The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)

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Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940th known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »

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Whoopi Goldberg

Self - Hostess & Presenter
Ben Affleck

Self - Presenter
Debbie Allen

Self - Audience Member
Gene Autry

Self - Special Memorial Tribute

(archive footage)
Binnie Barnes

Self - Memorial Tribute

(archive footage)
Drew Barrymore

Self - Audience Member
Kim Basinger

Self - Presenter
Kathy Bates

Self - Nominee
Warren Beatty

Self - Nominee
Roberto Benigni

Self - Winner, Nominee & Accepting Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Annette Bening

Self - Presenter
Michael Blakey

Self
Cate Blanchett

Self - Nominee
Brenda Blethyn

Self - Nominee
Andrea Bocelli

Self - Performer

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Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys.

Another 3 wins & 8 nominations.

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23 June 2007 | lee_eisenberg

| Why "Shakespeare in Love"?

I still can't understand why they gave "Shakespeare in Love" Best Picture. I was rooting for "Life is Beautiful". Even "Saving Private Ryan" and the conspicuously snubbed "Truman Show" were better. But at least they gave Roberto Benigni the two Oscars that he really deserved; does anyone deny that his acceptance speech was the ceremony's highlight? I know that some people deride Whoopi Goldberg as a host, but I really like her (especially with that "20th century fox" remark). Probably the funniest comment of the night was Robin Williams's "Guns and Moses: The Charlton Heston Story. But you can't say Moses; you have to say The Artist Formerly Known as the Prince of Egypt!" As for Elia Kazan, I say that honoring him for his movies would be like honoring Pol Pot for stamping out corruption. At least the cameras showed people not applauding (among them Nick Nolte).

Overall, a worthy ceremony.

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All of the 5 Best Picture nominees were period films, and represented two distinct eras - 16th century England (Elizabeth (1998), and Shakespeare in Love (1998)), and World War II (the European theatre: Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Life Is Beautiful (1997), and the Pacific theatre: The Thin Red Line (1998)).

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Steven Spielberg - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Picture: Thank you. Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic. Let me just turn my eyes to Mr. Hanks who from the very, very beginning said to me, this is going to be something extraordinary. We weren't really talking about the film, we ...