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Critics agreed that the big theme is World War II: Private Ryan , The Thin Red Line (about Guadalcanal), and Life Is Beautiful (about the Holocaust) were nominated for best picture.
Geir Lundestad, director of the Nobel Institute, confirmed that 85 individuals and 33 organizations have been nominated for the prize, but he may not reveal particular names.
In addition to this series of posts ('s a sample), the thread also saw a spirited defense of Simone de Beauvoir ("the Man of the Century is a woman") and Walt Disney (nominated in the culture section of the ballot).
(The BBC is throwing a cocktail party to celebrate the fact that its Web site was nominated !) And in a few years it will probably be just as real as all the others.
Reagan lost before he was nominated, as did George Bush and Richard Nixon.