| 71st Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 21, 1999 | |||
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | Whoopi Goldberg | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Shakespeare in Love | |||
| Most wins | Shakespeare in Love (7) | |||
| Most nominations | Shakespeare in Love (13) | |||
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The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, which honored the best achievements in film in 1998, was held on March 21, 1999 at Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards.
Shakespeare in Love won seven awards including Best Picture. Other winners included Saving Private Ryan with five awards and Life is Beautiful with three. Life is Beautiful was the second film nominated simultaneously for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the same year. Moreover, its seven nominations were the most for a foreign language film, to date. Best Actor winner Roberto Benigni was the second person to direct himself to an acting Oscar win. Laurence Olivier first achieved this feat for his performance in 1948's Hamlet. He also became the fourth individual to earn acting, directing, screenwriting nominations for the same film. In addition, Benigni was the third performer to win an Oscar for a non-English speaking role. By virtue of their nominations for portraying Queen Elizabeth I of England, Best Actress nominee Cate Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress winner Judi Dench became the first pair of actresses to earn acting nominations in the same year for portraying the same character in different films.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 71st Academy Awards were announced on February 9, 1999. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 21, 1999.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Shakespeare in Love — David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
- Nominees
- Elizabeth — Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
- Life is Beautiful — Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
- Saving Private Ryan — Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
- The Thin Red Line — Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Saving Private Ryan — Steven Spielberg
- Nominees
- Life is Beautiful — Roberto Benigni
- Shakespeare in Love — John Madden
- The Thin Red Line — Terrence Malick
- The Truman Show — Peter Weir
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Roberto Benigni — Life is Beautiful
- Nominees
- Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan
- Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters
- Nick Nolte — Affliction
- Edward Norton — American History X
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love
- Nominees
- Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth
- Fernanda Montenegro — Central Station
- Meryl Streep — One True Thing
- Emily Watson — Hilary and Jackie
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- James Coburn — Affliction
- Nominees
- Robert Duvall — A Civil Action
- Ed Harris — The Truman Show
- Geoffrey Rush — Shakespeare in Love
- Billy Bob Thornton — A Simple Plan
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Judi Dench — Shakespeare in Love
- Nominees
- Kathy Bates — Primary Colors
- Brenda Blethyn — Little Voice
- Rachel Griffiths — Hilary and Jackie
- Lynn Redgrave — Gods and Monsters
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Shakespeare in Love — Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
- Nominees
- Bulworth — Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser
- Life is Beautiful — Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
- Saving Private Ryan — Robert Rodat
- The Truman Show — Andrew Niccol
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Gods and Monsters — Bill Condon
- Nominees
- Out of Sight — Scott Frank
- Primary Colors — Elaine May
- A Simple Plan — Scott B. Smith
- The Thin Red Line — Terrence Malick
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Life is Beautiful from Italy — Roberto Benigni
- Nominees
- Central Station from Brazil — Walter Salles
- Children of Heaven from Iran — Majid Majidi
- The Grandfather from Spain — José Luis Garci
- Tango from Argentina — Carlos Saura
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- The Last Days — James Moll, Ken Lipper
- Nominees
- Dancemaker — Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
- The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. — Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
- Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth — Robert B. Weide
- Regret to Inform — Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years — Keiko Ibi
- Nominees
- A Place in the Land — Charles Guggenheim
- Sunrise over Tiananmen Square — Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Election Night (Valgaften) — Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
- Nominees
- Culture — Will Speck, Josh Gordon
- Holiday Romance — Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
- La Carte Postale (The Postcard) — Vivian Goffette
- Victor — Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Bunny — Chris Wedge
- Nominees
- The Canterbury Tales — Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
- Jolly Roger — Mark Baker
- More — Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
- When Life Departs — Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
Best Original Dramatic Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Life is Beautiful — Nicola Piovani
- Nominees
- Elizabeth — David Hirschfelder
- Pleasantville — Randy Newman
- Saving Private Ryan — John Williams
- The Thin Red Line — Hans Zimmer
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Shakespeare in Love — Stephan Warbeck
- Nominees
- A Bug's Life — Randy Newman
- Mulan — Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Jerry Goldsmith
- Patch Adams — Marc Shaiman
- The Prince of Egypt — Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt — Stephen Schwartz
- Nominees
- "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon — Diane Warren
- "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot — Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis, Alberto Testa
- "A Soft Place to Fall" from The Horse Whisperer — Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen
- "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City — Randy Newman
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Saving Private Ryan — Janusz Kaminski
- Nominees
- A Civil Action — Conrad L. Hall
- Elizabeth — Remi Adefarasin
- Shakespeare in Love — Richard Greatrex
- The Thin Red Line — John Toll
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Shakespeare in Love — Martin Childs, Jill Quertier
- Nominees
- Elizabeth — John Myhre, Peter Howitt
- Pleasantville — Jeannine Oppewall, Jay Hart
- Saving Private Ryan — Tom Sanders, Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
- What Dreams May Come — Eugenio Zanetti, Cindy Carr
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Shakespeare in Love — Sandy Powell
- Nominees
- Beloved — Colleen Atwood
- Elizabeth — Alexandra Byrne
- Pleasantville — Judianna Makovsky
- Velvet Goldmine — Sandy Powell
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Elizabeth — Jenny Shircore
- Nominees
- Saving Private Ryan — Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
- Shakespeare in Love — Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Saving Private Ryan — Michael Kahn
- Nominees
- Life is Beautiful — Simona Paggi
- Out of Sight — Anne V. Coates
- Shakespeare in Love — David Gamble
- The Thin Red Line — Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
Best Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Saving Private Ryan — Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
- Nominees
- Armageddon — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
- The Mask of Zorro — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
- Shakespeare in Love — Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
- The Thin Red Line — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat
Best Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- Saving Private Ryan — Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
- Nominees
- Armageddon — George Watters II
- The Mask of Zorro — David McMoyler
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- What Dreams May Come — Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson
- Nominees
- Armageddon — Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
- Mighty Joe Young — Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
Honorary Awards[]
- Elia Kazan in recognition of his indelible contributions to the art of motion picture direction.