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DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER, N.Y., TUESDAY. MARCH 27. 1990 TO? BDBOEO LIOUIES Ushers correctly predict 'Daisy' win that," said Cooper, a junior at Fairport High INCLUDES FITTING FEE II XX AND 60 DAY XX FOLLOW-UP CAFE LOS ANGELES The following Is a fist of the top grossing movies of 1989 and the number of 62nd Academy Award awards they w-- received: 1. Batman, $251 million, one nomination, one award art direction.

2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, $196 million, three nominations, one award sound effects editing. 3. Lethal Weapon 2, $147 million, one nomination, no award. 4.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, $130 million, no nominations. 5. Rain Man, $126 million, 1988 release won 4 Oscars last year. 6. Look Who's Talking, $115 million, no nominations.

7. Ghostbusters It, $112 million, no nominations. 8. Parenthood, $06 million, two nominations, no awards. 9.

Back to the Future Pert It, $95 million, one nomination, no award. 10. Dead Poets Society, $95 four nominations, one award best screenplay, Tom Schulman. By Susan McNamara Democrat and Chronicle Predicting the winners of the Academy Awards is a little like shooting darts. Experience improves the odds, but even a novice can get lucky and hit a bull's-eye.

Three Rochester-area theater ushers watched the 62nd annual Academy Awards ceremony last night and offered their reactions to the winners. "You never know what will win," said Mary Herbst, 27, who works part time at Loews Webster. "You make an educated guess, but someone else's favorite could win, too. There are so many factors that come into it: the individual performance, the way people feel that particular year, age and experience." Earlier in the week, the ushers picked win-t ners for the top five categories: best picture, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. They also had predictions on many of the other categories.

Herbst, William Ruben Cooper, 17, of Fair-port, and Mike Petitti, 18, of Greece, had seen most of the films nominated. There were a few surprises. "It was the night of the underdog. I think (the best actor award for) Daniel Day-Lewis was a real upset," said Cooper. Cooper, in particular, was surprised that Do The Right Thing didn't receive a single award.

"It should have been nominated for best picture. It shouldn't have been ignored like School, who saw Do the Right Thing seven or eight times. Cooper is an usher at Jo-Mor's Eastview. "I think it was the best picture of the year." Cooper didn't think Glory would take as many Oscars as it did. "It was a good movie, but no better than that," said Cooper.

Mike Petitti, though, thought Glory should have been nominated for best picture. "I thought it was a great film," he said. "I think everybody was fooled about best supporting actress," said Petitti, who is head usher at Cine Greece 8. "I don't think many people got to see My Left Foot so they weren't familiar with Brenda Fricker's performance." Petitti correctly predicted Jessica Tandy as best actress. "The story was about a friendship over 25 years.

It had some real depth." Herbst correctly picked Jessica Tandy as best actress. "I was so glad she won. How many more chances will she have (to win an Oscar)?" Although she predicted Tom Cruise to win the best actor Oscar, she hoped Morgan Free- man would win. "Tom Cruise is new, an and-coming actor with a lot of important friends like Paul Newman. He'U have many more chances.

I didn't see My Left Foot, so I can't say anything about those nominations." She thinks it's no coincidence that Glory and Born on the Fourth of July took several Oscars. "This may be the year that people want to make a political statement and go with the war movies." Finest Quality Soft Daily Wear Contact Lenses with a hint of tint for easy handling by BAUSCH LOMB COOPER VISION BARNES HIND ii -I I TX WK 11 11 T7 mom; Oscars show lets viewers see movie stars as real people I ill ii ii in m-c By Jane Gross The New York Times living rooms across America last night, television viewers I rooiea ior meir iavonie movies 5J veryone likes to see movie stars be-li cause they represent some unattainable ideal. There's a sense that this is your chance to see them play themselves rather than a screen James LaForce 1 'TOOA runnn mUSlUPr- or.nhi other a i 1U wv. Mark Eastman, a teacher at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, and a frequent moviegoer, was waiting in line to see Bad Influence when he lamented the prepackaged quality of television nowadays. On Oscar night, he said, "It's fun to see people stumble around, see the accidental, awkward momenta." The pleasure in seeing movie stars look silly, experts say, is a result of our ambivalence about them.

"We are fascinated by their beauty and success and at the same time envious," said Mark Crispin Miller, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and editor of Seeing Through Movies, an anthology to be published by Pantheon Books this spring. "Our attitude of irony is nothing more than a way to indulge that fascination and mock it at the same time." Even if the stars don't make fools of themselves, the awards telecast gives viewers a chance to examine them up close, shrunk by the television screen, and to indulge the fantasy that they are just like us and that we actually know them. Jeremy Lamer, a screenwriter who won an Academy Award for The Candidate, calls this "the imaginary family of movie stars," which for a few hours each year, on Oscar night, "includes one extra person" the viewer. Many of those interviewed said their favorite part of the awards telecast is the opening moments. No other discounts or third party programs apply.

to win Academy Awards and for an intimate, unscripted look at their favorite stars. This morning, at water coolers and on coffee lines, they will de-L-bate whether the right nominees r.won, heap scorn on the tedious ac-t'Ceptance speeches, and dish about the starlet who wore the most out- rageous evening gown. "It's the quintessential event, with a capital said Karen Doyle, vice president of a public relations firm in Washington who has been hostess to parties for 10 years. "It's a chance to see all the Hol-t lywood royalty. People watch it f.even when it's most boring.

It's sort of like a car accident. You is.know you should look away, but you can't help watching." James LaForce, who works for a New York City public relations firm and attends several movies a week, said: i "Everyone likes to see movie stars because they represent some i unattainable ideal. There's a sense that this is your chance to see them play themselves rather than I a screen character." i For Michael J. Olsen, an official with National Car Rental in Min-i neapolis, Oscar night is a once-a-! Jfpar chance to gorge on popular jtulture. "I'm not a star junkie, waiting 1 to know about these people every day of the year," he said.

"But one day a year, it's like 'buying The National Enquirer. Every once in a while it's fun." The Academy Awards broadcast is one of television's most durably popular mega-events. While it does not command the ratings it did in decades past, the ceremony has held up better as an event that America shares than have the Miss America Pageant, national elections and presidential inaugurations. "It's a certified permanent institution," said Seth Feldman, associate dean of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto. "It's an American ritual, an affirmation of shared cultural values, a video theme park that everybody can go to together." Some of the millions who viewed the Oscar ceremony on ABC last night were unabashed admirers of the gaudy spectacle, a rating success since it went on the air in 1953.

Others will have feigned indifference, like junk-food eaters embarrassed by their low-brow taste or people who sneak a peak at the supermarket tabloids but would not dream of taking one home. Viewers in both categories claim the same reasons for watching: A fascination with the larger-than-life film stars who are the most celebrated men and women in a culture obsessed with celebrity, and a kind of voyeurism that is best indulged by live television, in which even the most polished performer might at any moment look or sound the fool. In interviews with scores of moviegoers across the nation and with film critics and experts in popular culture, there was widespread agreement that the impromptu quality of the awards telecast is its primary appeal. Anything might happen on an Oscar night except during the production numbers, which are scripted and generally considered boring. And something usually does, whether it is Cher's arrival in a defiant costume, Sally Field's delivery of a fawning acceptance speech, or Marlon Brando's decision to send a Native American to claim his prize.

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