| 70th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | Monday, March 23, 1998 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Host | Billy Crystal | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Titanic | |||
| Most wins | Titanic (11) | |||
| Most nominations | Titanic (14) | |||
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The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1997 and took place March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. This ceremony was noted for their high ratings. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the sixth time, having previously presided over the 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th and 69th ceremonies, and received an Emmy award for his performance.
Nominees and Winners[]
Titanic dominated the evening picking up 11 awards out of 14 nominations. The film tied with the most awards nominated with All About Eve and tied with the most awards won with Ben-Hur. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King would also match that record in 2004.
Other notable films were As Good as It Gets, which received seven nominations and two awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and Good Will Hunting, which received nine nominations and also won two awards.
In addition, the ceremony was also the last time all four winning acting performances were not based on biographies and all four winning acting performers were American.
Best Picture[]
See also: 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
- The Full Monty — Uberto Pasolini, producer
- Good Will Hunting — Lawrence Bender, producer
- L.A. Confidential — Amon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Jack Nicholson — As Good as It Gets
- Nominees
- Matt Damon — Good Will Hunting
- Robert Duvall — The Apostle
- Peter Fonda — Ulee's Gold
- Dustin Hoffman — Wag the Dog
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets
- Nominees
- Helena Bonham Carter — The Wings of the Dove
- Julie Christie — Afterglow
- Judi Dench — Mrs. Brown
- Kate Winslet — Titanic
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Titanic — James Cameron
- Nominees
- The Full Monty — Peter Cattaneo
- The Sweet Hereafter — Atom Egoyan
- L.A. Confidential — Curtis Hanson
- Good Will Hunting — Gus Van Sant
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Robin Williams — Good Will Hunting
- Nominees
- Robert Forster — Jackie Brown
- Anthony Hopkins — Amistad
- Greg Kinnear — As Good as It Gets
- Burt Reynolds — Boogie Nights
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Kim Basinger — L.A. Confidential
- Nominees
- Joan Cusack — In & Out
- Minnie Driver — Good Will Hunting
- Julianne Moore — Boogie Nights
- Gloria Stuart — Titanic
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- L.A. Confidential — Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
- Nominees
- Donnie Brasco — Paul Attanasia
- The Sweet Hereafter — Atom Egoyan
- Wag the Dog — David Mamet and Hilary Henkin
- The Wings of the Dove — Hossein Amini
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Good Will Hunting — Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
- Nominees
- As Good as It Gets — Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
- Deconstructing Harry — Woody Allen
- The Full Monty — Simon Beaufoy
- Boogie Nights — Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Titanic — Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford
- Nominees
- Men in Black — Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
- Kundun — Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Gattaca — Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
- L.A. Confidential — Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Titanic — Russell Carpenter
- Nominees
- L.A. Confidential — Donte Spinotti
- The Wings of the Dove — Eduardo Serra
- Amistad — Janusz Kaminski
- Kundun — Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Titanic — Deborah Lynn Scott
- Nominees
- Kundun — Dante Ferretti
- Oscar and Lucinda — Janet Patterson
- Amistad — Ruth E. Carter
- The Wings of the Dove — Sandy Powell
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- The Long Way Home — Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank
- Nominees
- 4 Little Girls — Spike Lee and Sam Pollard
- Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life — Michael Paxton
- Colors Straight Up — Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter
- Waco: The Rules of Engagement — Dan Gifford and William Gazecki
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- A Story of Healing — Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak
- Nominees
- Alaska Spirit of the Wild — George Casey and Paul Novros
- Amazon — Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
- Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride — Terri Randall
- Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies — Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Titanic — Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris
- Nominees
- L.A. Confidential — Peter Honess
- Good Will Hunting — Pietro Scalia
- Air Force One — Richard Francis-Bruce
- As Good as It Gets — Richard Marks
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Karakter from Netherlands — Mike van Diem
- Nominees
- Beyond Silence from Germany — Caroline Link
- Four Days in September from Brazil — Bruno Barreto
- Secrets of the Heart from Spain — Montxo Armendáriz
- The Thief from Russia — Pavel Chukhray
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Men in Black (1997) — Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
- Nominees
- Mrs. Brown — Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
- Titanic — Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson
Best Original Dramatic Score[]
See also: Best Origianl Dramatic Score
- Winner
- Titanic — James Horner
- Nominees
- Good Will Hunting — Danny Elfman
- L.A. Confidential — Jerry Goldsmith
- Amistad — John Williams
- Kundun — Philip Glass
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[]
See also: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
- Winner
- The Full Monty — Anne Dudley
- Nominees
- Men in Black — Danny Elfman
- As Good as It Gets — Hans Zimmer
- My Best Friend's Wedding — James Newton Howard
- Anastasia — Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "My Heart will Go On" from Titanic — Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings
- Nominees
- "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia — Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens
- "How Do I Live" from Con Air — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting — Music and Lyric by Elliot Smith
- "Go the Distance" from Hercules — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zipel
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Geri's Game — Jan Pinkava
- Nominees
- Famous Fred — Joanna Quinn
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons — Sylvain Chomet
- Redux Riding Hood — Steve Moore and Dan O'Shannon
- Rusalka — Aleksandr Petrov
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Visas and Virtue — Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue
- Nominees
- Dance Lexie Dance — Tim Loane
- It's Good to Talk — Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
- Sweethearts? — Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
- Wolfgang — Angers Thomas Jensen and Kim Magnusson
Best Sound[]
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Titanic — Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano
- Nominees
- Contact — Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan
- Air Force One — Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill and Keith A. Wester
- Con Air — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester
- L.A. Confidential — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis
Best Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- Titanic — Christopher Boyes and Tom Bellfort
- Nominees
- Face/Off — Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg
- The Fifth Element — Mark Mangini
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Titanic — Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer
- Nominees
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Dennis Muren, Stan Winston and Randal Dutra, Michael Lantieri
- Starship Troopers — Phil Tippett, Scott Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson
Honorary Award[]
See also: Academy Honorary Award
- Winners
- Stanley Donen — "In appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation."
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
See also: Gordon E. Sawyer Award
- Winner
- Don Iwerks
Scientific and Technical Award[]
See also: Academy Award of Merit
- Winner
- Gunnar P. Michelson — "For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines."