Awards Watch 1998
AA = Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Awards
BSFC = Boston Society of Film Critics
BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Association
CFCA = Chicago Film Critics Association
FFCC = Florida Film Critics Circle
GG = Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
LAFCA = Los Angeles Film Critics Association
NBR = National Board of Review
NSFC = National Society of Film Critics
NYFCC = New York Film Critics Circle
OFCS = Online Film Critics Society
SAG = Screen Actors Guild
SDFCS = San Diego Film Critics Society
SFCA = Southeastern Film Critics Association
TFCA = Toronto Film Critics Association
PICTURE
Gods and Monsters (NBR )
Out of Sight (BSFC, NSFC, SDFCS )
Saving Private Ryan (BFCA, CFCA, GG - Drama, LAFCA, NYFCC, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA )
Shakespeare in Love (AA, FFCC, GG - Musical/Comedy )
ACTOR
Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) (AA, SAG )
Michael Caine, Little Voice (GG - Musical/Comedy )
Jim Carrey, The Truman Show (GG - Drama )
Brendan Gleeson, The General /I Went Down (BSFC )
Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters (BFCA - also for Apt Pupil , CFCA, FFCC - also for Apt Pupil , LAFCA, NBR, OFCS, TFCA )
Nick Nolte, Affliction (NSFC, NYFCC )
Edward Norton, American History X /Rounders (SFCA )
ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth (BFCA, CFCA, GG - Drama, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA )
Cameron Diaz, There's Something About Mary (NYFCC )
Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (LAFCA - tie, NBR )
Samantha Morton, Under the Skin (BSFC )
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (AA, FFCC - also for Sliding Doors , GG - Musical/Comedy, SAG )
Susan Sarandon, Stepmom (SDFCS )
Ally Sheedy, High Art (LAFCA - tie, NSFC )
SUPPORTING ACTOR
James Coburn, Affliction (AA )
Robert Duvall, A Civil Action (FFCC, SAG )
Ed Harris, The Truman Show (GG, NBR - also for Stepmom , SFCA )
Bill Murray, Rushmore (LAFCA - tie, NSFC, NYFCC - also for Wild Things )
Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan (BSFC, BFCA - also for Primary Colors , CFCA, LAFCA - tie, OFCS, SDFCS )
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Allen, Pleasantville (BSFC, BFCA - tie, LAFCA, OFCS, SFCA )
Kathy Bates, Primary Colors (BFCA - tie, CFCA, SAG, SDFCS )
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (AA, NSFC )
Lisa Kudrow, The Opposite of Sex (NYFCC )
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters (GG )
Christina Ricci, Buffalo '66 /The Opposite of Sex /Pecker (FFCC, NBR )
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
*no ensemble award from AA, BSFC, BFCA, CFCA, FFCC, GG, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
DIRECTOR
John Boorman, The General (BSFC )
Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth (NBR )
John Madden, Shakespeare in Love (SDFCS )
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line (CFCA, NYFCC )
Steven Soderbergh, Out of Sight (NSFC )
Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (AA, Directors Guild of America, BFCA, GG, LAFCA, OFCS, SFCA, TFCA )
Peter Weir, The Truman Show (FFCC )
SCREENPLAY
Bulworth - Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pikser (LAFCA )
Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon (AA - Adapted )
Out of Sight - Scott Frank (Writers Guild of America - Adapted, BSFC, NSFC, OFCS - Adapted , SFCA - Adapted)
Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (AA - Original, Writers Guild of America - Original, BFCA - Original, CFCA, FFCC, GG, NYFCC, SFCA - original )
A Simple Plan - Scott B. Smith (BFCA - Adapted, NBR, SDFCS - Adapted )
Sliding Doors - Peter Howitt (SDFCS - Original )
The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol (OFCS - Original )
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
DOCUMENTARY
The Big One (BSFC, OFCS )
The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. (LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC )
The Last Days (AA )
Wild Man Blues (BFCA, NBR )
*no documentary award from CFCA, FFCC, GG, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
CINEMATOGRAPHY
*no cinematography award from BFCA, GG, NBR, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
ORIGINAL SCORE
*no score award from FFCC, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
Boston Society of Film Critics:
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
Chicago Film Critics Association:
Most Promising Actor: Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love
Most Promising Actress: Kimberly Elise, Beloved
Commitment to Chicago: Joe Mantegna
Florida Film Critics Circle:
Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association):
Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
Animation (Feature): A Bug's Life - John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, directors
Animation (Short): T.R.A.N.S.I.T. - Piet Koroon, director
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Shulie - Elisabeth Subrin, director
New Generation: Wes Anderson, Rushmore
Production Design: Pleasantville - Jeannine Oppewall
National Board of Review:
Special Achievement Award in Filmmaking: Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Film Direction: Martin Scorsese
Career Achievement: Michael Caine
Freedom of Expression: Bernardo Bertolucci
National Society of Film Critics:
Experimental Film: Mother and Son - Aleksandr Sokurov, director
Special Citations: Touch of Evil ; Manny Farber (for expanded edition of his book Negative Space )
New York Film Critics Circle:
Online Film Critics Society:
San Diego Film Critics Society
Toronto Film Critics Association:
Canadian Film: - Last Night , directed by Don McKellar
Special thanks to Alex Fung for most of this information.
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