71st Annual Academy Awards
March 21, 1999

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host: Whoopi Goldberg
Televised over ABC
Supporting Actor:Kim Basinger
Art Direction:Gwyneth Paltrow
Makeup:Mike Myers
Live Action Short Film:Brendon Fraser
Animated Short Film:Flik & Heimlich
Supporting Actress:Robin Williams
Sound Effects Editing:Chris Rock
Sound:Anjelica Huston
Historical Figures in Film:Sen. John Glenn (intro by Tom Hanks)
Foreign Language Film:Sophia Loren View Roberto Benigni's acceptance speech at (3:34)
Original Musical or Comedy Score:Andie MacDowell & Andy Garcia
Original Dramatic Score:Geena Davis (dance sequence choreographed by Debbie Allen)
Film Tribute to Frank Sinatra:John Travolta
Scientific and Technical Awards:Anne Heche
Film Editing:Jim Carrey
Thalberg Award:Nicolas Cage
Visual Effects:Liam Neeson
Film Tribute to Westerns:Val Kilmer
Actor:Helen Hunt
Documentary Awards:Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Honorary Award to Elia Kazan:Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro
Costume Design:Whoopi Goldberg
Original Song:Jennifer Lopez
Cinematography:Uma Thurman
Actress:Jack Nicholson
Film Tribute to Stanley Kubrick:Steven Spielberg
Writing Awards:Steve Martin & Goldie Hawn
Director:Kevin Costner
Best Picture:Harrison Ford
(intros by Patrick Stewart, Sophia Loren & Gen. Colin Powell)
"When You Believe"-- Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (intro by Christina Ricci)
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"-- Aerosmith (intro by Liv Tyler)
"A Soft Place to Fall"-- Allison Moorer (intro by Renée Zellweger)
"That'll Do"-- Peter Gabriel & Randy Newman (intro by Lisa Kudrow)
"The Prayer"-- Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli (intro by Catherine Zeta-Jones)
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Host Whoopi Goldberg appeared in costumes from nominated films during the show.
Gwyneth Paltrow and the Best Picture producers of Shakespeare in Love
Steven Spielberg accepts his Award for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan
Roberto Benigni with his Oscars® for Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film (La Vita è bella)
Gwyneth Paltrow tearfully accepts her Oscar® for Best Actress (Shakespeare in Love)

James Coburn with his Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor (Affliction)
Judi Dench with her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (Shakespeare in Love)
Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns , Best Sound Effects Editing (Saving Private Ryan)
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Ronald Judkins - winners for Sound (Saving Private Ryan)
Janusz Kaminski, winner for Cinematography (Saving Private Ryan)
Show Producer:Gilbert Cates
Telecast Director for ABC:Louis J. Horvitz
Musical Director:Bill Conti
Choreographer:Debbie Allen