Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998

The 19th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1998. The awards were given on 13 December 1998.

Winners[edit]

Best Film[edit]

1. Out of Sight
2. The General
3. Saving Private Ryan

Best Actor[edit]

1. Brendan Gleeson – The General and I Went Down
2. George Clooney – Out of Sight
3. John Hurt – Love and Death on Long Island

Best Actress[edit]

1. Samantha Morton – Under the Skin
2. Ally Sheedy – High Art
3. Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
3. Jane Horrocks – Little Voice

Best Supporting Actor (tie)[edit]

1. William H. Macy – Pleasantville, A Civil Action and Psycho
1. Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
3. Robert De Niro – Great Expectations
3. Stephen Rea – The Butcher Boy

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

1. Joan Allen – Pleasantville
2. Patricia Clarkson – High Art
3. Bridget Fonda – A Simple Plan

Best Director[edit]

1. John Boorman – The General
2. Steven Soderbergh – Out of Sight
3. Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful

Best Screenplay[edit]

1. Scott Frank – Out of Sight
2. Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard – Shakespeare in Love
3. Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly – There's Something About Mary

Best Cinematography[edit]

• Janusz Kamiński – Saving Private Ryan

Best Documentary[edit]

1. The Big One
2. Dear Jesse
3. Theme: Murder [1]

Best Foreign-Language Film[edit]

1. Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) • Iran/France
2. The Celebration (Festen) • Denmark
3. Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy

Best New Filmmaker[edit]

• Carine Adler – Under the Skin

External links[edit]

• Past Winners

References[edit]

• Boston critics cite ‘Sight,’ ‘General’ Variety
• Little-sighted `Out of Sight' wins with Boston critics^{[permanent dead link]} The Boston Globe
• 1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database