Academy Awards 1999

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The 1999 Academy Awards took place for the last time on March 21, 1999 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 71st Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1998.

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
Shakespeare in Love 13 7th
The soldier James Ryan 11 5
Life is Beautiful 7th 3
Elizabeth 7th 1
The fine line 7th 0
Armageddon - The Last Judgment 4th 0
Gods and Monsters 3 1
The Truman Show 3 0
Pleasantville - Too good to be true 3 0
The hunted 2 1
The Prince of Egypt 2 1
Beyond the horizon 2 1
Central Station 2 0
The mask of Zorro 2 0
A simple plan 2 0
Hilary & Jackie 2 0
With all my might 2 0
Out of sight 2 0
Civil litigation 2 0

Moderation

Whoopi Goldberg hosted the Academy Awards for the third time. The presenters of the candidates are listed below for the respective categories.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Harrison Ford

Shakespeare in Love - John Madden

Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella) - Gianluigi Braschi , Elda Ferri
The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line) - Robert Michael Geisler , Grant Hill , John Roberdeau
Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan) - Ian Bryce , Mark Gordon , Gary Levinsohn , Steven Spielberg
Elizabeth - Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , Alison Owen

Best director

Steven Spielberg

presented by Kevin Costner

Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Roberto Benigni - Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella)
John Madden - Shakespeare in Love
Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)
Peter Weir - Die Truman Show (The Truman Show)

Best Actor

presented by Helen Hunt

Roberto Benigni - Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella)

Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte - The Hunted (Affliction)
Edward Norton - American History X

Best main actress

presented by Jack Nicholson

Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station (Central do Brasil)
Meryl Streep - Family thing (One True Thing)
Emily Watson - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)

Best supporting actor

presented by Kim Basinger

James Coburn - The Hunted (Affliction)

Robert Duvall - Civil Procedure (A Civil Action)
Ed Harris - The Truman Show (The Truman Show)
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare in Love
Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan (A Simple Plan)

The best supporting actress

presented by Robin Williams

Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love

Kathy Bates - With All Might (Primary Colors)
Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice
Rachel Griffiths - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)
Lynn Redgrave - Gods and Monsters

Best adapted script

presented by Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin

Bill Condon - Gods and Monsters

Scott Frank - Out of Sight
Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)
Elaine May - With all might (Primary Colors)
Scott Smith - A Simple Plan (A Simple Plan)

Best original script

presented by Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin

Marc Norman , Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare in Love

Warren Beatty , Jeremy Pikser - Bulworth
Roberto Benigni , Vincenzo Cerami - Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella)
Andrew Niccol - Die Truman Show (The Truman Show)
Robert Rodat - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Best camera

presented by Uma Thurman

Janusz Kamiński - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Remi Adefarasin - Elizabeth
Richard Greatrex - Shakespeare in Love
Conrad L. Hall - Civil Procedure (A Civil Action)
John Toll - The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)

Best production design

presented by Gwyneth Paltrow

Martin Childs , Jill Quertier - Shakespeare in Love

Cindy Carr , Eugenio Zanetti - Behind the Horizon (What Dreams May Come)
Lisa Dean , Thomas E. Sanders - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
Jay Hart , Jeannine Claudia Oppewall - Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville)
Peter Howitt , John Myhre - Elizabeth

Best costume design

presented by Whoopi Goldberg

Sandy Powell - Shakespeare in Love

Colleen Atwood - Human Child (Beloved)
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth
Judianna Makovsky - Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville)
Sandy Powell - Velvet Gold Mine

Best makeup

presented by Mike Myers

Jenny Shircore - Elizabeth

Veronica Brebner , Lisa Westcott - Shakespeare in Love
Lois Burwell , Conor O'Sullivan , Daniel C. Striepeke - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Best Score (Original Dramatic Score)

presented by Geena Davis

Nicola Piovani - Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella)

David Hirschfelder - Elizabeth
Randy Newman - Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville)
John Williams - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)

Best Score (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

presented by Andy García and Andie MacDowell

Stephen Warbeck - Shakespeare in Love

Jerry Goldsmith , Matthew Wilder , David Zippel - Mulan
Randy Newman - A Bug's Life (A Bug's Life)
Stephen Schwartz , Hans Zimmer - The Prince of Egypt (The Prince of Egypt)
Marc Shaiman - Patch Adams

Best original song

presented by Jennifer Lopez

" When You Believe " from The Prince of Egypt (The Prince of Egypt) - Stephen Schwartz

"A Soft Place To Fall" from The Horse Whisperer (The Horse Whisperer) - Allison Moorer , Gwil Owen
" I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " from Armageddon - The Last Judgment - Diane Warren
"That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City (Babe: Pig in the City) - Randy Newman
"The Prayer" from The Magic Sword - The Legend of Camelot (Quest for Camelot) - David Foster , Tony Renis , Carole Bayer Sager , Alberto Testa

Best cut

presented by Jim Carrey

Michael Kahn - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Anne V. Coates - Out of Sight
David Gamble - Shakespeare in Love
Leslie Jones , Saar Klein , Billy Weber - Der schmale Grat (The Thin Red Line)
Simona Paggi - Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella)

Best sound mix

presented by Anjelica Huston

Andy Nelson , Ron Judkins , Gary Rydstrom , Gary Summers - Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Anna Behlmer , Paul Brincat , Andy Nelson - Der schmale Grat (The Thin Red Line)
Pud Cusack , Kevin O'Connell , Greg P. Russell - The Mask of Zorro (The Mask of Zorro)
Peter Glossop , Dominic Lester , Robin O'Donoghue - Shakespeare in Love
Kevin O'Connell , Greg P. Russell , Keith A. Wester - Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon)

Best sound editing

presented by Chris Rock

Richard Hymns , Gary Rydstrom - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Dave McMoyler - The Mask of Zorro (The Mask of Zorro)
George Watters II - Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon)

Best visual effects

presented by Liam Neeson

Nicholas Brooks , Joel Hynek , Kevin Scott Mack , Stuart Robertson - Behind the Horizon (What Dreams May Come)

Rick Baker , Allen Hall , Jim Mitchell , Hoyt Yeatman - My Great Friend Joe (Mighty Joe Young)
John Frazier , Richard R. Hoover , Pat McClung - Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon)

Best short film (animated)

Bunny - Chris Wedge

The Canterbury Tales - Christopher Grace , Jonathan Myerson
Jolly Roger - Mark Baker
More - Steve Kalafer , Mark Osborne
Når livet går sin vej - Stefan Fjeldmark , Karsten Kiilerich

Best Short Film (Live Action)

presented by Brendan Fraser

Election Night - Anders Thomas Jensen , Kim Magnusson

Culture - Josh Gordon , Will Bacon
Holiday Romance - Alexander Jovy
La Carte Postale - Vivian Goffette
Victor - Joel Bergvall , Simon Sandquist

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years - Keiko Ibi

A Place in the Land - Charles Guggenheim
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square - Donald McWilliams , Shui-Bo Wang

Best Documentary (Long Form)

presented by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

The last few days - Kenneth Lipper , James Moll

Dancemaker - Matthew Diamond , Jerry Kupfer
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth - Robert B. Weide
The Farm: Angola, USA - Liz Garbus , Jonathan Stack
We are sorry to inform you - Janet Cole , Barbara Sonneborn

Best foreign language film

presented by Sophia Loren

Life is beautiful (La Vita è bella) , Italy - Roberto Benigni

Central Station (Central do Brasil) , Brazil - Walter Salles
El Abuelo , Spain - José Luis Garci
Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye aseman) , Iran - Majid Majidi
Tango , Argentina - Carlos Saura

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Award

presented by Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

presented by Nicolas Cage

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