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Washington Area Film Critics' Choices for the Oscars

Arch Campbell (WRC)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Tom Hanks (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (for Elizabeth
)
Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray (for Rushmore)
Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow (for The Opposite of Sex)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Mike Clark (USA Today)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen (for Gods and Monsters)
Best Actress: Dominique Swain (for Lolita)
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton (for American History X)
Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Stephen Hunter (The Washington Post)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Nick Nolte (for Affliction)
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton (for A Simple Plan)
Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Michael O'Sullivan (The Washington Post)

Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Best Director: Peter Weir (for The Truman Show)
Best Actor: George Clooney (for Out of Sight)
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton (for A Simple Plan)
Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Blethyn (for Little Voice)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Eddie Cockrell (Variety and Nitrate Online)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: John Frankenheimer (for Ronin)
Best Actor: George Clooney (for Out of Sight)
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton (for A Simple Plan)
Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow (for The Opposite of Sex)
Best Foreign Language Film: Central Station - Brazil

Bill Henry (Freelance)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen (for Gods and Monsters and for Apt Pupil)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (for One True Thing and for Dancing in Lughasa)
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Sizemore (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Supporting Actress: Susan Sarandon (for Twilight)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Inheritors - Austria

Adam Spector (Washington Film Society)

Best Picture: The Truman Show
Best Director: Peter Weir (for The Truman Show)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen (for Gods and Monsters)
Best Actress: Emily Watson (for Hilary and Jackie)
Best Supporting Actor: Dylan Baker (for Happiness)
Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow (for The Opposite of Sex)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Randy Berry (Washington Film Society and Randy Reviews)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Roberto Benigni (for Life is Beautiful)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (for Elizabeth)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duval (for A Civil Action)
Best Supporting Actress: Lynn Redgrave (for Gods and Monsters)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Wendell Wagner (Washington Film Society)

Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Best Director: John Madden (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Actor: Jason Schwartzman (for Rushmore)
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray (for Rushmore)
Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow (for The Opposite of Sex)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy

Consensus Picks

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (for Saving Private Ryan)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen (for Gods and Monsters)
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow (for Shakespeare in Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton (for A Simple Plan)
Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow (for The Opposite of Sex)
Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy



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