The OscarÆ Winners
The results are in from The 71st Annual Academy AwardsÆ. Shakespeare In Love took home top honors with wins for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Comedy Score, and Art Direction. Steven Spielberg won Best Director for Saving Private Ryan (which won four other awards, mostly technical). Roberto Benigni, who won an expected Oscar for Best Foreign Film also won an unexpected Oscar for Best Actor in Life Is Beautiful. The excitable Italian claimed to have ""used up all my English"" but still managed to delightfully nattier on at length, as did Gwyneth Paltrow, who gave a tearful acceptance speech for her Best Actress Oscar award. Oscar-watchers anxiously awaited the presentation of Elia Kazanís Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award, to see if a planned protest would come off (a group of organizers, angry at such an award being given to a namer of names during the blacklist era, had encouraged Oscar attendees to refuse to applaud). But with the exception of a few (Nick Nolte and Ed Harris among them), the frail-looking Kazan received a warm welcome. The big looser of the evening was The Thin Red Line (no awards, and director/producer Terrence Malick didnít show up). The complete list of winners and nominees follows: Best Picture Shakespeare in Love Nominees: Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare In Love The Thin Red Line Best Directing Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan Nominees: Life Is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare In Love The Thin Red Line The Truman Show Best Screenplay - Original Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare In Love Nominees: Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pikser - Bulworth Vincenzo Cerami & Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful Robert Rodat - Saving Private Ryan Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare In Love Andrew Niccol - The Truman Show Best Screenplay - Adaptation Bill Condon - Gods And Monsters Nominees: Bill Condon - Gods And Monsters Scott Frank - Out Of Sight Elaine May - Primary Colors Scott B. Smith - A Simple Plan Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line Best Actress In A Leading Role Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare In Love Nominees: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare In Love Meryl Streep - One True Thing Emily Watson - Hilary And Jackie Best Actress In A Supporting Role Dame Judi Dench - Shakespeare In Love Nominees: Kathy Bates - Primary Colors Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice Judi Dench - Shakespeare In Love Rachel Griffiths - Hilary And Jackie Lynn Redgrave - Gods And Monsters Best Actor In A Leading Role Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful Nominees: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan Ian McKellen - Gods And Monsters Nick Nolte - Affliction Edward Norton - American History X Best Actor In A Supporting Role James Coburn - Affliction Nominees: James Coburn - Affliction Robert Duvall - A Civil Action Ed Harris - The Truman Show Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare In Love Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski - Saving Private Ryan Nominees: Conrad L. Hall - A Civil Action Remi Adefarasin - Elizabeth Janusz Kaminski - Saving Private Ryan Richard Greatrex - Shakespeare In Love John Toll - The Thin Red Line Best Art Direction Martin Childs (Art Direction) & Jill Quertier (Set Decoration) - Shakespeare In Love Nominees: John Myhre & Peter Howitt - Elizabeth Jeannine Oppewall & Jay Hart - Pleasantville Tom Sanders & Lisa Dean Kavanaugh - Saving Private Ryan Martin Childs & Jill Quertier - Shakespeare In Love Eugenio Zanetti & Cindy Carr - What Dreams May Come Best Costume Design Sandy Powell - Shakespeare in Love Nominees: Colleen Atwood - Beloved Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth Judianna Makovsky - Pleasantville Sandy Powell - Shakespeare In Love Sandy Powell - Velvet Goldmine Best Film Editing Michael Kahn - Saving Private Ryan Nominees: Simona Paggi - Life Is Beautiful Anne V. Coates - Out Of Sight Michael Kahn - Saving Private Ryan David Gamble - Shakespeare In Love Billy Weber, Leslie Jones & Saar Klein - The Thin Red Line Best Visual Effects Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson & Kevin Mack - What Dreams May Come Nominees: Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung & John Frazier - Armageddon Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall & Jim Mitchell - Mighty Joe Young Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson & Kevin Mack - What Dreams May Come Best Achievement In Makeup Jenny Shircore - Elizabeth Nominees: Jenn Shircore - Elizabeth Lois Burwell, Conor OíSullivan & Daniel C. Striepeke - Saving Private Ryan Lisa Westcott & Veronica Brebner - Shakespeare In Love Best Sound Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Ronald Judkins - Saving Private Ryan Nominees: Kevin OíConnell, Greg P. Russell & Keith A. Wester - Armageddon Kevin OíConnell, Greg P. Russell & Pud Cusack - The Mask Of Zorro Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Ronald Judkins - Saving Private Ryan Robin OíDonoghue, Dominic Lester & Peter Glossop - Shakespeare In Love Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer & Paul Rrincat - The Thin Red Line Best Sound Effects Editing Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns - Saving Private Ryan Nominees: George Watters II - Armageddon David McMoyler - The Mask Of Zorro Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns - Saving Private Ryan Best Original Dramatic Score Nicola Piovani - Life Is Beautiful Nominees: David Hirschfelder - Elizabeth Nicola Piovani - Life Is Beautiful Randy Newman - Pleasantville John Williams - Saving Private Ryan Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line - Best Original Musical Or Comedy Score Stephen Warbeck - Shakespeare In Love Nominees: A Bugís Life - Randy Newman Mulan ñ Music By Mathew Wilder, Lyrics By David Zippel, Orchestral Score By Jerry Goldsmith Patch Adams - Marc Shaiman The Prince Of Egypt - Music & Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz, Orchestral Score By Hans Zimmer Shakespeare In Love - Stephen Warbeck Best Original Song ""When You Believe"" - The Prince of Egypt Nominees: ""I Donít Want to Miss a Thing"" Music & Lyric By Diane Warren - Armageddon ""The Prayer"" Musie By Carole Bayer Sager & Davide Foster, Lyric By Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis & Alberto Testa - Quest For Camelot ""A Soft Place To Fall"" Music & Lyric By Allison Moorer & Gwil Owen - The Horse Whisperer ""Thatíll Do"" Music & Lyric By Randy Newman - Babe: Pig In The City ""When You Believe"" Music & Lyric By Stephen Schwartz - The Prince Of Egypt Best Foreign Language Film Life is Beautiful Nominees: Central Station - Brazil Children Of Heaven - Iran The Grandfather - Spain Life Is Beautiful Italy Tango - Argentina Best Documentary Feature The Last Days - James Moll & Ken Lipper, Producers Nominees: Dancemaker ñ Matthew Diamond & Jerry Kupfer, Producers The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. ñ Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus, Producers Lenny Bruce: Swear To Tell The Truth ñ Robert B. Weide, Producer Regret To Inform ñ Barbara Sonneborn & Janet Cole, Producers Best Documentary Short Subject The Personals: Improvisations On Romance In the Golden Years - Keiko Ibi, Producer Nominees: The Personals: Improvisations On Romance In The Golden Years ñ Keiko Ibi, Producer A Place In The Land ñ Charles Guggenheim, Producer Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Shui-Bo Wang & Donald McWilliams, Producers Best Short Film Live Action Election Night (Valgaften) - Kim Magnusson & Anders Thomas Jensen, Produers Nominees: Culture - Will Speck & Josh Gordon, Producers Election Night (Valgaften) ñ Kim Magnusson & Anders Thomas Jensen, Proeducers Holiday Romance ñ Alexander Jovy & JJ Keith, Producers La Carte Postale (The Postcard) ñ Vivian Goffette, Producer Victor - Simon Sandquist & Joel Bergvall, Producers Best Short Film Animated Bunny - Chris Wedge, Producer Nominees: Bunny ñ Chris Wedge, Producer The Canterbury Tales ñ Christopher Grace & Jonathan Myerson, Producers Jolly Roger ñ Mark Baker, Producer More ñ Mark Osborne & Steve Kalafer, Producers When Life Departs ñ Karsten Kiilerich & Stefan Fjeldmark, Producers Lifetime Achievement Award Elia Kazan Irving Thalberg Award Norman Jewison Nominations list courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 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