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National Board of Review, USA: 1998

NBR Award

Date:	8 February 1999 (announced: 8 December)
Host:	Rita Moreno (I)
Location:	Tavern on the Green, New York, New York, USA

Best Film


Winner:
	Gods and Monsters (1998)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Gods and Monsters (1998) - Ian McKellen

Best Actress


Winner:
	Central do Brasil (1998) - Fernanda Montenegro

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	The Truman Show (1998) - Ed Harris (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	The Opposite of Sex (1998) - Christina Ricci

Best Director


Winner:
	Elizabeth (1998) - Shekhar Kapur

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	A Simple Plan (1998) - Scott B. Smith (I)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Wild Man Blues (1997)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Central do Brasil (1998) - Brazil/France.

Best Acting by an Ensemble


Winner:
	Happiness (1998) - Jane Adams (II); Jon Lovitz; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Dylan Baker (I); Lara Flynn Boyle; Justin Elvin; Cynthia Stevenson; Lila Glantzman-Leib; Gerry Becker; Rufus Read; Louise Lasser; Ben Gazzara; Camryn Manheim; Arthur J. Nascarella; Molly Shannon; Ann Harada; Douglas McGrath

Breakthrough Performance - Male


Winner:
	The Hi-Lo Country (1998) - Billy Crudup

Special Achievement in Filmmaking


Winner:
	La vita è bella (1997) - Roberto Benigni

Breakthrough Performance - Female


Winner:
	Playing by Heart (1998) - Angelina Jolie

Special Recognition


Winners:
	Buffalo '66 (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Dark City (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Love and Death on Long Island (1997) - For excellence in filmmaking. Next Stop Wonderland (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Passion in the Desert (1997) - For excellence in filmmaking. Pi (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Smoke Signals (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. The Opposite of Sex (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Waking Ned (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking. Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) - For excellence in filmmaking.

Special Citation


Winner:
	Warren Beatty - (Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award).

Freedom of Expression Award


Winner:
	The Last Emperor (1987) - Bernardo Bertolucci - For releasing the director's cut.

International Freedom Award


Winner:
	Volker Schl�ndorff

Billy Wilder Award


Awarded to:
	Martin Scorsese

Career Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Michael Caine (I)

William K. Everson Film History Award


Awarded to:
	John Willis (I) - (Screen World).