Our Critics’ Picks . . . : The Big 8

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Kenneth Turan: The English Patient

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

Hollywood Consensus * : The English Patient

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ACTRESS

Kenneth Turan: Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies)

Kevin Thomas: Brenda Blethyn

Hollywood Consensus: Frances McDormand (Fargo)

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ACTOR

Kenneth Turan: Geoffrey Rush (Shine)

Kevin Thomas: Geoffrey Rush

Hollywood Consensus: Geoffrey Rush

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SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kenneth Turan: Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces)

Kevin Thomas: Lauren Bacall

Hollywood Consensus: Lauren Bacall

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SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Turan: Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire)

Kevin Thomas: Cuba Gooding Jr.

Hollywood Consensus: Cuba Gooding Jr.

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DIRECTOR

Kenneth Turan: Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)

Kevin Thomas: Anthony Minghella

Hollywood Consensus: Anthony Minghella

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Kenneth Turan: Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)

Kevin Thomas: Shine (Jan Sardi, story by Scott Hicks)

Hollywood Consensus: Fargo (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)

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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

Hollywood Consensus: The English Patient

The Rest

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Kenneth Turan: Kolya (Czech Republic)

Kevin Thomas: Kolya

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ART DIRECTION

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (Stuart Craig, art direction; Stephenie McMillan, set decoration)

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (John Seale)

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

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COSTUME DESIGN

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (Ann Roth)

Kevin Thomas: Hamlet (Alex Byrne)

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Kenneth Turan: Mandela (Jo Menell and Angus Gibson)

Kevin Thomas: When We Were Kings (Leon Gast and David Sonenberg)

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DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Kenneth Turan: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien (Jessica Yu)

Kevin Thomas: Breathing Lessons

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FILM EDITING

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (Walter Murch)

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

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MAKEUP

Kenneth Turan: The Nutty Professor (Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson)

Kevin Thomas: The Nutty Professor

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ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE

Kenneth Turan: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz)

Kevin Thomas: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

Kenneth Turan: The English Patient (Gabriel Yared); Shine (David Hirschfelder)

Kevin Thomas: The English Patient

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ORIGINAL SONG

Kenneth Turan: Because You Loved Me (Diane Warren), Up Close and Personal

Kevin Thomas: Because You Loved Me

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ANIMATED SHORT

Kenneth Turan: Quest (Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach)

Kevin Thomas: Wat’s Pig (Peter Lord)

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LIVE-ACTION SHORT

Kenneth Turan: Dear Diary (David Frankel and Barry Jossen)

Kevin Thomas: Dear Diary

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SOUND

Kenneth Turan: Twister (Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O’Connell and Geoffrey Patterson)

Kevin Thomas: Twister

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SOUND-EFFECTS EDITING

Kenneth Turan: The Ghost and the Darkness (Bruce Stambler)

Kevin Thomas: Eraser (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)

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VISUAL EFFECTS

Kenneth Turan: Independence Day (Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil)

Kevin Thomas: Independence Day