70th National Board of Review Awards December 8, 1998
Best Picture: Gods and Monsters The 70th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1998, were announced on 8 December 1998 and given on 8 February 1999.
Top 10 films Gods and Monsters Saving Private Ryan Elizabeth Happiness Shakespeare in Love The Butcher Boy Lolita The Thin Red Line A Simple Plan Dancing at Lughnasa
Top Foreign Films Central Station Life Is Beautiful The Thief Beyond Silence Men with Guns
Winners Best Picture: Gods and Monsters Best Foreign Film: Central Station Best Actor: Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris - The Truman Show Best Supporting Actress: Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex Best Acting by an Ensemble: Happiness Breakthrough Performance - Male: Billy Crudup - The Hi-Lo Country Breakthrough Performance - Female: Angelina Jolie - Playing by Heart Best Director: Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth Best Screenplay: Scott B. Smith - A Simple Plan Best Documentary: Wild Man Blues Best Achievement in Filmmaking: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful Career Achievement Award: Michael Caine Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: Martin Scorsese William K. Everson Award for Film History: John Willis International Freedom Award: Volker Schlöndorff Freedom of Expression: Bernardo Bertolucci Special Citation: Warren Beatty, Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking: Buffalo '66 Dark City Love and Death on Long Island Next Stop Wonderland The Opposite of Sex Passion in the Desert Pi Smoke Signals Waking Ned Devine Your Friends & Neighbors
References
External links National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1998