The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,577 - Feb 27 2011

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Awfully beastly about production's opening -- it gets a Tony, not an Oscar BESTPLAY
Become disorderly and almost step on Oscar, we hear RUNWILD
Caine got Oscar as supporting actor in this -- hero is sure clued differently CIDERHOUSERULES
Derogatory term for person Marx Brothers initially used in book about someone BIMBO
Dictatorial Spaniard as star of 18 and presenter of Oscars FRANCO
Extraordinarily fetching team in prime -- eponymous heroes of Western THEMAGNIFICENT7
Get across, in a way, what film-makers want to achieve OSCARS
Get to work on story about 'Citizen Kane', initially TACKLE
Gripping drama, somewhat less than gross, owned by us, it's said I27HOURS
Hitchcock classic available in improperly made copy -- sh! PSYCHO
In some roles I'm performing, smile ingratiatingly SIMPER
Julia, the actress Duvall and De Niro named (EDITOR'S NOTE: In this Oscars Special, some answers include figures. A figure 1 should be input as the letter I.) ROBERTS
Keaton of movie fame -- some comedian, eh? DIANE
List includes old part for John Wayne in 2, or half of 17 ROOSTER
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Make indelible impression as nothing short of famous actor BRAND
Minnie from 'Good Will Hunting' and others -- they're used for the opening shots DRIVERS
Name for guy DiCaprio contracted -- and role gets transformed LEONARD
Nominates Connery or Penn, upset about leading part in movie NAMES
Not as fine as Oscar singularly got by 'The Queen' COARSER
Pale actor wrongly cast in historic title role CLEOPATRA
Person who helps actor prepare piece of furniture DRESSER
Person with managerial role in cinema -- one of two characters in Mel Brooks movie PRODUCER
Play leading roles in movie, one about former Spanish colony COSTARICA
Prepare to shoot hit about love -- it's on much smaller scale than 'Titanic' COCKBOAT
Tea announced, then are you getting on mad tiger? That's real courage TRUEGRIT
Unsteady couple of Romans in sequel, first of many ROCKYII
Virginia's embraced by a member of crew in winner of three Oscars AVATAR
Went too far, with show mostly presented in open OVERSHOT