BEVERLY HILLS, California - Alien V. Predator: Requiem, the heartwarming, feel-good hit of the holiday season featuring two of Hollywood ’s best-loved homicidal creatures, received seven Academy Award nominations, including one for best picture. The announcements were made yesterday by actress Kathy Bates and the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sid Ganis.
Both Alien and Predator were nominated for individual performances in the best actress and best actor category. The film also received nominations for best screenplay, best supporting actress (Dame Judi Dench), best original score (Philip Glass) and best director (Sir David Lean).
Reached at his Devonshire estate, where he is recovering from wounds sustained during the making of the film, Sir David was generous with praise for his two stars. “Both Alien and Predator are true professionals. They’re prepared. They’re on time. They do the work. They hit their spots every time. They remind me a lot of Spencer Tracy.”
Through their publicists, both Alien and Predator said they did not plan to honor the Screen Actors Guild request to boycott the so-called “red carpet” entrance to the auditorium where the show will be held. A spokesman for Alien said the monster would slaughter and devour the entire Screen Actors Guild if they attempted to revoke her membership.
This is the first nomination for Predator. This is the second nomination for Alien, who was nominated in 1980 for her work in Robert Benton’s heart-wrenching tale of divorce and single parenthood, Alien v. Alien.
