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70th Annual

Academy Award Winners

and Nominees
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
winners announced March 23, 1998

Best Picture

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
    “Titanic”
  2. James L. Brooks, Bridgit Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers
    “As Good as It Gets”
  3. Uberto Pasolini, producer
    “The Full Monty”
  4. Lawrence Bender, producer
    “Good Will Hunting”
  5. Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers
    “L.A. Confidential”

Directing/Director

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    James Cameron
    “Titanic”
  2. Peter Cattaneo
    “The Full Monty”
  3. Atom Egoyan
    “The Sweet Hereafter”
  4. Curtis Hanson
    “L.A. Confidential”
  5. Gus Van Sant
    “Good Will Hunting”

Visual Effects

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
    “Titanic”
  2. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri
    “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”
  3. Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
    “Starship Troopers”

Writing
Original Screenplay

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Good Will Hunting
    Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
    “Good Will Hunting”
  2. Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks
    “As Good As It Gets”
  3. Paul Thomas Anderson
    “Boogie Nights”
  4. Woody Allen
    Deconstructing Harry
  5. Simon Beaufoy
    “The Full Monty”

Writing
Adapted Screenplay

  1. L.A. Confidential
    Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
    “L.A. Confidential”
  2. Paul Attanasio
    “Donnie Brasco”
  3. Atom Egoyan
    “The Sweet Hereafter”
  4. Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
    “Wag the Dog”
  5. Hossein Amini
    “The Wings of the Dove”

Cinematography

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Russell Carpenter
    “Titanic”
  2. Janusz Kaminski
    “Amistad”
  3. Roger Deakins
    “Kundun”
  4. Dante Spinotti
    “L.A. Confidential”
  5. Eduardo Serra
    “The Wings of the Dove”

Actor
in a leading role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    As Good As It Gets
    Jack Nicholson
    “As Good As It Gets”
  2. Matt Damon as Will Hunting
    “Good Will Hunting”
  3. Robert Duvall as Euliss “Sonny” Dewey, a.k.a. “The Apostle E.F.”
    “The Apostle”
  4. Peter Fonda as Ulysses “Ulee” Jackson
    “Ulee's Gold”
  5. Dustin Hoffman as Stanley Motss
    “Wag the Dog”

Actor
in a supporting role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Good Will Hunting
    Robin Williams as Dr. Sean Maguire
    “Good Will Hunting”
  2. Robert Forster as Max Cherry
    “Jackie Brown”
  3. Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams
    “Amistad”
  4. Greg Kinnear as Simon Bishop
    “As Good as It Gets”
  5. Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner
    “Boogie Nights”

Film Editing

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
    “Titanic”
  2. Richard Francis-Bruce
    “Air Force One”
  3. Richard Marks
    “As Good As It Gets”
  4. Pietro Scalia
    “Good Will Hunting”
  5. Peter Honess
    “L.A. Confidential”

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

  1. Oscar® Winner

    The Full Monty
    Anne Dudley
    “The Full Monty”
  2. Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, David Newman
    “Anastasia”
  3. Hans Zimmer
    “As Good As It Gets”
  4. Danny Elfman
    “Men in Black”
  5. James Newton Howard
    “My Best Friend's Wedding”

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    James Horner
    “Titanic”
  2. John Williams
    “Amistad”
  3. Danny Elfman
    “Good Will Hunting”
  4. Philip Glass
    “Kundun”
  5. Jerry Goldsmith
    “L.A. Confidential”

Sound

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
    “Titanic”
  2. Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D.M. Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
    “Air Force One”
  3. Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Arthur Rochester
    “Con Air”
  4. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
    “Contact”
  5. Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
    “L.A. Confidential”

Actress
in a leading role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    As Good as It Gets
    Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly
    “As Good as It Gets”
  2. Helena Bonham Carter as Kate Croy
    “The Wings of the Dove”
  3. Julie Christie as Phyllis Mann
    “Afterglow”
  4. Judi Dench as Queen Victoria
    “Mrs. Brown”
  5. Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater
    “Titanic”

Actress
in a supporting role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    L.A. Confidential
    Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken
    “L.A. Confidential”
  2. Joan Cusack
    “In and Out”
  3. Minnie Driver
    “Good Will Hunting”
  4. Julianne Moore
    “Boogie Nights”
  5. Gloria Stuart
    “Titanic”

Art Direction

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Peter Lamont
    “Titanic”
  2. Jan Roelfs, Nancy Nye
    “Gattaca”
  3. Dante Ferretti, Francesca LoSchiavo
    “Kundun”
  4. Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Jay Hart
    “L.A. Confidential”
  5. Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
    “Men in Black”

Costume Design

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Deborah Lynn Scott
    “Titanic”
  2. Ruth E. Carter
    “Amistad”
  3. Dante Ferretti
    “Kundun”
  4. Janet Patterson
    “Oscar and Lucinda”
  5. Sandy Powell
    “The Wings of the Dove”

Makeup

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Men in Black
    Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
    “Men in Black”
  2. Veronica Brebner, Beverly Binda
    “Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown”
  3. Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
    “Titanic”

Sound Effects Editing

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Titanic
    Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes
    “Titanic”
  2. Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Halberg
    “Face/Off”
  3. Mark Mangini
    “The Fifth Element”