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Oscar race centers on Hoffman and Rain Man
The 61st Academy Awards race features Dustin Hoffman as the frontrunner for best actor for Rain Man amid mixed critical and guild opinions. Other categories tilt toward Rain Man in best picture, with Barry Levinson favored for best director and Glenn Close and Meryl Streep leading the best actress field.
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Hollywood
Dustin Hoffman
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hoffman
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Los Angeles Film Critics
Tom Hanks
National Board of Review
Gene Hackman
New York Film Critics
Jeremy Irons
National Society of Film Critics
Michael Keaton
Academy
Barry Levinson
Levinson
Alan Parker
Mike Nichols
Charles Crichton
Wanda
Martin Scorsese
Directors Guild
Parker
L.A
David Cronenberg
Chris Menges
Philip Kaufman
Glenn Close
Merye Streep
Close
Streep
Melanie Griffith
Sigourney Weaver
Pear
Foster
River Phoenix
Alec Guinness
Martin Landau
Tucker
Kevin Kline
Dean
UPI
Tom Cruise