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  Awards:Academy Awards®:70th (1998)

70th Annual Academy Awards® Nominations

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On Tuesday, February 10th, 1998 at 5:30 a.m. PST the 70th Annual Academy Awards® Nominations were announced.

And now the night has come and gone. Join us on our winners page for the results and our commentary.

For the record, here is the complete list of nominees:

Best Picture
As Good As It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Director
Peter Cattaneo , The Full Monty
Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting
Curtis Hanson , L.A. Confidential
Atom Egoyan , The Sweet Hereafter
James Cameron , Titanic

Best Actor
Matt Damon , Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall , The Apostle
Peter Fonda , Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman , Wag the Dog
Jack Nicholson , As Good As It Gets

Best Actress
Helena Bonham Carter , The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie , Afterglow
Judi Dench , Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt , As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet ,Titanic

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Forster , Jackie Brown
Anthony Hopkins , Amistad
Greg Kinnear , As Good As It Gets
Burt Reynolds , Boogie Nights
Robin Williams , Good Will Hunting

Best Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger , L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack , In & Out
Minnie Driver , Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore , Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart , Titanic

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco
Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, Wag the Dog
Hossein Amini, The Wings of the Dove

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Andrus & James L. Brooks, As Good As It Gets
Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights
Woody Allen, Deconstructing Harry
Simon Beaufoy, The Full Monty
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting

Best Foreign Film
Beyond Silence, Germany
Character, The Netherlands
Four Days in September, Brazil
Secrets of the Heart, Spain
The Thief, Russia

Best Art Direction
Gattaca
Kundun
L.A. Confidential
Men in Black
Titanic

Best Cinematography
Amistad
Kundun
L.A. Confidential
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove

Best Sound
Air Force One
Con Air
Contact
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Sound Effects Editing
Face/Off
The Fifth Element
Titanic

Best Original Music or Comedy Score
Anastasia, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens & David Newman
As Good As It Gets, Hans Zimmer
The Full Monty, Anne Dudley
Men in Black, Danny Elfman
My Best Friend's Wedding, James Newton Howard

Best Dramatic Score
Amistad, John Williams
Good Will Hunting, Danny Elfman
Kundun, Philip Glass
L.A. Confidential, Jerry Goldsmith
Titanic, James Horner

Best Original Song
"Go the Distance" fromHercules, Alan Menken & David Zippel
"How Do I Live" from Con Air, Diane Warren
"Journey to the Past" from Anastasia, Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
"Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting, Elliott Smith
"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic, James Horner & Will Jennings

Best Costume
Amistad
Kundun
Oscar and Lucinda
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove

Best Documentary Feature
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Colors Straight Up
4 Little Girls
The Long Way Home
Waco: The Rules of Engagement

Best Documentary Short
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Amazon
Daughter of the Bride
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
A Story of Healing

Best Film Editing
Air Force One
As Good As It Gets
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Makeup
Men in Black
Mrs. Brown
Titanic

Best Animated Short Film
Famous Fred
Geri's Game
La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)
The Mermaid
Redux Riding Hood

Best Live-Action Short Film
Dance Lexie Dance
It's Good to Talk
Sweethearts?
Visas and Virtue
Wolfgang

Best Visual Effects
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Starship Troopers
Titanic

Filmography links courtesy of IMDb link-it programme.

Nominations List courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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