page_title: 70th Academy Awards
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: 70th Academy Awards / Winners and nominees / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Matt Damon à l'avant-première française de "The Monuments men"English: Matt Damon in Paris at the French premiere of "The Monuments men"
context_page_description: The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the show, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 24 categories honoring films released in 1997. The ceremony, which was televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the sixth time. He had first hosted the 62nd ceremony held in 1990, and most recently the previous year's awards. Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 28, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd.
  Titanic won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for James Cameron and Best Picture. Other winners included As Good as It Gets, Good Will Hunting and L.A. Confidential with two awards each, and The Full Monty, Geri's Game, Karakter, The Long Way Home, Visas and Virtue, Men in Black and A Story of Healing with one each.
context_section_description: Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
caption: Matt Damon, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
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