The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)

Director:

Louis J. Horvitz

Writers:

Dave Boone (special material by)
Jon Macks (special material)

Release Date:

21 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Awards Show | Number In Title

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself - Host / Presenter: Best Costume Design
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Affleck	...	Himself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
Debbie Allen	...	Herself - Audience Member
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself - Audience Member
Kim Basinger	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Warren Beatty	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Roberto Benigni	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Foreign Language Film / Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Annette Bening	...	Herself - Presenter: Memorial Tribute
Cate Blanchett	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Brenda Blethyn	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Andrea Bocelli	...	Himself - Performer
Nicoletta Braschi	...	Herself - Audience Member
Nicholas Brooks	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award to Norman Jewison
Kate Capshaw	...	Herself - Audience Member
Mariah Carey	...	Herself - Performer
Jim Carrey	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Editing
Martin Childs	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
James Coburn	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bill Condon	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Bill Conti	...	Himself - Orchestra conducter
Joaquín Cortés	...	Himself - Performer
Kevin Costner	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Matt Damon	...	Himself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
Blythe Danner	...	Herself - Audience Member
Geena Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Dramatic Score
Judi Dench	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (as Dame Judi Dench)
Robert De Niro	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Elia Kazan
Laura Dern	...	Herself - Audience Member
Céline Dion	...	Herself - Performer
Robert Duvall	...	Jerome Facher (archive footage)
Norman Fell	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Harrison Ford	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Brendan Fraser	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film
Peter Gabriel	...	Himself - Performer
Andy Garcia	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score Award
Donna Gigliotti	...	Herself - Winner: Best Picture
John Glenn	...	Himself - Presenter (as Sen. John Glenn)
Rachel Griffiths	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ed Harris	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Phil Hartman	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Writing Awards
Anne Heche	...	Herself - Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards
Whitney Houston	...	Herself - Performer
Helen Hunt	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound
Richard Hymns	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Effects Editing
Joel Hynek	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Keiko Ibi	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Anders Thomas Jensen	...	Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film
Norman Jewison	...	Himself - Thalberg Award Recipient
Ron Judkins	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Michael Kahn	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Janusz Kaminski	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
Elia Kazan	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Val Kilmer	...	Himself - Presenter
Lisa Kudrow	...	Herself - Presenter: song 'That'll Do'
Ken Lipper	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary, Features
Jennifer Lopez	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Sophia Loren	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film & 'La vita è bella' Film Clip
Kevin Scott Mack	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
John Madden	...	Himself
Amy Madigan	...	Herself - Audience Member
Kim Magnusson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film
E.G. Marshall	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Steve Martin	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Writing Awards
Roddy McDowall	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Ian McKellen	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
James Moll	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary, Features
Fernanda Montenegro	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Allison Moorer	...	Herself - Performer
Mike Myers	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Liam Neeson	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Andy Nelson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Randy Newman	...	Himself - Performer
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jeanette Nolan	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute)
Nick Nolte	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Marc Norman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay
Edward Norton	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute)
Bruce Paltrow	...	Himself - Audience Member
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
David Parfitt	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Nicola Piovani	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Dramatic Score
Colin Powell	...	Himself - Presenter: 'The Thin Red Line' & 'Saving Private Ryan' Film Clips
Sandy Powell	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Jill Quertier	...	Herself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Lynn Redgrave	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Robert Rehme	...	Himself
Christina Ricci	...	Herself - Presenter: song 'When You Believe'
Natasha Richardson	...	Herself
Stuart Robertson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Chris Rock	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
Geoffrey Rush	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kurt Russell	...	Himself - Audience Member
Gary Rydstrom	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound & Best Sound Effects Editing
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Elia Kazan
Jenny Shircore	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Picture / Presenter: Stanley Kubrick Tribute
Patrick Stewart	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Elizabeth' & 'Shakespeare In Love' Film Clips
Tom Stoppard	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Susan Strasberg	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute)
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Gary Summers	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Uma Thurman	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
John Travolta	...	Himself - Presenter: Frank Sinatra Tribute
Steven Tyler	...	Himself - Performer (as Aerosmith)
Jack Valenti	...	Himself - Presenter
Stephen Warbeck	...	Himself - Winner: Best Musical or Comedy Score
Emily Watson	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Chris Wedge	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animation Short Film
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Peter Weir	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
Robert Young	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself - Presenter: song 'A Soft Place To Fall'
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Herself - Presenter: song 'The Prayer'
Edward Zwick	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

With the exception of Frank Sinatra who was given a 'Special' Memorial Tribute, this was the first year that all of the actual actors featured in this year's In Memoriam tribute had never once been nominated, nor won an Oscar for an acting category. The one actress that died within the time period before this year's showing, Peggy Cass, was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Auntie Mame (1958), however she not featured in the tributes.

Quotes:

Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film & 'La vita è bella' Film Clip: Sophia Loren:... And the Oscar goes to... ROBERTO!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple (#25.13)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Why "Shakespeare in Love"?

I still can't understand why they gave "Shakespeare in Love" Best Picture. I was rooting for "Life is Beautiful". Even "Saving Private Ryan" and the conspicuously snubbed "Truman Show" were better. But at least they gave Roberto Benigni the two Oscars that he really deserved; does anyone deny that his acceptance speech was the ceremony's highlight? I know that some people deride Whoopi Goldberg as a host, but I really like her (especially with that "20th century fox" remark). Probably the funniest comment of the night was Robin Williams's "Guns and Moses: The Charlton Heston Story. But you can't say Moses; you have to say The Artist Formerly Known as the Prince of Egypt!" As for Elia Kazan, I say that honoring him for his movies would be like honoring Pol Pot for stamping out corruption. At least the cameras showed people not applauding (among them Nick Nolte).

Overall, a worthy ceremony.