Editing 1998 in film (section)

== Awards ==

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[56th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 24, 1999 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[4th Critics' Choice Awards|4th Critics Choice Awards]]<br> January 1999 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"|[[Producers Guild of America Awards 1998|Producers]], [[51st Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors]], [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors]], and [[Writers Guild of America Awards 1998|Writers Guild Awards]] !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[71st Academy Awards]]<br>March 21, 1999 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[52nd British Academy Film Awards|52nd BAFTA Awards]]<br>April 11, 1999
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' || ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' || colspan="2" | ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''|| colspan="2" | ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="5"| [[Steven Spielberg]]<br>''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''|| [[Peter Weir]]<br>''[[The Truman Show]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Jim Carrey]]<br>''[[The Truman Show]]'' || [[Michael Caine]]<br>''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' || [[Ian McKellen]]<br>''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]''<br>''[[Apt Pupil (film)|Apt Pupil]]'' || colspan="3"| [[Roberto Benigni]]<br>''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Cate Blanchett]]<br>''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' || [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' || [[Cate Blanchett]]<br>''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' || [[Cate Blanchett]]<br>''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2"| [[Ed Harris]]<br>''[[The Truman Show]]'' || [[Billy Bob Thornton]]<br>''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'' || [[Robert Duvall]]<br>''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'' || [[James Coburn]]<br>''[[Affliction (1997 film)|Affliction]]'' || [[Geoffrey Rush]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2"| [[Lynn Redgrave]]<br>''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]'' || [[Kathy Bates]]<br />''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]''<br />[[Joan Allen]] <br />''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'' || [[Kathy Bates]]<br />''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]''||  colspan="2"|[[Judi Dench]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| [[Marc Norman]] and [[Tom Stoppard]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''  || [[Scott Smith (author)|Scott B. Smith]]<br>''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'' ||[[Scott Frank]]<br>''[[Out of Sight]]''|| [[Bill Condon]]<br>''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]'' || [[Elaine May]]<br>''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || colspan=3|[[Marc Norman]] and [[Tom Stoppard]]<br>''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''|| [[Andrew Niccol]]<br>''[[The Truman Show]]''
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| Best Animated Film || {{n/a}} ||{{n/a}}||''[[A Bug's Life]]'' / ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' '''(TIE)'''||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}|| {{n/a}}
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2"| ''[[The Truman Show]]''<br />[[Burkhard Dallwitz]] and [[Philip Glass]] || ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''<br />[[John Williams]] ||'''N/A'''|| ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''<br />[[Nicola Piovani]] || ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]''<br />[[David Hirschfelder]]
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2"| "[[The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)|The Prayer]]"<br />''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' || "[[When You Believe]]"<br />''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' ||'''N/A'''|| "[[When You Believe]]"<br />''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' ||'''N/A'''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2"| ''[[Central Station (film)|Central Station]]'' || ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'' ||'''N/A'''|| ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'' || ''[[Central Station (film)|Central Station]]''
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