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Oscars 1999

Gold Standard

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Nominees	Jeff's Take
Best Picture American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense	The Winner: American Beauty My Prediction: American Beauty My Vote: American Beauty Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut
Best Director Sam Mendes, American Beauty Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich Lasse Hallstrom, The Cider House Rules Michael Mann, The Insider M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense	The Winner: Sam Mendes My Prediction: Sam Mendes My Vote: Spike Jonze Unfairly Overlooked: Stanley Kubrick; David Lynch, The Straight Story; Martin Scorsese, Bringing Out the Dead
Best Actor Russell Crowe, The Insider Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown Kevin Spacey, American Beauty Denzel Washington, The Hurricane	The Winner: Kevin Spacey My Prediction: Denzel Washington My Vote: Richard Farnsworth Unfairly Overlooked: Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon; George Clooney, Three Kings; Charles S. Dutton, Cookie's Fortune; Tom Cruise, Eyes Wide Shut
Best Actress Annette Bening, American Beauty Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry	The Winner: Hilary Swank My Prediction: Hilary Swank My Vote: Annette Bening Unfairly Overlooked: Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut; Franka Potente, Run Lola Run; Julia Roberts, Notting Hill; Kate Winslet, Holy Smoke; Reese Witherspoon, Election
Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules Tom Cruise, Magnolia Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense	The Winner: Michael Caine My Prediction: Tom Cruise My Vote: Tom Cruise Unfairly Overlooked: Dan Hedaya, Dick; William H. Macy, Happy, Texas; John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich; Christopher Plummer, The Insider; Stephen Rea, The End of the Affair; James Woods, True Crime
Best Supporting Actress Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown Chloë Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry	The Winner: Angelina Jolie My Prediction: Angelina Jolie My Vote: Samantha Morton Unfairly Overlooked: Julianne Moore, Magnolia; Patricia Neal, Cookie's Fortune; Jean Smart, Guinevere; Sissy Spacek, The Straight Story; Sharon Stone, The Muse
Foreign Language Film East-West (France) Himalaya (a.k.a. Caravan) (Nepal) Solomon and Gaenor (UK) All About My Mother (Spain) Under the Sun (Sweden)	The Winner: All About My Mother My Prediction: All About My Mother My Vote: All About My Mother Unfairly Overlooked: The Wind Will Carry Us, Beau Travail, The Letter, Kikujiro
Adapted Screenplay John Irving, The Cider House Rules Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Election Eric Roth & Michael Mann, The Insider Frank Darabont, The Green Mile Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley	The Winner: The Cider House Rules My Prediction: The Cider House Rules My Vote: Election Unfairly Overlooked: Bringing Out the Dead, by Paul Schrader; Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick & Frederick Raphael; Toy Story 2, by Andrew Stanton, et al.; The Winslow Boy, by David Mamet
Original Screenplay Alan Ball, American Beauty Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy	The Winner: American Beauty My Prediction: American Beauty My Vote: Being John Malkovich Unfairly Overlooked: Cookie's Fortune, by Anne Rapp; Limbo, by John Sayles; Three Kings, by David O. Russell
Art Direction Anna and the King The Cider House Rules Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley Topsy-Turvy	The Winner: Sleepy Hollow My Prediction: Anna and the King My Vote: Sleepy Hollow Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut
Cinematography Conrad L. Hall, American Beauty Roger Pratt, The End of the Affair Dante Spinotti, The Insider Emmanuel Lubezki, Sleepy Hollow Robert Richardson, Snow Falling on Cedars	The Winner: American Beauty My Prediction: Snow Falling on Cedars My Vote: The Sleepy Hollow Unfairly Overlooked: Robert Richardson, Brining Out the Dead; Larry Smith and Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut; Darius Khondji, In Dreams; Newton Thomas Sigel, Three Kings
Sound Mixing The Green Mile The Insider The Matrix The Mummy Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	The Winner: The Matrix My Prediction: The Matrix My Vote: The Matrix Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
Sound Editing Fight Club The Matrix Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	The Winner: The Matrix My Prediction: The Matrix My Vote: The Matrix Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
Original Score Thomas Newman, American Beauty John Williams, Angela's Ashes Rachel Portman, The Cider House Rules John Corigliano, The Red Violin Gabriel Yared, The Talented Mr. Ripley	The Winner: The Red Violin My Prediction: The Red Violin My Vote: none Unfairly Overlooked: Ennio Morricone, The Legend of 1900; Michael Nyman, The End of the Affair; Howard Shore, Gloria; Tom Tykwer, Run Lola Run
Original Song "Blame Canada," by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman; South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut "Music of My Heart," Music of the Heart "Save Me," by Aimee Mann; Magnolia "When She Loved Me," by Randy Newman; Toy Story 2 "You'll Be in My Heart," by Phil Collins; Tarzan	The Winner: "You'll Be in My Heart" My Prediction: "You'll Be in My Heart" My Vote: "Save Me" Unfairly Overlooked: "Beautiful Stranger", by Madonna, from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; "The Great Beyond", by R.E.M., from Man on the Moon
Costume Anna and the King Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley Titus Topsy-Turvy	The Winner: Topsy-Turvy My Prediction: Titus My Vote: none Unfairly Overlooked: The End of the Affair
Documentary Feature Buena Vista Social Club Genghis Blues On the Ropes One Day in September Speaking in Strings	The Winner: One Day in September My Prediction: Buena Vista Social Club My Vote: Buena Vista Social Club Unfairly Overlooked: American Movie; Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter Jr.; My Best Fiend
Documentary Short King Gimp Eyewitness The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo	The Winner: King Gimp My Prediction: n/a My Vote: n/a Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
Film Editing American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Insider The Matrix The Sixth Sense	The Winner: The Matrix My Prediction: American Beauty My Vote: The Matrix Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
Makeup Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Bicentennial Man Life Topsy-Turvy	The Winner: Topsy-Turvy My Prediction: Topsy-Turvy My Vote: Topsy-Turvy Unfairly Overlooked: Being John Malkovich, Bringing Out the Dead
Animated Short 3 Misses Humdrum My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts The Old Man and the Sea When the Day Breaks	The Winner: The Old Man and the Sea My Prediction: n/a My Vote: n/a Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
Live Action Short Bror, min bror Killing Joe Kleingeld Major and Minor Miracles My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York	The Winner: My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York My Prediction: n/a My Vote: n/a Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
Visual Effects The Matrix Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Stuart Little	The Winner: The Matrix My Prediction: The Matrix My Vote: The Matrix Unfairly Overlooked: n/a