The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. A guide to the prognosticators who make up this list is at the bottom.

Best Picture

The English Patient (11) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally's, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB, Ladbroke

Shine (2) - Bally's, Ladbroke

Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Shine (8) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally's, Gene Siskel, Snakeye, Ladbroke

Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade (3) - Bally's, Roger Ebert, Cinemania Online
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire (1) - ReedyB

Best Actress

Frances McDormand - Fargo (8) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, ReedyB

Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies (3) - Bally's, Snakeye, Ladbroke
Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient (1) - Bally's

Best Supporting Actor

Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire (8) - OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally's, Cinemania Online, ReedyB

Edward Norton - Primal Fear (2) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye

Best Supporting Actress

Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces (10) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally's, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Director

Anthony Minghella - The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Bally's, Cinemania Online, ReedyB

Joel Coen - Fargo (1) - Rogert Ebert
Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt (1) - Snakeye
Scott Hicks - Shine (1) - Bally's

Best Original Screenplay

Fargo (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye

Lone Star (1) - Roger Ebert

Best Adapted Screenplay

The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye

Sling Blade (1) - Roger Ebert

Best Foreign Film

Kolya (4) - OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, Rogert Ebert, ReedyB

Ridicule (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye

Best Original Song

"You Must Love Me" (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Roger Ebert, ReedyB

"Because You Loved Me" (2) - Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye

Best Dramatic Score

The English Patient (5) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Comedy/Musical Score

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Editing

The English Patient (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB

Evita (1) - Snakeye

Best Cinematography

The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, Roger Ebert, ReedyB

Fargo (1) - Snakeye

Best Art Direction

Evita (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB

The Birdcage (1) - Entertainment Weekly

Best Costume Design

Hamlet (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, ReedyB

The English Patient (2) - Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye

Best Makeup

The Nutty Professor (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB

Ghosts of Mississippi (1) - Snakeye

Best Sound

The English Patient (2) - OMPA, ReedyB
Evita (2) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye
Twister (2) - Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB

Best Sound Editing

The Ghost and the Darkness (3) - The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye

Daylight (1) - ReedyB
Eraser (1) - OMPA

Best Visual Effects

Twister (3) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB

Independence Day (2) - Entertainment Weekly, OMPA

Best Documentary Feature

When We Were Kings (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB

Mandela (2) - Roger Ebert, Snakeye

Best Documentary Short Subject

Cosmic Voyage (3) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB

Breathing Lessons (1) - Entertainment Weekly
Special Effects (1) - OMPA

Best Animated Short Film

Wat's Pig (2) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy

Canhead (1) - ReedyB
Quest (1) - Entertainment Weekly
La Salla (1) - Snakeye

Best Live-Action Short Film

Dear Diary (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly

De Tripas, Corazon (1) - Snakeye
Ernst & Lyset (1) - ReedyB

Prognosticators Guide

OMPA: The Online Motion Picture Academy. A new film organization devoted to awarding the best in entertainment. The link above goes to the page that runs down how those who voted chose.
The Oscar Guy: That would be Me. I am the proprietor of these Oscar pages.
Entertainment Weekly: A Weekly entertainment magzine. The choices are from their list of the best bets for winners. 371, March 21, 1997.
TV Guide: Contained are the predictions in the major categories. From their Oscar coverage. 2295, March 22 - 28, 1997
Bally's Lenny Del Genio: Las Vegas oddsmaker. Stresses that his odds are for entertainment purposes only.
Roger Ebert: Film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. One-half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
Gene Siskel: Film critic for the Chicago Tribute. Other half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
Cinemania Online: The famous cd-rom film encyclopedia is on the internet and it has predictions on some of the major categories.
Snakeye: He calls his page a "Layman's Guide to Oscar Night."
ReedyB: Oscar picks from a fellow Oscar page proprietor.
Ladbroke Group: A London-based oddsmaker.