The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 23 March 1998
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / Dakota Films
Producer: Gilbert Cates
Cowboy Heaven and Memorial Sequence Producer: Scott McIsaac
Opening Film Producer: Troy Miller
International Production Manager: Derek Grover

SCRIPT
Script: Rita Cash, Billy Grundfest, Hal Kanter, Buz Kohan
Special Material: Dave Boone, Billy Crystal, Ed Driscoll, Jon Macks, Marc Shaiman, David Steinberg, Bruce Vilanch

DIRECTION
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
Opening Film Director: Troy Miller

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Directors: Bob Barnhart, Bob Dickinson, Matt Ford, Andy O'Reilly

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Matthew Sharp

MUSIC
Musical Director: Bill Conti
Oscar Fanfare: Jerry Goldsmith
Music Clearance: Evan Greenspan

SOUND
Lead Man: George Charles Kiapos

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Hair: Lori McCoy-Bell (uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Dan Butts, Roy Christopher
Art Director: Chad S. Frey, Steve Olson, Keaton S. Walker
Set Decorator: Dorothy Christopher

MISCELLANEOUS
Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow

LOCATIONS
Locations: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

CAST
Billy Crystal (host)
Alec Baldwin (himself)
Antonio Banderas (himself)
James Cameron (himself)
Matt Damon (himself)
Cameron Diaz (herself)
Stanley Donen (himself (Honorary Oscar presentation))
Minnie Driver (herself)
Daniel Ezralow (dance performer)
Peter Fonda (himself)
Melanie Griffith (herself)
Katharine Hepburn (herself (in archive footage))
William Hickey (himself)
Helen Hunt (herself)
Samuel L. Jackson (himself)
Richard Jaeckel (himself)
Ashley Judd (herself)
Jennifer Lopez (herself)
Madonna (herself (presenter of Best Original Song award))
Roddy McDowall (himself)
Toshirô Mifune (himself)
Burt Reynolds (himself)
Elisabeth Shue (herself (presenter))
Sharon Stone (herself)
Gloria Stuart (herself)
Sigourney Weaver (herself (presenter))
Kate Winslet (herself)
Fay Wray (herself)
Trisha Yearwood (herself)
Fred Astaire (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Arnold Schwarzenegger (himself (presenter – uncredited))

MEMORIAL TRIBUTE SEQUENCE (ALL IN ARCHIVE FOOTAGE)
Walter Barnes (himself)
Lloyd Bridges (himself)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (himself)
Billie Dove (herself)
Sydney Guilaroff (himself)
Stubby Kaye (himself)
Brian Keith (himself)
Dorothy Kingsley (herself)
Burgess Meredith (himself)
Robert Mitchum (himself)
Red Skelton (himself)
James Stewart (himself)
J.T. Walsh (himself)

PAST OSCAR WINNER TRIBUTE SEQUENCE (ALL UNCREDITED, IN ARCHIVE FOOTAGE)
Anne Bancroft (herself)
Kathy Bates (herself)
Ernest Borgnine (himself)
Red Buttons (himself)
Michael Caine (himself)
Cantinflas (himself)
George Chakiris (himself)
Charles Chaplin (himself)
Sean Connery (himself)
Bing Crosby (himself)
Geena Davis (herself)
Kirk Douglas (himself)
Michael Douglas (himself)
Richard Dreyfuss (himself)
Faye Dunaway (herself)
Robert Duvall (himself)
Louise Fletcher (herself)
Henry Fonda (himself)
Brenda Fricker (herself)
Clark Gable (himself)
Mel Gibson (himself)
Whoopi Goldberg (herself)
Cuba Gooding Jr (himself)
Louis Gossett Jr (himself)
Cary Grant (himself)
Rex Harrison (himself)
Charlton Heston (himself)
Dustin Hoffman (himself)
Celeste Holm (herself)
Bob Hope (himself)
Holly Hunter (herself)
Anjelica Huston (herself)
Jeremy Irons (himself)
Claude Jarman Jr (himself)
Jennifer Jones (herself)
Shirley Jones (herself)
Danny Kaye (himself)
Gene Kelly (himself)
George Kennedy (himself)
Ben Kingsley (himself)
Martin Landau (himself)
Jack Lemmon (himself)
Jerry Lewis (himself)
Walter Matthau (himself)
Mercedes McCambridge (herself)
Frances McDormand (herself)
Roger Moore (himself)
Rita Moreno (herself)
Patricia Neal (herself)
Paul Newman (himself)
Jack Nicholson (himself)
David Niven (himself)
Jack Palance (himself)
Anna Paquin (herself)
Estelle Parsons (herself)
Gregory Peck (himself)
Joe Pesci (himself)
Sidney Poitier (himself)
Luise Rainer (herself)
Cliff Robertson (himself)
Geoffrey Rush (himself)
Harold Russell (himself)
Eva Marie Saint (herself)
Susan Sarandon (herself)
Maximilian Schell (himself)
Harry Secombe (himself)
Charlie Sheen (himself)
Mira Sorvino (herself)
Paul Sorvino (himself)
Sylvester Stallone (himself)
Rod Steiger (himself)
Shirley Temple (herself)
Marisa Tomei (herself)
Claire Trevor (herself)
Jon Voight (himself)
Denzel Washington (himself)
John Wayne (himself)
Shelley Winters (herself)
Vincent Winter (himself)
Teresa Wright (herself)

PLOT SUMMARY

A live broadcast of the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony from Los Angeles.

USA
Television Distributor: ABC

1998
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program (Louis J. Horvitz) - winner
Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Bob Dickinson, Andy O'Reilly, Matt Ford, Bob Barnhart) - winner
Outstanding Music Direction (Bill Conti) - winner
Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program (Billy Crystal) - winner
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special (Ed Greene, Thomas Vicari, Robert Douglass, Patrick Baltzell) - winner
Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program (Roy Christopher, Steve Olson, Keaton S. Walker, Dorothy Christopher) - nominated
Outstanding Choreography (Daniel Ezralow) - nominated
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special (Gilbert Cates) - nominated

1999
American Comedy Awards, USA
Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication (Billy Crystal) - winner

Art Directors Guild, USA
Excellence in Production Design Award Variety or Awards Show, Music Special or Documentary (Roy Christopher, Steve Olson, Keaton S. Walker, Chad S. Frey) - winner

Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical / Variety (Louis J. Horvitz) - nominated

KEYWORDS

awards shows

Last Updated: 3 May, 2009