70th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1998)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 23, 1998
  • For films released in: 1997
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, February 10, 1998
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 70th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • As Good as It Gets
    James L. Brooks [Producer], Bridget Johnson [Producer] and Kristi Zea [Producer]
  • The Full Monty
    Uberto Pasolini [Producer]
  • Good Will Hunting
    Lawrence Bender [Producer]
  • L.A. Confidential
    Arnon Milchan [Producer], Curtis Hanson [Producer] and Michael Nathanson [Producer]
  • Titanic
    James Cameron [Producer] and Jon Landau [Producer]

Best Directing

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Amistad
    Anthony Hopkins
  • As Good as It Gets
    Greg Kinnear
  • Boogie Nights
    Burt Reynolds
  • Good Will Hunting
    Robin Williams
  • Jackie Brown
    Robert Forster

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Beyond Silence
  • Character
  • Four Days in September
  • Secrets of the Heart
  • The Thief

Best Art Direction

  • Gattaca
    Jan Roelfs [Art Direction] and Nancy Nye [Set Decoration]
  • Kundun
    Dante Ferretti [Art Direction] and Francesca Lo Schiavo [Set Decoration]
  • L.A. Confidential
    Jeannine Oppewall [Art Direction] and Jay R. Hart [Set Decoration]
  • Men in Black
    Bo Welch [Art Direction] and Cheryl Carasik [Set Decoration]
  • Titanic
    Peter Lamont [Art Direction] and Michael Ford [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • Amistad
    Janusz Kaminski
  • Kundun
    Roger Deakins
  • L.A. Confidential
    Dante Spinotti
  • Titanic
    Russell Carpenter
  • The Wings of the Dove
    Eduardo Serra

Best Costume Design

  • Amistad
    Ruth E. Carter
  • Kundun
    Dante Ferretti
  • Oscar and Lucinda
    Janet Patterson
  • Titanic
    Deborah L. Scott
  • The Wings of the Dove
    Sandy Powell

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • 4 Little Girls
    Spike Lee and Sam Pollard
  • Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
    Michael Paxton
  • Colors Straight Up
    Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter
  • The Long Way Home
    Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank
  • Waco: The Rules of Engagement
    Dan Gifford and William Gazecki

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
    George Casey and Paul Novros
  • Amazon
    Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
  • Daughter of the Bride
    Terri Randall
  • Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
    Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund
  • A Story of Healing
    Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak

Best Film Editing

  • Air Force One
    Richard Francis-Bruce
  • As Good as It Gets
    Richard Marks
  • Good Will Hunting
    Pierto Scalia
  • L.A. Confidential
    Peter Honess
  • Titanic
    Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris

Best Makeup

  • Men in Black
    Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
  • Mrs. Brown
    Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
  • Titanic
    Tina Earnshaw, Gerg Cannon and Simon Thompson

Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)

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

Best Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

  • Anastasia
    Stephen Flaherty [Music by], Lynn Ahrens [Lyrics by] and David Newman [Orchestral Score by]
  • 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 Music (Original Song)

  • Anastasia "Journey to the Past"
    Stephen Flaherty [Music by] and Lynn Ahrens [Lyric by]
  • Con Air "How Do I Live"
    Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by]
  • Good Will Hunting "Miss Misery"
    Elliot Smith [Music and Lyric by]
  • Hercules "Go the Distance"
    Alan Menken [Music by] and David Zippel [Lyric by]
  • Titanic "My Heart Will Go On"
    James Horner [Music by] and Will Jennings [Lyric by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Famous Fred
    Joanna Quinn
  • Geri's Game
    Jan Pinkava
  • La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)
    Sylvain Chomet
  • The Mermaid
    Alexander Petrov
  • Redux Riding Hood
    Steve Moore and Dan O'Shannon

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Dance Lexie Dance
    Pearse Moore and Tim Loane
  • It's Good to Talk
    Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
  • Sweethearts?
    Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
  • Visas and Virtue
    Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue
  • Wolfgang
    Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen

Best Sound

  • Air Force One
    Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D.M. Hemphill and Keith A. Wester
  • Con Air
    Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Arthur Rochester
  • Contact
    Randy Thorn, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
  • L.A. Confidential
    Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis
  • Titanic
    Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano

Best Sound Effects Editing

  • Face/Off
    Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Halberg
  • The Fifth Element
    Mark Mangini
  • Titanic
    Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes

Best Visual Effects

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri
  • Starship Troopers
    Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson
  • Titanic
    Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer

Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

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

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • As Good as It Gets
    Mark Andrus [Screenplay and Story by] and James L. Brooks [Screenplay by]
  • Boogie Nights
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Deconstructing Harry
    Woody Allen
  • The Full Monty
    Simon Beaufoy
  • Good Will Hunting
    Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
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