MARCH 23, 1998: 

Best Picture:

As Good As It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Actor:

Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall, The Apostle
Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman, Wag the Dog
Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets

Best Actress:

Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie, Afterglow
Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet, Titanic

Best Supporting Actor:

Robert Forster, Jackie Brown
Anthony Hopkins, Amistad
Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets
Burt Reynolds, Boogie Nights
Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting

Best Supporting Actress:

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack, In & Out
Minnie Driver, Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart, Titanic

Best Director:

Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty
Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting
Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
James Cameron, Titanic

Best Foreign Film:

Beyond Silence, Germany
Character, The Netherlands
Four Days in September, Brazil
Secrets of the Heart, Spain
The Thief, Russia

Best Screenplay:

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

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco
Brian Helgeland and Curitis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, Wag the Dog
Hossein Amini, The Wings of the Dove

Best Art Direction:

Gattaca
Kundun
L.A. Confidential
Men in Black
Titanic

Best Cinematography:

Amistad
Kundun
L.A. Confidential
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove

Best Sound:

Air Force One
Con Air
Contact
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Sound Effects Editing:

Face/Off
The Fifth Element
Titanic

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:

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

Best Original Dramatic Score:

Amistad, John Williams
Good Will Hunting, Danny Elfman
Kundun, Phillip Glass
L.A. Confidential, Jerry Goldsmith
Titanic, James Horner

Best Original Song:

"Go the Distance" from Hercules
"How do I Live" from Con Air
"Journey to the Past" from Anastasia
"Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting
"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic

Best Costumes:

Amistad
Kundun
Oscar and Lucinda
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove

Best Documentary Feature:

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Colors Straight Up
4 Little Girls
The Long Way Home
Waco: The Rules of Engagement

Documentary, Short Subject:
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Amazon
Daughter of the Bride
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
A Story of Healing

Film Editing:

Air Force One
As Good As It Gets
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
Titanic

Best Makeup:

Men in Black
Mrs. Brown
Titanic

Animated Short Film:

Famous Fred
Geri's Game
La Vieille Dame et Les Pigeons
The Mermaid
Redux Riding Hood

Live Action Short:

Dance Lexie Dance
It's Good to Talk
Sweethearts?
Visas and Virtue
Wolfgang

Visual Effects:

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Starship Troopers
Titanic

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