Awards Watch 1999
AA = Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Awards
BSFC = Boston Society of Film Critics
BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Association
DFWFCA = Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
FFCC = Florida Film Critics Circle
GG = Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
KCFCC = Kansas City Film Critics Circle
LAFCA = Los Angeles Film Critics Association
LVFCS = Las Vegas Film Critics Society
NBR = National Board of Review
NSFC = National Society of Film Critics
NYFCC = New York Film Critics Circle
OFCS = Online Film Critics Society
SAG = Screen Actors Guild
SDFCS = San Diego Film Critics Society
SFCA = Southeastern Film Critics Association
TFCA = Toronto Film Critics Association
PICTURE
American Beauty AA, BFCA, DFWFCS, KCFCC, LVFCS, NBR, OFCS, SDFCS, SFCA )
Being John Malkovich NSFC - tie )
The Insider LAFCA )
Magnolia FFCC, TFCA )
Three Kings BSFC )
Topsy-Turvy NSFC - tie, NYFCC )
Toy Story 2 GG - Musical/Comedy )
ACTOR
Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon BSFC, GG - Musical/Comedy )
Russell Crowe, The Insider BFCA, LAFCA, NBR, NSFC )
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story NYFCC )
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty AA, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, LVFCS, OFCS, SAG, SDFCS, SFCA, TFCA )
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane GG - Drama )
ACTRESS
Annette Bening, American Beauty SAG, SDFCS )
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds GG - Musical/Comedy, NBR )
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry AA, BFCA, BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG - Drama, LAFCA, LVFCS, NYFCC, SFCA, TFCA )
Reese Witherspoon, Election KCFCC, NSFC, OFCS )
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules AA, SAG )
Tom Cruise, Magnolia GG )
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile BFCA )
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Flawless SDFCS )
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Magnolia The Talented Mr. Ripley NBR )
John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich NYFCC )
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, LVFCS, OFCS, SFCA )
Christopher Plummer, The Insider BSFC, LAFCA, NSFC )
*no supporting actor award from TFCA
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Thora Birch, American Beauty SDFCS )
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted AA, BFCA, GG, SAG )
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich FFCC, KCFCC, NYFCC, OFCS, SFCA )
Julianne Moore, Cookie's Fortune DFWFCA, NBR - also for An Ideal Husband Magnolia A Map of the World )
Chloë Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry BSFC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NSFC )
*no supporting actress award from TFCA
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE *no ensemble award from AA, BSFC, BFCA, DFWFCA, GG, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia TFCA )
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy NSFC, NYFCC )
David Lynch, The Straight Story SDFCS )
Sam Mendes, American Beauty AA, BFCA, DFWFCA, Directors Guild of America, FFCC, GG, KCFCC, LAFCA, OFCS, SFCA )
Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don't Cry LVFCS )
David O. Russell, Three Kings BSFC )
SCREENPLAY
American Beauty AA - Original, BFCA - Original, GG, SFCA - Original, Writers Guild of America - Original )
Being John Malkovich BSFC, LAFCA, LVFCS - Original, NSFC, OFCS - Original, SDFCS - Original, TFCA - tie )
Boys Don't Cry LVFCS - Adapted )
The Cider House Rules AA - Adapted, NBR )
Election FFCC, NYFCC, OFCS - Adapted, SDFCS - Adapted, SFCA - Adapted, Writers Guild of America - Adapted )
The Green Mile BFCA - Adapted )
Magnolia TFCA - tie )
*no screenplay award from DFWFCA nor KCFCC
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre) AA, BFCA, BSFC, GG, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC )
Autumn Tale (Conte d'Automne) LVFCS, NSFC )
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, OFCS, SFCA )
Tango SDFCS )
ANIMATED FEATURE *no animated feature award from AA, BSFC, DFWFCA, GG, NBR, OFCS, nor TFCA
DOCUMENTARY *no documentary award from FFCC, GG, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
CINEMATOGRAPHY *no cinematography award from BFCA, GG, KCFCC, NBR, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
ORIGINAL SCORE *no score award from BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
Boston Society of Film Critics:
New Filmmaker: Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don't Cry Rediscoveries/Discoveries: Grand Illusion ; The Man Who Laughed ; Mighty Peking Man The Third Man ; The Three Stooges & Co.
Broadcast Film Critics Association: Florida Film Critics Circle:
Newcomer of the Year: Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich Three Kings Golden Orange Award for "outstanding contribution to film": Directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, producers Gregg Hale and Robin Cowie and co-producer Michael Monello, The Blair Witch Project
Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) :
Original Song: "You'll Be in My Heart," Tarzan
Las Vegas Film Critics Society: Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
Production Design: Sleepy Hollow New Generation Award: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Election Citizen Ruth
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Owen Land, for his body of work
Career Achievement: Dede Allen, film editor
Special Citation: Rick Schmidlin and Roger Mayer, for their work on the re-creation and presentation of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed
National Board of Review: National Society of Film Critics:
Experimental Film Award: Robert Beavers, for "his contributions to the field of avant-garde film as exemplified by his 1999 program in the New York Film Festival as well as his ongoing work as a visionary filmmaker and his activities in restoring and preserving films by Gregory J. Markopoulos"
Film Heritage Award: Grand Illusion , directed by Jean Renoir (U.S. theatrical release of the rediscovered camera-negative print by Rialto Pictures); The Third Man , directed by Carol Reed (newly preserved 50th anniversary re-release by Rialto Pictures); The Passion of Joan Of Arc , directed by Carl Dreyer (U.S. video and DVD release of Gaumont's original version by Home Vision and Criterion); Greed , directed by Erich von Stroheim (TV premiere of four-hour expanded version on Turner Classic Movies)
Special Citation: James Quandt of the Ontario Cinematheque
New York Film Critics Circle:
First Feature: Being John Malkovich Award for Distinguished Contribution to Film Criticism: Manny Farber
Online Film Critics Society :San Diego Film Critics Society
Career Body of Work: Chow Yun-Fat
Toronto Film Critics Association:
Canadian Film: Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free) , directed by Léa Pool
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