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2nd TFCA Awards
December 16, 1998
Best Film:
Saving Private Ryan
The 2nd Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1998, were held on 16 December 1998. [1]
Runners-Up: Robert Duvall – The Apostle and Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
Runners-Up: Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex and Pascale Bussières – August 32nd on Earth
Runners-Up: Nô and The Red Violin
Runners-Up: Todd Solondz – Happiness and Steven Soderbergh – Out of Sight
Runners-Up: Happiness and The Celebration
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