Mar 21, 1999
The 71st Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 21, 1999 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Whoopie Goldberg hosted an evening which saw "Shakespeare In Love" upset "Saving Private Ryan" to take home best picture.
It was also the year when Roberto Benigni climbed over chairs and kisses almost everyone when it was announced that he had won Best Actor for his role in "Life Is Beautiful."
71st Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| Shakespeare In Love |    |
| David Parfitt; Donna Giglotti; Harvey Weinstein; Edward Zwick; Marc Norman | |
| Other Nominees: Elizabeth; Life Is Beautiful; Saving Private Ryan; The Thin Red Line | |
| Best Actor | |
| Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful) | |
| Other Nominees: Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan); Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters); Nick Nolte (Affliction); Edward Norton (American History X) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love) | |
| Other Nominees: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth); Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station); Meryl Streep (One True Thing); Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie) | |
| Best Director | |
| Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan) |  |
| Other Nominees: Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful); John Madden (Shakespeare In Love); Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line); Peter Weir (The Truman Show) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| James Coburn (Affliction) |  |
| Other Nominees: Robert Duvall (A Civil Action); Ed Harris (The Truman Show); Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare In Love); Billy Bob Thornton (A Simple Plan) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love) | |
| Other Nominees: Kathy Bates (Primary Colors); Brenda Blethyn (Little Voice); Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie); Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters) | |
| Writing | |
| Gods and Monsters | |
| Bill Condon | |
| Other Nominees: Out of Sight; Primary Colors; A Smiple Plan; The Thin Red Line | |
| Writing | |
| Shakespeare In Love | |
| Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard | |
| Other Nominees: Bulworth; Life Is Beautiful; Saving Private Ryan; The Truman Show | |
| Cinematography | |
| Saving Private Ryan | |
| Janusz Kaminski | |
| Other Nominees: A Civil Action; Elizabeth; Shakespeare In Love; The Thin Red Line | |
| Art Direction | |
| Shakespeare In Love | |
| Martin Childs | |
| Other Nominees: Elizabeth; Pleasantville; Saving Private Ryan; What Dreams May Come | |
| Film Editing | |
| Saving Private Ryan | |
| Michael Kahn | |
| Other Nominees: Life Is Beautiful; Out of Sight; Shakespeare In Love; The Thin Red Line | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| The Last Days | |
| James Moll; Ken Lipper | |
| Other Nominees: Dancemaker; The Farm: Angola USA; Lenny Bruce: Swear To Tell the Truth; Regret To Inform | |
| Documentary Short | |
| The Personals: Improvisations On Romance In the Golden Years | |
| Keiko Ibi | |
| Other Nominees: A Place In the Land; Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Life Is Beautiful | |
| Other Nominees: Central Station; Children of Heaven; The Grandfather; Tango | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| Bunny | |
| Chris Wedge | |
| Other Nominees: The Canterbury Tales; Jolly Roger; More; When Life Departs | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Election Night | |
| Kim Magnusson & Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| Other Nominees: Culture; Holiday Romance; La Carte Postale; Victor | |
| Costume Design | |
| Shakespeare In Love | |
| Sandy Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Beloved; Elizabeth; Pleasantville; Velvet Goldmine | |
| Makeup | |
| Elizabeth | |
| Jenny Shircore | |
| Other Nominees: Saving Private Ryan; Shakespeare In Love | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Saving Private Ryan | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Richard Hymns | |
| Other Nominees: Armageddon; The Mask of Zorro | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Saving Private Ryan | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Gary Summers; Andy Nelson; Ronald Judkins | |
| Other Nominees: Armageddon; The Mask of Zorro; Shakespeare In Love; The Thin Red Line | |
| Visual Effects | |
| What Dreams May Come | |
| Joel Hynek; Nicholas Brooks; Stuart Robertson; Kevin Mack | |
| Other Nominees: Armageddon; Mighty Joe Young | |
| Original Score | |
| Life Is Beautiful | |
| Nicola Piovani | |
| Other Nominees: Elizabeth; Pleasantville; Saving Private Ryan; The Thin Red Line | |
| Original Song | |
| When You Believe (The Prince of Egypt) | |
| Stephen Schwartz | |
| Other Nominees: I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Armageddon); The Prayer (Quest for Camelot); A Soft Place To Fall (The Horse Whisperer); That'll Do (Babe: Pig In the City) | |
| Special Award | |
| Elia Kazan (Recognition of contributions to motion picture directing) | |
| Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Norman Jewison | |
Movie Trailer for 'Shakespeare In Love'
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