Oscar Nominations: 1

Costume design: Anne-Marie Marchand

Oscar Nominations: 4

Art Direction-Set decoration: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, and james Schoppe; Michael Ford

Sound: Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, randy Thom, and Tony Dawe

Original Score: John Williams

Sound Effects Editing: Ben Burtt

Very much in the British tradition of quality, Robert Ellis Miller’s “Reuben, Reuben” is a modest, intimate and intelligent film, featuring an Oscar-nominated turn from Tom Conti, better known for his stage work.

The incoherent narrative tries to fuse new, feminist ideas with older and sentimental conventions about the healing power of Love. Edna’s qualities of inner-strength and self-reliance are associated with values of small-town and country folks.

Adapted from the “Destroyer” series of novels and comic books, “Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins” is meant to be a fun, tongue-in-cheek adventure—and a star vehicle for Fred Ward.