The Complete Oscar Ballot

Make your own choices by marking the boxes in one column and use the boxes in the other column to note the winner.

The Big Eight

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“Elizabeth”

“Life Is Beautiful”

“Saving Private Ryan”

“Shakespeare in Love”

“The Thin Red Line”

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Actor

Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”

Tom Hanks, “Saving Private Ryan”

Ian McKellen, “Gods and Monsters”

Nick Nolte, “Affliction”

Edward Norton, “American History X”

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Actress

Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth”

Fernanda Montenegro, “Central Station”

Gwyneth Paltrow, “Shakespeare in Love

Meryl Streep, “One True Thing”

Emily Watson, “Hilary and Jackie”

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Director

Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”

Steven Spielberg, “Saving Private Ryan”

John Madden, “Shakespeare in Love

Terrence Malick, “The Thin Red Line”

Peter Weir, “The Truman Show”

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Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates, “Primary Colors”

Brenda Blethyn, “Little Voice”

Judi Dench, “Shakespeare in Love”

Rachel Griffiths, “Hilary and Jackie”

Lynn Redgrave, “Gods and Monsters”

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Supporting Actor

James Coburn, “Affliction”

Robert Duvall, “A Civil Action”

Ed Harris, “The Truman Show”

Geoffrey Rush, “Shakespeare in Love”

Billy Bob Thornton, “A Simple Plan”

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Original Screenplay

Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser, “Bulworth”

Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”

Robert Rodat, “Saving Private Ryan”

Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, “Shakespeare in Love”

Andrew Niccol, “The Truman Show”

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Adapted Screenplay

Bill Condon, “Gods and Monsters”

Scott Frank, “Out of Sight”

Elaine May, “Primary Colors”

Scott B. Smith, “A Simple Plan”

Terrence Malick, “The Thin Red Line.”

The Rest

Foreign-Language Film

“Central Station,” Brazil

“Children of Heaven,” Iran

“The Grandfather,” Spain

“Life Is Beautiful,” Italy

“Tango,” Argentina

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Art Direction

John Myhre (art direction) and Peter Howitt (set decoration), “Elizabeth”

Jeannine Oppewall (art) and Jay Hart (set), “Pleasantville”

Tom Sanders (art) and Lisa Dean Kavanaugh (set), “Saving Private Ryan”

Martin Childs (art) and Jill Quertier (set), “Shakespeare in Love”

Eugenio Zanetti (art) and Cindy Carr (set), “What Dreams May Come.”

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Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall, “A Civil Action”

Remi Adefarasin, “Elizabeth”

Janusz Kaminski, “Saving Private Ryan”

Richard Greatrex, “Shakespeare in Love”

John Toll, “The Thin Red Line”

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Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, “Beloved”

Alexandra Byrne, “Elizabeth”

Judianna Makovsky, “Pleasantville”

Sandy Powell, “Shakespeare in Love”

Sandy Powell, “Velvet Goldmine”

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Documentary Feature

“Dancemaker,” Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer

“The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.,” Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus

“The Last Days,” James Moll and Ken Lipper

“Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth,” Robert B. Weide

“Regret to Inform,” Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole

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Documentary Short Subject

“The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years,” Keiko Ibi

“A Place in the Land,” Charles Guggenheim

“Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square,” Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams

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Film Editing

Simona Paggi, “Life Is Beautiful”

Anne V. Coates, “Out of Sight”

Michael Kahn, “Saving Private Ryan”

David Gamble, “Shakespeare in Love”

Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein, “The Thin Red Line

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Makeup

Jenny Shircore, “Elizabeth”

Lois Burwell, Conor O’Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke, “Saving Private Ryan”

Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner, “Shakespeare in Love”

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Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

Randy Newman, “A Bug’s Life”

Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith, “Mulan”

Marc Shaiman, “Patch Adams”

Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer, “The Prince of Egypt”

Stephen Warbeck, “Shakespeare in Love”

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Music (Original Dramatic Score)

David Hirschfelder, “Elizabeth”

Nicola Piovani, “Life Is Beautiful”

Randy Newman, “Pleasantville”

John Williams, “Saving Private Ryan”

Hans Zimmer, “The Thin Red Line”

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Original Song

“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from “Armageddon,” Diane Warren

“The Prayer” from “Quest for Camelot,” Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa

“A Soft Place to Fall” from “The Horse Whisperer,” Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen

“That’ll Do” from “Babe: Pig in the City,” Randy Newman

“When You Believe” from “The Prince of Egypt,” Stephen Schwartz

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Animated Short

“Bunny,” Chris Wedge

“The Canterbury Tales,” Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson

“Jolly Roger,” Mark Baker

“More,” Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer

“When Life Departs,” Karsten Kiilerich and Sefan Fjeldmark

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Live Action Short

“Culture,” Will Speck and Josh Gordon

“Election Night,” Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen

“Holiday Romance,” Alexander Jovy

“La Carte Postale,” Vivian Goffette

“Victor,” Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall

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Sound

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, “Armageddon”

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack, “The Mask of Zorro”

Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, “Saving Private Ryan”

Robin O’Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop, “Shakespeare in Love”

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat, “The Thin Red Line”

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Sound Effects Editing

George Watters II, “Armageddon”

David McMoyler, “The Mask of Zorro”

Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns, “Saving Private Ryan”

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Visual Effects

Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier, “Armageddon”

Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Alan Hall and Jim Mitchell, “Mighty Joe Young”

Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack, “What Dreams May Come”

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“The 71st Annual Academy Awards” airs next Sunday at 5:30.m. on ABC.