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...Postman (Il Postino)"--wait, you say, shouldn't that be in the foreign film category? However, "The Postman" was not entered into consideration for best foreign film. (There are conflicting reports as to the reasons behind this: some say that Italy was annoyed that a Briton--Michael Radford--was directing an Italian film. It has been said that since "The Postman" opened in Italy in 1994 it could not be nominated for Best Foreign Film of 1995; however, it opened in the U.S. in 1995 and thus could be nominated for best picture.) Many feel that "The Postman" nominations were...
...down. A high school gym teacher had to serve as his body double for more than half his scenes. Yet the actor persisted, literally wearing his heart out: he died the day after he finished shooting. "I believe if he hadn't done the film," says his director, Michael Radford, "Massimo might possibly be alive today...
...film festivals and critics' groups--and something less than a breakout box-office hit of the Like Water for Chocolate variety, Il Postino became the first foreign-language film nominated for best picture since Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers 22 years ago. Troisi was cited for his performance, Radford for his direction. Both the screenplay and the score were also nominated. In a race where favorites like Tom Hanks and John Travolta stumbled, and where Babe proved that pigs could fly at Oscar time, Il Postino gave the biggest shock...
Last Thursday, Michele Bedell, a student at Virginia's Radford University, went before the United states Congress to request relief from the loan sharks of the credit card industry...
Apparently, Radford doesn't require arithmetic as a pre-requisite. And apparently, genius doesn't run in the Bedell family. Michele's mother, Connie, testified that Michele's twin sister is in a similar predicament--with a credit card debt of several thousand dollars...