National Board of Review Selections 1999 and First Oscar Controversydeciding to campaign Sarandon for the lead and Portman for supporting actress. It will also campaign heavily for Anna's Jodie Foster for best actress. Paramount Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies It has two co-productions in the hunt for major nominations: Alan Parker's Angela's Ashes, co-produced with Universal International, has a shot at Best Picture as well as Best Actress with Emily Watson. The Talented Mr. Ripley, co-produced with Miramax, will get focused campaigns for Best Picture, director (Anthony Minghella), actor (Matt Damon) and supporting actor (Jude Law). It will also campaign for Martin Scorsese's box-office-stillborn Bringing Out the Dead and Tim Burton's horror film Sleepy Hollow. Columbia Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies The strongest Best Picture contender is Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair, which will also have support for co-stars Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore. There are campaigns coming for Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, co-stars of the coming Girl Interrupted. Sony Pictures Classics Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies The are planning to campaign for Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar for Best Director and his film All About My Mother for both Best Picture and best foreign-language film. Sean Penn and Samantha Morton of Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown will be promoted for actor and supporting actress, and there will be support for Ed Harris for Best Actor for the upcoming The Third Miracle. Fine Line Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies They think it has a winner in Tumbleweeds, another mother/daughter drama, with a strong hope for Janet McTeer as Best Actress. It's also planning a campaign for Sharon Stone as supporting actress in the forthcoming Simpatico. Fine Line's parent, New Line, is banking on Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, an ensemble drama whose best Oscar chance may be a supporting actor nomination for Tom Cruise. MGM Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies It plans to campaign for Philip Seymour Hoffman for Flawless and Peter Mullan and Saffron Burrows for Miss Julie. USA Films Ad Campaigns 1999 Movies USA Films, which absorbed October Films and Gramercy Pictures in a midyear merger, has a wealth of contenders, including three for Best Picture: Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, Ang Lee's Ride With the Devil and Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. Besides John Cusack, Catherine Keener and Cameron Diaz, Being John presents the opportunity for voters
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