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1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 27 years ago March 23, 1998

1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

Winners Announced: March 23, 1998
Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Host: Billy Crystal
Eligibility Year: 1997

Table of Contents

Trivia

Titanic Triumph: Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying with Ben-Hur for the most Academy Awards ever won by a single film.
Iconic Line: One of the most famous lines, “I’m the king of the world!”, was shouted by James Cameron as he accepted the award for Best Director.
First Time’s the Charm: Kim Basinger won Best Supporting Actress for her role in L.A. Confidential, her first nomination ever.
Humanitarian Award: Stanley Kramer was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, honoring his work in film that tackled social issues.
Documentary Feature: The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees after World War II, won in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Animated Shorts: Geri’s Game, a Pixar short, won the award for Best Animated Short Film, showing Pixar’s growing influence.
Musical Score: James Horner won for his original dramatic score for Titanic, and his song “My Heart Will Go On,” performed by Céline Dion, also won Best Original Song.
“I am king of the world!”
– James Cameron, Best Director, Titanic”
I just want to thank everybody I’ve ever met in my entire life.”
– Kim Basinger, Best Supporting Actress, L.A Confidential
“I just said to Matt, ‘Losing would suck and winning would be really scary.’ And it’s really, really scary.”
– Ben Affleck, Best Original Screenplay, together with Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
“Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'”
– Robin Williams, Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting

1998 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Titanic – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers (WINNER)
As Good as It Gets – James L. Brooks, Bridgit Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers
The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini, producer
Good Will Hunting – Lawrence Bender, producer
L.A. Confidential – Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers

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

Best Actor:
Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall (WINNER)
Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
Robert Duvall – The Apostle as Euliss “Sonny” Dewey, a.k.a. “The Apostle E.F.”
Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold as Ulysses “Ulee” Jackson
Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss

Best Actress:
Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly (WINNER)
Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy
Julie Christie – Afterglow as Phyllis Mann
Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria
Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater

Best Supporting Actor:
Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire (WINNER)
Robert Forster – Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams
Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop
Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner

Best Supporting Actress:
Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken (WINNER)
Joan Cusack – In & Out as Emily Montgomery
Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting as Skylar Satenstein
Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights as Amber Waves/Maggie
Gloria Stuart – Titanic as Rose Dawson Calvert

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (WINNER)
As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
Deconstructing Harry – Woody Allen
The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson from the novel by James Ellroy (WINNER)
Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
The Sweet Hereafter – Atom Egoyan adapted from the novel by Russell Banks
Wag the Dog – David Mamet and Hilary Henkin from the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini adapted from the novel by Henry James

Best Foreign Language Film:
Karakter (Netherlands) in Dutch – Mike van Diem (WINNER)
Beyond Silence (Germany) in German – Caroline Link
Four Days in September (Brazil) in Portuguese – Bruno Barreto
Secrets of the Heart (Spain) in Spanish – Montxo Armendáriz
The Thief (Russia) in Russian – Pavel Chukhray

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

Best Documentary Short Subject:
A Story of Healing – Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak (WINNER)
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild – George Casey and Paul Novros
Amazon – Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride – Terri Randall
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies – Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund

Best Live Action Short Film:
Visas and Virtue – Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue (WINNER)
Dance Lexie Dance – Tim Loane
It’s Good to Talk – Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
Sweethearts – Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
Wolfgang – Anders Thomas Jensen and Kim Magnusson

Best Animated Short Film:
Geri’s Game – Jan Pinkava (WINNER)
Famous Fred – Joanna Quinn
The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Sylvain Chomet
Redux Riding Hood – Steve Moore and Dan O’Shannon
Rusalka – Alexander Petrov

Best Original Dramatic Score:
Titanic – James Horner (WINNER)
Amistad – John Williams
Good Will Hunting – Danny Elfman
Kundun – Philip Glass
L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
The Full Monty – Anne Dudley (WINNER)
Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral score by David Newman
As Good as It Gets – Hans Zimmer
Men in Black – Danny Elfman
My Best Friend’s Wedding – James Newton Howard

Best Original Song:
“My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Will Jennings (WINNER)
“Go the Distance” from Hercules – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by David Zippel
“Journey to the Past” from Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
“How Do I Live” from Con Air – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting – Music and Lyrics by Elliott Smith

Best Sound Effects Editing:
Titanic – Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes (WINNER)
Face/Off – Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg
The Fifth Element – Mark Mangini

Best Sound:
Titanic – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano (WINNER)
Air Force One – Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill and Keith A. Wester
Con Air – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester
Contact – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan
L.A. Confidential – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis

Best Art Direction:
Titanic – Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford (WINNER)
Gattaca – Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Kundun – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
L.A. Confidential – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
Men in Black – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik

Best Cinematography:
Titanic – Russell Carpenter (WINNER)
Amistad – Janusz Kaminski
Kundun – Roger Deakins
L.A. Confidential – Dante Spinotti
The Wings of the Dove – Eduardo Serra

Best Makeup:
Men in Black – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (WINNER)
Mrs Brown – Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
Titanic – Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson

Best Costume Design:
Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott (WINNER)
Amistad – Ruth E. Carter
Kundun – Dante Ferretti
Oscar and Lucinda – Janet Patterson
The Wings of the Dove – Sandy Powell

Best Film Editing:
Titanic – Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (WINNER)
Air Force One – Richard Francis-Bruce
As Good as It Gets – Richard Marks
Good Will Hunting – Pietro Scalia
L.A. Confidential – Peter Honess

Best Visual Effects:
Titanic – Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (WINNER)
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

Academy Honorary Award:
Stanley Donen