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Other
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categories |
Other award nominations |
Other awards |
Other factors |
| Cinematography |
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| Russell Carpenter, Titanic |
AC |
FC
(8/11) |
+ really went waydown
there
+ epic quality |
| Roger Deakins, Kundun |
AC |
NY, NS |
+ scenic grandeur |
| Janusz Kaminski, Amistad |
AC |
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| Eduardo Serra, Wings of the Dove |
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| Dante Spinotti, L.A. Confidential |
AC |
LA |
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| Art direction* |
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| Peter Lamont and Michael Ford, Titanic |
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LA* |
+ the huge
set is already legendary |
| Bo Welch and Cheryl Carasik, Men In Black |
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| Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Kundun |
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| Jan Roelfs and Nancy Nye, Gattaca |
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| Jeannine Oppewal and Jay R. Hart, L.A.
Confidential |
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+ period setting |
| Documentary feature1 |
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Michael Paxton
Ayn Rand -- A Sense of Life |
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Michele Ohayon and Julia Schacter
Colors Straight Up |
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Spike Lee
4 Little Girls |
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- biggest name (the doc committee is
snobbish) |
Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank
The Long Way Home |
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+ Holocaust movies always win |
| Waco: The Rules of Engagement |
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| Musical Score (drama)* |
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| Philip Glass, Kundun |
GG |
LA |
+ beautiful, and noticable |
| Jerry Goldsmith, L.A. Confidential |
GG |
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| James Horner, Titanic |
GG |
GG |
+ top-selling soundtrack
+ Celine Dion |
| Danny Elfman, Good Will Hunting |
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| John Williams, Amistad |
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| Musical Score (musical or comedy)2 |
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Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and David Newman
Anastasia |
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+ could be Disney alternative |
Hans Zimmer
As Good as It Gets |
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Danny Elfman
Men in Black |
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+ quirky way for the Academy to reward a
quirky hit |
Anne Dudley
The Full Monty |
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+ they could think she wrote the disco songs |
James Newton Howard
My Best Friend's Wedding |
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+ under-nominated popular fave |
| Song |
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Alan Menken and David Zippel
"Go the Distance," Hercules |
GG |
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Diane Warren
"How Do I Live," Con Air |
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Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
"Journey to the Past," Anastasia |
GG |
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James Horner and Will Jennings
"My Heart Will Go On," Titanic |
GG |
GG |
+ big hit
(have you even heard of the other noms?)
+ Celine Dion |
Elliott Smith
"Miss Misery," Good Will Hunting |
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 Key Winners marked in blue.
For 20/20 hindsight, click here.
Green nominees are my picks
to win.
- Other awards: In the last few years, the
Golden Globes and Los Angeles Film Critics Association winners
have been "leading indicators" (as those in the equally precise science of
economics say) of the Academy's picks.
GG -- Golden
Globes (yeah, they're a joke, but they do sometimes coincide with the Academy)
AC -- American
Society of Cinematographers (cinematographers only)
DG -- Directors Guild of America
(directors only)
WG -- Writers Guild of America
(screenplays only)
SA -- Screen Actors Guild (actors
only)
PG -- Producers Guild of America (producers only --
but, remember, they're the ones who take home the best picture statuette)
LA -- Los Angeles Film Critics Association
(*LA is the only critics group to give awards for production
design/art direction, music, and other categories.)
NY -- New York Film Critics Circle
NS -- National Society of Film Critics
- FC -- Not really
an award -- this indicates the results of Film
Comment's annual "Oscar Predix" poll of 11 esteemed movie experts.
I've indicated here with a number (say, 10/11) only
the predictions that are clear favorites or split decisions. For the full breakdown,
including who voted for what, you'll have to check out Film Comment, or its website at
the Film Society of Lincoln Center. FC's
"dream team" (and remember, these are predictions, not
preferences) is: David Ansen (Newsweek), Sheila Benson
(Microsoft Cinemania),
Manohla Dargis (L.A. Weekly),
John Hartl (Seattle Times),
Dave Kehr (New
York Daily News), Todd McCarthy (Variety), Andrew Sarris (New York Observer), Richard
Schickel (Time), Gavin
Smith (Film Comment), Anne
Thompson (Premiere), Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times).
1 Once
again, the critics and the Academy do not see eye-to-eye in the documentarly category
(remember Hoop Dreams, Roger & Me, The Thin Blue Line,
etc.). The LA critics chose Riding the Rails, while the NY and National
Society chose Errol Morris's Oscar ineligible Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.
2 See
category above. Although the Golden Globes divide acting, directing, and picture awards
into drama and musical/comedy categories, they do not do so for music. Neither do the
critics groups.
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