1998 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

Best Picture: Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line What will win: Saving Private Ryan What should win: Shakespeare in Love Runner-up: Elizabeth What's missing: The Negotiator

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 Who will win: Steven Spielberg Who should win: John Madden Runner up: Steven Spielberg Who's Missing: Stuart Baird, U.S. Marshals

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 Who will win:Tom Hanks Who should win: Edward Norton Runner-up: Tom Hanks Who's Missing: Bill Paxton, A Simple Plan

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love Meryl Streep, One True Thing Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie Who will win: Gwyneth Paltrow Who should win: Gwyneth Paltrow Runner-up: Cate Blanchett Who's missing: Natasha Lyonne, Slums of Beverly Hills

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 Who will win: Billy Bob Thornton Who should win: Billy Bob Thornton Runner-up: Ed Harris Who's missing: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Happiness

Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, Primary Colors Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters Who will win: Judi Dench Who should win: Kathy Bates Runner-up: Judi Dench Who's missing: Marisa Tomei, Slums of Beverly Hills

Best Original Screenplay:
Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser, Bulworth
Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami, Life Is Beautiful
Robert Rodat, Saving Private Ryan
Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love
Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show

What will win: Shakespeare in Love
What should win: Shakespeare in Love
Runner-up: The Truman Show
What's missing: Dark City

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters
Scott Frank, Out of Sight
Scott B. Smith, A Simple Plan
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Elaine May, Primary Colors

What will win: The Thin Red Line
What should win: A Simple Plan
Runner-up: Primary Colors
What's missing: What Dreams May Come

Best Foreign Film: Tango, Argentina Central do Brasil, Brazil Bacheha-Ye Aseman, Iran La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), Italy El Abuelo, Spain

Best Costumes: Beloved Elizabeth Pleasantville Shakespeare in Love Velvet Goldmine

Film Editing: Life Is Beautiful Out of Sight Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line

Visual Effects: Armageddon Mighty Joe Young What Dreams May Come

Best Makeup: Elizabeth Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love

Sound Effects Editing: Armageddon The Mask of Zorro Saving Private Ryan

Best Cinematography: A Civil Action Elizabeth Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line

Best Art Direction: Elizabeth Pleasantville Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love What Dreams May Come

Best Sound: Armageddon The Mask of Zorro Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
Randy Newman, A Bug's Life
Jerry Goldsmith, Mulan
Marc Shaiman, Patch Adams
Stephen Schwartz, Hans Zimmer, The Prince of Egypt
Stephen Warbeck, Shakespeare in Love

Best Original Dramatic Score:
David Hirschfelder, Elizabeth
Nicola Piovani, Life Is Beautiful
Randy Newman, Pleasantville
John Williams, Saving Private Ryan
Hans Zimmer, The Thin Red Line


Best Original Song:
Diane Warren , "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon
David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis, Alberto Testa, "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot
Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen, "A Soft Place to Fall" from The Horse Whisperer
Randy Newman, "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City
Stephen Schwartz, "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt

Best Documentary Feature: Dancemaker - Matthew Diamond The Farm: Angola, USA The Last Days Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth Regret to Inform

Documentary, Short Subject: The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years A Place in the Land Sunrise over Tiananmen Square

Live Action Short Film: Culture Election Night (Valgaften) Holiday Romance La Carte Postale (The Postcard) Victor

Animated Short Film: Bunny The Canterbury Tales Jolly Roger More When Life Departs

The Academy Award® ceremonies were held on Sunday, March 21st, 1999


Winners:
(12 movies)
Shakespeare in Love (7) - Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Costumes, Art Direction, Original Musical or Comedy Score
Saving Private Ryan (5) - Director, Editing, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Cinematography
Life is Beautiful (3) - Actor, Foreign Film, Original Dramatic Score
Affliction (1) - Supporting Actor
Elizabeth (1) - Makeup
Gods and Monsters (1) - Adapted Screenplay
The Prince of Egypt (1) - Original Song
What Dreams May Come (1) - Visual Effects
The Last Days (1) - Documentary Feature
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Election Night (Valgaften) (1) - Live Action Short Film
Bunny (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(53 movies)

Commercial English language films:
Affliction (2) - Actor, Supporting Actor
American History X (1) - Actor
Armageddon (4) - Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Sound, Original Song
Babe: Pig in the City (1) - Original Song
Beloved (1) - Costumes
A Bug's Life (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Bulworth (1) - Original Screenplay
A Civil Action (2) - Supporting Actor, Cinematography
Elizabeth (7) - Picture, Actress, Costumes, Makeup, Cinematography, Art Direction, Dramatic Score
Gods and Monsters (3) - Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Hilary and Jackie (2) - Actress, Supporting Actress
The Horse Whisperer (1) - Original Song
Little Voice (1) - Supporting Actress
The Mask of Zorro (2) - Sound Effects Editing, Sound
Mighty Joe Young (1) - Visual Effects
Mulan (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
One True Thing (1) - Actress
Out of Sight (2) - Adapted Screenplay, Editing
Patch Adams (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Pleasantville (3) - Costumes, Art Direction, Dramatic Score
Primary Colors (2) - Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
The Prince of Egypt (2) - Musical or Comedy Score, Original Song
Quest for Camelot (1) - Original Song
Saving Private Ryan (11) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Editing, Makeup, Sound Effects Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Dramatic Score
Shakespeare in Love (13) - Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Costumes, Editing, Makeup, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Musical or Comedy Score
A Simple Plan (2) - Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay
The Thin Red Line (7) - Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Dramatic Score
The Truman Show (3) - Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Velvet Goldmine (1) - Costumes
What Dreams May Come (2) - Visual Effects, Art Direction

Foreign language films:
Bacheha-Ye Aseman (1) - Foreign Film
Central Station (2) - Actress, Foreign Film
El Abuelo (1) - Foreign Film
Life Is Beautiful (7) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Foreign Film, Editing, Dramatic Score
Tango (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
Bunny (1) - Animated Short Film
The Canterbury Tales (1) - Animated Short Film
Culture (1) - Live Action Short Film
Dancemaker - Matthew Diamond (1) - Documentary Feature
Election Night (Valgaften) (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Farm: Angola, USA (1) - Documentary Feature
Holiday Romance (1) - Live Action Short Film
Jolly Roger (1) - Animated Short Film
La Carte Postale (The Postcard) (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Last Days (1) - Documentary Feature
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1) - Documentary Feature
More (1) - Animated Short Film
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
A Place in the Land (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Regret to Inform (1) - Documentary Feature
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Victor (1) - Live Action Short Film
When Life Departs (1) - Animated Short Film

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