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Best Film

L.A. Confidential  

Best Director

Curtis Hanson 

L.A. Confidential 

Best Actor

Jack Nicholson 

As Good As It Gets 

Best Actress

Helena Bonham Carter 

The Wings of the Dove 

Best Supporting Actor

Greg Kinnear 

As Good As It Gets 

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Heche 

Donnie Brasco  Wag the Dog 

Best Foreign Language Film

Shall We Dance? 

Best Documentary

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 

Outstanding Directorial Debut

Kasi Lemmons 

Eve's Bayou 

Best Acting By An Ensemble

The Sweet Hereafter 

Breakthrough Performance - Female

Bai Ling 

Red Corner 

Freedom of Expression

Jon Avnet  Richard Gere 

Red Corner 

Special Citation

Edward Bernds 

Lifetime Achievement in Film Technology 

Special Citation

James Cameron 

Special Effects Techonology (Titanic) 

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence in Directing

Frances Ford Coppola 

William K. Everson Award for Film History

Gavin Lambert 

Nazimova 

Special Achievement in Filmmaking

Ben Affleck  Matt Damon 

Good Will Hunting 

Career Achievement Award

Robert Duvall 

Top Films

As Good As It Gets  Boogie Nights  The Full Monty  Good Will Hunting  Jackie Brown  L.A. Confidential  The Rainmaker  The Sweet Hereafter  The Wings of the Dove  Titanic 

Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking

The Apostle  Chasing Amy  The Daytrippers  Different for Girls  Gridlock'd  In the Company of Men  Star Maps  The Tango Lesson  Telling Lies in America  Welcome to Sarajevo 

Top 5 Foreign Language Films

Beaumarchais  Ma Vie en Rose  Ponette  La Promesse  Shall We Dance? 

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