Billy Crystal 
     
      
    Billy Skywalker on Dagobah 
     
      
    Best Supporting Actor: Cuba
    Godding, jr. 
     
      
    Best Supporting Actress: Juliette
    Binoche 
     
      
    Madonna: "You
    Must Love Me" 
     
      
    Clare Danes 
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
    Debbie Reynolds and
    her daughter... 
     
      
    ...Carrie Fisher. 
     
      
     
      
     
      
    David Helfgott 
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
    Kenneth Branagh 
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
    BEST PICTURE 
    * The English Patient -- Saul Zaentz, Producer  
    Fargo -- Ethan Coen, Producer  
    Jerry Maguire -- James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe,
    Producers  
    Secrets & Lies -- Simon Channing-Williams, Producer  
    Shine -- Jane Scott, Producer  
    DIRECTING 
    * The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella  
    Fargo -- Joel Coen  
    The People vs. Larry Flynt -- Milos Forman  
    Secrets & Lies -- Mike Leigh  
    Shine -- Scott Hicks  
    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE 
    Brenda Blethyn -- Secrets & Lies {"Cynthia"}  
    Diane Keaton -- Marvin's Room {"Bessie"}  
    * Frances McDormand -- Fargo {"Marge Gunderson"}  
    Kristin Scott Thomas -- The English Patient {"Katharine Clifton"}  
    Emily Watson -- Breaking the Waves {"Bess"}  
     
    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
    Joan Allen -- The Crucible {"Elizabeth Proctor"}  
    Lauren Bacall -- The Mirror Has Two Faces {"Hannah Morgan"}  
    * Juliette Binoche -- The English Patient {"Hana"}  
    Barbara Hershey -- The Portrait of a Lady {"Madame Serena Merle"}  
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste -- Secrets & Lies {"Hortense"}  
    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE 
    Tom Cruise -- Jerry Maguire {"Jerry Maguire"}  
    Ralph Fiennes -- The English Patient {"Almasy"}  
    Woody Harrelson -- The People vs. Larry Flynt {"Larry Flynt"}  
    * Geoffrey Rush -- Shine {"David Helfgott"}  
    Billy Bob Thornton -- Sling Blade {"Karl Childers"}  
     
    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
    * Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- Jerry Maguire {"Rod Tidwell"}  
    William H. Macy -- Fargo {"Jerry Lundegaard"}  
    Armin Mueller-Stahl -- Shine {"Peter Helfgott"}  
    Edward Norton -- Primal Fear {"Aaron Stampler"}  
    James Woods -- Ghosts of Mississippi {"Byron De La Beckwith"}  
     
    ART DIRECTION 
    The Birdcage -- Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik  
    * The English Patient -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan  
    Evita -- Art Direction: Brian Morris; Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure  
    Hamlet -- Tim Harvey  
    William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet -- Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set
    Decoration: Brigitte Broch  
     
    CINEMATOGRAPHY 
    * The English Patient -- John Seale  
    Evita -- Darius Khondji  
    Fargo -- Roger Deakins  
    Fly Away Home -- Caleb Deschanel  
    Michael Collins -- Chris Menges  
     
    COSTUME DESIGN 
    Angels and Insects -- Paul Brown  
    Emma -- Ruth Myers  
    * The English Patient -- Ann Roth  
    Hamlet -- Alex Byrne  
    The Portrait of a Lady -- Janet Patterson  
     
    DOCUMENTARY (Feature) 
    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story -- Susan W. Dryfoos  
    Mandela -- Jo Menell, Angus Gibson  
    Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse -- Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson  
    Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press -- Rick Goldsmith  
    * When We Were Kings -- Leon Gast, David Sonenberg  
     
    DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) 
    * Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien -- Jessica Yu  
    Cosmic Voyage -- Jeffrey Marvin, Bayley Silleck  
    An Essay on Matisse -- Perry Wolff  
    Special Effects -- Susanne Simpson, Ben Burtt  
    The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage -- Paul Seydor, Nick Redman  
     
    FILM EDITING 
    * The English Patient -- Walter Murch  
    Evita -- Gerry Hambling  
    Fargo -- Roderick Jaynes  
    Jerry Maguire -- Joe Hutshing  
    Shine -- Pip Karmel  
     
    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 
    A Chef in Love -- Georgia  
    * Kolya -- Czech Republic  
    The Other Side of Sunday -- Norway  
    Prisoner of the Mountains -- Russia  
    Ridicule -- France  
     
    MAKEUP 
    Ghosts of Mississippi -- Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver  
    * The Nutty Professor -- Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson  
    Star Trek: First Contact -- Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber  
     
    MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score) 
    * The English Patient -- Gabriel Yared  
    Hamlet -- Patrick Doyle  
    Michael Collins -- Elliot Goldenthal  
    Shine -- David Hirschfelder  
    Sleepers -- John Williams  
     
    MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score) 
    * Emma -- Rachel Portman  
    The First Wives Club -- Marc Shaiman  
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz;
    Orchestral Score by Alan Menken  
    James and the Giant Peach -- Randy Newman  
    The Preacher's Wife -- Hans Zimmer  
     
    MUSIC (Original Song) 
    "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close and Personal -- Music and Lyric by Diane
    Warren  
    "For the First Time" from One Fine Day -- Music and Lyric by James Newton
    Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich  
    "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces -- Music and Lyric by
    Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert 'Mutt' Lange  
    "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do! -- Music and Lyric by Adam
    Schlesinger  
    * "You Must Love Me" from Evita -- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim
    Rice  
     
    SHORT FILM (Animated) 
    Canhead -- Timothy Hittle, Chris Peterson  
    La Salla -- Richard Condie  
    * Quest -- Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach  
    Wat's Pig -- Peter Lord  
     
    SHORT FILM (Live Action) 
    De Tripas, Corazon -- Antonio Urrutia  
    * Dear Diary -- David Frankel, Barry Jossen  
    Ernst & Lyset -- Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen  
    Esposados -- Juan Carlos Fresnadillo  
    Wordless -- Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo  
     
    SOUND 
    * The English Patient -- Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman  
    Evita -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ken Weston  
    Independence Day -- Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler  
    The Rock -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester  
    Twister -- Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson  
     
    SOUND EFFECTS EDITING 
    Daylight -- Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker  
    Eraser -- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman  
    * The Ghost and the Darkness -- Bruce Stambler  
     
    VISUAL EFFECTS 
    Dragonheart -- Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West  
    * Independence Day -- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil  
    Twister -- Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry La Bounta  
     
    WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
    The Crucible -- Arthur Miller  
    The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella  
    Hamlet -- Kenneth Branagh  
    * Sling Blade -- Billy Bob Thornton  
    Trainspotting -- John Hodge  
     
    WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 
    * Fargo -- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen  
    Jerry Maguire -- Cameron Crowe  
    Lone Star -- John Sayles  
    Secrets & Lies -- Mike Leigh  
    Shine -- Screenplay by Jan Sardi; Story by Scott Hicks  
     
    HONORARY AWARD 
    * To Michael Kidd in recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the
    screen.  
     
    SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit) 
    * To IMAX CORPORATION for the method of filming and exhibiting high-fidelity,
    large-format, wide-angle motion pictures. [Systems]  
     
    SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) 
    * To JOHN SCHLAG, BRIAN KNEP, ZORAN KACIC-ALESIC and THOMAS WILLIAMS for the development
    of the Viewpaint 3D Paint System for film production work. [Special Photographic]  
    * To WILLIAM REEVES for the original concept and the development of particle systems used
    to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures. [Special Photographic]  
    * To JIM HOURIHAN for the primary design and development of the interactive language-based
    control of partical systems as embodied in the Dynamation software package. [Special
    Photographic]  
    * To JONATHAN ERLAND and KAY BEVING ERLAND for the development of the Digital Series
    Traveling Matte Backing System used for composite photography in motion pictures. [Special
    Photographic]  
     
    SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) 
    * To PERRY KIVOLOWITZ, for the primary design, and DR. GARTH A. DICKIE for the development
    of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic
    Reality Special Effects System. [Special Photographic]  
    * To KEN PERLIN for the development of Perlin Noise, a technique used to produce natural
    appearing textures on computer generated surfaces for motion picture visual effects.
    [Special Photographic]  
    * To NESTOR BURTNYK and MARCELI WEIN of the National Research Council of Canada for their
    pioneering work in the development of software techniques for Computer Assisted Key
    Framing for Character Animation. [Cartoon Process]  
    * To GRANT LOUCKS for the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director's Viewfinder.
    [Photography]  
    * To BRIAN KNEP, CRAIG HAYES, RICK SAYRE and THOMAS WILLIAMS for the creation and
    development of the Direct Input Device. [Special Photographic]  
    * To JAMES KAJIYA and TIMOTHY KAY for their pioneering work in producing computer
    generated fur and hair in motion pictures. [Special Photographic]  
    * To JEFFREY YOST, CHRISTIAN ROUET, DAVID BENSON and FLORIAN KAINZ for the development of
    a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures.
    [Special Photographic]  
    * To RICHARD A. PREY and WILLIAM N. MASTEN for the design and development of the Nite Sun
    II lighting crane and camera platform. [Camera Cranes]  
     
    AWARD OF COMMENDATION 
    * To Joe Lombardi in celebration of 50 years in the motion picture industry. His knowledge
    and leadership in the field of pyrotechnics and special effects along with his
    uncompromising promotion of safety on the set have established the standard for today's
    special effects technicians.  
     
    JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION 
    * To Volker W. Bahnemann in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in
    upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  
    * To Burton 'Bud' Stone in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in
    upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  
     
    IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD 
    * Saul Zaentz  
     
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