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The 71st Academy Awards
| 1999
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Sunday, March 21, 1999
Honoring movies released in 1998
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Highlights
Host Highlight
Whoopi Goldberg's Entrance
Best Actress
Shakespeare in Love
Gwyneth Paltrow
Foreign Language Film
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
Memorable Moments
Best Sound
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Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, winner for Saving Private Ryan, with presenter Anjelica Huston
Steven Spielberg
Directing for Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
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Best Picture winners David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Roberto Benigni
Life Is Beautiful
Nominees
Tom Hanks
Saving Private Ryan
Nominees
Ian McKellen
Gods and Monsters
Nominees
Nick Nolte
Affliction
Nominees
Edward Norton
American History X
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
James Coburn
Affliction
Nominees
Robert Duvall
A Civil Action
Nominees
Ed Harris
The Truman Show
Nominees
Geoffrey Rush
Shakespeare in Love
Nominees
Billy Bob Thornton
A Simple Plan
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love
Nominees
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth
Nominees
Fernanda Montenegro
Central Station
Nominees
Meryl Streep
One True Thing
Nominees
Emily Watson
Hilary and Jackie
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Judi Dench
Shakespeare in Love
Nominees
Kathy Bates
Primary Colors
Nominees
Brenda Blethyn
Little Voice
Nominees
Rachel Griffiths
Hilary and Jackie
Nominees
Lynn Redgrave
Gods and Monsters
Art Direction
Winner
Shakespeare in Love
Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
Nominees
Elizabeth
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
Nominees
Pleasantville
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
Nominees
Saving Private Ryan
Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
Nominees
What Dreams May Come
Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
Cinematography
Winner
Saving Private Ryan
Janusz Kaminski
Nominees
A Civil Action
Conrad L. Hall
Nominees
Elizabeth
Remi Adefarasin
Nominees
Shakespeare in Love
Richard Greatrex
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
John Toll
Costume Design
Winner
Shakespeare in Love
Sandy Powell
Nominees
Beloved
Colleen Atwood
Nominees
Elizabeth
Alexandra Byrne
Nominees
Pleasantville
Judianna Makovsky
Nominees
Velvet Goldmine
Sandy Powell
Directing
Winner
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg
Nominees
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
Nominees
Shakespeare in Love
John Madden
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick
Nominees
The Truman Show
Peter Weir
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Last Days
James Moll, Ken Lipper
Nominees
Dancemaker
Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
Nominees
The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
Nominees
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Robert B. Weide
Nominees
Regret to Inform
Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
Keiko Ibi
Nominees
A Place in the Land
Charles Guggenheim
Nominees
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams
Film Editing
Winner
Saving Private Ryan
Michael Kahn
Nominees
Life Is Beautiful
Simona Paggi
Nominees
Out of Sight
Anne V. Coates
Nominees
Shakespeare in Love
David Gamble
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Life Is Beautiful
Italy
Nominees
Central Station
Brazil
Nominees
Children of Heaven
Iran
Nominees
The Grandfather
Spain
Nominees
Tango
Argentina
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Norman Jewison
Makeup
Winner
Elizabeth
Jenny Shircore
Nominees
Saving Private Ryan
Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
Nominees
Shakespeare in Love
Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Winner
Life Is Beautiful
Nicola Piovani
Nominees
Elizabeth
David Hirschfelder
Nominees
Pleasantville
Randy Newman
Nominees
Saving Private Ryan
John Williams
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Winner
Shakespeare in Love
Stephen Warbeck
Nominees
A Bug's Life
Randy Newman
Nominees
Mulan
Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Nominees
Patch Adams
Marc Shaiman
Nominees
The Prince of Egypt
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Song)
Winner
The Prince of Egypt
When You Believe in "The Prince of Egypt" Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominees
Armageddon
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing in "Armageddon" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Nominees
Quest for Camelot
The Prayer in "Quest for Camelot" Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
Nominees
The Horse Whisperer
A Soft Place To Fall in "The Horse Whisperer" Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
Nominees
Babe: Pig in the City
That'll Do in "Babe: Pig in the City" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Picture
Winner
Shakespeare in Love
David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
Nominees
Elizabeth
Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
Nominees
Life Is Beautiful
Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
Nominees
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Bunny
Chris Wedge
Nominees
The Canterbury Tales
Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
Nominees
Jolly Roger
Mark Baker
Nominees
More
Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
Nominees
When Life Departs
Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Election Night (Valgaften)
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Nominees
Culture
Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Nominees
Holiday Romance
Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
Nominees
La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
Vivian Goffette
Nominees
Victor
Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
Sound
Winner
Saving Private Ryan
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
Nominees
Armageddon
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Nominees
The Mask of Zorro
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
Nominees
Shakespeare in Love
Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Saving Private Ryan
Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
Nominees
Armageddon
George Watters II
Nominees
The Mask of Zorro
David McMoyler
Visual Effects
Winner
What Dreams May Come
Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack
Nominees
Armageddon
Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
Nominees
Mighty Joe Young
Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Winner
Gods and Monsters
Bill Condon
Nominees
Out of Sight
Scott Frank
Nominees
Primary Colors
Elaine May
Nominees
A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith
Nominees
The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Nominees
Bulworth
Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
Nominees
Life Is Beautiful
Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Nominees
Saving Private Ryan
Robert Rodat
Nominees
The Truman Show
Andrew Niccol
A
Affliction
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - James Coburn
- Actor in a Leading Role - Nick Nolte
American History X
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Leading Role - Edward Norton
Armageddon
4 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Song) - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing in "Armageddon" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
- Sound Effects Editing - George Watters II
- Visual Effects - Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
B
Babe: Pig in the City
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - That'll Do in "Babe: Pig in the City" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Beloved
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
A Bug's Life
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Randy Newman
Bulworth
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
Bunny
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Chris Wedge
C
The Canterbury Tales
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
Central Station
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Fernanda Montenegro
- Foreign Language Film - Brazil
Children of Heaven
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Iran
A Civil Action
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Duvall
- Cinematography - Conrad L. Hall
Culture
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Will Speck, Josh Gordon
D
Dancemaker
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
E
Election Night (Valgaften)
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Elizabeth
7 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Makeup - Jenny Shircore
- Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett
- Art Direction - Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
- Cinematography - Remi Adefarasin
- Costume Design - Alexandra Byrne
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - David Hirschfelder
- Best Picture - Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
F
The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
G
Gods and Monsters
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Bill Condon
- Actor in a Leading Role - Ian McKellen
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Lynn Redgrave
The Grandfather
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Spain
H
Hilary and Jackie
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Emily Watson
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Rachel Griffiths
Holiday Romance
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
The Horse Whisperer
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - A Soft Place To Fall in "The Horse Whisperer" Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
J
Jolly Roger
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Mark Baker
L
La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Vivian Goffette
The Last Days
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - James Moll, Ken Lipper
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Robert B. Weide
Life Is Beautiful
7 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Actor in a Leading Role - Roberto Benigni
- * Foreign Language Film - Italy
- * Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Nicola Piovani
- Directing - Roberto Benigni
- Film Editing - Simona Paggi
- Best Picture - Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Little Voice
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Brenda Blethyn
M
The Mask of Zorro
2 NOMINATIONS
- Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
- Sound Effects Editing - David McMoyler
Mighty Joe Young
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
More
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
Mulan
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
O
One True Thing
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
Out of Sight
2 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - Anne V. Coates
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Scott Frank
P
Patch Adams
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Marc Shaiman
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Keiko Ibi
A Place in the Land
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Charles Guggenheim
Pleasantville
3 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
- Costume Design - Judianna Makovsky
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Randy Newman
Primary Colors
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Kathy Bates
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Elaine May
The Prince of Egypt
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Original Song) - When You Believe in "The Prince of Egypt" Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
- Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
Q
Quest for Camelot
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - The Prayer in "Quest for Camelot" Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
R
Regret to Inform
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
S
Saving Private Ryan
11 NOMINATIONS,
5 WINS
- * Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
- * Directing - Steven Spielberg
- * Film Editing - Michael Kahn
- * Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
- * Sound Effects Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
- Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hanks
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
- Makeup - Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Williams
- Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Robert Rodat
Shakespeare in Love
13 NOMINATIONS,
7 WINS
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Gwyneth Paltrow
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
- * Costume Design - Sandy Powell
- * Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Stephen Warbeck
- * Best Picture - David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
- * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Geoffrey Rush
- Cinematography - Richard Greatrex
- Directing - John Madden
- Film Editing - David Gamble
- Makeup - Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner
- Sound - Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
A Simple Plan
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Billy Bob Thornton
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Scott B. Smith
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams
T
Tango
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Argentina
The Thin Red Line
7 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - John Toll
- Directing - Terrence Malick
- Film Editing - Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Hans Zimmer
- Best Picture - Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers
- Sound - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Terrence Malick
The Truman Show
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
- Directing - Peter Weir
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Andrew Niccol
V
Velvet Goldmine
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Victor
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
W
What Dreams May Come
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Visual Effects - Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
When Life Departs
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
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