5th annual cadet film awards 1998

Best Picture

Winner:
ELIZABETH

Nominee:
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
THE THIN RED LINE
THE TRUMAN SHOW

Best Director

Winner:
Shekhar Kapur — ELIZABETH

Nominee:
Roberto Benigni – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Steven Spielberg – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Terrence Malick – THE THIN RED LINE
Peter Weir – THE TRUMAN SHOW

Best Actor, Leading Role

Winner:
Edward Norton – AMERICAN HISTORY X

Nominee:
Joseph Fiennes – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Bill Paxton – A SIMPLE PLAN
Jim Caviezel – THE THIN RED LINE
Jim Carrey – THE TRUMAN SHOW

Best Actress, Leading Role

Winner:
Cate Blanchett — ELIZABETH

Nominee:
Fernanda Montenegro – CENTRAL STATION
Kathy Burke – NIL BY MOUTH
Christina Ricci – THE OPPOSITE OF SEX
Gwyneth Paltrow – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Best Supporting Actor

Winner:
Jeremy Davies – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

Nominee:
Christopher Eccleston – ELIZABETH
Dylan Baker – HAPPINESS
Geoffrey Rush – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Billy Bob Thonrton – A SIMPLE PLAN

Best Supporting Actress

Winner:
Lisa Kudrow – THE OPPOSITE OF SEX

Nominee:
Lynn Redgrave – GODS AND MONSTERS
Rachel Griffiths – HILARY AND JACKIE
Nicoletta Braschi – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Kathy Bates – PRIMARY COLORS

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner:
Terrence Malick – THE THIN RED LINE

Nominee:
Neil Jordan & Patrick McCabe – THE BUTCHER BOY
Scott Frank – OUT OF SIGHT
Elaine May – PRIMARY COLORS
Scott B. Smith – A SIMPLE PLAN

Best Original Screenplay

Winner:
Andrew Niccol – THE TRUMAN SHOW

Nominee:
John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery, & Bob Shaw – A BUG’S LIFE
Michael Hirst — ELIZABETH
Roberto Benigni & Vincenzo Cerami – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Best Original Dramatic Score

Winner:
David Hirschfelder – ELIZABETH

Nominee:
Rachel Portman – BELOVED
Jacques Morelembaum & Antonio Pinto – CENTRAL STATION
Hans Zimmer – THE THIN RED LINE
Burkhard Dallwitz & Phillip Glass – THE TRUMAN SHOW

Best Original Comedy or Musical Score

Winner:
Stephen Warbeck – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Nominee:
Randy Newman – A BUG’S LIFE
Jerry Goldsmith – MULAN
Randy Newman – PLEASANTVILLE
Ry Cooder & Carly Simon – PRIMARY COLORS

Best Original Song

Winner:
“The Prayer” (David Foster, Carole Bayer-Sager) – THE QUEST FOR CAMELOT

Nominee:
“Uhuru”(Rachel Portman) – BELOVED
“The Time of Your Life”(Randy Newman) – A BUG’S LIFE
“Uninvited” (Alanis Morissette) – CITY OF ANGELS
“Happiness” (Robbie Kondor) – HAPPINESS

Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner:
LA VITA E BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) (Roberto Benigni, Italy)

Nominee:
CENTRAL DO BRASIL (CENTRAL STATION) (Walter Salles, Brazil)
FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION) (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
HANA BI (FIREWORKS) (Takeshi Kitano, Japan)
LA VIE REVEE DES ANGES (THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS) (Erick Zonca, France)

Best Cinematography (tie)

Winner:
Janusz Kaminski – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
and
John Toll – THE THIN RED LINE

Nominee:
Walter Carvalho – CENTRAL STATION
Daruisz Wolski – DARK CITY
Remi Adefarasin – ELIZABETH

Best Editing

Winner:
Jill Bilcock – ELIZABETH

Nominee:
Anne V. Coates – OUT OF SIGHT
Michael Kahn – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Eric L. Beason & Arthur Coburn – A SIMPLE PLAN
Billy Weber, Leslie Jones – THE THIN RED LINE

Best Production Design

Winner:
Jeannine Oppewall – PLEASANTVILLE

Nominee:
Roger Ford – BABE: PIG IN THE CITY
Patrick Tatopoulos -DARK CITY
John Myhre – ELIZABETH
Eugenio Zanetti – WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

Best Costume Design

Winner:
Alexandra Byrne – ELIZABETH

Nominee:
Colleen Atwood – BELOVED
Liz Keogh – DARK CITY
Judianna Makovsky – PLEASANTVILLE
Sandy Powell – SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Best Sound

Winner:
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

Nominee:
DARK CITY
THE MASK OF ZORRO
THE THIN RED LINE
THE TRUMAN SHOW

Best Makeup

Winner:
DARK CITY

Nominee:
BLADE
ELIZABETH
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Best Sound Effects Editing

Winner:
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

Nominee:
THE MASK OF ZORRO
THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS
RONIN
THE X-FILES

Best Visual Effects

Winner:
DARK CITY

Nominees:
ARMAGEDDON
BABE: PIG IN THE CITY
BLADE
PLEASANTVILLE

Best Australian Film of the Year

Winner:
DARK CITY (Alex Proyas)

Runner Up:
HEAD ON (Ana Kokkinos)

Best Debut

Eamonn Owens for his performance in THE BUTCHER BOY
Jason Schwartzmann for his performance in RUSHMORE
and
Jim Caviezel for his performance in THE THIN RED LINE

Best Documentary

Winner:
THE LAST DAYS

Nominees:
THE CRUISE
EVEREST
WILD MAN BLUES

Nomination tallies (excluding Australian Film and Debut Performance)

Elizabeth – 11

Saving Private Ryan – 8
The Thin Red Line – 8

Shakespeare In Love – 7

Dark City – 6
The Truman Show – 6

Life Is Beautiful – 5

Central Station – 4
Pleasantville – 4
A Simple Plan – 4

Beloved – 3
A Bug’s Life – 3
Primary Colors – 3

Babe: Pig in the City – 2
Blade – 2
Happiness – 2
The Mask of Zorro – 2
The Opposite of Sex – 2
Out of Sight – 2

American History X – 1
Armageddon – 1
The Butcher Boy – 1
The Celebration – 1
City of Angels – 1
The Cruise – 1
Everest – 1
Gods and Monsters – 1
Hana Bi – 1
Hilary and Jackie – 1
The Last Days – 1
Mulan – 1
Nil By Mouth – 1
The Quest For Camelot – 1
The Replacement Killers – 1
Ronin – 1
The Dreamlife of Angels – 1
What Dreams May Come – 1
Wild Man Blues – 1
The X-Files – 1