Oscar 1999 Articles

THE INSIDER (1999) Direction: Michael Mann Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Colm Feore, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn Screenplay: Eric Roth and Michael Mann; from Marie Brenner's Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Oscar Movies Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, The Insider "It's old news. … We'll be ok," says Don Hewitt (Philip Baker Hall), [...]

Richard Farnsworth in David Lynch's The Straight Story Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Albert Finney, Julie Walters: Oscar Veterans 2000 Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth was nominated as Best Actor for David Lynch's drama The Straight Story. Farnsworth had previously received a Best Supporting Actor nod for Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978), in which he was featured opposite Jane Fonda and James Caan. Among Farnsworth's [...]

THE HURRICANE (1999) Direction: Norman Jewison Cast: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, Harris Yulin, David Paymer, Rod Steiger Screenplay: Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon; from Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's The 16th Round, and Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton's Lazarus and the Hurricane Oscar Movies Denzel Washington as Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, The Hurricane Like [...]

MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999) Direction: Wes Craven Cast: Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn, Cloris Leachman, Gloria Estefan, Kieran Culkin, Charlie Hofheimer, Michael Angarano, Jay O. Sanders Screenplay: Pamela Gray Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart Wes Craven, the director of the Scream franchise and of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, is hardly the kind of filmmaker [...]