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Sure-shots: ”The Silence of the Lambs,” ”Beauty and the Beast,”
”Bugsy”
Contenders: ”The Prince of Tides,” ”Grand Canyon,” ”The Fisher King,” ”JFK,” ”Thelma & Louise,” ”Boyz N the Hood”
Long shot: ”At Play in the Fields of the Lord”
Director
Sure shots: Jonathan Demme (”The Silence of the Lambs”), Barry Levinson (”Bugsy”), Barbra Streisand (”Prince of Tides”)
Contenders: Terry Gilliam (”The Fisher King”), Oliver Stone (”JFK”), John Singleton (”Boyz N the Hood”), Lawrence Kasdan (”Grand Canyon”), Ridley Scott (”Thelma & Louise”)
Actor
Sure shots: Nick Nolte (”Prince of Tides”), Anthony Hopkins (”The Silence of the Lambs”), Robin Williams (”The Fisher King”), Warren Beatty
(”Bugsy”)
Contenders: Kevin Costner (”JFK”), Jeff Bridges (”The Fisher King”), William Hurt (”The Doctor”), River Phoenix (”My Own Private Idaho”), Danny Glover (”Grand Canyon”)
Actress
Sure shots: Bette Midler (”For the Boys”), Jodie Foster (”The Silence of the Lambs”), Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (”Thelma & Louise”)
Contenders: Barbra Streisand (”Prince of Tides”), Annette Bening
(”Bugsy”), Michele Pfeiffer (”Frankie and Johnnie”), Mary McDonnell
(”Grand Canyon”), Laura Dern (”Rambling Rose”)
Supporting actor
Contenders: Aidan Quinn (”At Play in the Fields of the Lord”), Steven Hill (”Billy Bathgate”), Morgan Freeman (”Robin Hood”), Alan Rickman
(”Robin Hood”), Joe Pesci (”JFK”), Ben Kingsley (”Bugsy”), Harvey Keitel (”Bugsy”), Larry Fishburne (”Boyz N the Hood”), Robert Duvall
(”Rambling Rose”)
Supporting actress
Sure shots: Juliette Lewis (”Cape Fear”), Kate Nelligan (”Prince of Tides”), Mercedes Ruehl (”The Fisher King”)
Contenders: Maggie Smith (”Hook”), Jessica Tandy (”Fried Green Tomatoes”), Kathy Bates (”At Play in the Fields of the Lord”), Mary Louise Parker (”Fried Green Tomatoes”), Elizabeth Perkins (”The Doctor”), Amanda Plummer (”The Fisher King”), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (”Robin Hood”)
