# 3rd Golden Satellite Awards

The 3rd Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, honored the best in film and television for 1998.

## Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Alan J. Pakula
Outstanding New Talent – Eamonn Owens

## Motion picture winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama

Edward Norton – American History X
* Stephen Fry – Wilde
* Brendan Gleeson – The General
* Derek Jacobi – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
* Nick Nolte – Affliction
* Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Ian Bannen – Waking Ned (TIE) David Kelly – Waking Ned (TIE)
* Warren Beatty – Bulworth
* Jeff Bridges – The Big Lebowski
* Michael Caine – Little Voice
* Robin Williams – Patch Adams

### Best Actress – Drama

Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
* Helena Bonham Carter – The Theory of Flight
* Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station (Central do Brasil)
* Susan Sarandon – Stepmom
* Meryl Streep – One True Thing
* Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex
* Jane Horrocks – Little Voice
* Holly Hunter – Living Out Loud
* Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
* Meg Ryan – You've Got Mail

### Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

A Bug's Life
* Antz
* Mulan
* The Prince of Egypt
* The Rugrats Movie

### Best Art Direction

The Truman Show – Dennis Gassner
* Beloved
* Elizabeth
* Pleasantville
* Shakespeare in Love

### Best Cinematography

The Thin Red Line – John Toll
* Beloved
* Pleasantville
* Saving Private Ryan
* Shakespeare in Love

### Best Costume Design

Elizabeth – Alexandra Byrne
* Beloved
* Ever After
* Pleasantville
* Shakespeare in Love

### Best Director

Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line
* John Boorman – The General
* Shekhar Kapur – Elizabeth
* Gary Ross – Pleasantville
* Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan

### Best Documentary Film

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
* The Cruise
* The Farm: Angola, USA
* Kurt & Courtney
* Public Housing

### Best Editing

Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn
* Beloved
* Pleasantville
* Shakespeare in Love
* The Thin Red Line

### Best Film – Drama

The Thin Red Line
* Elizabeth
* The General
* Gods and Monsters
* Saving Private Ryan

### Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Shakespeare in Love
* Little Voice
* Pleasantville
* Waking Ned
* You've Got Mail

### Best Foreign Language Film

Central Station (Central do Brasil), Brazil
* The Celebration (Festen), Denmark
* Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), Italy
* Only Clouds Move the Stars (Bare skyer beveger stjernene), Norway
* The Separation (La Séparation), France

### Best Original Score

"The Thin Red Line" – Hans Zimmer
* "Beloved" – Rachel Portman
* "City of Angels" – Gabriel Yared
* "Pleasantville" – Randy Newman
* "Saving Private Ryan" – John Williams

### Best Original Song

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" performed by Aerosmith – Armageddon
* "Anyone at All" – You've Got Mail
* "The Flame Still Burns" – Still Crazy
* "That'll Do" – Babe: Pig in the City
* "When You Believe" – The Prince of Egypt

### Best Screenplay – Adapted

Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon
* Beloved – Adam Brooks, Akosua Busia and Richard LaGravenese
* Hilary and Jackie – Frank Cottrell Boyce
* Little Voice – Mark Herman
* The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick

### Best Screenplay – Original

Pleasantville – Gary Ross
* American History X – David McKenna
* Central Station (Central do Brasil) – Marcos Bernstein and João Emanuel Carneiro
* Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat
* Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

### Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Donald Sutherland – Without Limits
* Robert Duvall – A Civil Action
* Jason Patric – Your Friends & Neighbors
* Tom Sizemore – Saving Private Ryan
* Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan

### Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Bill Murray – Rushmore
* Jeff Daniels – Pleasantville
* John Goodman – The Big Lebowski
* Bill Nighy – Still Crazy
* Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love

### Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Kimberly Elise – Beloved
* Kathy Burke – Dancing at Lughnasa
* Beverly D'Angelo – American History X
* Thandie Newton – Beloved
* Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters

### Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Joan Allen – Pleasantville
* Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
* Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice
* Julianne Moore – The Big Lebowski
* Joan Plowright – Dance with Me

### Best Visual Effects

What Dreams May Come – Ellen Somers
* Armageddon
* Babe: Pig in the City
* Saving Private Ryan
* Star Trek: Insurrection

### Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

The Thin Red Line

## Television winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama Series

Ernie Hudson – Oz
* George Clooney – ER
* Dylan McDermott – The Practice
* Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue
* Michael T. Weiss – The Pretender

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Drew Carey – The Drew Carey Show
* Michael J. Fox – Spin City
* Kelsey Grammer – Frasier
* John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun
* Paul Reiser – Mad About You

### Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Delroy Lindo – Glory & Honor
* Cary Elwes – The Pentagon Wars
* Laurence Fishburne – Always Outnumbered
* Kevin Pollak – From the Earth to the Moon
* Patrick Stewart – Moby Dick

### Best Actress – Drama Series

Jeri Ryan – Star Trek: Voyager
* Gillian Anderson – The X-Files
* Sharon Lawrence – NYPD Blue
* Rita Moreno – Oz
* Andrea Parker – The Pretender

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen
* Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal
* Helen Hunt – Mad About You
* Phylicia Rashad – Cosby
* Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan

### Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Angelina Jolie – Gia
* Olympia Dukakis – More Tales of the City
* Mia Farrow – Miracle at Midnight
* Barbara Hershey – The Staircase
* Jennifer Jason Leigh – Thanks of a Grateful Nation

### Best Miniseries or TV Film

From the Earth to the Moon
* A Bright Shining Lie
* Gia
* More Tales of the City
* Thanks of a Grateful Nation

### Best Series – Drama

Oz
* ER
* NYPD Blue
* The Pretender
* The X-Files

### Best Series – Musical or Comedy

Ellen
* 3rd Rock from the Sun
* Frasier
* Mad About You
* Suddenly Susan

### Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film

David Clennon – From the Earth to the Moon
* Brian Dennehy – Thanks of a Grateful Nation
* Lance Henriksen – The Day Lincoln Was Shot
* Martin Short – Merlin
* Daniel Williams – Always Outnumbered

### Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film

Rita Wilson – From the Earth to the Moon
* Jackie Burroughs – More Tales of the City
* Faye Dunaway – Gia
* Shirley Knight – The Wedding
* Amy Madigan – A Bright Shining Lie

## New Media winners and nominees
### Best Home Entertainment Product/Game

Dilbert's Desktop Games
* Gran Turismo
* Half-Life
* Madden NFL 99
* NBA Live 99

### CD-ROM Entertainment

Big Brother
* Baldur's Gate
* Heretic II
* Rainbow Six
* Unreal

## Awards breakdown
### Film

Winners:
    5 / 7 The Thin Red Line: Best Cinematography / Best Director / Best Film – Drama / Best Original Score & Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
    2 / 3 Waking Ned: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy (2x)
    2 / 5 Elizabeth: Best Actress – Drama / Best Costume Design
    2 / 10 Pleasantville: Best Screenplay – Original / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 1 A Bug's Life: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
    1 / 1 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life: Best Documentary Film
    1 / 1 The Opposite of Sex: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 1 Rushmore: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 1 The Truman Show: Best Art Direction
    1 / 1 What Dreams May Come: Best Visual Effects
    1 / 1 Without Limits: Best Supporting Actor – Drama
    1 / 2 Armageddon: Best Original Song
    1 / 3 American History X: Best Actor – Drama
    1 / 3 Central Station (Central do Brasil): Best Foreign Language Film
    1 / 4 Gods and Monsters: Best Screenplay – Adapted
    1 / 8 Beloved: Best Supporting Actress – Drama
    1 / 8 Saving Private Ryan: Best Editing
    1 / 8 Shakespeare in Love: Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Losers:
    0 / 5 Little Voice
    0 / 3 The Big Lebowski, The General, You've Got Mail
    0 / 2 Babe: Pig in the City, Hilary and Jackie, The Prince of Egypt

### Television

Winners:
    3 / 4 From the Earth to the Moon: Best Miniseries or TV Film / Best Supporting Actor & Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film
    2 / 2 Ellen: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy
    2 / 3 Oz: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama
    1 / 1 The Drew Carey Show: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
    1 / 1 Glory & Honor: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 1 Star Trek: Voyager: Best Actress – Drama Series
    1 / 3 Gia: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Losers:
    0 / 3 Mad About You, More Tales of the City, NYPD Blue, The Pretender, Thanks of a Grateful Nation
    0 / 2 3rd Rock from the Sun, A Bright Shining Lie, Always Outnumbered, ER, Frasier, Suddenly Susan, The X-Files