You Choose The Oscars Here’s Your Chance To Pick The Winners
Get in on the Academy Awards action by filling out our official Oscar ballot. The reader picking the greatest number of Oscars correctly will win $100. The second-place winner gets $50 and the third-place winner gets $25. Fill out the ballot and send it to Oscar Contest, The Spokesman-Review, PO Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. Employees of Cowles Publishing are not eligible to win the contest. Ballots must be received by March 19. You can also enter the contest online on Virtually Northwest. Point your browser to: http://www.VirtuallyNW.com and follow the links to “Popcorn Alley,” the online movie section.
BEST PICTURE
“The English Patient”
“Fargo”
“Jerry Maguire”
“Secrets & Lies”
“Shine”
ACTOR
Tom Cruise “Jerry Maguire”
Ralph Fiennes “The English Patient”
Woody Harrelson “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
Geoffrey Rush “Shine”
Billy Bob Thornton “Sling Blade”
ACTRESS
Brenda Blethyn “Secrets & Lies”
Diane Keaton “Marvin’s Room”
Frances McDormand “Fargo”
Kristin Scott Thomas “The English Patient”
Emily Watson “Breaking the Waves”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Cuba Gooding Jr. “Jerry Maguire”
William H. Macy “Fargo”
Armin Mueller-Stahl “Shine”
Edward Norton “Primal Fear”
James Woods “Ghosts of Mississippi”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Allen “The Crucible”
Lauren Bacall “The Mirror Has Two Faces”
Juliette Binoche “The English Patient”
Barbara Hershey “The Portrait of a Lady”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste “Secrets & Lies”
DIRECTOR
Anthony Minghella “The English Patient”
Joel Coen “Fargo”
Milos Forman “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
Mike Leigh “Secrets & Lies”
Scott Hicks “Shine”
FOREIGN FILM
“A Chef in Love” Georgia
“Kolya” Czech Republic
“The Other Side of Sunday” Norway
“Prisoner of the Mountains” Russia
“Ridicule” France
SCREENPLAY
(written directly for the screen)
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen “Fargo”
Cameron Crowe “Jerry Maguire”
John Sayles “Lone Star”
Mike Leigh “Secrets & Lies”
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks “Shine”
SCREENPLAY
(based on material previously produced or published)
Arthur Miller “The Crucible”
Anthony Minghella “The English Patient”
Kenneth Branagh “Hamlet”
Billy Bob Thornton “Sling Blade”
John Hodge “Trainspotting”
ART DIRECTION
“The Birdcage”
“The English Patient”
“Evita”
“Hamlet”
“William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The English Patient”
“Evita”
“Fargo”
“Fly Away Home”
“Michael Collins”
SOUND
“The English Patient”
“Evita”
“Independence Day”
“The Rock”
“Twister”
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
“Daylight”
“Eraser”
“The Ghost and the Darkness”
ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE
“Emma” Rachel Portman
“The First Wives Club” Marc Shaiman
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
“James and the Giant Peach” Randy Newman
“The Preacher’s Wife” Hans Zimmer
ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE
“The English Patient” Gabriel Yared
“Hamlet” Patrick Doyle
“Michael Collins” Elliot Goldenthal
“Shine” David Hirschfelder
“Sleepers” John Williams
ORIGINAL SONG
“Because You Loved Me” from “Up Close and Personal” Diane Warren
“For the First Time” from “One Fine Day” James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich
“I Finally Found Someone” from “The Mirror Has Two Faces” Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert “Mutt” Lange
“That Thing You Do!” from “That Thing You Do!,’ Adam Schlesinger
“You Must Love Me” from “Evita,” Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
COSTUME
“Angels and Insects”
“Emma”
“The English Patient”
“Hamlet”
“The Portrait of a Lady”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story”
“Mandela”
“Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse”
“Tell The Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press”
“When We Were Kings”
DOCUMENTARY
(short subject)
“Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien”
“Cosmic Voyage”
“An Essay on Matisse”
“Special Effects”
“The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage”
FILM EDITING
“The English Patient”
“Evita”
“Fargo”
“Jerry Maguire”
“Shine”
MAKEUP
“Ghosts of Mississippi”
“The Nutty Professor”
“Star Trek: First Contact”
ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
“Canhead”
“La Salla”
“Quest”
“Wat’s Pig”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“De Tripas, Corazon”
“Dear Diary”
“Ernst & Lyset”
“Esposados”
“Wordless”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Dragonheart”
“Independence Day”
“Twister”
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