London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998

19th London Film Critics Circle Awards

4 March 1999

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Film of the Year:

Saving Private Ryan
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British Film of the Year:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

The 19th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 1998, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 March 1999.

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

''Saving Private Ryan''
*'' Boogie Nights''
*'' The Ice Storm''
*''Titanic''
*''The Truman Show''

British Film of the Year

''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''
*'' The Butcher Boy''
*''Elizabeth''
*'' The General''
*'' My Name Is Joe''

Foreign Language Film of the Year

'' Shall We Dance?'' • Japan
*'' Funny Games'' • Austria

Director of the Year

Peter Weir – ''The Truman Show''
* James Cameron – ''Titanic''
*Michael Haneke – '' Funny Games''
*Ang Lee – '' The Ice Storm''
* Steven Spielberg – ''Saving Private Ryan''

British Director of the Year

John Boorman – '' The General''
*Ken Loach – '' My Name Is Joe''

Screenwriter of the Year

Andrew Niccol – ''The Truman Show'' and ''Gattaca''
*Joel and Ethan Coen – ''The Big Lebowski''
*Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – ''Good Will Hunting''
*James Schamus – '' The Ice Storm''
*Neil LaBute – '' In the Company of Men''

British Screenwriter of the Year

Guy Ritchie – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''
*Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe – '' The Butcher Boy''
* John Boorman – '' The General''
*Paul Laverty – '' My Name Is Joe''
*Hossein Amini – ''The Wings of the Dove''

Actor of the Year

Jack Nicholson – ''As Good as It Gets''
*Matt Damon – ''Good Will Hunting'', '' The Rainmaker'' and ''Saving Private Ryan''
*Robert Duvall – ''The Apostle''
*Tom Hanks – ''Saving Private Ryan''
* Kevin Kline – '' The Ice Storm'' and '' In & Out''

Actress of the Year

Cate Blanchett – ''Elizabeth''
*Joan Allen – '' The Ice Storm''
*Pam Grier – ''Jackie Brown''
* Helen Hunt – ''As Good as It Gets''
* Gwyneth Paltrow – ''Sliding Doors'', '' Great Expectations'' and ''A Perfect Murder''

British Actor of the Year

Brendan Gleeson – '' The General''
*John Hurt – ''Love and Death on Long Island''
*Derek Jacobi – '' Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon''
*Peter Mullan – '' My Name Is Joe''
*Bill Nighy – ''Still Crazy''

British Actress of the Year

Helena Bonham Carter – ''The Wings of the Dove''
*Julie Christie – ''Afterglow''
*Minnie Driver – ''The Governess''
*Louise Goodall – '' My Name Is Joe''
* Kristin Scott Thomas – '' The Horse Whisperer''
* Kate Winslet – ''Titanic''
*Catherine Zeta-Jones – ''The Mask of Zorro''

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Nigel Hawthorne – ''The Object of My Affection''
*Daniel Craig – '' Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon''
* Christopher Eccleston – ''Elizabeth''
*Joseph Fiennes – ''Elizabeth''
*Anthony Hopkins – ''The Mask of Zorro'', '' Amistad'' and ''The Edge''
*Vinnie Jones – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''
*Adrian Lester – ''Primary Colors''
*Rufus Sewell – ''Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence''

British Supporting Actress of the Year

;Kate Beckinsale – ''The Last Days of Disco''
;Minnie Driver – ''Good Will Hunting''
*Kathy Burke – ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' and ''Elizabeth''
*Natascha McElhone – ''The Truman Show'', '' Mrs. Dalloway'' and '' Ronin''

British Newcomer of the Year

Peter Mullen – '' My Name Is Joe''
*Peter Howitt – ''Sliding Doors''
* Eamonn Owens – '' The Butcher Boy'' and '' The General''
*Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – ''Velvet Goldmine'', '' The Disappearance of Finbar'' and ''The Governess''
*Guy Ritchie – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''

British Producer of the Year

Alison Owen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner – ''Elizabeth''

Dilys Powell Award

* Albert Finney
*John Hurt

Lifetime Achievement Award

*John Box
* John Boorman

External links

IMDBOfficial Website

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