Evaluating the Oscar Nominees' Accents Michele Norris talks with dialect coach Paul Meier, a theater professor at the University of Kansas, about film dialects and the accents performed by some of this year's Oscar nominees, including Hilary Swank and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Evaluating the Oscar Nominees' Accents

February 25, 200512:00 AM ET

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Michele Norris

Evaluating the Oscar Nominees' Accents

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Michele Norris talks with dialect coach Paul Meier, a theater professor at the University of Kansas, about film dialects and the accents performed by some of this year's Oscar nominees, including Hilary Swank and Leonardo DiCaprio.