London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998

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19th London Film Critics Circle Awards

4 March 1999



Film of the Year:
Saving Private Ryan



British Film of the Year:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

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The 19th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 1998, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 March 1999.

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

Saving Private Ryan

British Film of the Year

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Shall We Dance? Japan

Director of the Year

Peter Weir The Truman Show

British Director of the Year

John Boorman The General

Screenwriter of the Year

Andrew Niccol The Truman Show and Gattaca

British Screenwriter of the Year

Guy Ritchie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Actor of the Year

Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets

Actress of the Year

Cate Blanchett Elizabeth

British Actor of the Year

Brendan Gleeson The General

British Actress of the Year

Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Nigel Hawthorne The Object of My Affection

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Kate Beckinsale The Last Days of Disco
Minnie Driver Good Will Hunting

British Newcomer of the Year

Peter Mullen My Name Is Joe

British Producer of the Year

Alison Owen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Elizabeth

Dilys Powell Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

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