Jean-Jacques Annuad's The Bear was Oscar-nominated for Noelle Boisson's editing; the winner, however, was “Born on the Fourth of July.”

Beaches was nominated for one Oscar: Art Direction-set Decoration by Albert Brenner and Garrett Lewis; the winners, however, were Stuart Craig and Gerard James, for “Dangerous Liaisons.”

Susannah Grant, the writer-director of the new romantic dramedy “Catch and Release,” received an Oscar, Writers Guild, and BAFTA nominations for best original screenplay for “Erin Brockovich” (2000), directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Julia Roberts and Albert Finney.

Australin actor James Cromwell jhas been Oscar-nominated once, in the supporting league, for “Babe,” in which he plays a farmer, whose ver presence threatens to end the life of his pet. In 1995, Cromwell competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with Ed Harris in “Apollo 13,” Brad Pitt in “12 Monkeys,” Tim Roth in “Rob Roy,” and Kevin Spacey in “The Usual Suspects;” the winner was Spacey.

The WWII movie was nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture and Director (William A. Wellman), winning two, for Story and Screenplay (Robert Pirosh) and B/W Cinematography (Paul C. Vogel).