Golden Globe Awards 1998

The 55th Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 18, 1998 in.

Film nominations and winners

Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
Movie	N	S.
Titanic	8th	4th
It couldn't be better	6th	3
LA Confidential	5	1
Good Will Hunting	4th	1
Amistad	4th	0
The boxer	3	0
My best friend's wedding	3	0
Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog	3	0
Boogie Nights	2	1
Anastasia	2	0
In & Out	2	0
Jackie Brown	2	0

Best film - drama

Titanic - Director: James Cameron

• Amistad - Director: Steven Spielberg
• Der Boxer (The Boxer) - Director: Jim Sheridan
• Good Will Hunting - Director: Gus Van Sant
• LA Confidential - Director: Curtis Hanson

Best Film - Musical / Comedy

Good as It Gets (As Good as It Gets) - Director: James L. Brooks

• The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding) - Director: PJ Hogan
• All Or Not (The Full Monty) - Director: Peter Cattaneo
• Men in Black - Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
• Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog (Wag the Dog) - Director: Barry Levinson

Best director

James Cameron - Titanic

• James L. Brooks - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
• Curtis Hanson - LA Confidential
• Jim Sheridan - Der Boxer (The Boxer)
• Steven Spielberg - Amistad

Best Actor - Drama

Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold

• Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Der Boxer (The Boxer)
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Titanic
• Djimon Hounsou - Amistad

Best Actress - Drama

Judi Dench - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)

• Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove (Wings of the Dove)
• Jodie Foster - Contact
• Jessica Lange - A Thousand Acres (A Thousand Acres)
• Kate Winslet - Titanic

Best Actor - Musical / Comedy

Jack Nicholson - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)

• Jim Carrey - Liar Liar (Liar Liar)
• Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog (Wag the Dog)
• Samuel L. Jackson - Jackie Brown
• Kevin Kline - In & Out

Best Actress - Musical / Comedy

Helen Hunt - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)

• Joey Lauren Adams - Chasing Amy
• Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
• Jennifer Lopez - Selena - An American Dream (Selena)
• Julia Roberts - The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding)

Best supporting actor

Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

• Rupert Everett - The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding)
• Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
• Greg Kinnear - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
• Jon Voight - The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
• Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting

Best Supporting Actress

Kim Basinger - LA Confidential

• Joan Cusack - In & Out
• Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
• Gloria Stuart - Titanic
• Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm (The Ice Storm)

Best script

Ben Affleck , Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting

• Mark Andrus , James L. Brooks - Good as It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
• James Cameron - Titanic
• Curtin Hanson , Brian Helgeland - LA Confidential
• Hilary Henkin , David Mamet - Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog (Wag the Dog)

Best film score

James Horner - Titanic

• Philip Glass - Kundun
• Jerry Goldsmith - LA Confidential
• Michael Nyman - Gattaca
• John Williams - Seven Years in Tibet (Seven Years in Tibet)

Best movie song

" My Heart Will Go On " from Titanic - James Horner , Will Jennings

• " Go the Distance " from Hercules - Alan Menken , David Zippel
• "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia - Lynn Ahrens , Stephen Flaherty
• "Once Upon a December" from Anastasia - Lynn Ahrens , Stephen Flaherty
• "Tomorrow Never Dies" from James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow , Mitchell Froom

Best foreign language film

Mein Leben in Rosarot (Ma vie en rose) , Belgium - Director: Alain Berliner

• Artemisia , France - Director: Agnès Merlet
• The Thief (Vor) , Russia - Director: Pawel Tschuchrai
• My Husband's Best Man (Il testimone dello sposo) , Italy - Director: Pupi Avati
• Lea , Germany - Director: Ivan Fíla

Television nominations and winners

Statistics (series with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; G = Won
series	N	G
Emergency Room - The emergency room	8th	1
Wallace	4th	2
The 12 jurors	3	1
Frasier	3	0
His field	3	0
Ally McBeal	2	2
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases	2	1
Chaos City	2	1
Chicago Hope - end of the line hope	2	1
Don King - Only available in America	2	1
Miss Evers' Boys - Justice wins	2	1
The adventures of Odysseus	2	0
A touch of heaven	2	0
Ellen	2	0
Immediately to the left behind the moon	2	0
New York Cops - NYPD Blue	2	0
Crazy about you	2	0

Best Television Series - Drama

The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases (The X-Files)

• Chicago Hope - End Station Hope (Chicago Hope)
• Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
• Law & Order
• New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Anthony Edwards - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)

• Kevin Anderson - A Regular Saint (Nothing Sacred)
• George Clooney - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
• David Duchovny - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X-Files)
• Lance Henriksen - Millennium - Fear your neighbor as yourself (Millennium)

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - End Station Hope (Chicago Hope)

• Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X-Files)
• Kim Delaney - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
• Roma Downey - Touched by an Angel (Touched by an Angel)
• Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)

Best TV Series - Musical / Comedy

Ally McBeal

• Chaos City (Spin City)
• Frasier
• Friends
• Behind the moon just left (3rd Rock from the Sun)
• His field

Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical / Comedy

Michael J. Fox - Chaos City (Spin City)

• Kelsey Grammer - Frasier
• John Lithgow - Behind the moon just left (3rd Rock from the Sun)
• Paul Reiser - Mad About You (Mad About You)
• Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld

Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical / Comedy

Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal

• Kirstie Alley - Veronica (Veronica's Closet)
• Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
• Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg
• Helen Hunt - Mad About You (Mad About You)
• Brooke Shields - Susan (Suddenly Susan)

Best mini-series or best TV movie

Wallace (George Wallace)

• The Odyssey (The Odyssey)
• The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
• Don King : Only in America
• Miss Evers 'Boys (Miss Evers' Boys)

Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie

Ving Rhames - Don King - Only in America (Don King: Only in America)

• Armand Assante - The Adventures of Odysseus (The Odyssey)
• Jack Lemmon - The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
• Matthew Modine - Explosion of Silence (What the Deaf Man Heard)
• Gary Sinise - Wallace (George Wallace)

Best Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie

Alfre Woodard - Miss Evers 'Boys - Justice Triumphs (Miss Evers' Boys)

• Ellen Barkin - Like a Bird Without Wings (Before Women Had Wings)
• Jena Malone - Hope
• Vanessa Redgrave - Bella Mafia
• Meryl Streep - … First Do No Harm

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

George C. Scott - The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)

• Jason Alexander - Seinfeld
• Michael Caine - Mandela and De Klerk - A turning point (Mandela and de Klerk)
• David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
• Eriq La Salle - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
• Noah Wyle - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Angelina Jolie - Wallace (George Wallace)

• Joely Fisher - Ellen
• Della Reese - A Touch of Heaven (Touched by an Angel)
• Gloria Reuben - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
• Mare Winningham - Wallace (George Wallace)

Cecil B. De Mille Award

• Shirley MacLaine

Miss Golden Globe

Clementine Ford (daughter of David M. Ford and Cybill Shepherd )

Web links

• Golden Globe Awards 1998 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of the HFPA

Individual evidence

1. ^ About Y&R: About the Actors. In: www.soapcentral.com. Retrieved December 14, 2010 .