Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 1998

The 2nd LVFCS Sierra Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1998, were given on 18 December 1998.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Saving Private Ryan

• Best Actor:
  • Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful

• Best Actress:
  • Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jason Patric - Your Friends & Neighbors

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Kathy Bates - Primary Colors

• Best Director (tie):
  • Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
  • Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan

• Best Screenplay:
  • Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

• Best Cinematography:
  • Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kamiński

• Best Score:
  • A Simple Plan - Danny Elfman

• Best Original Song:
  • "Freak, the Mighty" from The Mighty - Sting

• Best Foreign Film:
  • Life Is Beautiful

• Best Documentary:
  • Kurt & Courtney

• Most Promising Actor:
  • Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love

• Most Promising Actress:
  • Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth

• William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Martin Scorsese

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