CLINT EASTWOOD WON THE DIRECTORS GUILD

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, March 8, 1993                   TAG: 9303080010
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From wire reports
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CLINT EASTWOOD WON THE DIRECTORS GUILD
Clint Eastwood won the Directors Guild of America award Saturday for his dark violent western "Unforgiven," making him the overwhelming favorite for best Eastwood director at the Oscars.
Typically, the guild's choice repeats at the Academy Awards in the categories of best director and best picture. The Oscars will be presented March 29.
The guild honor, chosen by a vote of its 9,000 members, was presented in dual ceremonies in Beverly Hills and in New York. A variety of television directors also were honored. Eastwood had been the heavy favorite to win the award, followed by writer-director Neil Jordan for his Irish thriller "The Crying Game."
The other nominees were Robert Altman for "The Player," the brutal sendup of Hollywood and murder; Rob Reiner for his adaptation of the courtroom drama "A Few Good Men," and James Ivory, who directed the English class story "Howards End." Only Reiner wasn't nominated for a best director Oscar.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB