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:

1. Affliction
2. American History X
3. Armageddon
4. Babe: Pig in the City
5. Beloved
6. A Bug’s Life
7. Bulworth
8. Central Station
9. A Civil Action
10. Elizabeth
11. Gods and Monsters
12. Hilary and Jackie
13. The Horse Whisperer
14. Life Is Beautiful
15. Little Voice
16. The Mask of Zorro
17. Mighty Joe Young
18. Mulan
19. One True Thing
20. Out of Sight
21. Patch Adams
22. Pleasantville
23. Primary Colors
24. The Prince of Egypt
25. Quest for Camelot
26. Saving Private Ryan
27. Shakespeare in Love
28. A Simple Plan
29. The Thin Red Line
30. The Truman Show
31. Velvet Goldmine
32. What Dreams May Come

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