1999 (72nd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1999 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1999 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1999 Ceremony
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Sunday, March 26, 2000 5:30 PM Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1999 Winners
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Best Picture: American Beauty Jinks/Cohen Company Production; DreamWorks Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in the film American Beauty |
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Best Actress: Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in the film Boys Don’t Cry |
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Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine as Dr. Wilbur Larch in the film The Cider House Rules |
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Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie as Lisa Rowe in the film Girl, Interrupted |
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Best Song: You’ll Be in My Heart from the film Tarzan Music and lyric by Phil Collins Best Song Lyrics |
The 1999 Academy Board of Governors Ball
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Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Governors Ball Program/Menu Dinner Menu |