Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 1998

2nd Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

December 18, 1998

The 2nd LVFCS Sierra Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1998, were given on 18 December 1998.

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Saving Private Ryan

• Best Actor:
  • Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful

• Best Actress:
  • Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jason Patric - Your Friends & Neighbors

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Kathy Bates - Primary Colors

• Best Director (tie):
  • Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
  • Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan

• Best Screenplay:
  • Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

• Best Cinematography:
  • Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kamiński

• Best Score:
  • A Simple Plan - Danny Elfman

• Best Original Song:
  • "Freak, the Mighty" from The Mighty - Sting

• Best Foreign Film:
  • Life Is Beautiful

• Best Documentary:
  • Kurt & Courtney

• Most Promising Actor:
  • Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love

• Most Promising Actress:
  • Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth

• William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Martin Scorsese