71st Academy Awards
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| 71st Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | Sunday, March 21, 1999 |
| Site | Los Angeles County Music Center in Los Angeles, California |
| Preshow | Geena Davis |
| Host | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Producer | Gil Cates |
| Duration | 4 hours, 2 minutes |
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at Los Angeles County Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards. It was the first time the ceremony took place on a Sunday.
The Academy Award ceremony ran extremely long, due largely to extended acceptance speeches. Notable films included Shakespeare in Love, which received 13 nominations and won 7 awards, Saving Private Ryan, which received 11 nominations and won 5 awards, and Life Is Beautiful, which received 7 nominations and won 3 (including Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film).
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[edit] News and recap
The 71st Academy Awards saw the show's first "official" pre-show, as the Academy attempted to compete with the likes of E!'s Joan Rivers and other red carpet denizens.
The show attracted 43.16m viewers, a marked decline to the previous years 57 million, yet a high rating compared to other ceremonies.
This was the first time that two people have been nominated for Academy Awards for playing the same person in different films - Queen Elizabeth I - played by Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love.
This would mark the final time the show would originate from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, a venue the Academy Awards called home for nearly thirty-years.
[edit] Notable Quotes
- "Good evening loyal subjects, I am the African Queen. Some of you may know me as the Virgin Queen, but I can't imagine who." - host Whoopi Goldberg, dressed as Queen Elizabeth I
- "This must be a terrible mistake! I used up all my English!" - Roberto Benigni upon going up to collect the Academy Award for Best Actor, his second Academy Award of the evening.
[edit] The Awards
This is a breakdown of only major winners. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 71st Academy Awards nominees and winners.
[edit] Feature Films
| Category | Winner | Producers/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Best motion picture of the year | Shakespeare in Love | David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein,
Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman |
| Best foreign language film | Life is Beautiful | Italy |
| Best documentary feature | The Last Days | James Moll and Ken Lipper |
[edit] Direction
- Achievement in Directing: Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
[edit] Acting
[edit] Writing
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Original screenplay | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard | Shakespeare in Love |
| Adapted screenplay | Bill Condon | Gods and Monsters |
[edit] Honorary Oscars
Elia Kazan was awarded an Honorary Oscar for his work as a prolific director in the motion picture industry. His honor became controversial because during the 1940's, Kazan let out the names of others involved in motion pictures during the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. When Kazan was awarded the Honorary Oscar from actor Robert De Niro, many in the audience refused to clap and also sparked protests outside the auditorium.
[edit] Special Events
A special tribute was given to Oscar winner and legendary singer Frank Sinatra, who died in the previous year.
Also another special tribute, presented by Steven Spielberg, was made to Stanley Kubrick, who had only died a couple of weeks prior to the ceremony.
A special tribute was given to the western genre, in also to pay tribute to singing cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, whom both died in the previous year.
[edit] In Memoriam
Presented by Annette Bening. The Academy takes a moment to remember those motion picture icons that left us in the previous year: Dane Clark, special effects artist Linwood Dunn, art director George Davis, Dick O'Neill, cinematographer Charles Lang, Norman Fell, cinematographer Freddie Young, executive John P. Veitch, E.G. Marshall, Jeanette Nolan, director Alan J. Pakula, choreographer Jerome Robbins, composer John Addison, Susan Strasberg, Vincent Winter, screenwriter James Goldman, John Derek, Richard Kiley, Maureen O'Sullivan, Phil Hartman, Esther Rolle, Jean Marias, Binnie Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Gene Raymond, Huntz Hall, director Akira Kurosawa, Alice Faye, Robert Young and Roddy McDowall.
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