71st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1999)

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• Date of Ceremony: Sunday, March 21, 1999
• For films released in: 1998
• Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, February 9, 1999

Here is a complete list of nominations for the 71st Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

• Elizabeth
  Alison Owen [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer] and Tim Bevan [Producer]
• Life Is Beautiful
  Elda Ferri [Producer] and Gianluigi Braschi [Producer]
• Saving Private Ryan
  Steven Spielberg [Producer], Ian Bryce [Producer], Mark Gordon [Producer] and Gary Levinsohn [Producer]
• Shakespeare in Love
  David Parfitt [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer], Harvey Weinstein [Producer], Edward Zwick [Producer] and Marc Norman [Producer]
• The Thin Red Line
  Robert Michael Geisler [Producer], John Roberdeau [Producer] and Grant Hill [Producer]

Best Directing

• Life Is Beautiful
  Roberto Benigni
• Saving Private Ryan
  Steven Spielberg
• Shakespeare in Love
  John Madden
• The Thin Red Line
  Terrence Malick
• The Truman Show
  Peter Weir

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Affliction
  Nick Nolte
• American History X
  Edward Norton
• Gods and Monsters
  Ian McKellen
• Life Is Beautiful
  Roberto Benigni
• Saving Private Ryan
  Tom Hanks

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Central Station
  Fernanda Montenegro
• Elizabeth
  Cate Blanchett
• Hilary and Jackie
  Emily Watson
• One True Thing
  Meryl Streep
• Shakespeare in Love
  Gwyneth Paltrow

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Affliction
  James Coburn
• A Civil Action
  Robert Duvall
• Shakespeare in Love
  Geoffrey Rush
• A Simple Plan
  Billy Bob Thornton
• The Truman Show
  Ed Harris

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Gods and Monsters
  Lynn Redgrave
• Hilary and Jackie
  Rachel Griffiths
• Little Voice
  Brenda Blethyn
• Primary Colors
  Kathy Bates
• Shakespeare in Love
  Judi Dench

Best Art Direction

• Elizabeth
  John Myhre [Art Direction] and Peter Howitt [Set Decoration]
• Pleasantville
  Jeannine Oppewall [Art Direction] and Jay Hart [Set Decoration]
• Saving Private Ryan
  Tom Sanders [Art Direction] and Lisa Dean Kavanaugh [Set Decoration]
• Shakespeare in Love
  Martin Childs [Art Direction] and Jill Quertier [Set Decoration]
• What Dreams May Come
  Eugenio Zanetti [Art Direction] and Cindy Carr [Set Decoration]

Best 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

Best Costume Design

• Beloved
  Colleen Atwood
• Elizabeth
  Alexander Byrne
• Pleasantville
  Judianna Makovsky
• Shakespeare in Love
  Sandy Powell
• Velvet Goldmine
  Sandy Powell

Best Documentary (Feature)

• Dancemaker
  Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer
• The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
  Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus
• The Last Days
  James Moll and Ken Lipper
• Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
  Robert B. Weide
• Regret to Inform
  Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

• The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
  Keibo Ibi
• A Place in the Land
  Charles Guggenheim
• Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
  Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams

Best Short Film (Animated)

• Bunny
  Chris Wedge
• The Canterbury Tales
  Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson
• Jolly Roger
  Mark Baker
• More
  Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer
• When Life Departs
  Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark

Best Short Film (Live Action)

• Culture
  Will Speck and Josh Gordon
• Election Night (Valgaften)
  Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen
• Holiday Romance
  Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith
• La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
  Vivian Goffette
• Victor
  Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall

Best Film Editing

• 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

• Central Station
• Children of Heaven
• The Grandfather
• Life Is Beautiful
• Tango

Best Makeup

• Elizabeth
  Jenny Shircore
• Saving Private Ryan
  Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke
• Shakespeare in Love
  Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner

Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)

• Elizabeth
  David Hirschfelder
• Life Is Beautiful
  Nicola Piovani
• Pleasantville
  Randy Newman
• Saving Private Ryan
  John Williams
• The Thin Red Line
  Hans Zimmer

Best Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

• A Bug's Life
  Randy Newman
• Mulan
  Matthew Wilder [Music by], David Zippel [Lyrics by] and Jerry Goldsmith [Orchestral Score by]
• Patch Adams
  Marc Shaiman
• The Prince of Egypt
  Stephen Schwartz [Music and Lyric by] and Hans Zimmer [Orchestral Score by]
• Shakespeare in Love
  Stephen Warbeck

Best Music (Original Song)

• Armageddon "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing"
  Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by]
• Babe: Pig in the City "That'll Do"
  Randy Newman [Music and Lyric by]
• The Horse Whisperer "A Soft Place To Fall"
  Allison Moorer [Music and Lyric by] and Gwil Owen [Music and Lyric by]
• The Prince of Egypt "When You Believe"
  Stephen Schwartz [Music and Lyric by]
• Quest for Camelot "The Prayer"
  Carole Bayer Sager [Music and Lyric by], David Foster [Music and Lyric by], Tony Renis [Lyric by] and Alberto Testa [Lyric by]

Best 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

Best Sound Effects Editing

• Armageddon
  George Watters II
• The Mask of Zorro
  David McMoyler
• Saving Private Ryan
  Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns

Best Visual Effects

• Armageddon
  Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier
• Mighty Joe Young
  Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell
• What Dreams May Come
  Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack

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

• Gods and Monsters
  Bill Condon
• Out of Sight
  Scott Frank
• Primary Colors
  Elaine May
• A Simple Plan
  Scott B. Smith
• The Thin Red Line
  Terrence Malick

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• Bulworth
  Warren Beatty [Screenplay and Story by] and Jeremy Pikser [Screenplay by]
• Life Is Beautiful
  Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni
• Saving Private Ryan
  Robert Rodat
• Shakespeare in Love
  Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
• The Truman Show
  Andrew Niccol