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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

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    Critics Choice Award

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    Best Actor

    • Ian McKellen at an event for The Prisoner (2009)
      Winner
      • Ian McKellen
      • Gods and Monsters
      • Apt Pupil

    Best Actress

    • Cate Blanchett
      Winner
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Elizabeth

    Best Animated Film

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      Winner

      A Bug's Life

      7.2 (330K)
      Tied with The Prince of Egypt (1998).
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      Winner

      The Prince of Egypt

      7.2 (157K)
      Tied with A Bug's Life (1998).

    Best Director

    • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      Winner
      • Steven Spielberg
      • Saving Private Ryan

    Best Documentary

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      Winner

      Wild Man Blues

      6.9 (2.3K)

    Best Family Film

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      Winner

      A Bug's Life

      7.2 (330K)

    Best Foreign-Language Film

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      Winner

      Life Is Beautiful

      8.6 (787K)

    Best Picture

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      Saving Private Ryan

      8.6 (1.6M)
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      A Simple Plan

      7.5 (80K)
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      Elizabeth

      7.4 (109K)
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      Gods and Monsters

      7.3 (34K)
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      Life Is Beautiful

      8.6 (787K)
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      Out of Sight

      7.0 (104K)
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      Pleasantville

      7.5 (141K)
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      Shakespeare in Love

      7.1 (240K)
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      The Thin Red Line

      7.6 (208K)
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      The Truman Show

      8.2 (1.3M)

    Best Picture Made for Television

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      Winner

      From the Earth to the Moon

      8.5 (14K)

    Best Score

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      Winner

      Saving Private Ryan

      8.6 (1.6M)
      John Williams

    Best Screenplay, Adapted

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      Winner

      A Simple Plan

      7.5 (80K)
      Scott B. Smith

    Best Screenplay, Original

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      Winner

      Shakespeare in Love

      7.1 (240K)
      Marc Norman
      Tom Stoppard

    Best Song

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      Winner

      The Prince of Egypt

      7.2 (157K)
      Stephen Schwartz
      For the song "When You Believe".

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
      Winner
      • Billy Bob Thornton
      • A Simple Plan
      • Primary Colors

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Joan Allen
      Winner
      • Joan Allen
      • Pleasantville
      Tied with Kathy Bates for Primary Colors (1998).
    • Kathy Bates
      Winner
      • Kathy Bates
      • Primary Colors
      Tied with Joan Allen for Pleasantville (1998).

    Breakthrough Artist

    • Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998)
      Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1998)
      Winners
      • Elizabeth
      • Shakespeare in Love
      Joseph Fiennes

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    • The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

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    Event date

    January 19, 1999

    Event location

    USA

    Event links

    • https://www.criticschoice.com/

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