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Best Picture of the Year
 ELIZABETH (Gramercy) A Working Title Production. Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) (Miramax) A Melampo Cinematografica s.r.l. Production. Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (DreamWorks) A DreamWorks Films Production. Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (Won 7 Awards) (Miramax) A Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production. David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
THE THIN RED LINE (20th Century-Fox) A Fox 2000 Pictures in association with Phoenix Pictures Production. Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Roberto Benigni in LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL)
Tom Hanks in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Ian McKellen in GODS AND MONSTERS
Nick Nolte in AFFLICTION
Edward Norton in AMERICAN HISTORY X
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in ELIZABETH
Fernanda Montenegro in CENTRAL STATION
Gwyneth Paltrow in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Meryl Streep in ONE TRUE THING
Emily Watson in HILARY AND JACKIE
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
James Coburn in AFFLICTION
Robert Duvall in A CIVIL ACTION
Ed Harris in THE TRUMAN SHOW
Geoffrey Rush in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Billy Bob Thornton in A SIMPLE PLAN
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates in PRIMARY COLORS
Brenda Blethyn in LITTLE VOICE
Judi Dench in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Rachel Griffiths in HILARY AND JACKIE
Lynn Redgrave in GODS AND MONSTERS
Achievement in Directing
Roberto Benigni for LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL)
John Madden for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Terrence Malick for THE THIN RED LINE
Steven Spielberg for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Peter Weir for THE TRUMAN SHOW
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
BULWORTH Screenplay by Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) Screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Written by Robert Rodat
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
THE TRUMAN SHOW Written by Andrew Niccol
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
GODS AND MONSTERS Written for the screen by Bill Condon
OUT OF SIGHT Screenplay by Scott Frank
PRIMARY COLORS Screenplay by Elaine May
A SIMPLE PLAN Screenplay by Scott B. Smith
THE THIN RED LINE Screenplay by Terrence Malick
Achievement in Art Direction
ELIZABETH Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
PLEASANTVILLE Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay R. Hart
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Art Direction: Thomas Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
Achievement in Cinematography
A CIVIL ACTION - Conrad L. Hall
ELIZABETH - Remi Adefarasin
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Janusz Kaminski
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Richard Greatrex
THE THIN RED LINE - John Toll
Achievement in Costume Design
BELOVED - Colleen Atwood
ELIZABETH - Alexandra Byrne
PLEASANTVILLE - Judianna Makovsky
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Sandy Powell
VELVET GOLDMINE - Sandy Powell
Achievement in Documentary Features
DANCEMAKER - Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer, Producers
THE FARM: ANGOLA, U.S.A. - Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus, Producers
THE LAST DAYS - James Moll and Ken Lipper, Producers
LENNY BRUCE: SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH - Robert B. Weide, Producer
REGRET TO INFORM - Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole, Producers
Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
THE PERSONALS: IMPROVISATIONS ON ROMANCE IN THE GOLDEN YEARS = Keiko Ibi, Producer
A PLACE IN THE LAND - Charles E. Guggenheim, Producer
SUNRISE OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE - Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams, Producers
Achievement in Film Editing
LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) - Simona Paggi
OUT OF SIGHT - Anne V. Coates
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Michael Kahn
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - David Gamble
THE THIN RED LINE - Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
CENTRAL DO BRAZIL (CENTRAL STATION, Brazil - Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre & Arthur Cohn, producers)
BACHEHA-YE ASEMAN (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, Iran - Amir Esfandiari & Mohammad Esfandiari, producers)
EL ABUELO (THE GRANDFATHER, Spain - José Luis Garci, producer)
LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Italy - Elda Ferri & Gianluigi Braschi, producers)
TANGO, NO ME DEJES NUNCA (TANGO, Argentina - Juan Carlos Codazzi, Carlos Mentasti & Luis A. Scalella, producers)
Achievement in Makeup
ELIZABETH - Jenny Shircore
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner
Achievement in Music: Original Musical or Comedy Score
A BUG'S LIFE - Randy Newman
MULAN Music by Matthew Wilder, Lyric by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
PATCH ADAMS - Marc Shaiman
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Stephen Warbeck
Achievement in Music: Original Dramatic Score
ELIZABETH - David Hirschfelder
LA VITA È BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) - Nicola Piovani
PLEASANTVILLE - Randy Newman
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - John Williams
THE THIN RED LINE - Hans Zimmer
Achievement in Music: Original Song
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from ARMAGEDDON Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"The Prayer" from QUEST FOR CAMELOT Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
"A Soft Place to Fall" from THE HORSE WHISPERER Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
"That'll Do" from BABE: PIG IN THE CITY Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"When You Believe"  THE PRINCE OF EGYPT Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Achievement in Animated Short Films
BUNNY - Chris Wedge, Producer
THE CANTERBURY TALES - Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson, Producers
JOLLY ROGER - Mark Baker, Producer
MORE - Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer, Producer
WHEN LIFE DEPARTS - Karsten Kiilerich and Sefan Fjeldmark, Producers
Achievement in Live Action Short Films
CULTURE - Will Speck & Josh Gordon, Producers
ELECTION NIGHT - Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen, Producers
HOLIDAY ROMANCE - Alexander Jovy, Producer
LA CARTE POSTALE (THE POSTCARD) - Vivian Goffette, Producer
VICTOR - Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall, Producers
Achievement in Sound
ARMAGEDDON - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
THE MASK OF ZORRO - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop
THE THIN RED LINE - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat
Achievement in Sound Effects Editing
ARMAGEDDON - George Watters, II
THE MASK OF ZORRO - David McMoyler
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns
Achievement in Visual Effects
ARMAGEDDON - Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung and John Frazier
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG - Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Alan Hall and Jim Mitchell
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME - Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack
Scientific and Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
Avid Technology, Inc., for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.
Scientific and Engineering Awards Academy Plaques)
 Dr. Thomas G. Stockham, Jr. and Robert B. Ingebretsen for their pioneering work in the areas of waveform editing, crossfades and cut-and-paste techniques for digital audio editing.
James A. Moorer for his pioneering work in the design of digital signal processing and its application to audio editing for film.
Stephen J. Kay of K-Tec Corporation for the design and development of the Shock Block.
Gary Tregaskis for the primary design; and to Dominique Boisvert, Phillippe Panzini and Andre LeBlanc for the development and implementation of the Flame and Inferno software.
Robert Predovich, John Scott, Ken Husain and Cameron Shearer for the design and implementation of the Soundmaster Integrated Operations Nucleus operating environment.
Roy Ference, Steve Schmidt, Richard J. Federico, Rocky Yarid and Mike McCrackan for the design and development of the Kodak Lightning Laser Recorder.
Colin F. Mossman, Hans Leisinger and George John Rowland for the concept and design of the Deluxe High Speed Spray Film Cleaner.
ARRI USA, Inc., for the concept; and to the engineering staff of Arnold & Richter Cine Technik under the direction of Walter Trauninger for the engineering of the ARRI 435 Camera System.
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and the Carl Zeiss Company for the concept and optical design of the Carl Zeiss/Arriflex Variable Prime Lenses.
Derek C. Lightbody of OpTex for the design and development of Aurasoft luminaires.
Mark Roberts, Ronan Carroll, Assaff Rawner, Paul Bartlett and Simon Wakley for the creation of the Milo Motion-Control Crane.
Michael Sorensen and Richard Alexander of Sorensen Designs International, and Donald Trumbull for advancing the state-of-the-art of real-time motion-control, as exemplified in the Gazelle and Zebra camera dolly systems.
Ronald E. Uhlig, Thomas F. Powers and Fred M. Fuss of the Eastman Kodak Company for the design and development of KeyKode latent-image barcode key numbers.
Iain Neil for the optical design; Takuo Miyagishima for the mechanical design; and Panavision, Incorporated, for the concept and development of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography.
Technical Achievement Awards (Academy Certificates)
 Garrett Brown and Jerry Holway for the creation of the Skyman flying platform for Steadicam operators.
James Rodnunsky, James Webber and Bob Webber of Cablecam Systems, and Thornton Bayliss for the design and engineering of Cablecam.
David DiFrancesco, N. Balasubramanian and Thomas L. Noggle for their pioneering efforts in the development of laser film recording technology.
Michael MacKenzie, Mike Bolles, Udo Pampel and Joseph Fulmer of Industrial Light & Magic for their pioneering work in motion-controlled, silent camera dollies.
Barry Walton, Bill Schultz, Chris Barker and David Cornelius of Sony Pictures Imageworks for the creation of an advanced motion-controlled, silent camera dolly.
Bruce Wilton and Carlos Icinkoff of Mechanical Concepts for their modular system of motion-control rotators and movers for use in motion control.
Remy Smith for the software and electronic design and development; and James K. Branch and Nasir J. Zaidi for the design and development of the Spectra Professional IV-A digital exposure meter.
Ivan Kruglak for his commitment to the development of a wireless transmission system for video-assisted images for the motion picture industry.
Dr. Douglas R. Roble for his contribution to tracking technology and for the design and implementation of the TRACK system for camera position calculation and scene reconstruction.
Thaddeus Beier for the design and implementation of ras_track, a system for 2D tracking, stabilization and 3D camera and object tracking.
Manfred N. Klemme and Donald E. Wetzel for the design and development of the K-Tek Microphone Boom Pole and accessories for on-set motion picture sound recording.
Nick Foster for his software development in the field of water simulation systems.
Cary Phillips for the design and development of the "Caricature" Animation System at Industrial Light & Magic.
Dr. Mitchell Bogdanowicz of the Eastman Kodak Company, and Jim Meyers and Stan Miller of Rosco Laboratories, Inc., for the design of the CalColor Calibrated Color Effects Filters.
Dr. Carl F. Holtz, David F. Kopperl, Dr. A. Tulsi Ram and Richard C. Sehlin for the research and development of the concept of molecular sieves applied to improve the archival properties of processed photographic film.
Takuo Miyagishima and Albert K. Saiki of Panavision, Inc., for the design and development of the Eyepiece Leveler.
Edmund M. Di Giulio and James Bartell of Cinema Products for the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader.
Ivan Kruglak for his pioneering concept and the development of the Coherent Time Code Slate.
Mike Denecke for refining and further developing electronic time-code slates.
Ed Zwaneveld and Frederick Gasoi of the National Film Board of Canada, and Mihal Lazaridis and Dale Brubacher-Cressman of Research in Motion for the design and development of the DigiSync Film KeyKode reader.
Honorary and Other Awards:
Elia Kazan, in recognition of lifetime achievement. Winner presented a Statuette.
 David W. Gray. Winner presented John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation.
Irving G. Thalberg Award:
Norman Jewison
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Award:
No Award this year.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award:
No Award this year.
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FIRSTS
· The Awards ceremony is moved to Sunday for the first time in its televised history.
· Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett nominated for playing the same character, England's Queen Elizabeth I, in two different films. Joseph Fiennes and Geoffrey Rush appear in both films.
SECONDS
· Roberto Benigni is the first foreign actor in a foreign-language film to win the gold since Sophia Loren in Two Women (1961), who also performed in Italian.
· Begnigni directs himself to a Best Actor Award, a feat previously achieved only by Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948).
FOURTHS
Robert Benigni joins Orson Welles, Warren Beatty and Woody Allen as a nominee for Best Picture, Director and Actor.
ROLE REVERSALS
· Shakespeare in Love was planned as a vehicle for Julia Roberts and Daniel Day-Lewis. Also considered were Winona Ryder and Kenneth Branagh.
· Dennis Hopper was originally cast as Christof in The Truman Show, but walked off the set after his first day. Ed Harris replaced him.
SINS OF OMISSION
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray - Rushmore
Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of Sex
UNMENTIONABLES
· Roberto Benigni says the title of his international hit comes from a quote by Leon Trotsky. In exile in Mexico, knowing he was about to be killed by Stalin's assassins, Trotsky saw his wife in the garden and wrote that, in spite of everything, "life is beautiful."
· Writer Marc Norman got the idea for Shakespeare in Love when his son Zachary called him from Boston University and suggested doing something on Shakespeare as a young man in the Elizabethan theatre. It took two years for Norman to come up with the idea of having Shakespeare struggle with writer's block on Romeo and Juliet. Tom Stoppard added several characters in his work on the screenplay, including Christopher Marlowe. Some of his additions, including those regarding John Webster, were handled with caution, as it was feared some references would be too obscure.
· Judi Dench was so taken with Shakespeare's full sized replica set of the Rose Theatre that Miramax gave it to her to take home when filming ended. Last reports state that the theatre will be rebuilt at Islington Green in North London. Planned opening date is June, 2002.
· All the principal actors in Saving Private Ryan underwent several days of grueling army training - except for Matt Damon, who was spared so that the other actors would resent him, and would convey that resentment in their performances. Filming switched from the UK to Ireland after the British Ministry of Defence declined to provide the huge numbers of soldiers to act as extras in the film. The Irish Defence forces supplied 250 men drawn from a mix of units. They spent four weeks in the surf on the beaches while filming the landing scenes. The UK MoD also supplied a couple of hundred soldiers from their reserves, but not the thousands which Spielberg had asked for.
· The Thin Red Line was almost not made. Sony Pictures dropped its plans to produce it because of fears that it couldn't be made for its then-$45 million budget. Fortunately, Fox studios came to the rescue by providing most of the cash. Producers Robert Michael Geisler and John Roberdeau fell out with director Terrence Malick during pre-production. By the time they were filming, their relationship had so deteriorated that Malick barred them from visiting the set. Prior to the film's release, Geisler and Roberdeau allegedly violated a confidentiality clause they had signed by giving an interview to Vanity Fair about their long involvement with Malick and the film. Malick was upset by this. Geisler and Roberdeau had to sign another agreement stating they would not attend the Oscars® ceremony. If they violated that agreement, their names would be stripped from the film and video credits. Geisler and Roberdeau said they would attend the ceremony. Malick said if they were going to attend, he would stay home. Neither Geisler and Roberdeau nor Malick attended the Oscars®. The movie won no Awards.
· Saving Private Ryan became the top-grossing film released in 1998. It was the only Best Picture nominee to place in the top 10 moneymakers released that year.
· Pixar started something with the trailer for A Bug's Life. The teaser was made up of animation created especially for the trailer and not appearing in the final film.
· The announcement that the Academy was going to present director Elia Kazan with an Honorary Award set off a storm of protest. During the days of the infamous Hollywood Blacklist, Kazan had testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee and had "named names," surrendering eight of his peers to the committee. Kazan's actions caused the break-up of his close friendship and working relationship with playwright Arthur Miller, who chose to face jail time rather than implicate any of his colleagues. On Awards night, with the exception of a few notables led by Ed Harris and Nick Nolte, who boycotted by sitting on their hands, Kazan was treated with tepid respect.
· Presenter Chris Rock set off a chorus of boos when he referred to Kazan as "a rat."
· Best Actress winner Gwyneth Paltrow dressed for the part on Awards night. The cost for her hair and makeup alone came to $10,000.
· Supporting Actress nominee Lynn Redgrave split with her husband/manager just weeks before the Awards. She'd learned that he had a love child with his former assistant, who went on to marry his son. Completely in the dark, Redgrave helped raise the boy as her adopted grandson.
· A record-long telecast was alleviated by the explosive antics of Roberto Benigni. As his name was called, first for Best Foreign Language Film, then for Best Actor, Benigni leaped over chairs, kissed everyone but the conductor, and slaughtered the English language in a breathless tumult of nonsequitors: "This is a terrible mistake because I used up all my English! I would like to be Jupiter and kidnap everybody and lie down in the firmament making love to everybody!"
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