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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,'' took the lion's share of the Oscars Monday night,
walking away with nine Academy Awards including best picture and
best director.
 In the acting categories however, the Second World War
romance set in the Sahara Desert had to make do with best
supporting actress for Juliette Binoche.
 Best actor went to Geoffrey Rush for his portrayal of
Australian pianist David Helfgott in ``Shine'' while Frances
McDormand took best actress for her portrayal of a pregnant
police chief in the gritty crime drama ``Fargo.''
 ``What am I doing here,'' McDormand said in accepting her
Oscar, ``especially considering the extraordinary group of women
with whom I was nominated.''
 ``We five women were fortunate to have the choice, not just
the opportunity, but the choice to play such rich complex female
charaters and I congratulate casting directors for making
decisions on qualifications and not just marketing value,'' she
added.
 McDormand beat out Brenda Blethyn (''Secrets & Lies''),
Diane Keaton (''Marvin's Room''), Kristin Scott Thomas (''The
English Patient'') and Emily Watson (''Breaking the Waves).
 Rush triumphed over Tom Cruise (''Jerry Maguire''), Ralph
Fiennes (''The English Patient''), Woody Harrelson (''The People
vs. Larry Flynt'') and Billy Bob Thornton (''Sling Blade'').
 It was a night of double honors for veteran producer Saul
Zaentz at the 69th annual awards celebration presented by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition to
winning best picture for ``The English Patient,'' he was
presented with the Irving G. Thalberg award for his considerable
body of work.
 ``The English Patient'' also won Oscars for best art
direction, best cinematography, best costume design, best film
editing, best original dramatic score and best sound, and tied
as the third highest winning Oscar movie in history along with
''Gigi'' and ``The Last Emperor.'' ``Ben Hur'' is the Oscar
champion, taking 11 in 1959. ``West Side Story'' took home 10
awards in 1961.
 Oscar night was also independents night with independent
studios taking seven of the eight major awards.
 Of the major studios, only TriStar came away with a top
Oscar, with Cuba Gooding Jr. winning best supporting actor for
his role as a struggling professional football player in ``Jerry
Maguire.''
 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 Cruise, ``Show me the money.''
 Binoche, a French-born actress who has made films in both
her native language and in English, and who was a first-time
Oscar nominee, paid homage to the woman many had expected to
take the best supporting actress award -- veteran actress Lauren
Bacall for her role in ``The Mirror Has Two Faces.''
 ``It's true, I didn't prepare anything. I thought Lauren was
going to get it and she deserves it,'' Binoche said in thanking
the academy for her Oscar.
 It was Bacall's first nomination and many saw her as the
sentimental favorite after a long career in films.
 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 won the best song award.
 Also present in a gold-plated wheelchair was Larry Flynt,
the controversial publisher of ``Hustler'' magazine and the
subject of the film, ``The People vs. Larry Flynt,'' for which
Harrelson, who portrayed Flynt, was up for best actor.
 Boxing great Muhammad Ali received a standing ovation when
he took the stage with George Foreman, his opponent in a world
heavyweight title bout in Zaire featured in ``When We Were
Kings,'' which won for best documentary feature.
 Another ovation was given to Helfgott, who played some of
the music from ``Shine''.
 The politically charged film ``Kolya,'' from the Czech
Republic, received the best foreign film Oscar.
 ``Kolya'' tells of the re-awakening of an aging cellist as
he and a Russian boy journey through the Czech countryside on
the eve of Prague's ``Velvet Revolution'' in 1989.
 The 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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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,
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