Oscar bait success of summer blockbusters like "Jaws" and "Star Wars" (both of which had also been nominated for Best Picture), independent filmmakers refined Carr's methods of exploiting the Oscars. Merchant Ivory, who produced lavish costume dramas, often based on novels by Henry James or E. M. Forster, began to time their releases to align with the awards season. Their 1985 adaptation of Forster's "A Room with a View" won three of the eight Oscars it was nominated for. By 1991 the modern film-release calendar, in which studios released the movies they had the highest Oscar hopes for in autumn and December,
Lisa Jakub Lisa Jakub Lisa Jakub is a Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress. She is best known for her role as Lydia Hillard in "Mrs. Doubtfire". Jakub was born on December 27, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Slovak (father) and Welsh and Scottish (mother) descent. She attended multiple schools in her early life including Hillfield-Strathallan College. Jakub later graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Sociology in 2010. Jakub's first role was in the 1985 film "Eleni". She later appeared in "Mrs. Doubtfire" with Mara Wilson, Sally Field, Matthew Lawrence, and Robin Williams. When Jakub