ARTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 13, 1983 Page 5 No surprises from Oscar this year H OLLYWOOD (UPI) - Gandhi, the' epic biography of the apostle of nonviolence and father of modern In- dia, overwhelmed the touching fairy tale E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial to win the most and biggest Oscars. Gandhi collected eight awards at Monday night's 55th annual Academy Awards presentation, including best ac- tor for its star Ben Kingsley, and best director for Richard Attenborough, who labored 20 years to put the story on the screen. Meryl Streep was named best actress for her portrayal of a tormented victim of Nazi terror in Sophie's Choice. Louis Gossett Jr., who played the tough-talking but soft-hearted Marine drill sergeant in An Officer and a Gen- tleman, was named best supporting ac- tor and became the third black performer ever to win an acting Oscar. The previous two were Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier. Jessica Lange won as best supporting actress for her role as a winsome soap opera star in Tootsie. The third actress ever nominated twice in the same year, she lost the best actress award, as had her two predecessors. Gandhi and E.T., the biggest movie moneymaker in history with a world- wide gross of more than $400 million, competed against each other in seven categories and Gandhi won five of them - best picture, director, original screenplay, film editing and cinematography. Winner of best original screenplay, John Briley, is a former University graduate and also a Daily alumnus. This was his first Oscar. Gandhi also won Oscars for costume design and art direction and became only the third British film, following Hamlet in 1948 and Chariots of Fire last year, to win Hollywood's top honor. E.T., a modern fairy tale about a boy who befriends a gentle creature from outer space, beat out Gandhi for best original score and best sound. It also won for visual effects and sou editing. "I am totally bowled over Attenborough said when picki best director Oscar. "The person you really h Gandhi himself," he said a fev later in accepting the movie o award. "He was an inspi millions and millions of people traordinary thing is that he is still an inspiration." Kingsley, a half-Indian Brit actor making his movie debu was "overwhelmed to be mer the same breath as the other tlemen who were nominated v The losers included Paul Nem Peter O'Toole, now winless it as well as Dustin Hoffman; Lemmon. Miss Streep, who is visibly thanked author William Sty creating this beautiful chara her two co-stars, because "ev nd effects by this," ing up his onor was w minutes f the year ration to e. The Ex- currently tish stage t, said he ntioned in four gen- with me had I got from looking in their eyes." "Up Where We Belong," from An Of- ficer and a Gentleman, was named best original song. Like John Williams' E.T. score, it won a grammy earlier this year. Missing took the Oscar for best adap- ted screenplay, and Henry Mancini won for best adapted score for Victor Vic- toria. Winners of two Oscars made political statements during their acceptance speeches before an estimated world- wide audience of half a billion. vman and Expatriate Polish filmmaker n 13 tries, Zbigniew Rybczynaki, producer of the and Jack best short film, Tango, lingered at the podium and said, "We share this award pregnant, with Lech Walesa and Solidarity." yron "for Teenage heartthrob Matt Dillon, who cter" and earlier had tried to usher the winners erything I off stage, scratched his head as they finally walked away. Edward Le Lorrain, accepting the best short subject documentary Oscar' for If You Love This Planet, a Canadian film about the effects of nuclear war that was labled propaganda by the U.S. Justice Department, held up the statuette and said simply, "An Oscar for peace." Volver a Empezar (To Begin Again), the Spanish movie about a writer exiled during the Franco era who returns to his hometown, was named best foreign- language film. Other Oscars went to Quest For Fire for makeup, A Shocking Accident as best live action short film, and Just Another Missing Kid as best documen- tary. Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau, who shared hosting chores, opened the 3 -hour spectacular with a song-and- dance routine. The telecast also featured a showy tribute to the movie music of Irving Berlin, which went on without an ailing Ethel Merman. Mickey Rooney received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement and in an emotional highlight cited many co- stars of his 60-year career, thanked his wife, and told the academy: "Tonight you honor me beyond anything that a man should be given, with the greatest and highest tribute a man can receive in this business. My family are all tingling inside because of this moment for me." Show business veterans appearing as AP Photo presenters included Luise Rainer, Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, and director Atten- Billy Wilder. lest Ac- Longtime'Hollywood entertainer Mickey Rooney holds up his honorary Oscar, presen- ted to him for his 60 years in the film industry. His was the most touching acceptance speech. Subscribe to The Michigan Daily - 764-0558 The winners line up after Monday night's Academy Awards ceremony. This triple-threat includes Richard borough, who took home awards for Best Directing and Best Picture ('Ghandi'), Meryl Streep, winner in the B tress category ('Sophie's Choice'), and Best Actor Ben Kingsley ('Ghandi'). Entertaining social statements *By Bob Lerner W ITH PURE escapism as the norm of many art forms, the Ethnic Theater Festival comes as a refreshing mixture of entertainment and social relevancy. Presented by the Office of Minority Student Services, the festival was a seven-day series of performances by dance and theater groups of diverse ethnic backrounds. . The purpose of the festival was to promote unity through cultural awareness and communication. Accor- ding to Valerie Glenn, a student representative of the Office of Minority Student Services, "never has there been a more appropriate time than the present for minority groups to reaffirm their unity and coalitions." Glenn sees the need to reaffirm minority unity and coalitions as a qeflection on the confused state of the minoitysystem. It is the hope of those behind it that the festival has promoted understanding, both within cultures and among them. On the local level, Glenn views the festival as a means by which minorities and the uniyersity as a whole can acclimate themselves to one another. The festival took place at the Per- formance Network Theater, located at 408 W. Washington. The purpose of the Performance Network, according to co- ounder David Bernstein, is to provide a base for a "community-oriented, socially conscious aesthetic." The festival fits this description and, in fact, two of the five performing groups are Ann Arbor-based One of the Ann Arbor-based groups, the Common Ground Theater Ensem- ble, presented their production of Stick and Stones last Saturday at the Per- formance Network Theater. Common parts in a consistently energetic style that made up for the uneven quality of the scripts. The intimately small theater is a good setting for this type of show because the proximity of the actresses makes them seem like -everyday people, rather than aloof and distant performers. This serves to make the 10 acts more involving than they other- wise might be. There is, however, a problem in a format that contains 10 separate acts. After a while, an element of predictability sets in. Despit this problem though, the show manages to sustain interest and possess a cumulative impact. In addition to the show, those behind the festival hope that it, too, will have a cumulative impact. Another Ethnic Theater Festival is planned for next year with the idea being that the festival will become an annual event in Ann Arbor. This year's festival may be the beginning of a tradition. Y Aar e=r 1fP d IZ.2PW Tiche/s Gl /aT/PTiele 6'jce 764-0450 jo4 s4c#n "NO MORE MR. NICE 4.1t GUY:, , "I' notmu nA 1 ,* I hopwood awards THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS ARE A GREAT WAY TO GET FAST RESULTS CALL 764-0557 lecture by maxine hong kingston author of the woman warrior: memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts and china men OPEN TO THE PUBLIC the kasdan scholarship in creative writing the jeffrey 1. weisberg freshman poetry award will be announced wednesday, april 13, 4 p.m. rackham lecture hall (main floor) THE CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES Wed. 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