Due to busy schedule Alex missed this year's Golden Globe. "Ben Kingsley" won the Best Actor Drama for "Gandhi". Alex was not disappointed as he already expected this. "Empire of the Sun" won Best Director, Original Score and Screenplay losing Best Picture to "Gandhi".
Kim again won an award this year for "Tootsie" in the best supporting actress category.
Right after the Golden globes in February AMPAS announced Oscar nominations.
"Empire of the Sun" got nominations for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects.
With a total 10 nominations it still fell behind "Gandhi" with 11 nominations.
"Tootsie" got 9 nominations, with Best Supporting actress nomination for Kim.
In this Time line Dustin Hoffman didn't get the Best Actor nomination because of Alex.
Alex became the youngest actor to get Best Actor nomination creating history. Though there were some criticism but most of them okay with the academy decision.
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Warner Bros. announced that they were conducting auditions for roles in "Stand by Me" and the requrements are teenage boys between 13-16 years.
By the time Alex reached Warner Bros. studios, the situation there was chaotic. Atleat 10,000 boys and their parents came to audition for the role. Security was having difficulty controlling the situation.
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Alex had to enter the studio through the back.
"Alex, what do you think of it?" Terry Semel asked with a self-satisfying smile on his face.
Alex shook his head and said "This is all for the publicity right?"
Terry nodded "Tomorrow in every newspaper, there's going to be an article about this crazy auditions."
"We don't have to sit through all the auditions right." Alex said imagining the long and tired process.
"No, no, we already filtered the candidates to just above 100. We just have to announce the short list." Terry replied.
After the shortlist there remained 136 candidates for three roles.
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There are several names in the list that are quite familiar to Alex. Names like Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science), Matthew Perry (Friends tv series), Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, Jason Bateman, Christian Slater among others.
Though they are the actors that were well known in his previous life most of them had not earned their acting chops yet.
Paul Rudd was not suitable for any role and his acting still had to improve.
One by one actors were failing in the auditions. Alex was quite frustrated with the entire process.
Then came the turn of Matthew Perry. To tell the truth, Alex was quite fond of Matthew Perry for his role of 'Chandler Bing' in"F.R.I.E.N.D.S" Tv series. So, Alex was waiting with some enthusiasm for his audition.
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