James Cameron's Titanic continued its record breaking voyage by picking up 14 Academy Award nominations Tuesday, including for best picture, actress and director. The only other film to get as many nominations was All About Eve back in 1951. Titanic will now  be trying to match or better Ben-Hur's 11 Academy Awards won in 1959 from 12 nominations.
Good Will Hunting, which screens Friday, and LA Confidential, which premiered in Cannes, each received nine nominations, including best picture. The other best picture nominees were As Good As It Gets, which received seven nominations, and The Full Monty, which won the European Film Award in Berlin in 1997, and received four nominations.
Good Will Hunting could become only the second film ever to win a Golden Bear and the Academy Award for best picture. To date only Barry Levinson's Rain Man has managed the prestigious double, and that was back in 1989. Levinson's timely Wag the Dog, which also screens here in competition, picked up two nominations, including for Dustin Hoffman's performance, while Jackie Brown received a nomination for Robert Forster's performance in a supporting role.
Films from Germany (Beyond Silence), the Netherlands (Character), Spain (Secrets of the Heart), Russia (The Thief) and Brazil (Four Days in September) received nominations for best foreign language film of the year. Both the Brazilian and Spanish films screened in competition in Berlin last year.
The winners are to be announced in Los Angeles 23 March, after the 5,371 members of the Academy have voted on the nominations. CP

BEST PICTURE: As Good As It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, Titanic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Beyond Silence, Germany; Character, The Netherlands; Four Days In September, Brazil; Secrets Of The Heart, Spain; The Thief, Russia.

SCREENPLAY (written directly for the screen): 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 & Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting.

SCREENPLAY (based on material previously produced or published): Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco; Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential; Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter; Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, Wag The Dog; Hossein Amini, The Wings of the Dove.

ART DIRECTION: Gattaca, Kundun, L.A. Confidential, Men In Black, Titanic.

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

SOUND: Air Force One, Con Air, Contact, L.A. Confidential, Titanic.

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: Face/Off, The Fifth Element, Titanic.

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.

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

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.

COSTUME: Amistad, Kundun, Oscar And Lucinda, Titanic, The Wings of the Dove.

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.

MAKEUP: Men In Black, Mrs. Brown, Titanic.

ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Famous Fred, Geri's Game, La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons), The Mermaid, Redux Riding Hood.

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Dance Lexie Dance, It's Good To Talk, Sweethearts?, Visas and Virtue, Wolfgang.

VISUAL EFFECTS: The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, Titanic.