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The Oscars: The 71st Academy Awards (1998): Precursor Award Tallies

The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. Professional Guild winners have the guild abbreviation highlighted in blue. Organization Abbreviations Guide at bottom.

Best Picture


Saving Private Ryan (9) - PGA, CFC, OMPA, BFCA, GG, SEFC, OFCS, NYFCC, LAFCC
Shakespeare in Love (3) - GG, SAT, FFC
Gods and Monsters (2) - SDFC, NBoR
Out of Sight (2) - NSFC, BSFC
The Thin Red Line (1) - SAT

Best Foreign Film


Life Is Beautiful (6) - CFC, OMPA, SEFC, OFCS, BFCA, SDFC
Central Station (3) - GG, SAT, NBoR
The Celebration (2) - NYFCC, LAFCC
Taste of Cherry (2) - NSFC, BSFC

Best Director


Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan (7) - DGA, OMPA, GG, SEFC, OFCS, BFCA, LAFCC
Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line (3) - CFC, SAT, NYFCC
John Boorman - The General (1) - BSFC
Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth (1) - NBoR
John Madden - Shakespeare in Love (1) - SDFC
Steven Soderbergh - Out of Sight (1) - NSFC
Peter Weir - The Truman Show (1) - FFC

Best Actor


Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters (8) - CFC, OMPA, FFC, OFCS, BFCA, SDFC, LAFCC, NBoR; Apt Pupil (1) - FFC
Nick Nolte - Affliction (3) - NSFC, NYFCC
Edward Norton - American History X (2) - SAT, SEFC; Rounders (1) - SEFC
Ian Bannen, David Kelly - Waking Ned Devine (1) - SAT
Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful (1) - SAG
Michael Caine - Little Voice (1) - GG
Jim Carrey - The Truman Show (1) - GG
Brendan Gleeson - The General, I Went Down (1) - BSFC

Best Actress


Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (7) - CFC, OMPA, GG, SAT, SEFC, OFCS, BFCA
Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love (3) - SAG, GG, FFC; Sliding Doors (1) - FFC
Ally Sheedy - High Art (2) - NSFC, LAFCC
Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station (2) - LAFCA, NBoR
Cameron Diaz - There's Something About Mary (1) - NYFCC
Samantha Morton - Under the Skin (1) - BSFC
Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex (1) - SAT
Susan Sarandon - Stepmom (1) - SDFC

Best Supporting Actor


Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan (7) - CFC, OMPA, OFCS, BFCA, SDFC, BSFC, LAFCC; Primary Colors (1) - BFCA
Bill Murray - Rushmore (4) - SAT, NSFC, NYFCC, LAFCC; Wild Things (1) - LAFCC
Ed Harris - The Truman Show, Stepmom (3) - GG, SEFC, NBoR
Robert Duvall - A Civil Action (2) - SAG, FFC
William H. Macy - Pleasantville, Psycho, A Civil Action (1) - BSFC
Donald Sutherland - Without Limits (1) - SAT

Best Supporting Actress


Joan Allen - Pleasantville (6) - SAT, SEFC, OFCS, BFCA, BSFC, LAFCC
Kathy Bates - Primary Colors (5) - SAG, CFC, OMPA, BFCA, SDFC
Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex, Buffalo '66, Pecker (2) - FFC, NBoR
Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love (1) - NSFC
Kimberly Elise - Beloved (1) - SAT
Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of Sex (1) - NYFCC
Lynn Redgrave - Gods and Monsteers (1) - GG

Best Original Screenplay


Shakespeare in Love (8) - CFC, OMPA, WGA, GG, FFC, SEFC, BFCA, NYFCC
Bulworth (1) - LAFCC
Pleasantville (1) - SAT
Sliding Doors (1) - SDFC
The Truman Show (1) - OFCS

Best Adapted Screenplay


Out of Sight (6) - OMPA, WGA, SEFC, NSFC, OFCS, BSFC
A Simple Plan (2) - BFCA, SDFC
Gods and Monsters (1) - SAT

Best Original Song


"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Armageddon (1) - SAT
"The Prayer" - Quest for Camelot (1) - GG
"Uninvited" - City of Angels (1) - OMPA
"When You Believe" - The Prince of Egypt (1) - BFCS

Best Dramatic Score


Burkhard Dallwitz, Phillip Glass - The Truman Show (3) - CFC, OMPA, GG
Carter Burwell - Gods and Monsters (1) - LAFCC
Elliot Goldenthal - The Butcher Boy (1) - LAFCC
John Williams - Saving Private Ryan (1) - BFCA
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line (1) - SAT

Best Comedy/Musical Score


Randy Newman - Pleasantville (1) - OFCS
Stephen Warbeck - Shakespeare in Love (1) - OMPA

Best Editing


Saving Private Ryan (4) - ACE, OMPA, SAT, OFCS

Best Cinematography


The Thin Red Line (5) - CFC, ASC, SAT, NSFC, NYFCC
Saving Private Ryan (4) - OMPA, OFCS, BSFC, LAFCC

Best Art Direction


Dark City (1) - OMPA
Pleasantville (1) - LAFCC
The Truman Show (1) - SAT
What Dreams May Come (1) - SMPTAD

Best Costume Design


Elizabeth (1) - SAT
Pleasantville (1) - CDG
Shakespeare in Love (1) - OMPA

Best Makeup


Saving Private Ryan (1) - OMPA

Best Sound


Saving Private Ryan (1) - OMPA

Best Sound Editing


Saving Private Ryan (1) - OMPA

Best Visual Effects


What Dreams May Come (2) - OMPA, SAT

Best Documentary Feature


The Big One (3) - OMPA, OFCS, BSFC
The Farm (2) - NSFC, LAFCC
Wild Man Blues (2) - OMPA, BFCA
Ayn Rand: Sense of Life (1) - SAT

Best Animated Short Film


T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (1) - LAFCC

Organization Abbreviations Guide


AA - Annie Awards
ACE - American Cinema Editors
ADG - Art Directors Guild
AFCA - Austin Film Critics Association
AFI - American Film Institute
ASC - American Society of Cinematographers
BSFC - Boston Society of Film Critics
BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts
BFCA - Broadcast Film Critics Association
CAS - Cinema Audio Society
CDG - Costume Designers Guild
CFC - Chicago Film Critics
COFC - Central Ohio Film Critics
DFWFCA - Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Association
DGA - Directors Guild of America
FFC - Florida Film Critics
GG - Golden Globe Awards
HMHG - Hollywood Makeup & Hairstylists Guild
IFC - Iowa Film Critics
ISA - Independent Spirit Awards
KCFCC - Kansas City Film Critics Circle
LAFCA - Los Angeles Film Critics Association
LFCC - London Film Critics Circle
LVFCS - Las Vegas Film Critics Society
NBR - National Board of Review
NSFC - National Society of Film Critics
NYFCC - New York Film Critics Circle
NYOFC - New York Online Film Critics
OFCC - Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
OFCS - Online Film Critics Society
OFTA - Online Film and Television Association
PFC - Phoenix Film Critics
PGA - Producers Guild of America
SAG - Screen Actors Guild
SAT - Satellite Awards
SDFC - San Diego Film Critics
SEG - Sound Editors Guild
SEFCA - Southeastern Film Critics Association
SFC - Seattle Film Critics
SFFC - San Francisco Film Critics
SLFC - St. Louis Film Critics
TFC - Texas Film Critics
TFCA - Toronto Film Critics Association
UFC - Utah Film Critics
USC - USC Scripter Awards
VES - Visual Effects Society
VFC - Vancouver Film Critics
WAFCA - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
WGA - Writers Guild of America
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