National Board of Review Awards 1999

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The 71st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1999, were announced on 7 December 1999 and given on 18 January 2000.

[edit] Top 10 Films

1. American Beauty *Academy Award for Best Picture*
2. The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. Magnolia
4. The Insider
5. The Straight Story
6. Cradle Will Rock
7. Boy's Don't Cry
8. Being John Malkovich
9. Tumbleweeds
10. Three Kings

[edit] Top Foreign Films

1. All About My Mother
2. Run Lola Run
3. East/West
4. Cabaret Balkan
5. The Emperor and the Assassin

[edit] Winners

• Best Picture:
  • American Beauty
• Best Foreign Film:
  • All About My Mother
• Best Actor:
  • Russell Crowe - The Insider
• Best Actress:
  • Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Julianne Moore - Magnolia, A Map of the World, An Ideal Husband
• Best Acting by an Ensemble:
  • Magnolia
• Breakthrough Performance - Male:
  • Wes Bentley - American Beauty
• Breakthrough Performance - Female:
  • Hilary Swank - Boy's Don't Cry
• Best Director:
  • Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Outstanding Directorial Debut:
  • Kimberly Peirce - Boy's Don't Cry
• Best Screenplay:
  • John Irving - The Cider House Rules
  • Arthur Laurents - Career Achievement
• Best Documentary:
  • Buena Vista Social Club
• Best Film made for Cable TV
  • A Lesson Before Dying
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Clint Eastwood
• Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
  • John Frankenheimer
• Special Filmmaking Achievement:
  • Tim Robbins - Cradle Will Rock
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
  • Jeanine Basinger, Silent Stars
• International Freedom Award:
  • Joan Chen - Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
• Freedom of Expression:
  • Michael Mann - The Insider
• Special Citation:
  • Barry Levinson - Outstanding Cinematic Series, The Baltimore Series
• Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking:
  • A Map of the World
  • A Walk on the Moon
  • Election
  • Go
  • Limbo
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • Man of the Century
  • Stir of Echoes
  • This Is My Father
  • Twin Falls Idaho

[edit] External links

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1999