Awards Watch 1998

• AA = Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Awards
• BSFC = Boston Society of Film Critics
• BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Association
• CFCA = Chicago Film Critics Association
• FFCC = Florida Film Critics Circle
• GG = Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
• LAFCA = Los Angeles Film Critics Association
• NBR = National Board of Review
• NSFC = National Society of Film Critics
• NYFCC = New York Film Critics Circle
• OFCS = Online Film Critics Society
• SAG = Screen Actors Guild
• SDFCS = San Diego Film Critics Society
• SFCA = Southeastern Film Critics Association
• TFCA = Toronto Film Critics Association

PICTURE

• Gods and Monsters (NBR)
• Out of Sight (BSFC, NSFC, SDFCS)
• Saving Private Ryan (BFCA, CFCA, GG - Drama, LAFCA, NYFCC, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA)
• Shakespeare in Love (AA, FFCC, GG - Musical/Comedy)

ACTOR

• Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) (AA, SAG)
• Michael Caine, Little Voice (GG - Musical/Comedy)
• Jim Carrey, The Truman Show (GG - Drama)
• Brendan Gleeson, The General/I Went Down (BSFC)
• Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters (BFCA - also for Apt Pupil, CFCA, FFCC - also for Apt Pupil, LAFCA, NBR, OFCS, TFCA)
• Nick Nolte, Affliction (NSFC, NYFCC)
• Edward Norton, American History X/Rounders (SFCA)

ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth (BFCA, CFCA, GG - Drama, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA)
• Cameron Diaz, There's Something About Mary (NYFCC)
• Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (LAFCA - tie, NBR)
• Samantha Morton, Under the Skin (BSFC)
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (AA, FFCC - also for Sliding Doors, GG - Musical/Comedy, SAG)
• Susan Sarandon, Stepmom (SDFCS)
• Ally Sheedy, High Art (LAFCA - tie, NSFC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• James Coburn, Affliction (AA)
• Robert Duvall, A Civil Action (FFCC, SAG)
• Ed Harris, The Truman Show (GG, NBR - also for Stepmom, SFCA)
• Bill Murray, Rushmore (LAFCA - tie, NSFC, NYFCC - also for Wild Things)
• Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan (BSFC, BFCA - also for Primary Colors, CFCA, LAFCA - tie, OFCS, SDFCS)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Joan Allen, Pleasantville (BSFC, BFCA - tie, LAFCA, OFCS, SFCA)
• Kathy Bates, Primary Colors (BFCA - tie, CFCA, SAG, SDFCS)
• Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (AA, NSFC)
• Lisa Kudrow, The Opposite of Sex (NYFCC)
• Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters (GG)
• Christina Ricci, Buffalo '66/The Opposite of Sex/Pecker (FFCC, NBR)

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

• Happiness (NBR)
• Saving Private Ryan (OFCS)
• Shakespeare in Love (SAG)

DIRECTOR

• John Boorman, The General (BSFC)
• Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth (NBR)
• John Madden, Shakespeare in Love (SDFCS)
• Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line (CFCA, NYFCC)
• Steven Soderbergh, Out of Sight (NSFC)
• Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (AA, Directors Guild of America, BFCA, GG, LAFCA, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA)
• Peter Weir, The Truman Show (FFCC)

SCREENPLAY

• Bulworth - Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pikser (LAFCA)
• Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon (AA - Adapted)
• Out of Sight - Scott Frank (Writers Guild of America - Adapted, BSFC, NSFC, OFCS - Adapted, SFCA - Adapted)
• Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (AA - Original, Writers Guild of America - Original, BFCA - Original, CFCA, FFCC, GG, NYFCC, SFCA - original)
• A Simple Plan - Scott B. Smith (BFCA - Adapted, NBR, SDFCS - Adapted)
• Sliding Doors - Peter Howitt (SDFCS - Original)
• The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol (OFCS - Original)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE

• The Celebration (Festen) (LAFCA, NYFCC)
• Central Station (GG, NBR)
• Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) (AA, BFCA, CFCA, FFCC, OFCS, SDFCS, SFCA)
• Taste of Cherry (BSFC, NSFC)

DOCUMENTARY

• The Big One (BSFC, OFCS)
• The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. (LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC)
• The Last Days (AA)
• Wild Man Blues (BFCA, NBR)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kaminski (AA, BSFC, FFCC, LAFCA, OFCS)
• The Thin Red Line - John Toll (American Society of Cinematographers, CFCA, NSFC, NYFCC)

ORIGINAL SCORE

• The Butcher Boy - Elliot Goldenthal (LAFCA - tie)
• Gods and Monsters - Carter Burwell (LAFCA - tie)
• Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) - Nicola Piovani (AA - Drama)
• Pleasantville - Randy Newman (OFCS)
• Saving Private Ryan - John Williams (BFCA)
• Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck (AA - Musical/Comedy)
• The Truman Show - Burkhard Dallwitz & Philip Glass (CFCA, GG)

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS

• Boston Society of Film Critics:
  • New Filmmaker: - Carine Adler, Under the Skin
  • Rediscoveries/Discoveries: - Nights Of Cabiria, Child Of Manhattan, Les Vampires, Touch Of Evil, The Young Girls Of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association:
  • Animation (Feature): A Bug's Life - John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, directors; The Prince of Egypt - Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, directors
  • Breakthrough Performer: Joseph Fiennes, Elizabeth/Shakespeare in Love
  • Child Performer: Ian Michael Smith, Simon Birch
  • Family Film: A Bug's Life - John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, directors
  • Original Song: "When You Believe," The Prince of Egypt
• Chicago Film Critics Association:
  • Most Promising Actor: Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love
  • Most Promising Actress: Kimberly Elise, Beloved
  • Commitment to Chicago: Joe Mantegna
• Florida Film Critics Circle:
  • Distinguished Newcomers: Darren Aronofsky, p; Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie, Smoke Signals
  • Special Notice: 1998 animated features, including Mulan, A Bug's Life, Antz, and The Prince of Egypt
• Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association):
  • Original Song: "The Prayer," Quest for Camelot
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
  • Animation (Feature): A Bug's Life - John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, directors
  • Animation (Short): T.R.A.N.S.I.T. - Piet Koroon, director
  • Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Shulie - Elisabeth Subrin, director
  • New Generation: Wes Anderson, Rushmore
  • Production Design: Pleasantville - Jeannine Oppewall
• National Board of Review:
  • Special Achievement Award in Filmmaking: Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  • Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Film Direction: Martin Scorsese
  • Career Achievement: Michael Caine
  • Freedom of Expression: Bernardo Bertolucci
• National Society of Film Critics:
  • Experimental Film: Mother and Son - Aleksandr Sokurov, director
  • Special Citations: Touch of Evil; Manny Farber (for expanded edition of his book Negative Space)
• New York Film Critics Circle:
  • First Film: Love and Death in Long Island - Richard Kwietniowski, director
  • Special Citation: Touch of Evil
• Online Film Critics Society:
  • Film Editing: Saving Private Ryan - Michael Kahn
• San Diego Film Critics Society
  • Special Award for "consistent acting excellence": - Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love/Sliding Doors
• Toronto Film Critics Association:
  • Canadian Film: - Last Night, directed by Don McKellar