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The Oscars: The 71st Academy Awards (1998): Nomination Hopefuls

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NOMINATIONS AWARDS
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Shakespeare in Love
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
The Truman Show
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Armageddon
Gods and Monsters
A Simple Plan
Out of Sight
Pleasantville
A Bug's Life
Babe: Pig in the City
Central Station
Little Voice
Primary Colors
The Mask of Zorro
The Prince of Egypt
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Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
A Simple Plan
Gods and Monsters
The Thin Red Line
Babe: Pig in the City
Elizabeth
Hilary and Jackie
Life Is Beautiful
Star Trek: Insurrection
The Prince of Egypt

Best Picture


(5/10) :8/23: [12/17] Saving Private Ryan - Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Steven Spielberg

(9/18) :1/26: Gods and Monsters - Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris
(8/18) :1/26: Life Is Beautiful - Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri
(12/17) :12/17: Shakespeare in Love - Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick
(5/10) :1/3: The Truman Show - Edward S. Feldman, Andrew Niccol, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder

(8/18) Beloved - Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Edward Saxon, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte
(11/27) Central Station - Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Arthur Cohn
(8/18) A Civil Action - Rachel Pfeffer, Robert Redford, Scott Rudin
(9/18) Elizabeth - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Alison Owen
(9/18) The General - John Boorman
(9/18) Hilary and Jackie - Nicholas Kent, Andrew Paterson
(9/18) Little Voice - Elizabeth Karlsen
(1/3) Out of Sight - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
(8/18) Pleasantville - Robert J. Degus, John Kilik, Gary Ross, Steven Soderbergh
(5/10) Primary Colors - Mike Nichols
(5/10) The Prince of Egypt - Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins
(10/5) A Simple Plan - James Jacks, Adam Schroeder
(5/10) The Thin Red Line - Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, John Roberdeau
(8/18) Waking Ned Devine - Richard Holmes, Glynis Murray

Best Director


(5/10) :8/23: [1/3] Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan

(8/18) :8/23: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
(12/17) :1/26: John Madden - Shakespeare in Love
(5/10) :8/23: Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
(5/10) :1/3: Peter Weir - The Truman Show

(8/18) Woody Allen - Celebrity
(9/18) John Boorman - The General
(9/18) Bill Condon - Gods and Monsters
(8/18) Jonathan Demme - Beloved
(8/25) Mark Herman - Little Voice
(8/18) Kirk Jones - Waking Ned Devine
(9/18) Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
(5/10) Mike Nichols - Primary Colors
(9/18) Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan
(8/18) Gary Ross - Pleasantville
(12/13) Walter Salles - Central Station
(1/3) Steven Soderbergh - Out of Sight
(9/18) Anand Tucker - Hilary and Jackie
(8/18) Steven Zaillian - A Civil Action

Best Actor


(8/18) :11/13: [12/17] Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters

(8/25) :1/26: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
(5/10) :8/23: Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
(5/10) :2/5: Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
(8/18) :10/26: Nick Nolte - Affliction

(5/10) Warren Beatty - Bulworth
(1/26) Michael Caine - Little Voice
(8/25) Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love
(9/18) Brendan Gleeson - The General
(5/19) John Hurt - Love and Death on Long Island
(9/18) Eamonn Owens - The Butcher Boy
(8/18) Sean Penn - Hurlyburly
(8/18) Sean Penn - The Thin Red Line
(8/18) John Travolta - A Civil Action
(5/10) John Travolta - Primary Colors
(5/10) Robin Williams - Patch Adams

Best Actress


(8/18) :1/3: Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie

(10/5) :10/5: [11/27] Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
(8/18) :10/5: Jane Horrocks - Little Voice
(11/27) :12/13: Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station
(8/25) :1/26: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

(8/18) Helena Bonham Carter - The Theory of Flight
(5/10) Vanessa Redgrave - Mrs. Dalloway
(8/18) Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex
(8/18) Susan Sarandon - Stepmom
(8/18) Ally Sheedy - High Art
(9/18) Sissy Spacek - Affliction
(5/10) Meryl Streep - Dancing at Lughnasa
(8/18) Meryl Streep - One True Thing
(5/10) Emma Thompson - Primary Colors
(8/18) Oprah Winfrey - Beloved
(9/18) Alfre Woodard - Down in the Delta

Best Supporting Actor


(9/18) :10/5: [10/5] Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan

(8/18) :12/17: Robert Duvall - A Civil Action
(8/18) :8/23: Ed Harris - The Truman Show
(11/27) :12/13: Bill Murray - Rushmore
(12/17) :1/26: Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare in Love

(12/13) Jim Caviezel - The Thin Red Line
(2/5) Michael Caine - Little Voice
(5/10) Ben Chaplin - The Thin Red Line
(1/26) James Coburn - Affliction
(8/18) Jeremy Davies - Saving Private Ryan
(10/26) Jeff Daniels - Pleasantville
(9/18) Christopher Eccleston - Elizabeth
(11/27) Joseph Fiennes - Elizabeth
(5/10) Anthony Hopkins - Meet Joe Black
(1/28) David Kelly - Waking Ned Devine
(8/18) William H. Macy - A Civil Action
(8/18) William H. Macy - Pleasantville
(9/18) Steven Martin - The Spanish Prisoner
(9/18) Nick Nolte - The Thin Red Line
(8/18) Tom Sizemore - Saving Private Ryan
(12/17) Donald Sutherland - Without Limits
(9/18) Jon Voight - The General

Best Supporting Actress


(8/18) :1/26: [2/5] Lynn Redgrave - Gods and Monsters

(8/18) :8/23: Joan Allen - Pleasantville
(5/10) :8/23: Kathy Bates - Primary Colors
(9/18) :10/5: Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice
(8/18) :1/3: Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love

(11/27) Fanny Ardant - Elizabeth
(8/25) Kathy Burke - Dancing at Lughnasa
(11/27) Kathy Burke - Elizabeth
(8/18) Kimberly Elise - Beloved
(12/17) Bridget Fonda - A Simple Plan
(9/18) Rachel Griffiths - Hilary and Jackie
(10/5) Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of Sex
(8/18) Thandie Newton - Beloved
(8/18) Kathleen Quinlan - A Civil Action
(8/18) Christina Ricci - Buffalo 66
(8/18) Julia Roberts - Stepmom
(12/17) Sissy Spacek - Affliction
(10/26) Sharon Stone - The Mighty
(10/5) Meryl Streep - One True Thing
(11/27) Magda Szubanski - Babe: Pig in the City

Best Original Screenplay


(5/10) :12/17: [1/3] Shakspeare in Love - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

(5/10) :1/26: Bulworth - Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser
(10/5) :2/5: Happiness - Todd Solondz
(5/10) :2/5: Saving Private Ryan - Robert Rodat
(5/10) :8/23: The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol

(10/5) Antz - Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
(5/10) A Bug's Life - John Lasster, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw
(10/5) The Celebration - Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov
(8/18) Celebrity - Woody Allen
(12/13) Central Station - Marcos Bernstein, Joao Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles Jr.
(10/5) Down in the Delta - Myron Goble
(10/5) Elizabeth - Michael Hirst
(8/18) Life Is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
(10/5) The Opposite of Sex - Don Roos
(8/18) Pleasantville - Gary Ross
(10/5) Slam - Richard Stratton, Marc Levin, Sonja Sohn, Saul Williams
(10/5) The Spanish Prisoner - David Mamet
(8/18) Waking Ned Devine - Kirk Jones

Best Adapted Screenplay


(10/5) :10/26: [11/13] A Simple Plan - Scott B. Smith (Scott B. Smith)

(12/13) :1/26: Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon (Christopher William)
(1/3) :1/3: Out of Sight - Scott Frank (Elmore Leonard)
(5/10) :2/5: Primary Colors - Elaine May (Anonymous {Joe Klein})
(5/10) :8/23: The Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick (James Jones)

(10/5) Affliction - Paul Schrader (Russell Banks)
(8/18) Beloved - Akosua Busia, Adam Brooks, Richard LaGravanese (Toni Morrison)
(10/5) The Butcher Boy - Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe (Patrick McCabe)
(8/18) A Civil Action - Steven Zaillian (Jonathan Harr)
(5/10) Dancing at Lughnasa - Frank McGuinness (Brian Friel)
(10/5) The General - John Boorman (Paul Williams)
(10/5) Hilary and Jackie - Frank Cottrell Boyce (Hilary du Pre, Piers du Pre)
(8/18) Hurlyburly - David Rabe (David Rabe)
(8/25) Little Voice - Mark Herman (Jim Cartwright)
(10/5) Mrs. Dalloway - Eileen Atkins (Virginia Woolf)
(10/5) One True Thing - Karen Croner (Anna Quindlen)
(5/10) The Prince of Egypt - Philip LaZebnik (Bible)

Best Original Song


(5/10) :8/23: [11/27] "When You Believe" - Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz)

(9/18) :10/5: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Armageddon (Diane Warren)
(1/7) :1/7: "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" - The Mask of Zorro (James Horner; Will Jennings)
(5/10) :12/17: "The Time of Your Life" - A Bug's Life (Randy Newman)
(5/27) :8/23: "Uninvited" - City of Angels (Alanis Morissette)

(12/17) "Anyone At All" - You've Got Mail (Carol King, Carole Bayer Sager)
(10/26) "Deliver Us" - The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz)
(12/17) "The Flame Still Burns" - Still Crazy (Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Chris Difford)
(6/20) "A Girl Worth Fighting For" - Mulan (Matthew Wilder; David Zippel)
(6/20) "Honor To Us All" - Mulan (Matthew Wilder; David Zippel)
(6/20) "I'll Make a Man Out of You" - Mulan (Matthew Wilder; David Zippel)
(5/10) "Looking Through Your Eyes" - Quest for Camelot (David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager)
(12/17) "The Mighty" - The Mighty (Sting; Sting, Trevor Jones)
(10/5) "My One True Friend" - One True Thing
(5/27) "The Prayer" - Quest for Camelot (David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager)
(5/10) "Reflection" - Mulan (Matthew Wilder; David Zippel)
(11/27) "That'll Do" - Babe: Pig in the City (Randy Newman)
(6/20) "True to Your Heart" - Mulan (Matthew Wilder; David Zippel)
(10/5) "You Were There" - Simon Birch

Best Dramatic Score


(5/10) :8/23: [10/5] The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer

(10/5) :11/27: Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder
(8/18) :1/30: Life Is Beautiful - Nicola Piovani
(5/10) :8/23: Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
(10/5) :10/5: A Simple Plan - Danny Elfman

(8/18) Beloved - Rachel Portman
(10/5) The Butcher Boy - Elliot Goldenthal
(12/17) City of Angels - Gabriel Yared
(10/5) A Civil Action - Danny Elfman
(5/10) Dancing at Lughnasa - Bill Whelan
(5/10) Dark City - Trevor Jones
(10/5) The General - Richie Burckley
(10/5) Hilary and Jackie - Barrington Pheloung
(10/5) The Hi-Lo Country - Carter Burwell
(10/5) The Horse Whisperer - Thomas Newman
(5/10) The Mask of Zorro - James Horner
(1/28) Pleasantville - Randy Newman
(5/10) Star Trek: Insurrection - Jerry Goldsmith
(10/5) Stepmom - John Williams
(10/5) What Dreams May Come - Michael Kamen

Best Comedy/Musical Score


(12/17) :12/17: [1/3] Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck

(5/10) :8/23: A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
(5/10) :8/23: Mulan - Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder, David Zippel
(5/10) :8/23: The Prince of Egypt - Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz
(10/5) :1/28: Waking Ned Devine - Shaun Davey

(10/5) Antz - Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell
(12/13) Little Voice - John Altman
(5/10) Madeline - Michel Legrand
(10/5) Practical Magic - Alan Silvestri
(5/10) The Quest for Camelot - Patrick Doyle
(8/4) There's Something About Mary - Jonathan Richman

Best Editing


(5/10) :8/23: [12/17] Saving Private Ryan - Michael Kahn

(10/5) :2/5: Out of Sight - Anne V. Coates
(12/17) :1/26: Shakespeare in Love - David Gamble
(5/10) :8/23: The Thin Red Line - Bill Webber, Leslie Jones
(5/10) :1/26: The Truman Show - William M. Anderson, Lee Smith

(10/5) Armageddon - Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon, Glen Sentlebury
(10/5) Babe: Pig in the City - Jay Friedkin, Margaret Sixel
(8/18) Beloved - Andy Keir, Carol Littleton
(12/13) Central Station - Felipe Lacerda, Isabelle Rathery
(10/5) A Civil Action - Wayne Wharman
(5/10) Dancing at Lughnasa - Humphrey Dixon
(1/26) Enemy of the State - Chris Lebenzon
(10/5) Elizabeth - Jill Bilcock
(10/5) The General - Ron Davis
(10/5) Hilary and Jackie - Martin Walsh
(8/18) Life Is Beautiful - Simona Paggi
(10/5) Pleasantville - William Goldenberg
(5/10) Primary Colors - Arthur Schmidt
(10/5) A Simple Plan - Arthur Coburn, Eric L. Beason

Best Cinematography


(5/10) :8/23: [1/26] Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kaminski

(10/5) :1/26: Elizabeth - Remi Adefarasin
(10/5) :1/3: The General - Seamus Deasy
(12/17) :1/3: Shakespeare in Love - Richard Greatrex
(5/10) :8/23: The Thin Red Line - John Toll

(8/23) Beloved - Tak Fujimoto
(12/13) Central Station - Walter Carvalho
(5/10) Dancing at Lughnasa - Kenneth MacMillan
(5/10) Dangerous Beauty - Bojan Bazelli
(10/5) Hilary and Jackie - David Johnson
(1/26) The Horse Whisperer - Robert Richardson
(10/5) Life Is Beautiful - Tonino Delli Colli
(8/18) Pleasantville - John Lindley
(10/5) Primary Colors - Michael Ballhaus
(10/5) A Simple Plan - Alar Kivilo
(12/13) Star Trek: Insurrection - Matthew F. Leonetti
(10/5) The Truman Show - Peter Biziou
(10/5) What Dreams May Come - Eduardo Serra

Best Art Direction


(8/18) :1/3: [2/5] Shakespeare in Love - Martin Childs, Jill Quertier

(5/10) :10/5: Babe: Pig in the City - Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown
(10/5) :11/27: Elizabeth - John Myhre, Peter Howitt
(8/18) :8/23: Pleasantville - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Dianne Wager
(8/18) :1/3: The Truman Show - Dennis Gassner, Richard L. Johnson; Nancy Haigh

(8/14) The Avengers - Stuart Craig; Stephanie McMillan
(8/23) Beloved - Kristi Zea, Tim Galvin; Karen O'Hara
(10/12) Dancing at Lughnasa - Mark Geraghty
(5/10) Dangerous Beauty - Norman Garwood; Ian Whittaker
(5/10) Dark City - George Liddle, Patrick Tatopoulos; Axel Bartz, Jenny Carseldine, Judith Harvey, Sarah Light
(8/5) Ever After: A Cinderella Story - Michael Howells; Judy Farr
(10/12) Gods and Monsters - Richard Sherman
(10/12) Life Is Beautiful - Danilo Donati
(5/10) The Man in the Iron Mask - Anthony Pratt; Philippe Turlure
(8/4) The Mask of Zorro - Cecilia Montiel; Denise Camargo
(10/12) Meet Joe Black - Dante Ferretti, Rubert Guerra
(10/12) Mrs. Dalloway - David Richens, Nik Callan, Alison Wratten; Carlotta Barrow, Jeanne Vertigan
(5/10) Saving Private Ryan - Thomas E. Sanders; Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
(5/10) Star Trek: Insurrection - Herman F. Zimmerman; John M. Dwyer
(5/10) The Thin Red Line - Jack Fisk
(8/18) Velvet Goldmine - Christopher Hobbs, Andrew Munro
(8/25) What Dreams May Come - Eugenio Zanetti, Cindy Carr

Best Costume Design


(10/5) :10/5: [10/5] Elizabeth - Alexandra Byrne

(8/23) :10/5: Beloved - Colleen Atwood
(8/4) :1/26: The Mask of Zorro - Graciela Mazon
(8/18) :8/23: Pleasantville - Judianna Makovsky
(8/18) :12/17: Shakespeare in Love - Sandy Powell

(10/12) Babe: Pig in the City - Norma Moriceau
(10/12) Dancing at Lughnasa - Joan Bergin
(5/10) Dangerous Beauty - Gabriella Pescucci
(5/10) Dark City - Liz Keogh
(8/5) Ever After: A Cinderella Story - Jenny Beavan
(10/12) The General - Derek Wallace
(10/12) Gods and Monsters - Bruce Finlayson
(10/12) Life Is Beautiful - Danilo Donati
(5/10) The Man in the Iron Mask - James Acheson
(10/12) Meet Joe Black - Aude Bronson-Howard
(5/10) Les Misérables - Gabriella Pescucci
(8/18) Mrs. Dalloway - Judy Pepperdine
(8/18) Saving Private Ryan - Joanna Johnston
(5/10) Star Trek: Insurrection - Sanja Milkovic
(8/18) The Thin Red Line - Margot Wilson
(8/18) The Truman Show - Marilyn Matthews
(8/18) Velvet Goldmine - Sandy Powell

Best Makeup


(5/10) :8/23: [10/5] Star Trek: Insurrection

(5/10) :8/23: Dark City
(8/18) :2/5: Saving Private Ryan

(10/12) Beloved
(10/12) Elizabeth
(10/12) Lost in Space
(8/18) Pleasantville
(10/12) Shakespeare in Love
(8/18) The Thin Red Line
(10/5) What Dreams May Come
(6/21) The X-Files: Fight the Future

Best Sound Mixing


(5/10) :8/23: [12/17] Saving Private Ryan

(5/10) :8/23: Armageddon
(10/12) :1/26: Enemy of the State
(2/5) :2/5: Out of Sight
(5/10) :8/23: The Thin Red Line

(8/18) The Avengers
(5/10) Babe: Pig in the City
(10/12) Beloved
(10/12) Dark City
(5/10) Deep Impact
(10/12) Godzilla
(5/10) Lethal Weapon 4
(5/10) Lost in Space
(8/4) The Mask of Zorro
(5/10) Mulan
(5/10) The Prince of Egypt
(5/10) Ronin
(10/12) The Siege
(5/10) Star Trek: Insurrection
(5/10) The X-Files: Fight the Future

Best Sound Editing


(8/18) :12/13: [12/13] The Thin Red Line

(5/10) :1/8: Armageddon
(8/18) :12/13: Saving Private Ryan

(5/10) Godzilla
(5/10) Lethal Weapon 4
(1/8) The Mask of Zorro
(10/12) Ronin

These are the Official Selections for the Sound Effects Category.

Best Visual Effects


(5/10) :11/13: [1/7] Babe: Pig in the City

(5/10) :1/7: Armageddon
(10/5) :2/5: What Dreams May Come

(5/10) Godzilla
(1/7) Mighty Joe Young
(10/12) Small Soldiers
(1/7) The Truman Show

These are the Official Selections for the Visual Effects Category.

Best Foreign Language Film


(11/27) :11/27: [2/5] Life Is Beautiful - Italy

(11/27) :11/27: Central Station - Brazil
(11/27) :11/27: The Celebration - Denmark
(11/27) :11/27: The Dreamlife of Angels - France
(11/27) :11/27: Show Me Love - Sweden

(11/27) Tango - Argentina
(11/27) The Inheritors - Austria
(11/27) Rosie - Belgium
(11/27) Eternity and a Day - Greece
(11/27) Made in Hong Kong - Hong Kong
(11/27) Gypsy Lore - Hungary
(11/27) Children of Heaven - Iran
(11/27) Palestina Circus - Israel
(11/27) Begging for Love - Japan
(11/27) West Beirut - Lebanon
(11/27) Good-Bye, 20th Century - Macedonia
(11/27) The Polish Bride - The Netherlands
(11/27) Terminus Paradis - Romania
(11/27) River of Babylon - Slovak Republic
(11/27) El Abuelo - Spain
(11/27) La Guerre dans le Haut Pays - Switzerland
(11/27) Flowers of Shanghai - Taiwan
(11/27) The Powder Keg - Yugoslavia

These are some of the Official Selections for the Foreign Language Film Category.

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