1999

[HengedritaParticipant Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 20 Posts: 1042 View Predictions]

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I think 1999 has to be my favorite movie year of all time that I have experience. So many great movies! So I want to celebrate that year with a post Academy Awards for the year of 1999:

BEST PICTURE
The Matrix
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
The Sixth Sense
The Insider (winner)

BEST DIRECTOR
Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski – The Matrix (winner)
David Fincher – Fight Club
Sofia Coppola – The Virgin Suicides
Michael Mann – The Insider
Anthony Minghella – The Talented Mr Ripley

BEST ACTOR
Edward Norton – Fight Club (winner)
Russell Crowe – The Insider
Matt Damon – The Talented Mr Ripley
Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair
Kevin Spacey – American Beauty

BEST ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman – Eyes Wide Shut
Emily Watson – Angela´s Ashes
Cecilia Roth – Todo Sobre Mi Madre
Hilary Swank – Boys Dont Cry
Annette Bening – American Beauty (winner)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt – Fight Club
Tom Cruise – Magnolia (winner)
Christopher Plummer – The Insider
John Malkovich – Being John Malkovich
Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – The Talented Mr Ripley
Kirsten Dunst – The Virgin Suicides
Toni Collette – The Sixth Sense (winner)
Cameron Diaz – Being John Malkovich
Allison Janney – American Beauty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Talented Mr Ripley (winner)
Election
The Insider
Eyes Wide Shut
The Virgin Suicides

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Being John Malkovich (winner)
Fight Club
Magnolia
Todo Sobre Mi Madre
The Matrix

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 120 Posts: 16747 View Predictions]

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Props to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gwyneth Paltrow both from TTMR.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K Dick Blade Runner

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[HengedritaParticipant Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 20 Posts: 1042 View Predictions]

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Yes! The Talented Mr Ripley is such a great movie!

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[MMartinParticipant Joined: Apr 17th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 142 View Predictions]

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My Best Picture nominees for 1999:

1. The Sixth Sense

2. Toy Story 2

3. Princess Mononoke

4. The Green Mile

5. Boys Don’t Cry

The Matrix I find to be a insanely dated films. So much terrible electronic music, so much black leather. It is a ok film mainly do to the action, but it reeks of 90s cheese (and it had peak bad acting Keanu).

Two classics I still need to see from 1999 are Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. I imagine I will not like Eyes Wide Shut, but Magnolia seems like it would be my thing.

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[HengedritaParticipant Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 20 Posts: 1042 View Predictions]

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Oh god! I forgot about the fantastic Princess Mononoke! Such a marvelous movie!

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 120 Posts: 16747 View Predictions]

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My vote is with The Matrix. A big sigh of relief seeing this ground breaking film hitting the screens.
I was happy for what it did win esp Editing, but how nice it would have been seeing a screenplay nod for the Wachowskis . They are all good screenplays in that category but in the end I’d have knocked out AB in favor of this.
And in a fair world Carrie -Anne Moss wouldn’t have been on the outside looking in.

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Philip K Dick Blade Runner

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[HoneyParticipant Joined: Jan 30th, 2017 Topics: 20 Posts: 4750 View Predictions]

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The Matrix and Fight Club deserves BP and screenplay noms, but I’m happy they got recognized in some way. Probably the best Supporting Actor Lineup of the last 20 years, but would’ve preferred if someone else other than Caine had won.

Law > Cruise > Duncan > Osment > Caine

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[NoLogoParticipant Joined: Dec 13th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 345 View Predictions]

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1999 also saw the release of three of my favourite comedies from the last 20 years:

Dick
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Election

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[Milk MoneyParticipant Joined: Oct 2nd, 2013 Topics: 0 Posts: 487 View Predictions]

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1999 was indeed a great year for film.

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[HengedritaParticipant Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 20 Posts: 1042 View Predictions]

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Honey wrote:

The Matrix and Fight Club deserves BP and screenplay noms, but I’m happy they got recognized in some way. Probably the best Supporting Actor Lineup of the last 20 years, but would’ve preferred if someone else other than Caine had won.

Law > Cruise > Duncan > Osment > Caine

I agree with this. I was surprised that Cruise did not win. Was it because Tom Cruise was such a big movie star back then?

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