71st Academy Awards

From TheBestLinks.com

71st Academy Awards®

Sunday, March 21, 1999 at the Los Angeles County Music Center in Los Angeles, California

Host

Show: Whoopi Goldberg
Pre-Show: Geena Davis

Crew

Producer: Gil Cates

Duration

4 hours, 2 minutes

The 71st Academy Awards® ceremony took place at Los Angeles County Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards. It was the first time the ceremony took place on a Sunday.

The Academy Award ceremony ran extremely long, due largely to extended acceptance speeches. Notable films included Shakespeare in Love, which received 13 nominations and won 7 awards, Saving Private Ryan, which received 11 nominations and won 5 awards, and Life Is Beautiful, which received 7 nominations and won 3 (including Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film).

Table of contents

1 News and recap

2 Notable Quotes

3 The Awards

3.1 Feature Films
3.2 Acting

News and recap

The 71st Academy Awards saw the show's first "official" pre-show, as the Academy attempted to compete with the likes of E!'s Joan Rivers and other red carpet denizens.

Notable Quotes

"Good evening loyal subjects, I am the African Queen. Some of you may know me as the Virgin Queen, but I can't imagine who." - host Whoopi Goldberg, dressed as Queen Elizabeth I

"This must be a terrible mistake! I used up all my English!" - Roberto Benigni upon going up to collect the Academy Award for Best Actor, his second Academy Award of the evening.

The Awards

Feature Films

Best motion picture of the year: Shakespeare in Love

Acting

Performance by an actor in a leading role: Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful
Performance by an actress in a leading role: Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
Performance by an actor in a supporting role: James Coburn in Affliction
Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love