72nd Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 1999

Best Picture

American Beauty

WINNER

The Cider House Rules

The Green Mile

The Sixth Sense

Best Directing

Sam Mendes
American Beauty

WINNER

Lasse Hallström
The Cider House Rules

Spike Jonze
Being John Malkovich

Michael Mann
The Insider

M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Kevin Spacey
American Beauty

WINNER

Russell Crowe
The Insider

Richard Farnsworth
The Straight Story

Sean Penn
Sweet and Lowdown

Denzel Washington
The Hurricane

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Hilary Swank
Boys Don’t Cry

WINNER

Annette Bening
American Beauty

Janet McTeer
Tumbleweeds

Julianne Moore
The End of the Affair

Meryl Streep
Music of the Heart

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Caine
The Cider House Rules

WINNER

Tom Cruise
Magnolia

Michael Clarke Duncan
The Green Mile

Jude Law
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Haley Joel Osment
The Sixth Sense

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Angelina Jolie
Girl, Interrupted

WINNER

Toni Collette
The Sixth Sense

Catherine Keener
Being John Malkovich

Samantha Morton
Sweet and Lowdown

Chloë Sevigny
Boys Don’t Cry

Best Original Screenplay

Alan Ball
American Beauty

WINNER

Charlie Kaufman
Being John Malkovich

Paul Thomas Anderson
Magnolia

M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense

Mike Leigh
Topsy-Turvy

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Irving
The Cider House Rules

WINNER

Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Election

Frank Darabont
The Green Mile

Eric Roth
Michael Mann
The Insider

Anthony Minghella
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall
American Beauty

WINNER

Roger Pratt
The End of the Affair

Dante Spinotti
The Insider

Emmanuel Lubezki
Sleepy Hollow

Robert Richardson
Snow Falling on Cedars

Best Film Editing

Zach Staenberg
The Matrix

WINNER

Tariq Anwar
Christopher Greenbury
American Beauty

Lisa Zeno Churgin
The Cider House Rules

William Goldenberg
Paul Rubell
David Rosenbloom
The Insider

Andrew Mondshein
The Sixth Sense

Best Costume Design

Lindy Hemming
Topsy-Turvy

WINNER

Jenny Beavan
Anna and the King

Colleen Atwood
Sleepy Hollow

Ann Roth
Gary Jones
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Milena Canonero
Titus

Best Art Direction

Rick Heinrichs
Peter Young
Sleepy Hollow

WINNER

Luciana Arrighi
Ian Whittaker
Anna and the King

David Gropman
Beth Rubino
The Cider House Rules

Roy Walker
Bruno Cesari
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Eve Stewart
John Bush
Topsy-Turvy

Best Music, Original Score

John Corigliano
The Red Violin

WINNER

Thomas Newman
American Beauty

John Williams
Angela’s Ashes

Rachel Portman
The Cider House Rules

Gabriel Yared
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Music, Original Song

“YOU’LL BE IN MY HEART“

Phil Collins
Tarzan

WINNER

“BLAME CANADA“

Trey Parker
Marc Shaiman
South Parker: Bigger,
Longer & Uncut

“MUSIC OF MY HEART“

Diane Warren
Music of the Heart

Aimee Mann
Magnolia

“WHEN SHE LOVED ME“

Randy Newman
Toy Story 2

Best Makeup

WINNER

Austin Powers:
The Spy Who Shagged Me

Bicentennial Man

Best Sound

WINNER

The Green Mile

Star Wars: Episode I –
The Phantom Menace

Best Sound Effects Editing

WINNER

Star Wars: Episode I –
The Phantom Menace

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Star Wars: Episode I –
The Phantom Menace

Stuart Little

Best Foreign Language Film

All About My Mother

WINNER

East/West

Himalaya

Solomon & Gaenor

Under the Sun