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Falling into the "important" basket are the other four best picture selections: "Schindler's List," "In the Name of the Father," "The Piano" and "The Remains of the Day."
The four films combined have made about half what "The Fugitive" has grossed.
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"The Fugitive" is clearly very, very different from the other best picture movies," says the film's producer, Arnold Kopelson. "It gives the voters a very clear choice to make...I know it's straight uphill. I have no illusions."
With $179.3 million in 1993 ticket sales, "The Fugitive" was the second highest-grossing film of last year, behind "Jurassic Park." But three of last year's other big hits, "Indecent Proposal," "Free Willy" and "Groundhog Day," received no nominations. The runaway audience-pleasers "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" combined for a scant three nominations in lesser categories.
"Jurassic Park" was not nominated in any major category this year. "Home Alone," the 1990 comedy, was whitewashed, losing for best song.
While some of these movies have obvious artistic shortcomings, their Oscar odds were long anyway: Some of the highest grossing films in Hollywood history have been blanked for major Academy Awards and nominations.
Before "Jurassic Park," 1982's "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" was the box-
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However, "The Fugitive" was made in a hurry, and much of the script was written during filming. All editing, scoring and post-production work was completed in a rush, eight weeks after filming ending. Nevertheless, it was nominated for editing and sound.
"The fact that we were creating as we went along gave the film a spontaneity it wouldn't have had if we had everything in place ahead of time." Davis said.
"The Fugitive," adapted from the 1960s television series, was an immediate hit with audiences. Like some of the best high-budget Hollywood dramas such as "Die Hard," "Witness" and 1971 best picture winner "The French Connection," "The Fugitive" combines creative cinema with fulltrottle storytelling.
Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble, a surgeon falsely convicted of murdering his wife. Jones plays U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, who is pursuing him.
Kopelson said he was surprised at the best picture nomination. But he was quick to add "The Fugitive" clicked with the Academy voters
Unlike many Hollywood blockbusters, there was among the chaos attention to detail. Ford made a variety of contributions to the script, and Davis set the film in his hometown of Chicago, making the city itself a character.
"If you look at the composition of 'The Fugitive,' there are only a couple of 'action scenes,' Kopfelson, the producer said. "So it's not really an action movie. It's all about a chase, and the two characters."
Instead of a simple botched burglary as the story's impetus, as in the TV show, screenwriter Jeb Stuart made it a case of pharmaceutical fraud.
"That gave the movie the kind of substance it nebbed," Davis said. "This had the combination of being a chase movie, but it had soul and intellect — a rare combination for an action movie."
"The Fugitive" is the only pure Hollywood studio film among the best picture selections. Produced at a cost of $45 million, it alone of the five ninees was filmed in the United States.
"It was a movie that could make Hollywood proud," Davis said.
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its 1983 sequel, "Return of the Jedi," was not nominated in any major category and 1989's blockbuster, "Batman," won only for art direction.
The special effects smash "Star Wars," released in 1977, received best picture and best director (for George Lucas) nominations but lost to "Annie Hall" and Woody Allen.
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