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The 70th Academy Awards
| 1998
Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center
Monday, March 23, 1998
Honoring movies released in 1997
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Highlights
Supporting Actress
L.A. Confidential
Kim Basinger
Cinematography
Titanic
Russell Carpenter
Original Screenplay
Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Memorable Moments
70 Acting Winners
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Previous Academy Award recipients gather together on stage
Helen Hunt
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Best Actress winner for As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson
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Best Actor winner for As Good As It Gets
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
Nominees
Matt Damon
Good Will Hunting
Nominees
Robert Duvall
The Apostle
Nominees
Peter Fonda
Ulee's Gold
Nominees
Dustin Hoffman
Wag the Dog
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting
Nominees
Robert Forster
Jackie Brown
Nominees
Anthony Hopkins
Amistad
Nominees
Greg Kinnear
As Good as It Gets
Nominees
Burt Reynolds
Boogie Nights
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets
Nominees
Helena Bonham Carter
The Wings of the Dove
Nominees
Julie Christie
Afterglow
Nominees
Judi Dench
Mrs. Brown
Nominees
Kate Winslet
Titanic
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Nominees
Joan Cusack
In & Out
Nominees
Minnie Driver
Good Will Hunting
Nominees
Julianne Moore
Boogie Nights
Nominees
Gloria Stuart
Titanic
Art Direction
Winner
Titanic
Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Nominees
Gattaca
Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Nominees
Kundun
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay R. Hart
Nominees
Men in Black
Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
Cinematography
Winner
Titanic
Russell Carpenter
Nominees
Amistad
Janusz Kaminski
Nominees
Kundun
Roger Deakins
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Dante Spinotti
Nominees
The Wings of the Dove
Eduardo Serra
Costume Design
Winner
Titanic
Deborah L. Scott
Nominees
Amistad
Ruth E. Carter
Nominees
Kundun
Dante Ferretti
Nominees
Oscar and Lucinda
Janet Patterson
Nominees
The Wings of the Dove
Sandy Powell
Directing
Winner
Titanic
James Cameron
Nominees
The Full Monty
Peter Cattaneo
Nominees
Good Will Hunting
Gus Van Sant
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
Nominees
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Long Way Home
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
Nominees
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Michael Paxton
Nominees
Colors Straight Up
Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
Nominees
4 Little Girls
Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
Nominees
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Dan Gifford, William Gazecki
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
A Story of Healing
Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
Nominees
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
George Casey, Paul Novros
Nominees
Amazon
Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
Nominees
Daughter of the Bride
Terri Randall
Nominees
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund
Film Editing
Winner
Titanic
Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Nominees
Air Force One
Richard Francis-Bruce
Nominees
As Good as It Gets
Richard Marks
Nominees
Good Will Hunting
Pietro Scalia
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Peter Honess
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Character
The Netherlands
Nominees
Beyond Silence
Germany
Nominees
Four Days in September
Brazil
Nominees
Secrets of the Heart
Spain
Nominees
The Thief
Russia
Makeup
Winner
Men in Black
Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
Nominees
Mrs. Brown
Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverley Binda
Nominees
Titanic
Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Winner
Titanic
James Horner
Nominees
Amistad
John Williams
Nominees
Good Will Hunting
Danny Elfman
Nominees
Kundun
Philip Glass
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Jerry Goldsmith
Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Winner
The Full Monty
Anne Dudley
Nominees
Anastasia
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman
Nominees
As Good as It Gets
Hans Zimmer
Nominees
Men in Black
Danny Elfman
Nominees
My Best Friend's Wedding
James Newton Howard
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Titanic
My Heart Will Go On in "Titanic" Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings
Nominees
Hercules
Go The Distance in "Hercules" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zippel
Nominees
Con Air
How Do I Live in "Con Air" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Nominees
Anastasia
Journey To The Past in "Anastasia" Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens
Nominees
Good Will Hunting
Miss Misery in "Good Will Hunting" Music and Lyric by Elliott Smith
Best Picture
Winner
Titanic
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
Nominees
As Good as It Gets
James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, Producers
Nominees
The Full Monty
Uberto Pasolini, Producer
Nominees
Good Will Hunting
Lawrence Bender, Producer
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Geri's Game
Jan Pinkava
Nominees
Famous Fred
Joanna Quinn
Nominees
La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)
Sylvain Chomet
Nominees
The Mermaid
Alexander Petrov
Nominees
Redux Riding Hood
Steve Moore, Dan O'Shannon
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Visas and Virtue
Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
Nominees
Dance Lexie Dance
Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
Nominees
It's Good to Talk
Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
Nominees
Sweethearts?
Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
Nominees
Wolfgang
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Sound
Winner
Titanic
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
Nominees
Air Force One
Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D. M. Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
Nominees
Con Air
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Arthur Rochester
Nominees
Contact
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
Nominees
L.A. Confidential
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Titanic
Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
Nominees
Face/Off
Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
Nominees
The Fifth Element
Mark Mangini
Visual Effects
Winner
Titanic
Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
Nominees
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri
Nominees
Starship Troopers
Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Winner
L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Nominees
Donnie Brasco
Paul Attanasio
Nominees
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan
Nominees
Wag the Dog
Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
Nominees
The Wings of the Dove
Hossein Amini
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Nominees
As Good as It Gets
Screenplay by Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks; Story by Mark Andrus
Nominees
Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominees
Deconstructing Harry
Woody Allen
Nominees
The Full Monty
Simon Beaufoy
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In & Out
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Joan Cusack
4 Little Girls
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
A
Afterglow
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Christie
Air Force One
2 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - Richard Francis-Bruce
- Sound - Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D. M. Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - George Casey, Paul Novros
Amazon
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
Amistad
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Anthony Hopkins
- Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
- Costume Design - Ruth E. Carter
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Williams
Anastasia
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman
- Music (Original Song) - Journey To The Past in "Anastasia" Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens
The Apostle
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Leading Role - Robert Duvall
As Good as It Gets
7 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Nicholson
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Helen Hunt
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Greg Kinnear
- Film Editing - Richard Marks
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Hans Zimmer
- Best Picture - James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks; Story by Mark Andrus
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Michael Paxton
B
Beyond Silence
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Germany
Boogie Nights
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Burt Reynolds
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Paul Thomas Anderson
C
Character
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - The Netherlands
Colors Straight Up
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
Con Air
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Song) - How Do I Live in "Con Air" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Arthur Rochester
Contact
1 NOMINATION
- Sound - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
D
Dance Lexie Dance
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
Daughter of the Bride
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Terri Randall
Deconstructing Harry
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Woody Allen
Donnie Brasco
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Paul Attanasio
F
Face/Off
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Effects Editing - Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
Famous Fred
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Joanna Quinn
The Fifth Element
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Effects Editing - Mark Mangini
Four Days in September
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Brazil
The Full Monty
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Anne Dudley
- Directing - Peter Cattaneo
- Best Picture - Uberto Pasolini, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Simon Beaufoy
G
Gattaca
1 NOMINATION
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Geri's Game
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Jan Pinkava
Good Will Hunting
9 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Robin Williams
- * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
- Actor in a Leading Role - Matt Damon
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Minnie Driver
- Directing - Gus Van Sant
- Film Editing - Pietro Scalia
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Danny Elfman
- Music (Original Song) - Miss Misery in "Good Will Hunting" Music and Lyric by Elliott Smith
- Best Picture - Lawrence Bender, Producer
H
Hercules
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Go The Distance in "Hercules" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zippel
I
It's Good to Talk
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
J
Jackie Brown
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Forster
K
Kundun
4 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Cinematography - Roger Deakins
- Costume Design - Dante Ferretti
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Philip Glass
L
L.A. Confidential
9 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Kim Basinger
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay R. Hart
- Cinematography - Dante Spinotti
- Directing - Curtis Hanson
- Film Editing - Peter Honess
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Jerry Goldsmith
- Best Picture - Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, Producers
- Sound - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Sylvain Chomet
The Long Way Home
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri
M
Men in Black
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Makeup - Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Danny Elfman
The Mermaid
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Alexander Petrov
Mrs. Brown
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
- Makeup - Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverley Binda
My Best Friend's Wedding
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - James Newton Howard
O
Oscar and Lucinda
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Janet Patterson
R
Redux Riding Hood
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Steve Moore, Dan O'Shannon
S
Secrets of the Heart
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Spain
Starship Troopers
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund
A Story of Healing
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
The Sweet Hereafter
2 NOMINATIONS
- Directing - Atom Egoyan
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Atom Egoyan
Sweethearts?
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
T
The Thief
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Russia
Titanic
14 NOMINATIONS,
11 WINS
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
- * Cinematography - Russell Carpenter
- * Costume Design - Deborah L. Scott
- * Directing - James Cameron
- * Film Editing - Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
- * Music (Original Dramatic Score) - James Horner
- * Music (Original Song) - My Heart Will Go On in "Titanic" Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings
- * Best Picture - James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- * Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
- * Sound Effects Editing - Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
- * Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
- Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Gloria Stuart
- Makeup - Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
U
Ulee's Gold
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Leading Role - Peter Fonda
V
Visas and Virtue
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
W
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Dan Gifford, William Gazecki
Wag the Dog
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - Dustin Hoffman
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
The Wings of the Dove
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Helena Bonham Carter
- Cinematography - Eduardo Serra
- Costume Design - Sandy Powell
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Hossein Amini
Wolfgang
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
No Films Found