You know, I was inspired by Raffiki's thread and I thought I'd do my personal awards redux for the past couple of years. I want to start with 1999 because this is the year when I really got into movies and only in this and the subsequent years I feel I saw enough movies to compile a competent list. Since I don't want this forum to be clogged up with these redux threads, I plan on ctreating one every 1-2 months starting with this one. After two months at latest, everyone who cares will probably already have posted their picks, so we can move on to the next year.

Here's a comprehensive list of 1999 releases


Here's what I'd pick... (winner in italics/bold)


Best Picture

American Beauty
The Green Mile
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense


Best Director

Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
Kevin Smith (Dogma)
David Fincher (Fight Club)
Andy and Larry Wachowski (The Matrix)
David Lynch (The Straight Story)


Best Actor

Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
Edward Norton (Fight Club)
Brad Pitt (Fight Club)
Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)
Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story)


Best Actress

Annette Bening (American Beauty)
Emily Watson (Angela's Ashes)
Jodie Foster (Anna and the King)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Cruel Intentions)
Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut)


Best Supporting Actor

Chris Cooper (American Beauty)
Tim Robbins (Arlington Road)
Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile)
Hugo Weaving (The Matrix)
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)


Best Supporting Actress

Thora Birch (American Beauty)
Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich)
Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club)
Angelina Jolie (Girl Interrupted)
Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown)


Best Ensemble

American Beauty
Dogma
The Green Mile
Magnolia
The Talented Mr. Ripley


Best Screenplay (Original/Adapated)

American Beauty
Dogma
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense


Best Score

American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
Sleepy Hollow
Magnolia
The Straight Story


Best Cinematography

American Beauty
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Straight Story
Sleepy Hollow


Best Art Direction

Anna and the King
Fight Club
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley


Best Costume Design

Anna and the King
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sweet and Lowdown
The Talented Mr. Ripley


Best Sound/Sound Editing

American Beauty
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Mummy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace


Best Editing

American Beauty
Fight Club
Magnolia
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow


Best Make-Up

Bicentennial Man
Life
The Mummy
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace


Best Visual Effects

Deep Blue Sea
The Matrix
The Mummy
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

I left out some categories I don't know much about (like Best Song)...


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So overall I got...


American Beauty - 12 nominations, 6 wins
Fight Club - 10 nominations, 0 wins
The Matrix - 9 nominations, 4 wins
Sleepy Hollow - 7 nominations, 2 wins
The Straight Story - 4 nominations, 0 wins
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 4 nominations, 0 wins
The Green Mile - 3 nominations, 1 win
The Mummy - 3 nominations, 1 win
Anna and the King - 3 nominations, 1 win
The Sixth Sense - 3 nominations, 0 wins
Dogma - 3 nominations, 0 wins
Magnolia - 3 nominations, 0 wins
The Talented Mr. Ripley - 3 nominations, 0 wins
Sweet and Lowdown - 2 nominations, 0 wins

All the rest got only one nom, I think.

Hm... haven't seen that much from 1999.
And... I'll consider Mononoke part of 1999.

Best Picture
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
Magnolia
Princess Mononoke

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
David Fincher, Fight Club
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Hayao Miyazaki, Princess Mononoke
Sam Mendes, American Beauty

Best Actor
Edward Norton, Fight Club
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cruel Intentions

Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper, American Beauty
Tom Cruise, Magnolia

Best Supporting Actress
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich
Julianne Moore, Magnolia
Mena Suvari, American Beauty
Reese Witherspoon, Election

*shrug*

Well, I have nothing to do right now..

Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) is from 1998, right?


I'm doing this by memory, since I haven't seen some of these movies in ages..


Best Picture

American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
The End of the Affair
Eyes Wide Shut
The Matrix



Best Director

Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)
Andy and Larry Wachowski (The Matrix)
M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense)
Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut)



Best Actor

Jim Carrey (Man on the Moon)
Ralph Fiennes (The End of the Affair)
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)
Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense)



Best Actress

Annette Bening (American Beauty)
Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair)
Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)
Sigourney Weaver (A Map of the World)
Reese Witherspoon (Election)


Best Supporting Actor

Tom Cruise (Magnolia)
Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile)
Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich)
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)


Best Supporting Actress

Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense)
Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich)
Angelina Jolie (Girl Interrupted)
Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) - I'm putting her here, since I don't have room in BA and she has a lot less screen time than Cruise, anyways...
Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)



Best Original Screenplay

American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Magnolia
Toy Story 2


Best Adapted Screenplay

The Cider House Rules
Election
Eyes Wide Shut
The End of the Affair
The Green Mile



Best Score

American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Eyes Wide Shut
The End of the Affair
The Sixth Sense





Best Cinematography

American Beauty
The End of the Affair
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
Sleepy Hollow


Best Art Direction

The Cider House Rules
eXistenZ
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley


Best Costume Design

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The End of the Affair
Sleepy Hollow



Best Sound/Sound Editing

American Beauty
eXistenZ
Eyes Wide Shut
Fight Club
The Matrix




Best Editing

American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
eXistenZ
The End of the Affair
The Matrix



Best Make-Up

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Bicentennial Man
The Mummy


Best Visual Effects

The Matrix
The Mummy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace


Best Original Song
"Beautiful Stranger" - Madonna, William Orbit (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
"Blame Canada" - Trey Parker, Mark Shaiman (South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut)
"Save Me" - Aimee Mann (Magnolia)
"The World is not Enough" - Garbage ("007 - The World is Not Enough)
"Wise Up" - Aimee Mann (Magnolia)



American Beauty - 10 noms, 5 wins
Being John Malkovich - 8 noms, 1 win
The End of the Affair - 8 noms, 1 win
The Sixth Sense - 7 noms, 1 win
The Matrix - 6 noms, 2 wins
Eyes Wide Shut - 6 noms, 1 win
Magnolia - 4 noms, 1 win
...

something like this, I think..

my top 10, btw:

1. American Beauty
2. Being John Malkovich
3. The End of the Affair
4. The Matrix
5. Eyes Wide Shut
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Magnolia
8. Sleepy Hollow
9. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
10. Election

Runners up: Toy Story 2, Girl Interrupted, Boys Don't Cry, eXistenZ, The Green Mile, The Cider House Rules, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Fight Club, A Map of the World and Man on the Moon.

Heh, no, Lola is actually from 1999 (US-release).

Thanks for participating!

1999 was the best year for movies...American Beauty, Fight Club, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, The Cider House Rules, Being John Malkovich, Toy Story 2, Magnolia, Election, Sleepy Hollow, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Mummy, The Insider, Austin Powers...all excellent films. I'll fill out a list tomorrow.

Couldn't agree more, 1999 is probably my favorite year of moviegoing thus far.

I have seen all of the "important" movies for the list, except for Election and Boys Don't Cry.

Best Picture
All About My Mother
Fight Club
The Insider
The Iron Giant
Magnolia

Best Director
Pedro Almodovar - All About My Mother
Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
David Fincher - Fight Club
Michael Mann - The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense

More later maybe...

You haven't seen Election?

Boys Don't Cry... give or take but Election is classic.

I caught the last 30 minutes of it. Seemed good, but worse than Sideways. Will check it out eventually.

Also, finish your list eventually, if you get some time. I am certainly interested in it.

See Election now. Boys Don't Cry is good and it's worth seeing for the performances by Hilary Swank and Chole Sevigny.

Best Picture
American Beauty
Magnolia
The Sixth Sense
The Straight Story
Toy Story 2

Winner: Magnolia

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
Brad Bird, The Iron Giant
David Lynch, The Straight Story
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense

Winner: Sam Mendes, American Beauty

Best Picture
All About My Mother
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Magnolia

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don't Cry

Best Actor
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World
Reese Witherspoon, Election

Best S. Actor
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley
William H. Macy, Magnolia
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense

Best S. Actress
Cate Blachett, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich
Miranda Richardson, Sleepy Hollow

more to come...

EDIT: well okay, if anyone decides to read this post:

Best Original Screenplay
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
The Sixth Sense
Topsy Turvy

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Cider House Rules
Election
The Insider
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Toy Story 2

Best Cinematography
American Beauty
The End of the Affair
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow
Titus

Best Costume Design
Anna and the King
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Titus

Best Film Editing
American Beauty
Fight Club
The Hurricane
The Insider
The Matrix

Best Art Direction
Anna and the King
The Cider House Rules
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Titus

Best Sound
Fight Club
The Green Mile
The Matrix
The Mummy
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Best Sound Editing
Fight Club
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Best Visual Effects
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Best MakeUp
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Life
Topsy-Turvy

Best Score
American Beauty
Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tarzan

Best Song
"Beautiful Stranger," Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
"Blame Canada," South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
"Music of My Heart," Music of the Heart
"Save Me," Magnolia
"When She Loved Me," Toy Story 2

Who would you pick for winners, Christian?

Oops... edited them now.

hehe, wow, I realize I chose all winners from different movies.

I still need to think about my technicals, though I'm pretty sure it's Matrix-Mummy-Sleepy Hollow mostly.

I'll count it as 1998 anyways.. (this year is already too difficult)

Great year.

Best Picture
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
David Fincher, Fight Club
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense

Best Actor
Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane

Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World
Reese Witherspoon, Election

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley
John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense

Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry

Best Original Screenplay
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story 2

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Cider House Rules
Election
Fight Club
The Green Mile
The Insider

Of 1999 contenders, it's worth mentioning that I still haven't seen MAGNOLIA, six years later.

And 1999...is not nearly as good as I thought I remembered it being.

Best Picture
Being John Malkovich
The Insider
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Three Kings
Topsy-Turvy

Best Director
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann, The Insider
David O. Russell, Three Kings
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy
Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut

Best Actor
Jim Broadbent, Topsy-Turvy
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane

Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Julianne Moore, The End of The Affair
Frances O'Connor, Mansfield Park
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Reese Witherspoon, Election

Best Supporting Actor (SIX nominees!)
Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley
John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich
Eddie Murphy, Bowfinger
Christopher Plummer, The Insider
Timothy Spall, Topsy-Turvy

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry

Best Original Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy
Steve Martin, Bowfinger
Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Pam Brady, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
All The Guys Credited With Writing, Toy Story 2

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neil Jordan, The End of The Affair
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Election
Eric Roth & Michael Mann, The Insider
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley
John Irving, The Cider House Rules

Best Cinematography
American Beauty
Sleepy Hollow
The Insider
Eyes Wide Shut
Three Kings

Best Art Direction
Anna and The King
The Cider House Rules
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Topsy-Turvy

Best Costume Design
Anna and The King
The End of The Affair
Sleepy Hollow
Topsy-Turvy
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Sound/Sound Editing
Star Wars Episode One
The Matrix
The Mummy
The Insider
Three Kings

Best Editing
Being John Malkovich
The Insider
The Matrix
Three Kings
Topsy-Turvy

Best Visual Effects
The Matrix
Star Wars Episode One
The Mummy

Best Make-Up
Topsy-Turvy
Sleepy Hollow
Man On The Moon

Best Original Song
"Blame Canada" South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
"La Resistance" South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
"When She Loved Me" Toy Story 2
"Save Me" Magnolia

Best Score
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Insider
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Talented Mr. Ripley

SUMMARY

NINE Nominations
The Insider: 7 Wins
Topsy-Turvy: 2 Wins

SEVEN Nominations
Being John Malkovich: 2 Wins
The Talented Mr. Ripley: 0 Wins

FIVE Nominations
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: 2 Wins
Three Kings: 0 Wins

FOUR Nominations
American Beauty: 0 Wins
Sleepy Hollow: 1 Win
The Cider House Rules: 0 Wins

THREE Nominations
The Matrix: 2 Wins
The End of The Affair: 0 Wins

TWO Nominations
Election: 0 Wins
Boys Don't Cry: 1 Win
Bowfinger: 0 Wins
The Mummy: 0 Wins
Toy Story: 0 Wins
Anna and The King: 0 Wins
Star Wars Episode One: 0 Wins

ONE Nomination
The Hurricane: 0 Wins
Mansfield Park: 0 Wins
The Sixth Sense: 0 Wins
Man on The Moon: 0 Wins
Magnolia: 0 Wins

Topsy-Turvy that good? I think it has not even been released in Germany yet...

I wasn't a fan of Topsy Turvy.... decent.

99 was a brilliant year for flicks. I'll up my winners when I get home tommorow.

You know, I think Kevin Spacey was great in American Beauty, and I don't know if this just may be the more comedic tones of that film, but I don't know if I would honestly consider his performance more layered than that of, say, Richard Farnsworth from The Straight Story, whom I would award over Spacey.

(I love The Straight Story. It's one of my favorites.)

It's a tough call between Annette Bening and Hilary Swank for me, though.

It was a close call for me between Spacey and Farnsworth. The characters are very different and each actor played his character perfectly. The final scene with Farnsworth at the porch and the scene of him in that bar are excellent. But Spacey has his scenes of brilliance as well. I would award Spacey because I simply cannot imagine anyone else at all playing Lester Burnham. He makes American Beauty to me.

Maybe if you find some time later you could post your full picks for the acting categories. I'm interested in seeing those.

Best Picture
American Beauty
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story 2
The Insider

Best Director
David Fincher, Fight Club
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
Andy and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix

Best Actor
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane

Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Julia Roberts, Notting Hill
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Reese Witherspoon, Election

Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper, American Beauty
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Supporting Actress
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
Julianne Moore, Magnolia
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry

I dunno Russell Crowe was pretty flippin' brilliant in that movie.

Yes. It is that good, and is woefully underseen. That it hasn't even been released in Germany doesn't surprise me in the least....it barely got released in the U.S.

Best Picture

The Insider
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Sixth Sense
The Thomas Crown Affair
Dick
Run Lola Run