Best Picture Elizabeth, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, producers (Gramercy) Life Is Beautiful, Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, producers (Miramax) Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, producers (DreamWorks) Shakespeare in Love, David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, producers (Miramax) The Thin Red Line, Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, producers (20th Century Fox) Actor in a Leading Role Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters Nick Nolte, Affliction Edward Norton, American History X Actress in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love Meryl Streep, One True Thing Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie Actor in a Supporting Role James Coburn, Affliction Robert Duvall, A Civil Action Ed Harris, The Truman Show Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan Actress in a Supporting Role Kathy Bates, Primary Colors Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters Directing Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan John Madden, Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line Peter Weir, The Truman Show Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser; story by Warren Beatty, Bulworth Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful Robert Rodat, Saving Private Ryan Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters Scott Frank, Out of Sight Elaine May, Primary Colors Scott B. Smith, A Simple Plan Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line Cinematography Conrad L. Hall, A Civil Action Remi Adefarasin, Elizabeth Janusz Kaminski, Saving Private Ryan Richard Greatrex, Shakespeare in Love John Toll, The Thin Red Line Art Direction John Myhre, Elizabeth Jeannine Oppewall, Pleasantville Tom Sanders, Saving Private Ryan Martin Childs and Jill Quertier, Shakespeare in Love Eugenio Zanetti, What Dreams May Come Sound Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, Armageddon Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack, The Mask of Zorro Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, Saving Private Ryan Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop, Shakespeare in Love Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat, The Thin Red Line Music Song �I Don't Want to Miss a Thing,� Armageddon, Diane Warren �The Prayer,� Quest for Camelot, Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa �A Soft Place to Fall,� The Horse Whisperer, Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen �That'll Do,� Babe: Pig in the City, Randy Newman �When You Believe,� The Prince of Egypt, Stephen Schwartz Original Score David Hirschfelder, Elizabeth Nicola Piovani, Life Is Beautiful Randy Newman, Pleasantville John Williams, Saving Private Ryan Hans Zimmer, The Thin Red Line Original Musical or Comedy Score Randy Newman, A Bug's Life Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith, Mulan Marc Shaiman, Patch Adams Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer, The Prince of Egypt Stephen Warbeck, Shakespeare in Love Film Editing Simona Paggi, Life Is Beautiful Anne V. Coates, Out of Sight Michael Kahn, Saving Private Ryan David Gamble. Shakespeare in Love Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein, The Thin Red Line Costume Design Colleen Atwood, Beloved Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth Judianna Makovsky, Pleasantville Sandy Powell, Shakespeare Iin Love Sandy Powell, Velvet Goldmine Makeup Jenny Shircore, Elizabeth Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke, Saving Private Ryan Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner, Shakespeare in Love Visual Effects Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier, Armageddon Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell, Mighty Joe Young Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack, What Dreams May Come Sound Effects Editing George Watters, II, Armageddon David McMoyler, The Mask of Zorro Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns, Saving Private Ryan Short Films Animation Bunny (Chris Wedge, producer; Blue Sky Studios, Inc. Production) The Canterbury Tales (Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson, producers; S4C/BBC Wales/HBO Production) Jolly Roger (Mark Baker, producer; Astley Baker/Silver Bird Production for Channel Four) More (Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer, producers; Bad Clams Productions/Swell Productions/Flemington Pictures Production) When Life Departs (Karsten Kiilerich and Sefan Fjeldmark, producers; A. Film Production) Live Action Culture (Will Speck & Josh Gordon, producers; False Alarm Pictures Production) Election Night (Valgaften) Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen, producers; M & M Production) Holiday Romance (Alexander Jovy, producer; Jovy Junior Enterprises Ltd. Production) La Carte Postale (The Postcard) (Vivian Goffette, producer; K2 S.A. Production) Victor Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall, producers; Bergvall Bilder/Hemikrania Production) Documentary Short Subject The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years (Keiko Ibi, director; Keiko Ibi Film Production) A Place in the Land (Charles Guggenheim, director; Guggenheim Production) Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams, directors; National Film Board of Canada Production) Feature Dancemaker (Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer, producers; Four Oaks Foundation Production) The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. (Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus, producers; Gabriel Films Production) The Last Days (October) (James Moll and Ken Lipper, producers; Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Production) Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (Robert B. Weide, producer; Whyaduck Productions, Inc.) Regret to Inform (Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole, producers; Sun Foundation Production) Foreign Language Film Central Station, Brazil Children Of Heaven, Iran The Grandfather, Spain Life Is Beautiful, Italy Tango, Argentina Irving G. Thalberg Award Norman F. Jewison, producer-director Scientific and Technical Award Avid Technology, Inc. Honorary Award Elia Kazan, director
Facts: Winners Announced: March 21, 1999 Held at: Los Angeles County Music Center Host: Whoopi Goldberg Eligibility Year: 1998