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Although the evening was dominated by Titanic, the picture notably did not receive any awards for its actors' performances. Other pictures picked up the acting awards; Good Will Hunting, which was nominated for 9 awards and won 2; L.A. Confidential, which was nominated for 9 awards and won 2; and As Good as It Gets, which was nominated for 7 awards and won 2. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant, set in greater Boston, Massachusetts. ... L.A. Confidential is a crime novel by James Ellroy published in 1990 that was adapted into a 1997 feature film. ... As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, racist, homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his anxiety disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he...

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Notable Quotes

• "I'm the king of the world!", Titanic director James Cameron, on winning the Best Picture Oscar.
• "My friend James Cameron and I made three films together: True Lies, Terminator, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Of course, that was during his early low-budget art-house period." - Arnold Schwarzenegger, presenting an Award.
• "I just soiled myself." actor Mike Myers, on retrieving an envelope from animal actor Bart the Bear, who was brought on stage
• "Comic Relief is going to be rough this year." host Billy Crystal, immediately following the Oscar win of his friend and Comic Relief co-creator Robin Williams.
• "I know Gil Cates is startin' to sweat back there." Jack Nicholson, on producer Cates' reaction to his Best Actor acceptance speech running long.
• "Matt Damon must feel like he's on the Seniors' Tour." Billy Crystal, regarding Matt Damon competing for Best Actor against four veteran actors - Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Robert Duvall, and Dustin Hoffman.
• "This may be the first time I'm speechless." Robin Williams' first words upon receiving the Best Supporting Actor award

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The Awards

For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 70th Academy Awards nominees and winners This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 70th Academy Awards. ...

Feature Films

• Best motion picture of the year: Titanic
• Best foreign language film of the year: Character

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Acting

• Performance by an actor in a leading role: Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets
• Performance by an actress in a leading role: Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets
• Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
• Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential

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Honorary Oscars

Stanley Donen received an honorary Oscar for his years as a director on such musicals including Singin' in the Rain. Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as the King of the Hollywood musicals. His most famous work is Singin In The Rain, which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. ... Singin in the Rain is a 1952 musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald OConnor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also handling the choreography. ...

Writing

• Best Screenplay Original: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting

• Best Adapted Screenplay: Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential

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Direction

• Best Director: James Cameron for Titanic

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Technical Awards

• Cinematography: Titanic
• Art Direction: Titanic
• Costume Design: Titanic
• Makeup: Men in Black
• Sound Mixing: Titanic
• Film Editing: Titanic
• Sound Editing: Titanic
• Visual Effects: Titanic

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Special Events

• As a celebration of 70 years of Oscar, the Academy showed clips of all the films that won Best Picture in the past 70 years. The Academy also invited 70 Oscar winning actors and the camera went face to face announcing the actor or actress and the film they won the Oscar for and the year as well.

• Mike Myers introduced a montage of film clips featuring animal actors. The final clip of the montage was a growling shot of Bart the Bear (a large kodiak bear) from the film The Edge. A curtain then rose to reveal Bart on stage, wearing a bow tie and holding a wooden "envelope", which Myers was to retrieve from the bear before presenting the next award. Returning to the microphone, Myers quipped "I just soiled myself."

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In Memoriam

Presented by Whoopi Goldberg. The Academy takes a special moment to remember those involved with motion pictures that died in the previous year. Those that were featured: Lloyd Bridges, Richard Jaeckel, composer Saul Chaplin, cinematographer Stanley Cortez, William Hickey, screenwriter Paul Jarrico, screenwriter Dorothy Kingsley, hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff, editor William H. Reynolds, Billie Dove, oceanographic filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, Stubby Kaye, Red Skelton, producer Dawn Steel, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Keith, Chris Farley, executive Leo Jaffe, director Samuel Fuller, Burgess Meredith, J.T. Walsh, Robert Mitchum and James Stewart. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955),[1] is an American comedian, film actor and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only a few individuals (including Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn and Helen Hayes) who have won an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, and a... Bridges in The Sound of Fury (1950) Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. ... Richard Jaeckel Richard Hanley Jaeckel (October 10, 1926 - June 14, 1997) was an American actor. ... Saul Chaplin (born February 19, 1912 - died November 15, 1997) was one of Hollywoods preeminent composers and musical directors. ... Stanley Cortez (1908-1997) was a cinemataographer. ... William Hickey has also been the name of a diary column in the Daily Express William Hickey (September 19, 1928 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. ... Paul Jarrico (January 12, 1915 – October 28, 1997) was an American screenwriter and film producer who was Blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. ... Dorothy Kingsley was one of the three co-writers of the movie script for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. ... There have been several historical figures named William Reynolds. ... Billie Dove (born May 14, 1900 (although most sources incorrectly ascribed the year 1903; died December 31, 1997) was an American actress. ... Jacques-Yves Cousteau (June 11, 1910 - June 25, 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. ... Stubby Kaye (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), born Bernard Kotzin in New York, New York, was an American comic actor. ... Richard Bernard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedian whose greatest impact — in a career which began as a teen circus clown and graduated to vaudeville, Broadway, MGM films, and radio — began when he reached television stardom with The Red Skelton Show (NBC, 1951–1952... Dawn Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was the first woman to run a major Hollywood film studio. ... Toshiro Mifune in the film Drunken Angel. ... Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. ... Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. ... Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1911 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director. ... Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was a versatile American actor and is best known for portraying Rocky Balboas trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and The Penguin in the television series Batman. ... J.T. Walsh (September 28, 1943–February 27, 1998) was an American actor best known for his roles as quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs (quote from Leonard Maltin) in numerous feature films. ... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. ... Brigadier General James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. ...