Steve Rhodes reports the Oscar nominations

Steve Rhodes reports Oscar nominations

By Steve Rhodes

Here are the list of the Academy Award nominations for this year. I was quite pleased with the choices. The only ones not here that I would have wanted included are Leonard DiCaprio for best actor for Titanic, Ian Holm for best actor for The Sweet Hereafter, Fast, Cheap and Out-of-Control for best documentary, Riding the Rails for best documentary, and the script for Chasing Amy. Set your clocks for 6 p.m. on Monday, March 23, to find out who will win. ______________________________________________________________________

Best picture of the year: (number in parenthesis is total of nominations in all categories)

As Good as it Gets (TriStar) (7)
The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight) (4)
Good Will Hunting (Miramax) (9)
L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.) (9)
Titanic (20th Century Fox/Paramount) (14)

Best performance by an actor in a leading role:

Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (Miramax)
Robert Duvall in The Apostle (October Films)
Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold (Orion)
Dustin Hoffman in Wag The Dog (New Line)
Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets (TriStar)

Best performance by an actress in a leading role:

Helena Bonham Carter in The Wings of the Dove (Miramax)
Julie Christie in Afterglow (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in Mrs. Brown (Miramax)
Helen Hunt in As Good As It Gets (TriStar)
Kate Winslet in Titanic (20th Century Fox/Paramount)

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Robert Forster in Jackie Brown (Miramax)
Anthony Hopkins in Amistad (DreamWorks)
Greg Kinnear in As Good as it Gets (TriStar)
Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights (New Line Cinema)
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (Miramax)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.)
Joan Cusack in In & Out (Paramount in association with Spelling Films)
Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting (Miramax)
Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights (New Line)
Gloria Stuart in Titanic (20th Century Fox/Paramount)

Best achievement in directing:

Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight)
Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting (Miramax)
Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.)
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter (Fine Line Features)
James Cameron, Titanic (20th Century Fox/Paramount)

Best foreign language film:

Beyond Silence, from Germany (A Claussen+Wobke Filmproduktion GmbH/Roxy-Film GmbH production)
Character, the Netherlands (A First Floor Features production)
Four Days in September from Brazil (A Production L.C. Barretto Ltda./Filmes do Equador Ltda. production)
Secrets of the Heart, from Spain (An Aiete Films/Ariane Films production)
The Thief, from Russia (An NTV-Profit/Productions le Pont/Roissy Films production).

Best achievement in cinematography:

Amistad (Dreamworks) Janusz Kaminski
Kundun (Buena Vista) Roger Deakins
L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.) Dante Spinotti
Titanic (20th Century Fox/Paramount) Russell Carpenter
The Wings of the Dove (Miramax) Eduardo Serra

Best screenplay written directly for the screen:

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

Best adapted screenplay:

Donnie Brasco - Paul Attanasio
L.A. Confidential - Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan
Wag The Dog - Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
The Wings Of The Dove - Hossein Amini

Best achievement in costume design:

Amistad, Ruth E. Carter
Kundun, Dante Ferretti
Oscar and Lucinda, Janet Patterson
Titanic, Deborah L. Scott
The Wings of the Dove, Sandy Powell

Best achievement in art direction:

Gattaca (Columbia) Art direction Jan Roelfs, Set direction Nancy Nye
Kundun Art direction Dante Ferretti, Set Direction Francesca Lo Schiavo
L.A. Confidential Art direction Jeannine Oppewall, Set direction Jay R. Hart
Men in Black (Columbia) Art direction Bo Welch, Set direction Cheryl Carasik
Titanic Art direction Peter Lamont, Set direction Michael Ford

Best original dramatic score:

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

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 song:

"Go The Distance" from Hercules, Alan Menken and David Zippel
"How Do I Live" from Con Air, Diane Warren
"Journey To The Past" from Anastasia, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
"Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting, Elliott Smith
"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic, James Horner and Will Jennings.

Best film editing:

Air Force One, Richard Francis-Bruce
As Good As It Gets, Richard Marks
Good Will Hunting, Pietro Scalia
L.A. Confidential, Peter Honess
Titanic, Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris

Best makeup:

Men In Black, Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
Mrs. Brown, Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
Titanic, Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson

Best achievement in sound:

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

Best achievement in sound effects editing:

Face/Off (Paramount and Touchstone) Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg
The Fifth Element Mark Mangini
Titanic, Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes

Best documentary feature:

Ayn Rand: A Sense Of Life, Michael Paxton
Colors Straight Up, Michele Ohayon and Julia Schacter
4 Little Girls, Spike Lee and Sam Pollard
The Long Way Home, Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement A SomFord Entertainment/Fifth Estate Production

Best documentary short subject:

Alaska: Spirit Of The Wild, George Casey and Paul Novros
Amazon, Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
Daughter Of The Bride, Terri Randall
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrand
A Story Of Healing, Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak

Best live-action short film:

Dance Lexie Dance, Pearse Moore and Tim Loane
It's Good To Talk, Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
Sweethearts? Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
Visas And Virtue, Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue
Wolfgang, Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen

Best achievement in visual effects:

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

Best animated short film:

Famous Fred Joanna Quinn
Geri's Game Jan Pinkava
La Vieille Dame Et Les Pigeons (The Old Lady And The Pigeons) Sylvain Chomet
The Mermaid Alexander Petrov
Redux Riding Hood Steve Moore

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P.S. My week and a half flu is gone, and I'm back going to the movies again so expect more reviews of new movies from me. Still it's good I keep a backlog of video reviews for the times I am sick. I want my readers to get their reviews every weekday -- it's a tradition and a commitment.

—Steve