The Complete Oscar Quest: 71st Academy Awards (1998)
1998
Best Picture
- Elizabeth
- Life Is Beautiful
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- The Thin Red Line
Best Director
- Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
- John Madden, Shakespeare in Love
- Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
- Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
- Peter Weir, The Truman Show
Best Actor
- Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
- Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan
- Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters
- Nick Nolte, Affliction
- Edward Norton, American History X
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
- Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
- Meryl Streep, One True Thing
- Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie
Best Supporting Actor
- James Coburn, Affliction
- Robert Duvall, A Civil Action
- Ed Harris, The Truman Show
- Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love
- Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan
Best Supporting Actress
- Kathy Bates, Primary Colors
- Brenda Bletyhn, Little Voice
- Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love
- Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie
- Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
Best Original Screenplay
- Bulworth
- Life Is Beautiful
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- The Truman Show
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Gods and Monsters
- Out of Sight
- Primary Colors
- A Simple Plan
- The Thin Red Line
Best Editing
- Life Is Beautiful
- Out of Sight
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- The Thin Red Line
Best Cinematography
- A Civil Action
- Elizabeth
- Shakespeare in Love
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Thin Red Line
Best Original Dramatic Score
- Elizabeth
- Life Is Beautiful
- Pleasantville
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Thin Red Line
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
- A Bug’s Life
- Mulan
- Patch Adams
- The Prince of Egypt
- Shakespeare in Love
Best Original Song
- “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” from Armageddon
- “The Prayer,” from Quest for Camelot
- “A Soft Place to Fall,” from The Horse Whisperer
- “That’ll Do,” from Babe: Pig in the City
- “When You Believe,” from The Prince of Egypt
Best Art Direction
- Elizabeth
- Pleasantville
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- What Dreams May Come
Best Costume Design
- Beloved
- Elizabeth
- Pleasantville
- Shakespeare in Love
- Velvet Goldmine
Best Makeup
- Elizabeth
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
Best Visual Effects
- Armageddon
- Mighty Joe Young
- What Dreams May Come
Best Sound Editing
- Armageddon
- The Mask of Zorro
- Saving Private Ryan
Best Sound Mixing
- Armageddon
- The Mask of Zorro
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- The Thin Red Line
Best Foreign Language Film
- Central Station
- Children of Heaven
- The Grandfather
- Life Is Beautiful
- Tango
Best Documentary
- Dancemaker
- The Farm: Angola, USA
- The Last Days
- Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
- Regret to Inform
Best Documentary Short
- The Personals
- A Place in the Land
- Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Best Live-Action Short
- La Carte Postale
- Culture
- Election Night
- Holiday Romance
- Victor
Best Animated Short
- Bunny
- The Canterbury Tales
- Jolly Roger
- More
- When Life Departs
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Affliction
- American History X
- Armageddon
- Babe: Pig in the City
- Beloved
- A Bug’s Life
- Bulworth
- Central Station
- A Civil Action
- Elizabeth
- Gods and Monsters
- Hilary and Jackie
- The Horse Whisperer
- Life Is Beautiful
- Little Voice
- The Mask of Zorro
- Mighty Joe Young
- Mulan
- One True Thing
- Out of Sight
- Patch Adams
- Pleasantville
- Primary Colors
- The Prince of Egypt
- Quest for Camelot
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- A Simple Plan
- The Thin Red Line
- The Truman Show
- Velvet Goldmine
- What Dreams May Come
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