What happened
at the Oscars this year? What sank who floundered? What were the
hits and misses at the Oscars? This article gives a concise and
comprehensive update on the renowned ceremony.
Who won what?
- Best Picture:
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
- Best Director: STEVEN
SPIELBERG(SAVING
PRIVATE RYAN)
- bEST Performance by an actor
in a leading role :ROBERTO BENIGNI
(LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL)
- Best performance by
an actress in a leading
role : GWYNETH PALTROW (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
- BEST
PERFORMANCE by an actor IN a
supporting ROLE : JAMES COBURN (AFFLICTION)
- BEST
PERFORMANCE by an ACTRESS IN a
supporting role: JUDI DENCH (SHAKESPEARE
IN LOVE)
- BEST Foreign Language film:
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (ITALIAN)
- Best Adapted Screenplay: BILL
CONDON (GODS AND
MONSTERS)
- BEST Screenplay written directly
for the screen: MARC NORMAN AND TOM
STOPPARD (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
- BEST Art
direction: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
- BEST
Cinematography: JANUSZ
KAMINSKI (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN)
- BEST MAKEUP:
JENNY SHIRCORE (ELIZABETH)
- BEST LIVE
ACTION SHORT
FILM: KIM
MAGNUSSON AND ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN (ELECTION NIGHT)
- BEST ANIMATEd short film:
CHRIS WEDGE (BUNNY)
- BEST ORIGINAL
MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE ; STEPHEN WARBECK(SHAKESPEARE
IN LOVE)
- BEST ORIGINAL DRAMATIC
score:
NICOLA PIOVANI (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL)
- BEST FILm
editing: MICHAEL KAHN (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN)
- BEST Visual effectS: JOEL HYNEK,
NICHOLAS BROOKS AND KEVIN MACK (WHAT DREAMS MAY COME)
- Best
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBjecT :KEIKO IBI (THE
PERSONALS : IMPROVISATIONS ON ROMANCE IN THE GOLDEN YEARS)
- BEST DOCUMENTARY
feature: JAMES MOLL AND KEN LIPPER (THE LAST
DAYS)
- BEST Costume design: sandy
powell
- Best ORIginal song : STEPHEN
SCHWARTZ (When You Believe from THE
PRINCE OF EGYPT)
