Back 71ste Oscar-toekenningsaand Afrikaans حفل توزيع جوائز الأوسكار الحادي والسبعون Arabic Premios Óscar de 1999 AST Награди „Оскар“ (71-ва церемония) Bulgarian Premis Oscar de 1998 Catalan 71. ročník udílení Oscarů Czech Oscaruddelingen 1999 Danish Oscarverleihung 1999 German Βραβεία Αμερικανικής Ακαδημίας Κινηματογράφου 1998 Greek 71.ª edición de los Premios Óscar Spanish
| 71st Academy Awards | |
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 Official poster | |
| Date | March 21, 1999 |
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| Hosted by | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Preshow hosts | |
| Produced by | Gil Cates |
| Directed by | Louis J. Horvitz |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Shakespeare in Love |
| Most awards | Shakespeare in Love (7) |
| Most nominations | Shakespeare in Love (13) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 4 hours, 2 minutes[2] |
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The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz.[3][4] Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time.[5] She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th ceremony in 1996.[6] Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 27, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Anne Heche.[7]
Shakespeare in Love won 7 awards, including Best Picture.[8] Other winners included Saving Private Ryan with 5 awards, Life Is Beautiful with 3, and Affliction, Bunny, Election Night, Elizabeth, Gods and Monsters, The Last Days, The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years, The Prince of Egypt, and What Dreams May Come with 1. The telecast garnered nearly 46 million viewers in the United States.
- ^ "Geena Davis to Do Pre-Oscar Telecast". Chicago Tribune. January 12, 1999. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Richmond, Ray (March 21, 1999). "The 71st Annual Academy Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Bona 2002, p. 231
- ^ Bona 2002, p. 233
- ^ "Whoopi Goldberg to host Oscars". BBC News. January 13, 1999. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Wallace, Amy (January 13, 1999). "Whoopi Goldberg Gets Tapped to Host 71st Oscar Ceremony". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Graser, Marc (February 28, 1999). "Avid has fan in Oscar at Sci-tech ceremony". Variety. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Rosen, Steven (March 22, 1999). "'Love', not war: Best-picture Oscar goes to 'Shakespeare'". The Denver Post. p. A1.
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