"Family"

As you know, my 25th birthday is coming up on May 17th. I plan to take a look back, over the next few weeks, at the past 25 years in entertainment, news and events. Today we will look at

Best Director

1982 - Richard Attenborough for “Gandhi”

1983 - James L Brooks for “Terms Of Endearment”

1984 - Milos Forman for “Amadeus”

1985 - Sydney Pollack for “Out Of Africa”

1986 - Oliver Stone for “Platoon”

1987 - Bernardo Bertolucci for “The Last Emperor”

1988 - Barry Levinson for “Rain Man”

1989 - Oliver Stone for “Born On The Fourth Of July”

1990 - Kevin Costner for “Dances With Wolves”

1991 - Jonathan Demme for “The Silence Of The Lambs”

1992 - Clint Eastwood for “Unforgiven”

1993 - Steven Spielberg for “Schindler’s List”

1994 - Robert Zemeckis for “Forrest Gump”

1995 - Mel Gibson for “Braveheart”

1996 - Anthony Minghella for “The English Patient”

1997 - James Cameron for “Titanic”

1998 - Steven Spielberg for “Saving Private Ryan”

1999 - Sam Mendes for “American Beauty”

2000 - Steven Soderbergh for “Traffic”

2001 - Ron Howard for “A Beautiful Mind”

2002 - Roman Polanski for “The Pianist”

2003 - Peter Jackson for “The Lord Of The Rings : The Return Of The King”

2004 - Clint Eastwood for “Million Dollar Baby”

2005 - Ang Lee for “Brokeback Mountain”

Now, I am sure that when the list for “Best Movie” is released , that it will look a lot like this list...but deal with it.

~Oz