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Sometimes, the Academy gets it just right--Babe, Amadeus, and this year, Life is Beautiful...
...Riker) deserves credit for maintaining consistency with Captain Picard, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and all the rest. Frakes also commands strong performances from the non-Enterprise-crew cast members. F. Murray Abraham, winner of an Academy Award for his role as Salieri in Amadeus, is easily the most engaging character in the movie as Ru'afo, the diabolical leader of the Son'a. Two time Tony award winner Donna Murphy, who plays Picard's love-interest, the wise and strong Anij, also carries off her role gracefully...
McKellen has had tiny roles in flop movies (Last Action Hero, I'll Do Anything), and though he originated the role of Salieri onstage in Amadeus, he didn't get the part in Milos Forman's film; maybe Forman thought F. Murray Abraham was more photogenic. Or perhaps he detected an unease in McKellen's film presence. "I belong on a stage," the actor says. "I feel totally at home. But at a studio, surrounded by other experts who all have their contributions to make, I used to feel a terrible pressure as the person in front of the camera...
...Citizen Kane 2. Casablanca (1943) 3. Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964) 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 5. Network (1976) 6. Schindler's List (1993) 7. Brazil (1985) 8. Amadeus (1984) 9. The Elephant Man (1981) 10. Fantasia...
...Mariah as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Just kidding...