London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998
19th London Film Critics Circle Awards
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Film of the Year:
Saving Private Ryan
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British Film of the Year:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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 RyanBritish Film of the Year
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsForeign Language Film of the Year
Shall We Dance? • JapanDirector of the Year
Peter Weir – The Truman Show- James Cameron – Titanic
- Michael Haneke – Funny Games
- Ang Lee – The Ice Storm
- Steven Spielberg – ''Saving Private Ryan''
British Director of the Year
John Boorman – The General- Ken Loach – ''My Name Is Joe''
Screenwriter of the Year
Andrew Niccol – The Truman Show and Gattaca- Joel and Ethan Coen – The Big Lebowski
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – Good Will Hunting
- James Schamus – The Ice Storm
- Neil LaBute – ''In the Company of Men''
British Screenwriter of the Year
Guy Ritchie – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels- Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe – The Butcher Boy
- John Boorman – The General
- Paul Laverty – My Name Is Joe
- Hossein Amini – ''The Wings of the Dove''
Actor of the Year
Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets- Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting, The Rainmaker and Saving Private Ryan
- Robert Duvall – The Apostle
- Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
- Kevin Kline – The Ice Storm and ''In & Out''
Actress of the Year
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth- Joan Allen – The Ice Storm
- Pam Grier – Jackie Brown
- Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
- Gwyneth Paltrow – Sliding Doors, Great Expectations and ''A Perfect Murder''
British Actor of the Year
Brendan Gleeson – The General- John Hurt – Love and Death on Long Island
- Derek Jacobi – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
- Peter Mullan – My Name Is Joe
- Bill Nighy – ''Still Crazy''
British Actress of the Year
Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove- Julie Christie – Afterglow
- Minnie Driver – The Governess
- Louise Goodall – My Name Is Joe
- Kristin Scott Thomas – The Horse Whisperer
- Kate Winslet – Titanic
- Catherine Zeta-Jones – ''The Mask of Zorro''
British Supporting Actor of the Year
Nigel Hawthorne – The Object of My Affection- Daniel Craig – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
- Christopher Eccleston – Elizabeth
- Joseph Fiennes – Elizabeth
- Anthony Hopkins – The Mask of Zorro, Amistad and The Edge
- Vinnie Jones – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Adrian Lester – Primary Colors
- Rufus Sewell – ''Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence''
British Supporting Actress of the Year
;Kate Beckinsale – The Last Days of Disco;Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting
- Kathy Burke – Dancing at Lughnasa and Elizabeth
- Natascha McElhone – The Truman Show, Mrs. Dalloway and ''Ronin''
British Newcomer of the Year
Peter Mullen – My Name Is Joe- Peter Howitt – Sliding Doors
- Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy and The General
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – Velvet Goldmine, The Disappearance of Finbar and The Governess
- Guy Ritchie – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''