scars
For the best performance by an actor in a leading roleTom Cruise in JERRY MAGUIRE (TriStar)
Ralph Fiennes in THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax)
Woody Harrelson in THE PEOPLE vs. LARRY FLYNT (Columbia)
Geoffrey Rush in SHINE (Fine Line Features)
Billy Bob Thornton in SLING BLADE (Miramax)
For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role William H. Macy in FARGO (Gramercy)
Armin Mueller-Stahl in SHINE (Fine Line Features)
Edward Norton in PRIMAL FEAR (Paramount in Association with Rysher Entertainment)
James Woods in GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (Columbia)
For the best performance by an actress in a leading role Diane Keaton in MARVIN'S ROOM (Miramax)
Frances McDormand in FARGO (Gramercy)
Kristin Scott Thomas in THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax)
Emily Watson in BREAKING THE WAVES (October Films)
For the best performance by an actress in a supporting roleLauren Bacall in THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (TriStar)
Juliette Binoche in THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax)
Barbara Hershey in THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (Gramercy)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste in SECRETS & LIES (October Films)
For the best achievement in art directionTHE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) Art Direction: Stuart Craig Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
EVITA (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Brian Morris Set Decoration: Phillippe Turiure
HAMLET (Columbia) Art Direction: Tim Harvey
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET Art Direction: Catherine Martin (20th Century Fox) Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
For the best achievement in cinematographyEVITA (Buena Vista) Darius Khondji
FARGO (Gramercy) Roger Deakins
FLY AWAY HOME (Columbia) Caleb Deschanel
MICHAEL COLLINS (Geffen Pictures Chris Menges through Warner Bros.)
For the best achievement in costume design EMMA (Miramax) Ruth Myers
THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) Ann Roth
HAMLET (Columbia) Alex Byrne
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (Gramercy) Janet Patterson
For the best achievement in directing FARGO (Gramercy) Joel Coen
THE PEOPLE vs. LARRY FLYNT (Columbia) Milos Forman
SECRETS & LIES (October Films) Mike Leigh
SHINE (Fine Line Features) Scott Hicks
For the best achievement in documentary features
MANDELA (Island Pictures)
A Clinica Estetico, Ltd.
Production
Jo Menell and Angus Gibson SUZANNE FARRELL: ELUSIVE MUSE A Seahorse Films, Inc. Production
Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson
TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: George Seldes and the American Press A Never Tire Production Rick Goldsmith
WHEN WE WERE KINGS (Gramercy) A DASFilms Ltd. Production Leon Gast and David Sonenberg
For the best achievement in documentary short subjects
COSMIC VOYAGE
A Cosmic Voyage Inc. Production
Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck AN ESSAY ON MATISSE
A Great Projects Film Company, Inc. Production
Perry Wolff SPECIAL EFFECTS
A NOVA/WGBH Boston Production
Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt THE WILD BUNCH: AN ALBUM IN MONTAGE
A Tyrus Entertainment Production
Paul Seydor and Nick Redman
For the best achievement in film editing
For the best foreign language film of the year
KOLYA
A Biograf Jan Svrk/Portebello Pictures/esk Televize/Pandora Cinema Production
Czech RepublicTHE OTHER SIDE OF SUNDAY An NRK Drama Production
Norway
PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS
A Caravan JSC/B.G. Production
Russia RIDICULE
An Epithaete/CinCa Production
France
For the best achievement in makeup THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Universal) Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (Paramount) Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber
For the best achievement in music (original musical or comedy score)THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (Paramount) Marc Shaiman
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (Buena Vista) Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (Buena Vista) Randy Newman
THE PREACHER'S WIFE (Buena Vista) Hans Zimmer
For the best achievement in music (original dramatic score) HAMLET (Columbia) Patrick Doyle
MICHAEL COLLINS (Geffen Pictures Elliot Goldenthal through Warner Bros.)
SHINE (Fine Line Features) David Hirschfelder
SLEEPERS (Warner Bros.) John Williams
For the best achievement in music (original song)
"For the First Time" from ONE FINE DAY (20th Century Fox)
"I Finally Found Someone" from THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (TriStar)
Music and Lyric by Barbra Streisand,
Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert "Mutt" Lange
"That Thing You Do!" from THAT THING YOU DO!
(20th Century Fox)
Music and Lyric by Adam Schlesinger "You Must Love Me" from EVITA (Buena Vista)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyric by Tim Rice
For the best picture of the year
JERRY MAGUIRE (TriStar)
A TriStar Pictures Production
James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark,
Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe, Producers
SECRETS & LIES (October Films)
A Ciby 2000 and Thin Man Films
Production
Simon Channing-Williams, Producer SHINE (Fine Line Features)
A Momentum Films Production
Jane Scott, Producer
For the best achievement in animated short films
A National Film Board of Canada
Production
Richard Condie QUEST
A Thomas Stellmach Animation
Production
Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach WAT'S PIG
An Aardman Animations Limited
Production
Peter Lord
For the best achievement in live action short films DEAR DIARY
A DreamWorks SKG Production
David Frankel and Barry Jossen ERNST & LYSET
An M & M Production
Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen ESPOSADOS
A Zodiac Films/Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo P.C. Production
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo WORDLESS
A Film Trust Italia Production
Bernadette Carranza and Antonello
De Leo
For the best achievement in soundEVITA (Buena Vista) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston
INDEPENDENCE DAY (20th Century Fox) Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler
THE ROCK (Buena Vista) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
TWISTER (Warner Bros. and Universal) Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell and Geoffrey Patterson
For the best achievement in sound effects editingERASER (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (Paramount) Bruce Stambler
For the best achievement in visual effectsINDEPENDENCE DAY (20th Century Fox) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil
TWISTER (Warner Bros. and Universal) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta
For the best screenplay written directly for the screenJERRY MAGUIRE (TriStar) Written by Cameron Crowe
LONE STAR (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by John Sayles
SECRETS & LIES (October Films) Written by Mike Leigh
SHINE (Fine Line Features) Screenplay by Jan Sardi Story by Scott Hicks
For the best screenplay based on material previously produced or published THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) Screenplay by Anthony Minghella
HAMLET (Columbia) Adapted for the screen by Kenneth Branagh
SLING BLADE (Miramax) Written by Billy Bob Thornton
TRAINSPOTTING (Miramax) Screenplay by John Hodge
THE BIRDCAGE, a United Artists Picture Production (MGM/UA) (1 Nomination)
Art direction
BREAKING THE WAVES, a Zentropa Entertainment Production in (1 Nomination)
collaboration with Trust Film Svenska, Liberator
Productions, Argus Film and Northern Lights (October Films)
Emily Watson - Performance by an actress in a leading role
A CHEF IN LOVE, an Adam and Eve Production (1 Nomination)
Best foreign language film (Georgia)
THE CRUCIBLE, a 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox) (2 Nominations)
Joan Allen - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Screenplay based on material previously produced or published
DAYLIGHT, a Davis Entertainment/Joseph M. Singer Production (1 Nomination)
(Universal)
Sound effects editing
DRAGONHEART, a Raffaella De Laurentiis Production (Universal) (1 Nomination)
Visual Effects
EMMA, a Matchmaker Films/Haft Entertainment Production (Miramax) (2 Nominations)
Costume design
Original musical or comedy score
THE ENGLISH PATIENT, a Tiger Moth Production (Miramax) (12 Nominations) Ralph Fiennes - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Kristin Scott Thomas - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Juliette Binoche - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Art direction
Cinematography
Costume design
Directing
Film editing
Original dramatic score
Best picture
Sound
Screenplay based on material previously produced or published
ERASER, a Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.) (1 Nomination)
Sound effects editing
EVITA, a Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures Entertainment (5 Nominations)
Production (Buena Vista)
Art direction
Cinematography
Film editing
Original song - "You Must Love Me"
Sound
FARGO, a Working Title Production (Gramercy) (7 Nominations)
William H. Macy - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Frances McDormand - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Screenplay written directly for the screen
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, a Scott Rudin Production (Paramount) (1 Nomination)
Original musical or comedy score
FLY AWAY HOME, a Sandollar Production (Columbia) (1 Nomination)
Cinematography
THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, a Douglas/Reuther Production (1 Nomination)
(Paramount)
Sound effects editing
GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI, a Castle Rock Entertainment Production (2 Nominations)
(Columbia)
James Woods - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Makeup
HAMLET, a Castle Rock Entertainment Production (Columbia) (4 Nominations)
Art direction
Costume design
Original dramatic score
Screenplay based on material previously produced or published
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, a Walt Disney Pictures Production (1 Nomination)
(Buena Vista)
Original musical or comedy score
INDEPENDENCE DAY, a 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox) (2 Nominations)
Sound
Visual effects
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, a Walt Disney Pictures Production (1 Nomination)
(Buena Vista)
Original musical or comedy score
JERRY MAGUIRE, a TriStar Pictures Production (TriStar) (5 Nominations)
Tom Cruise - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Film editing
Best picture
Screenplay written directly for the screen
KOLYA, a Biograf Jan Svrk/Portobello Pictures/esk Televize/ (1 Nomination)
Pandora Cinema Production (Miramax)
Best foreign language film (Czech Republic)
THE LINE KING: THE AL HIRSCHFELD STORY, a Times History Production (1 Nomination)
Documentary - features
LONE STAR, a Castle Rock Entertainment Production (1 Nomination)
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay written directly for the screen
MANDELA, a Clinica Estetico, Ltd. Production (Island Pictures) (1 Nomination)
Documentary - features
MARVIN'S ROOM, a Marvin's Room Production (Miramax) (1 Nomination)
Diane Keaton - Performance by an actress in a leading role
MICHAEL COLLINS, a Geffen Pictures Production (Geffen Pictures (2 Nominations)
through Warner Bros.)
Cinematography
Original dramatic score
THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES, a TriStar Pictures Production (TriStar) (2 Nominations)
Lauren Bacall - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Original song - "I Finally Found Someone"
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, an Imagine Entertainment Production (Universal) (1 Nomination)
Makeup ONE FINE DAY, a 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox) (1 Nomination)
Original song - "For the First Time"
THE OTHER SIDE OF SUNDAY, an NRK Drama Production (1 Nomination)
Best foreign language film (Norway)
THE PEOPLE vs. LARRY FLYNT, an Ixtlan Production (Columbia) (2 Nominations)
Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Directing
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, a Polygram Pictures Production (Gramercy) (2 Nominations)
Barbara Hershey - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Costume design
THE PREACHER'S WIFE, a Touchstone Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn (1 Nomination)
Company Production (Buena Vista)
Original musical or comedy score
PRIMAL FEAR, a Gary Lucchesi Production (Paramount in association (1 Nomination)
with Rysher Entertainment)
Edward Norton - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS, a Caravan JSC/B.G. Production (1 Nomination)
(Orion Classics)
Best foreign language film (Russia)
RIDICULE, an Epithaete/CinCa Production (Miramax) (1 Nomination)
Best foreign language film (France)
THE ROCK, a Hollywood Pictures Production (Buena Vista) (1 Nomination)
Sound
SECRETS & LIES, a Ciby 2000 and Thin Man Films Production (5 Nominations)
(October Films)
Brenda Blethyn - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Best picture
Screenplay written directly for the screen
SHINE, a Momentum Films Production (Fine Line Features) (7 Nominations)
Geoffrey Rush - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Directing
Film editing
Original dramatic score
Best picture
Screenplay written directly for the screen
SLEEPERS, a Propaganda Films Production (Warner Bros.) (1 Nomination)
Original dramatic score
SLING BLADE, a Shooting Gallery Production (Miramax) (2 Nominations)
Billy Bob Thornton - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Screenplay based on material previously produced or published
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, a Rick Berman Production (Paramount) (1 Nomination)
Makeup
SUZANNE FARRELL: ELUSIVE MUSE, a Seahorse Films, Inc. Production (1 Nomination)
Documentary - features
TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: George Seldes and the American Press, (1 Nomination)
a Never Tire Production
Documentary - features
THAT THING YOU DO!, a 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox) (1 Nomination) Original song - "That Thing You Do!"
TRAINSPOTTING, a Channel Four Films Production (Miramax) (1 Nomination)
Screenplay based on material previously produced or published
TWISTER, a Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros. and Universal) (2 Nominations)
Sound
Visual effects
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, a Touchstone Pictures Production (1 Nomination)
(Buena Vista)
Original song - "Because You Loved Me"
WHEN WE WERE KINGS, a DASFilms Ltd. Production (Gramercy) (1 Nomination)
Documentary - features
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET, a 20th Century Fox Production (1 Nomination)
(20th Century Fox)
Art direction
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Picture | Distribution Company | Nominations |
| The English Patient | Miramax | 12 |
| Fargo | Gramercy | 7 |
| Shine | Fine Line Features | 7 |
| Evita | Buena Vista | 5 |
| Jerry Maguire | TriStar | 5 |
| Secrets & Lies | October Films | 5 |
| Hamlet | Columbia | 4 |
| The Crucible | 20th Century Fox | 2 |
| Emma | Miramax | 2 |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | Columbia | 2 |
| Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | 2 |
| Michael Collins | Geffen Pictures through Warner Bros. | 2 |
| The Mirror Has Two Faces | TriStar | 2 |
| The People vs. Larry Flynt | Columbia | 2 |
| The Portrait of a Lady | Gramercy | 2 |
| Sling Blade | Miramax | 2 |
| Twister | Warner Bros. and Universal | 2 |
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