The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV)

Director:

Louis J. Horvitz

Writers:

Dave Boone (special material by)
Rita Cash (writer)

Release Date:

23 March 1998 (USA)

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Awards Show | Bear | Number In Title

Awards:

Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aaliyah	...	Herself - Performer
Ben Affleck	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
Rick Baker	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Alec Baldwin	...	Himself - Presenter: 'L.A. Confidential' Film Clip
Anne Bancroft	...	Herself - Past Winner
Antonio Banderas	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Dramatic Score
Walter Barnes	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Kim Basinger	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates	...	Herself - Past Winner
Bart the Bear	...	Himself
Warren Beatty	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Michael Bolton	...	Himself - Performer
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lloyd Bridges	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
James L. Brooks	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture
Conrad Buff IV	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Ellen Burstyn	...	Herself - Past Winner
James Cameron	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture, Best Director & Best Film Editing (also archive footage)
Neve Campbell	...	Herself - Presenter: "Journey To The Past" & "Go The Distance" songs
Russell Carpenter	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography (also archive footage)
Peter Cattaneo	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director (archive footage)
George Chakiris	...	Himself (Past Oscar Winner Tribute Sequence)
Saul Chaplin	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Cher	...	Herself - Past Winner
Julie Christie	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Past Winner
Bill Conti	...	Himself - orchestra director
Stanley Cortez	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Kevin Costner	...	Himself - opening film
Jacques-Yves Cousteau	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Joan Cusack	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay / Co-Presenter: Best Short Subjects / Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Geena Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: 'The Full Monty' Film Clip / Past Winner
Roger Deakins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Judi Dench	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Robert De Niro	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Features / Past Winner
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound
Mike van Diem	...	Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Matt Dillon	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Good Will Hunting' Film Clip
Céline Dion	...	Herself - Performer
Chris Donahue	...	Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film
Stanley Donen	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Billie Dove	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Minnie Driver	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Dudley	...	Herself
Robert Duvall	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Past Winner
Atom Egoyan	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay (archive footage)
Daniel Ezralow	...	Dance Performer
Chris Farley	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Peter Fonda	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Michael Ford	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Robert Forster	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Samuel Fuller	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Lee Grant	...	Herself - Past Winner
Joel Grey	...	Himself - Past Winner
Melanie Griffith	...	Herself
Sydney Guilaroff	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Curtis Hanson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director (also archive footage)
Will Hare	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Richard A. Harris	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Brian Helgeland	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlton Heston	...	Himself - Past Winner
William Hickey	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Anthony Hopkins	...	John Quincy Adams (archive footage)
James Horner	...	Himself - Winner: Best Dramatic Score & Best Original Song
Djimon Hounsou	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Helen Hunt	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Timothy Hutton	...	Himself - Past Winner
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Editing
Richard Jaeckel	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Leo Jaffe	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Paul Jarrico	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Will Jennings	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Ashley Judd	...	Herself - Presenter: Scientific & Technical Achievement Awards
Janusz Kaminski	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Stubby Kaye	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Brian Keith	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Dorothy Kingsley	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Greg Kinnear	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Lamont	...	Himself
Jon Landau	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Past Winner
Cloris Leachman	...	Herself - Past Winner
Jack Lemmon	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Writing Awards / Past Winner
Jennifer Lopez	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Madonna	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Karl Malden	...	Himself - Past Winner
Marlee Matlin	...	Herself - Past Winner
Walter Matthau	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Writing Awards / Past Winner
Frances McDormand	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Roddy McDowall	...	Himself
Burgess Meredith	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Toshirô Mifune	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Robert Mitchum	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Julianne Moore	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mike Myers	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Herself - Past Winner
Robert Rehme	...	Himself
Burt Reynolds	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
William Reynolds	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Patsy Rowlands	...	Honor - in Tom Jones (archive footage)
Geoffrey Rush	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Past Winner
Meg Ryan	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Presenter and Participant: Past Winner Tribute
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Stanley Donen
Deborah Lynn Scott	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Eduardo Serra	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Elisabeth Shue	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Red Skelton	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Elliott Smith	...	Himself - Performer
Mira Sorvino	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Past Winner
Dante Spinotti	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Dawn Steel	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
James Stewart	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Sharon Stone	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Gloria Stuart	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chris Tashima	...	Himself
Claire Trevor	...	Herself - Past Winner
Gus Van Sant	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director (archive footage)
J.T. Walsh	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography / Past Winner
Sigourney Weaver	...	Herself - Presenter: 'As Good as It Gets' Film Clip
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Fay Wray	...	Herself
Teresa Wright	...	Herself - Past Winner
Trisha Yearwood	...	Herself - Performer

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Shrine Auditorium - 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

To mark the occasion of Oscar's 70th birthday, the show featured a segment called "Oscar's Family Album" in which the academy invited every living actor who had ever won an Oscar in the four acting categories, honorary recipients and some who had received the now defunct juvenile acting award. They were seated on riser benches and the camera went from actor to actor and announced their name and the film for which they had received an Oscar. Of the 134 recipients who were still living, 70 attended. Marlon Brando and George C. Scott who had both refused their Oscars years earlier were not invited.

Quotes:

Billy Crystal: A billion people are watching tonight - except for Linda Tripp, who's taping it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind (#23.17)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Journey To The Past

How better to contrast "Titanic" than with the Lewinsky thing?

It would never have occurred to me to nominate "Titanic" for Best Picture; I say that "In & Out" was the best movie of 1997 (it certainly made Kevin Kline my favorite actor). Even ignoring that, "LA Confidential" and "Good Will Hunting" were better than "Titanic" (and they completely snubbed "Amistad"). What I really liked about "The 70th Annual Academy Awards" was how Billy Crystal related everything to the Monica Lewinsky scandal (although there was no reason for him to rag on "Mars Attacks!").

But probably the best single line was Robin Williams's acceptance speech: "Thank you Ben and Matt. I still wanna see some ID."; only Robin Williams could think of that! The low point was James Cameron's overblown "I'm the king of the world" comment. But either way, it's just neat seeing Jack Nicholson's various faces when he attends. And I noticed that each of the Best Picture nominees - including "The Full Monty" - took home at least one Oscar. As for the collection of surviving winners, it affirmed that Faye Dunaway is still really hot! All in all, a pretty good night.