Kevin Kline of the tormented and mercurial Nathan opposite Meryl Streep. Streep won an Academy Award for her performance in the film. Kline was nominated for a 1983 Golden Globe award (New Star of the Year) and BAFTA Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer To Film. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Kline made several films with director Lawrence Kasdan, including "The Big Chill", "Silverado", "Grand Canyon", "I Love You to Death", and "French Kiss". He played Donald Woods in Richard Attenborough's "Cry Freedom" opposite Denzel Washington about the friendship between Activist Stephen Biko and editor Donald Woods. In 1989, Kline won an
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film year. This category is notable for giving Walt Disney 12 of his 22 Academy Awards, including a posthumous 1968 award, and also 10 of the first 11 awards awarded in the category. Only American films were nominated for the award until 1952 with NFB's "The Romance of Transportation in Canada". MGM's "Tom and Jerry" are the category's most lauded animated series, winning seven Oscars and being nominated for a total of 13. Among foreign studios, the National Film Board of Canada has the most wins in this category, with six Oscars. The biggest showing from Britain in this category is