won the best actor award for his role in
''Shine,'' and Frances McDormand won best actress for her role
in ``Fargo.''
 The ``English Patient,'' set in the North African desert in
World War II, also won for best director, best supporting
actress, best art direction and best costume design.
 The best supporting actor Oscar went to Cuba Gooding Jr for
his role as a struggling professional football player in ``Jerry
Maguire,'' the only major studio-produced film to be nominated
in a top category.
 In his role, Gooding came out with one of the most popular
movie sayings of the season when he said to sports agent Jerry
Maguire, played by Hollywood idol Tom Cruise, ``Show me the
money.''
 The Best supporting actress honor went to Juliette Binoche
for her role in ``The English Patient.'' Binoche was a
first-time Oscar nominee.
 Billy Bob Thornton won the Academy Award for best screenplay
adaptation for ``Sling Blade.''
 The bittersweet comedy-drama ``Kolya'' brought home an
Academy Award for best foreign film for the writer/director team
of Jan Sverak and his father, Zdenek, from the Czech Republic.
 ``Kolya'' tells of the re-awakening of an middle-aged
cellist as he and a Russian boy journey through the Czech
countryside on the eve of Prague's ``Velvet Revolution'' in
1989. It had been the pre-Oscar favorite.
 Madonna, denied a nomination for her role in ``Evita'' as
Eva Peron, the wife of Argentine strongman Juan Peron, received
a warm welcome from the glittering audience as she sang the
film's show-stopper, ``You Must Love Me,'' by Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Tim Rice, which was nominated for best song.
 Also present in a gold-plated wheelchair was Larry Flynt,
the controversial publisher of ``Hustler'' magazine. As he
arrived for the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium a light plane
flew overhead trailing a banner reading, ``Columbia Studios
Sucks -- Larry Flynt.''
 Columbia was the production company for the film, ``The
People vs. Larry Flynt.'' Woody Harrelson, who portrayed Flynt
in the movie, was up for a Best Actor Oscar and it was not
immediately clear who was responsible for the banner or what was
behind its message.
 Walt Disney Studios also came under an aerial bombardment
over its alleged sweatshop practices in Haiti, where some of
Disney's clothing and memorablia lines are manufactured.
 ``Disney uses sweatshops -- 30 cents an hour in Haiti,'' a
skyborne banner read.

 Meanwhile, nothing could spoil the pleasure of thousands of
movie fans who gathered outside the auditorium to watch their
favorite stars arrive.
 They reserved their loudest cheers not for a movie
personality but for boxing great Muhammad Ali as he walked up
the red carpet. Ali was at the Oscars for the documentary,
''When We Were Kings,'' a film about his famous 1974 prize fight
with George Foreman in Zaire, which won an Oscar for best
documentary feature.
 Legions of fans, some of whom had been outside since
Thursday, were armed with cameras, hoping to snap a picture of
their favorite stars.
 ``I slept on the concrete,'' Kenan Jones, who had camped out
for two nights, said. ``It hurt bad, but it was worth it.''
 Other hardy fans had been camping in the temporary stands
since they were erected Thursday.
 The complete Oscar winners list is as follows:
 Best picture of the year:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), A Tiger Moth Production
Saul Zaentz, Producer

 Best performance by an actor in a leading role:
 Geoffrey Rush in ``Shine'' (Fine Line Features)
 Best performance by an actress in a leading role:
 Frances McDormand in ``Fargo'' (Gramercy)
 Best achievement in directing:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Anthony Minghella
 Best performance by an actor in a supporting role:
 Cuba Gooding Jr in ``Jerry Maguire'' (TriStar)
 Best performance by an actress in a supporting role:
 Juliette Binoche in ``The English Patient'' (Miramax)
 Best achievement in art direction:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Art Direction: Stuart
Craig. Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

 Best achievement in costume design:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Ann Roth
 Best achievement in sound effects editing:
 ``The Ghost And The Darkness'' (Paramount), Bruce Stambler
 Best achievement in makeup
 ``The Nutty Professor'' (Universal) Rick Baker and David
Leroy Anderson.

 Best achievement in live action short films
 ``Dear Diary'' A DreamWorks SKG Production, David Frankel
and Barry Jossen.

 Best achievement in animated short films
 ``Quest'' A Thomas Stellmach Animation Production, Tyron
Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach.

 Best achievement in documentary short subjects
''Breathing Lessons, The Life And Work Of Mark O'Brien'',
 An Inscrutable Films/Pacific News Service Production, Jessica Yu
 Best achievement in documentary features:
 ``When We Were Kings'' (Gramercy), A DASFilms Ltd.
Production, Leon Gast and David Sonenberg

 Best achievement in visual effects:
 ``Independence Day'' (20th Century Fox), Volker Engel,
Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil

 Best achievement in sound:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Walter Murch, Mark
Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman

 Best achievement in film editing:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Walter Murch
 Best achievement in music (original musical or comedy score)
 ``Emma'' (Miramax), Rachel Portman
 Best achievement in music (original dramatic score)
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), Gabriel Yared
 Best achievement in cinematography:
 ``The English Patient'' (Miramax), John Seale
 Best foreign language film of the year:
 ``Kolya'', A Biograf Jan Sverak/Portebello Pictures/Ceska
Televize/Pandora Cinema Production, Czech Republic

 Best achievement in music (original song)
 ``You Must Love Me'' from ``Evita'' (Buena Vista), Music by
Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyric by Tim Rice.

 Best screenplay based on material previously produced or
published:
 ``Sling Blade'' (Miramax), written by Billy Bob Thornton
 Best screenplay written directly for the screen:
 ``Fargo'' (Gramercy), Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
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LOS ANGELES, USA, 24-MAR-97: Actress/singer Courtney Love shows off
her Harry Winston jewelry, reportedly worth $1 million dollars, as
she arrives for the 69th annual Academy Awards, March 24. Love played
Althea Flynt in "The People Vs. Larry Flynt." [Photo by Fred Prouser,
Reuters]
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