To continue from last week, here are the predictions with a look at the other three major awards, Supporting Actor and Actress, and the coveted Best Director prize.
Best Supporting Actor 1999
Nominees are James Coburn, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Geoffrey Rush, and Billy Bob Thornton.
Look at this incredible list of actors! Talk about tough!
Coburn's nomination, the first ever in his career, was a nice surprise, but he may not win over these other performances.
Duvall was not distinctive enough in Civil Action, and the film was not as widely acclaimed as some might thought it would be.
Rush's performance is goofy and fun to watch, but he won't win the Oscar this time (he won a couple of years ago in the leading category for Shine).
So it comes down to two:
Ed Harris was incredible in his performance as Christof, the creator of the popular Truman Show. Harris has yet to win an Oscar, and he may get his due here (he did win the Golden Globe).
But how can they ignore Thornton's incredible performance in Simple Plan … he's won several of the critics awards, and he may win here.
Another one that is too tough to call … but they may go with Thornton for his portrayal of a very sad character. Although, Harris may win for the fact that he's never won before. Duvall may have won the SAG award, but he won't win the Oscar.
Best Supporting Actress 1999
Nominees are Kathy Bates, Rachel Griffiths, Judi Dench, Brenda Blethyn, and Lynn Redgrave.
And yet another tough category to predict! This one is a three-way horse race - you can pretty much count out Blethyn and Griffiths - their performances were not distinctive enough to beat out the other three.
Judi Dench had only about six minutes of total screen time as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare, but what an incredible six minutes it was! She stole every scene she was in, and was brilliant, and the Academy may choose to honor her after a long distinguished career.
