Oscar statuette ©AMPAS


1998 (71st Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview

Shown below is an overview of the 1998 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)

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The 1998 Preliminaries

1998 (71st) Reminder List of Eligible Releases

1998 (71st) Voting Rules
Eligibility Period:
January 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998

Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Text of Voting Rules

The 1998 Ceremony

1998 (71st) Academy Award Ceremony Poster

1998 (71st) Academy Award Ceremony Program
Sunday, March 21, 1999
5:30 PM

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center


Ceremony Poster

Ceremony Program

Nominations & Winners
Winners Only
Nominations by Film
Nomination Statistics by Film

See Also:
    Nominations & Winners by Category
    Winners Only by Category

The 1998 Winners

1998 (71st) Best Picture Poster: “Shakespeare in Love”

1998 (71st) Best Picture Home Page Background: “Shakespeare in Love”


Best Picture:
Shakespeare in Love
Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production;
Miramax Films (United Kingdom/U.S.)

David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers

Best Picture Poster

Best Picture Home Page Background

1998 (71st) Best Actor: Roberto Benigni Best Actor:
Roberto Benigni
as Guido Orefice
in the film
Life Is Beautiful

1998 (71st) Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow Best Actress:
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Viola De Lesseps
in the film
Shakespeare in Love

1998 (63rd) Best Supporting Actor: James Coburn Best Supporting Actor:
James Coburn
as Glen Whitehouse
in the film
Affliction

1998 (63rd) Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench Best Supporting Actress:
Judi Dench
as Queen Elizabeth I
in the film
Shakespeare in Love

1998 (65th) Best Song: “When You Believe” Best Song:
When You Believe
from the film
The Prince of Egypt

Music and lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best Song Lyrics

The 1998 Academy Board of Governors Ball

1998 (42nd) Governors Ball Program/Menu Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center


Governors Ball Program/Menu
Dinner Menu