1. The film —tautly directed by horror-meister Sam Raimi —is almost assured an Oscar nomination.

2. Even though DeVito has extracted a toothsome performance which insiders predict could win Jack an Oscar nomination.

3. The Oscar nomination for the character of Pinky went to Jeanne Crain, and Horne's studio pal Ava Gardner got the part of the mulatto Julie.

4. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two Actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the 1960s through

5. In 1967, she played a blind woman menaced by drug dealers in her own home in the suspense thriller Wait Until Dark which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination.