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71st Academy Awards (1998): The Precursors

Note (9/4/06): This was the last year I separated comments out. All of the actual precursor awards are listed below. – OG

(3/19/99) No major surprises at the Indepndent Spirit Awards, but with Gods and Monsters taking three, including Actor and Supporting Actress, they might both repeat tonight. We’ll see.

(3/14/99) There you have it. It’s now time to place your bets. The final precursor winner has been selected and SPR is sitting pretty with the American Cinema Editors. It’s now time to place those wagers (or join those contests) in preparation for the Academy Awards one week from today!

(3/10/99) Cinema Audio Society wasn’t surprising in their winner selection. They chose Saving Private Ryan.

(3/7/99) Harvey Weinstein pulled out two lead wins that may not mirror the Oscars…or at least hopefully. Benigni, not necessarily expected nor unexpected (considering the amount of applause for McKellen when his nomination was announced) is still a blow against the SAG. The other is the least deserving Paltrow in lead. Duvall’s win also throws a monkey wrench into predicting this year’s awards, as this is the first year in a long while that all four of the Top categories haven’t been decided before the awards. This year is anyone’s guess.

(3/7/99) DGA also yields no surprises. Spielberg is a virtual lock now for Best Director.

(3/4/99) No surprise whatsoever from the PGA. They chose Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan as best of the year. Best Picture looks more and more like a lock every day.

(3/2/99) The only major surprise from the Chicago Film Critics was that Malick won yet another award for director, wait until the DGA to declare the winner, however.

(3/1/99) The Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors made a surprise selection when they announced their winner. The honor went to Eugenio Zanetti for What Dreams May Come. This could bring about a surprise for Oscar night.

(2/21/99) The Online Motion Picture Academy announced its winners Sunday night. You can find a complete list of their selections on their website: Online Academies. Outside of a surprise in the Production Design and Comedy/Musical Actress categories, the rest of the OMPA’s selections are as expected.

(2/21/99) John Toll’s win is not terribly surprising. He has lots of fans and this puts him in line to triumph over Janusz Kaminski at the Academy Awards, but it will be a tough battle with Kaminski likely to be swept in by a SPR sweep.

(2/21/99) The Writers Guild didn’t choose a surprise, but what it did choose cemented the contest in one race and gave us a major front-runner in the other.

(2/21/99) The Costume Design win was a major surprise. I was not expecting the winner to be Pleasantville. The costumes were period, but not nearly as remarkable as the costume dramas. Perhaps there was a vote split between SIL and Elizabeth that caused a Pleasantville win. For whatever reason, Pleasantville is in the race with Elizabeth and SIL with the slight edge going to Academy favorite SIL.

(2/21/99) No surprises from SMPTAD. They chose the same as the Academy Awards. They will announce their winner on February 27.

(2/8/99) Cinema Audio Society provided an interesting insight into the potential Sound nominees at the Oscars. Saving Private Ryan is the only one on the list we can guarantee will be a nominee. Armageddon comes next. The others could all be nomintaed or might all be shunned. We’ll know tomorrow.

(2/7/99) The OMPA announced nominations for its 3rd Annual Awards. You can find out more here: Online Academies. No truly major surprises. Small films were the biggest victors. Happiness and The Opposite of Sex scored big. The Top nominees of the year are not completely unexpected. There are very few major surprises in these nominations.

(2/5/99) The ACE gave us some intersting results. Both The Horse Whisperer and Out of Sight received unexpected nominations for the American Cinema Editors Annual Eddie Awards.

(2/3/99) The WGA fails to yield any surprises. Everything is as will likely be on Oscar nomination morning on Tuesday.

(1/26/99) Elizabeth and The Horse Whisperer are surprises in this category. However, not terribly unusual. Robert Redford has always been a sucker for beautiful landscapes and this continues to prove it. It all seems to me like everything gets muddier and muddier as award after award are nominated.

(1/26/99) Many surprises abound in the SAG nominations. For lead actor, Fiennes is the only surprise, taking the place that Carrey was widely considered to be up for. While I don’t think it will affect his chances at an Oscar nomination, it will prevent him from winning. Missing from the Lead category is widely-adored Fernanda Montenegro. Taking her place and likely to be replaced at the Oscars is Meryl Streep. In the end, I think Montenegro should have no problem getting the nod. For supporting actor, Coburn and Kelly were surprise nominees taking the place of favorite Ed Harris. Coburn could very well get the nomination, but Harris should be nominated. We’ll see. With supporting actress, Griffiths is a heavy favorite among critics and obviously among actors, but Allen has been shut out again and her chances at nomination keep dwindling, but I think she’ll pull through.

(1/25/99) The Broadcast Film Critics go for the usual and select Saving Private Ryan.

(1/25/99) No surprises, but some interesting insights from the DGA. Their choices look to me like they’ll be the likely nominees. This means that one of their films will fail to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. I think the film to get the nod will be Gods and Monsters, but what film will lose the slot? It’s between Thin Red Line, Truman Show and Life Is Beautiful. The latter two seem the most likely. This will likely follow 1978 in which Malick’s film isn’t nominated for picture despite being well liked by many people.

(1/24/99) No major surprises from the Golden Globes. The only true surprises were Lynn Redgrave and Jim Carrey. Both move into positions to be Oscar nominations. All of the nominees further their chances at getting nods and at winning.

(1/19/99) Just when you thought it was safe to go back to predicting, the Producers Guild of America throws you another curve. This time its in the form of nominating two unexpected films: Life Is Beautiful and Waking Ned Devine. The most unexpected is the latter, but what is more interesting is what wasn’t chosen: Thin Red Line and Truman Show, both heavy contenders for best picture. The race just gets muddier and muddier. Here’s hoping the DGA and SAG don’t screw up those categories.

(1/19/99) The Costume Designers Guild made a couple of surprising choices, but what is more surprising are its exclusions: Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love. Both are likely nominees at the Oscars. What will be left out from below? Probably Truman Show and The Mask of Zorro.

(1/18/99) The Thin Red Line’s chances get a boost from the Satellite Awards. Also getting boosts are Terrence Malick, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton, Christina Ricci and Kimberly Elise. Further cementing their chances are Shakespeare in Love, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and Joan Allen. The tech awards pretty much fell where they were expected with a couple of differences, but nothing too surprising.

(1/12/99) The Florida Film Critics awards bring up the interesting possibility: Could something actually beat SPR out for the Oscar? It’s unlikely, but more awards like that and we could see it. Unfortunately, that’s about all that remains of the precursor awards. Paltrow now has a better chance at a lead nomination and Duvall is also assisted in a similar manner.

(1/12/99) Saving Private Ryan continues its domination of precursors. Norton lifts his chances, but only slightly. Cate Blanchett furthers her way towards an actual Oscar. Ed Harris cements a nomination. Allen further cements her nomination. Shakespeare in Love and Out of Sight are almost assured screenplay nominations.

(1/8/99) Affliction picked up major momentum with its Top nominations status at the Independent Spirit Awards. The ISA aren’t really a good precursor, but can easily highlight the likely nominees the Academy will take from the independent film world if any.

(1/3/99) The National Film Critics Society further murkied the Oscar water with its announcements. Out of Sight, named with three awards now becomes a prime contender for Adapted Screenplay. Nolte cements an acting nomination. Murray further cements. Dench helps her chances, as does Sheedy. Thin Red Line’s cinematography now races with SPR to that category’s trophy. Next up are the Golden Globe awards on Jan. 24 and the Satellites (unknown date).

(1/3/99) The fledgling Online Film Critics Society skews conservative in its second year. Going for the standard in both nominations (with some exceptions) and winners, the Society fails to add anything exceptional to the growing list of year-end accolades.

(12/28/98) The Online Film Critics Society, a heavily new organization with over a hundred members from all over the world, just announced their 2nd Annual nominees. They only list the Top 3 (in some cases 4). Their nominations aren’t impressive and don’t seem to say much.

(12/21/98) The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its winners. Primary Colors was the only film to garner multiple wins. The 10 finalists for best picture are also the chief contenders for the Oscar trophy with the exception of Out of Sight and Pleasantville. McKellan further cements his nomination and likely victory. Blanchett also furthers her chances at a win and locks down a nomination. Thornton is also a shoo-in for supporting as are Bates and Allen. Spielberg may get his fifth nomination if they don’t turn him away (which is doubtful at this point). Life Is Beautiful picks up steam in this continually confusing race.

(12/18/98) The San Diego Film Critics are ones that no one that I know of has paid much attention to, because I’ve never seen anyone announce them. Their choices are very strange and without previous winners lists to guage their credibility, we can’t guess much from them.

(12/17/98) The Golden Globes ignored The Thin Red Line, but gave attention to The Truman Show. Their nominations could mean Thin Red Line will lose out at the Oscars. Time will tell, though. There are other critics left and the boxoffice needs to be decided. For now, Saving Private Ryan becomes the unfortunate leader in the Oscar derby.

(12/16/98) The New York Film Critics Circle not only went out on a limb, but may lose respectability for it. Cameron Diaz was not expected at all. The comedy wasn’t well supported and her win only adds further confusion to an already disturbing year for awards. Thin Red Line’s chances are excited more by a director and cinematography win (It won more awards than any other film at the NYFCC this year). Look for Bill Murray’s name to be announced Oscar morning.

(12/15/98) The Satellites, an upstart organization descended from the oddest of all Goldens, the Globes, has brought us this year’s more bizarre list. Heavy on foreign contenders (International Press Academy tell you anything), the nominations have boost Thin Red Line, Pleasantville and Shakespeare in Love’s chances of nominations, but little else is new under the sun.

(12/14/98) The Boston Critics not only went out on a limb, but their bough came crashing to the ground with their rather underwhelming choices. Refusing to be swayed by popular commentary, they chose Out of Sight as best picture. The film has absolutely no shot at the trophy and will likely gain its only awards here. The General, on the other hand, might benefit from this and the Golden Globes coming up Thursday. Then there’s the supporting selections. They are the most respectable and most predictive. Trophy 2 goes to Joan Allen and Billy Bob Thornton, still the heavy favorites for wins in their respective categories at the Oscars. Don’t put too much faith in the BSFC.

(12/12/98) Little can be said about the L.A. Film Critics. For the most part, they skewed heavily mainstream. Saving Private Ryan further cements its Picture, Director and Cinematography nominations. McKellan also cements his bid. Montenegro seems to be a lock now. Murray Increases his exposure. Allen and Thornton get further boosts. The Celebration and Art Direction for Pleasantville also seem assured. Too conservative for the L.A. Critics for me. Hopefully the N.Y. Critics won’t be as patently predictable.

(12/8/98) While Gods and Monsters enters the race with a bang, the NBoR is less than impressive in their Top 10 choices. Kapur was a brazen step which could help Elizabeth to a Best Picture spot. Ian McKellen and Ed Harris further cement their nomination potential while Montenegro receives a major boost, as does the film Central Station and Ricci, with the right exposure, could also receive a nom.

Independent Spirit Awards

Picture: Gods and Monsters
First Feature: The Opposite of Sex
Director: Wes Anderson – Rushmore
Actor: Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Actress: Ally Sheedy – Art
Screenplay: The Opposite of Sex
Debut Screenplay: Pi
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray – Rushmore
Supporting Actress: Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters
Debut Performance: Evan Adams – Smoke Signals
Cinematography: Velvet Goldmine
Foreign Film: The Celebration
Truer Than Fiction: Regret to Inform
Someone to Watch (director): David Williams – 13
Producers Award: Susan Stover – High Art, Sticky Fingers of Time

American Cinema Editors Awards

Film Editing: Saving Private Ryan

Cinema Audio Society Awards

Sound: Saving Private Ryan

Screen Actors Guild Winners

Lead Actor: Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
Lead Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall – A Civil Action
Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
Ensemble Cast: Shakespeare in Love

Directors Guild of America Awards

Director: Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan

Golden Laurel Awards(Producers Guild of America) Awards

Picture: Saving Private Ryan

Chicago Film Critics Winners

Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: McKellen – Gods
Actress: Blanchett – Elizabeth
Supporting Actor: Thornton – Simple
Supporting Actress: Bates – Primary
Director: Malick – TRL
Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Foreign Film: Life Is Beautiful
Cinematography: The Thin Red Line
Most Promising Actor: Fiennes – Shakespeare
Most Promising Actress: Elise – Beloved
Original Score: Truman Show

Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors Awards

Production Design: What Dreams May Come – Eugenio Zanetti

American Society of Cinematographers Awards

Cinematography: The Thin Red Line – John Toll

Writers Guild of America Winners

Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Adapted Screnplay: Out of Sight – Scott Frank

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Costume Design: Pleasantville – Judianna Makovsky

Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors Nominations

Production Design:
Elizabeth – John Myhre
Pleasantville – Jeannine Oppewall
Saving Private Ryan – Thomas Sanders
Shakespeare in Love – Martin Childs
What Dreams May Come – Eugenio Zanetti

Cinema Audio Society Nominations

Sound:
Armageddon
The Horse Whisperer
The Mask of Zorro
Saving Private Ryan
The X-Files

American Cinema Editors Nominations

Film Editing:
The Horse Whisperer – Tom Rolf, Freeman A. Davies, Hank Corwin
Out of Sight – Anne V. Coates
Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn
Shakespeare in Love – David Gamble
The Thin Red Line – Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein

Writers Guild of America Nominations

Original Screenplay:
Bulworth – Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pisker
The Opposite of Sex – Don Roos
Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat
Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol
Adapted Screnplay:
A Civil Action – Steven Zaillian
Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon
Out of Sight – Scott Frank
Primary Colors – Elaine May
A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith

American Society of Cinematographers Nominations

Cinematography:
Elizabeth – Remi Adefarasin
The Horse Whisperer – Robert Richardson
Saving Private Ryan – Janusz Kaminski
Shakespeare in Love – Richard Greatex
The Thin Red Line – John Toll

Screen Actors Guild Nominations

Lead Actor: Benigni, Joseph Fiennes – SIL, Hanks, McKellen, Nolte
Lead Actress: Blanchett, Horrocks, Paltrow, Streep, Watson
Supporting Actor: James Coburn – Affliction, Duvall, David Kelly – Waking Ned Devine, Rush – SIL, Thornton
Supporting Actress: Bates, Blethyn, Dench, Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie, Redgrave
Ensemble Cast: Life Is Beautiful, Little Voice, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, Waking Ned Devine

Broadcast Film Critics Awards: Best Picture

Picture: Saving Private Ryan

Directors Guild of America Nominations

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

Golden Globe Winners

Motion Picture Drama: Saving Private Ryan
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Shakespeare in Love
Drama Actor: Jim Carrey
Drama Actress: Blanchett
Comedy/Musical Actor: Michael Caine
Comedy/Musical Actress: Paltrow
Supporting Actor: Harris
Supporting Actress: Lynn Redgrave – Gods
Director: Spielberg
Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Original Score: The Truman Show
Original Song: The Prayer
Foreign Film: Central Station

Golden Laurel Awards(Producers Guild of America) Nominations

Picture:
Gods and Monsters
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
Waking Ned Devin

Costume Designers Guild Nominations

Costume Design:
Beloved – Colleen Atwood
The Man in the Iron Mask – James Acheson
The Mask of Zorro – Graciela Mazon
Pleasantville – Judianna Makovsky
The Truman Show – Marilyn Matthews

Chicago Film Critics Nominations

Picture: The Butcher Boy, Life Is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Thin Red Line, The Truman Show
Actor: Benigni – Life Is Beautiful, Carrey – Truman, Hanks – SPR, McKellen – Gods, Norton – History X
Actress: Blanchett – Elizabeth, Horrocks – Little Voice, Hunter – Living Out Loud, Paltrow – Shakespeare, Watson – Hilary and Jackie
Supporting Actor: Caine – Little Voice, Duvall -Civil, Murray – Rushmore, Nolte – Thin, Thornton – Simple
Supporting Actress: Allen – Pleasantville, Bates – Primary, Elise – Beloved, Griffiths – Hilary, Kudrow – Opposite
Director: Boorman – General, Jordan – Butcher, Malick – TRL, Spielberg – SPR, Weir – Truman
Screenplay: Bulworth, Shakespeare, Happiness, Simple Plan, Truman
Foreign Film: Celebration, Fireworks, Life Is Beautiful, Madadayo, Taste of Cherry
Cinematography: Elizabeth, Beloved, SPR, Horse Whisperer, TRL
Most Promising Actor: Caviezel – TRL, Fiennes – Shakespeare, Adrian Lester – Primary, Eamonn Owens – Butcher, Jason Schwartzman – Rushmore
Most Promising Actress: Elise – Beloved, Scarlett Johansson – Horse Whisperer, Natasha Lyonne – Slums of Beverly Hills, Sobieski – Soldier’s Daughter, Dominique Swain – Lolita
Original Score: Truman Show, Simple Plan, Butcher Boy, Elizabeth, Bug’s Life

Satellite Winners

Motion Picture Drama: The Thin Red Line
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Shakespeare in Love
Drama Actor: Edward Norton – American History X
Drama Actress: Blanchett
Comedy/Musical Actor: Ian Bannen and David Kelly – Waking Ned Devine
Comedy/Musical Actress: Ricci – The Opposite of Sex
Drama Supporting Actor: Sutherland – Without Limits
Drama Supporting Actress: Elise – Beloved
Comedy/Musical Supporting Actor: Murray – Rushmore
Comedy/Musical Supporting Actress: Allen – Pleasantville
Director: Malick – Thin Red Line
Original Screenplay: Pleasantville
Adapted Screenplay: Gods and Monsters
Foreign Language Film: Central Station
Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: A Bug’s Life
Documentary: Ayn Rand: Sense of Life
Production Design: The Truman Show
Cinematography: The Thin Red Line
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Film Editing: Saving Private Ryan
Original Score: The Thin Red Line
Original Song: “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
Visual Effects: What Dreams May Come

Florida Film Critics Awards

Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Actor: Ian McKellan – Gods and Monsters, Apt Pupil
Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors
Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall – A Civil Action
Supporting Actress: Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex, Pecker, Buffalo ’66
Director: Peter Weir – The Truman Show
Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love

Southeastern Film Critics Awards

Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Edward Norton – American History X, Rounders
Actress: Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Ed Harris – The Truman Show
Supporting Actress: Joan Allen – Pleasantville
Director: Spielberg
Adapted Screenplay: Out of Sight
Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Foreign Film: Life Is Beautiful

Independent Spirit Nominees

Picture: Affliction, Claire Dolan, Gods, Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries, Velvet Goldmine
First Feature: Buffalo ’66, High Art, The Opposite of Sex, Pi, Slums of Beverly Hills
Director: W. Anderson – Rushmore, T. Haynes – Velvet, L. Kerrigan – Claire, P. Schrader – Affliction, T. Solondz – Happiness
Actor: Dylan Baker – Happiness, McKellen, Nolte, Penn – Hurlyburly, Courtney B. Vance – Blind Faith
Actress: Katrin Cartlidge – Claire Dolan, Ricci – Opposite, Sheedy – Art, Robin Tunney – Niagara, Woodard – Delta
Screenplay: Gods, Spanish Prisoner, Blind Faith, Opposite, Affliction
Debut Screenplay: Pi, Smoke Signals, High Art, Slums of Beverly Hills, Niagara Niagara
Supporting Actor: Coburn – Affliction, Charles S. Dutton – Blind Faith, Gary Farmer – Smoke Signals, Philip Seymour Hoffman – Happiness, Murray
Supporting Actress: Stockard Channing – Baby Dance, Clarkson – Art, Kudrow, Redgrave – Gods, Joely Richardson – Under Heaven
Debut Performance: Evan Adams – Smoke Signals, Anthony Roth Costanzo – Soldier’s, Andrea Hart – Miss Monday, Sonja Sohn – Slam, Saul Williams – Slam
Cinematography: Velvet Goldmine, Pi, High Art, Affliction, Belly
Foreign Film: The Celebration, The Eel, The General, Central Station, Fireworks
Truer Than Fiction: Dear Jesse, Dying to Tell the Story, Moment of Impact, Paulina, Regret to Inform
Someone to Watch (director): Tony Barbieri – One, Lynn Herschman Leeson – Conceiving Ada, Eric Tretbar – Snow, David Williams – 13
Producers Award: The Delta, Hurricane Streets, Nowhere Doom Generation, High Art, Sticky Fingers of Time

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Picture: Out of Sight
Actor: Nick Nolte – Affliction
Actress: Ally Sheedy – High Art
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray – Rushmore
Supporting Actress: Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love
Director: Steven Soderbergh – Out of Sight
Screenplay: Scott Frank – Out of Sight
Documentary: The Farm
Foreign Film: The Taste of Cherry
Cinematography: The Thin Red Line
Experimental Film: Mother and Son
Special Citations: Touch of Evil; Manny Farber for expanded edition of Negative Space

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Actress: Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
Supporting Actress: Joan Allen – Pleasantville
Director: Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
Original Screenplay: The Truman Show
Adapted Screenplay: Out of Sight
Original Score: Pleasantville
Cinematography: Saving Private Ryan
Film Editing: Saving Private Ryan
Documentary: The Big One
Foreign Film: Life Is Beautiful
Ensemble: Saving Private Ryan

Online Film Critics Society Nominations

Picture: Life Is Beautiful, SPR, Truman
Actor: Hanks, McKellan, Norton
Actress: Blanchett, Paltrow, Watson
Supporting Actor: Harris, Jason Patric – Your Friends and Neighbors, Thornton
Supporting Actress: Allen, Bates, Kudrow
Ensemble Performance: Happiness, SPR, Your Friends and Neighbors
Director: Malick, Spielberg, Weir
Original Screenplay: Happiness, Shakespeare, Truman
Adapted Screenplay: Out of Sight, Primary Colors, Simple Plan
Original Score: Pleasantville, The Prince of Egypt, SPR
Cinematography: Pleasantville, SPR, Thin Red Line
Film Editing: Out of Sight, Pleasantville, SPR, Truman
Documentary: The Big One, The Cruise, Wild Man Blues
Foreign Film: The Celebration, Central Station, Life Is Beautiful

Broadcast Film Critics Awards

Picture: Elizabeth, Gods and Monsters, Life Is Beautiful, Out of Sight, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, A Simple Plan, The Thin Red Line, The Truman Show
Actor: McKellan
Actress: Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Thornton – Simple, Primary Colors
Supporting Actress: Joan Allen – Pleasantville, Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
Director: Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
Adapted Screenplay: A Simple Plan
Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Breakthrough Performer: Joseph Fiennes – Elizabeth, Shakespeare
Child Performer: Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch
Animated Feature: A Bug’s Life, The Prince of Egypt
Family Film: A Bug’s Life
Documentary: Wild Man Blues
Foreign Film: Life Is Beautiful
Television Feature: From the Earth to the Moon
Song: “When You Believe”
Score: Saving Private Ryan – John Williams

San Diego Film Critics Awards

Picture: Gods and Monsters
Actor: Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Actress: Susan Sarandon – Stepmom
Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
Director: John Madden – Shakespeare in Love
Original Screenplay: Sliding Doors – Peter Howitt
Adapted Screenplay: A Simple Plan – Scott Smith
Foreign Film: Life Is Beautiful

Golden Globe Nominations

Motion Picture Drama: Elizabeth, Gods and Monsters, The Horse Whisperer, Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Bulworth, The Mask of Zorro, Patch Adams, Shakespeare in Love, Still Crazy, There’s Something About Mary
Drama Actor: Jim Carrey – Truman, Stephen Fry – Wilde, Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan, Ian McKellen – Gods, Nick Nolte – Affliction
Drama Actress: Blanchett, Montenegro, Sarandon – Stepmom, Streep – One True Thing, Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie
Comedy/Musical Actor: Antonio Banderas – Zorro, Warren Beatty – Bulworth, Caine – Little Voice, Travlota – Primary Colors, Williams – Patch Adams
Comedy/Musical Actress: Cameron Diaz – There’s Something About Mary, Horrocks – Little Voice, Paltrow – Shakespeare, Ricci – Opposite, Meg Ryan – You’ve Got Mail
Supporting Actor: Duvall – Civil, Harris – Truman, Murray – Rushmore, Rush – Shakespeare, Sutherland – Without Limits, Thornton – Simple Plan
Supporting Actress: Bates – Primary, Blethyn – Little Voice, Dench – Shakespeare, Redgrave – Gods, Sharon Stone – The Mighty
Director: Kapur, John Madden – Shakespeare in Love, Redford – Whisperer, Spielberg – SPR, Peter Weir – Truman Show
Screenplay: Bulworth, Truman, Shakespeare, SPR, Happiness
Original Score: Bug’s Life, Mulan, Prince of Egypt, Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show
Original Song: The Flame Still Burns, The Mighty, The Prayer, Reflection, Uninvited, When You Believe
Foreign Film: Celebration, Central Station, Men With Guns, Polish Bride, Tango

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Nick Nolte – Affliction
Actress: Cameron Diaz – There’s Something About Mary
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray – Rushmore
Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow – The Opposite of Sex
Director: Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line
First Film: Love and Death on Long Island
Cinematography: John Toll – The Thin Red Line
Foreign Film: The Celebration
Screenplay: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard – Shakespeare in Love
Non-Fiction Film Award: The Farm

Satellite Nominations

Motion Picture Drama: Elizabeth, The General, Gods and Monsters, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Little Voice, Pleasantville, Shakespare in Love, Waking Ned Devine, You’ve Got Mail
Drama Actor: Stephen Fry – Wilde, Brendan Gleeson – General, Derek Jacobi – Love Is the Devil, McKellan, Nick Nolte – Affliction, Edward Norton – American History X
Drama Actress: Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter – Theory of Flight, Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station, Susan Sarandon – Stepmom, Meryl Streep – One True Thing, Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie
Comedy/Musical Actor: Ian Bannen – Waking Ned Devine, Warren Beatty – Bulworth, Jeff Bridges – The Big Lebowski, Michael Caine – Little Voice, David Kelly – Waking Ned Devine, Robin Williams – Patch Adams
Comedy/Musical Actress: Jane Horrocks – Little Voice, Holly Hunter – Living Out Loud, Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love, Ricci – Opposite, Meg Ryan – You’ve Got Mail
Drama Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall – A Civil Action, Jason Patric – Your Friends and Neighbors, Tom Sizemore – Saving Private Ryan, Donald Sutherland – Without Limits, Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
Drama Supporting Actress: Kathy Burke – Dancing at Lughnasa, Beverly D’Angelo – American History X, Kimberly Elise – Beloved, Thandie Newton – Beloved, Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters
Comedy/Musical Supporting Actor: Jeff Daniels – Pleasantville, John Goodman – The Big Lebowski, Bill Murray, Bill Nighy – Still Crazy, Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love
Comedy/Musical Supporting Actress: Joan Allen, Kathy Bates – Primary Colors, Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice, Julianne Moore – The Big Lebowski, Joan Plowright – Dance With Me
Director: Boorman, Kapur, Malick, Gary Ross – Pleasantville, Spielberg
Original Screenplay: American History X, Central Station, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love
Adapted Screenplay: Beloved, Gods and Monsters, Hilary and Jackie, Little Voice, The Thin Red Line
Foreign Language Film: The Celebration, Central Station, Life Is Beautiful, Only Clouds Move the Sky, Separation
Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: Antz, A Bug’s Life, Mulan, The Prince of Egypt, The Rugrats Movie
Documentary: The Cruise, Courtney and Kurt, The Farm, Public Housing, Sense of Life
Production Design: Beloved, Elizabeth, Pleasantville, Shakespeare in Love, The Truman Show
Cinematography: Beloved, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Thin Red Line
Costume Design: Beloved, Ever After, Elizabeth, Pleasantville, Shakespeare in Love
Film Editing: Beloved, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Thin Red Line
Original Score: Beloved, City of Angels, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
Original Song: “Anyone At All” – City of Angels, “The Flame Still Burns” – Still Crazy, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” – Armageddon, “That’ll Do” – Babe: Pig in the City, “When You Belive” – Prince of Egypt
Visual Effects: Armageddon, Babe: Pig in the City, Saving Private Ryan, Star Trek: Insurrection, What Dreams May Come
Ensemble Cast Performance: The Thin Red Line
Outstanding New Talent: Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy
Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Film Industry: Alan J. Pakula

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Picture: Out of Sight
Second: The General
Third: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Brendan Gleeson – The General, I Went Down
Second: George Clooney – Out of Sight
Third: John Hurt – Love and Death on Long Island
Actress: Samantha Morton – Under the Skin
Second: Ally Sheedy – High Art
Third: Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth and Jane Horrocks – Little Voice
Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan & William H. Macy – Pleasantville, Psycho, A Civil Action)
Second: Stephen Rea – The Butcher Boy
Third: Robert De Niro – Great Expectations
Supporting Actress: Joan Allen – Pleasantville
Second: Patricia Clarkson – High Art
Third: Bridget Fonda – A Simple Plan
Director: John Boorman – The General
Second: Steven Soderbergh – Out of Sight
Third: Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
Screenplay: Scott Frank – Out of Sight
Second: Tom Stoppard, Marc Norman – Shakespeare in Love
Third: Ed Decter, John H. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly – There’s Something About Mary
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski – Saving Private Ryan
Second: John Lindley – Pleasantville
Third: Alar Kavilo – A Simple Plan
Foreign Language Film: Taste of Cherry – Iran
Second: The Celebration – Denmark
Third: Life Is Beautiful – Italy
Documentary: The Big One
Second: Dear Jesse
Third: Theme: Murder
New Filmmaker: Carine Adler – Under the Skin

Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Awards

Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Runner-Up: The Butcher Boy
Actor: Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Runner-Up: Nick Nolte – Affliction
Actress: Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station and Ally Sheedy – High Art
Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan and Bill Murray – Rushmore, Wild Things
Supporting Actress: Joan Allen – Pleasantville
Runner-Up: Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
Director: Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
Runner-Up: John Boorman – The General
Screenplay: Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pisker – Bulworth
Runner-Up: Mark Norman & Tom Stoppard – Shakespeare in Love
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski – Saving Private Ryan
Runner-Up: Seamus Deasy – The General
Foreign Language Film: The Celebration
Runner-Up: Central Station
Documentary: The Farm
Runner-Up: Public Housing
Production Design: Jeannine Oppewall – Pleasantville
Runner-Up: Dennis Gassner – The Truman Show
Music Score: Elliot Goldenthal – The Butcher Boy and Carter Burwell – Gods and Monsters
New Generationn Award: Wes Andesron (Director) – Bottle Rocket, Rushmore
Animation (Feature-Length): John Lasseter – A Bug’s Life
Animation (Short): Piet Kroon – T.R.A.N.S.I.T.