THE NOMINEES

Picture: “The English Patient,” Saul Zaentz, producer; “Fargo,” Ethan Coen, producer; “Jerry Maguire,” James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe, producers; “Secrets & Lies,” Simon Channing-Williams, producer; “Shine,” Jane Scott, producer.

* Actor: Tom Cruise, “Jerry Maguire”; Ralph Fiennes, “The English Patient”; Woody Harrelson, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”; Geoffrey Rush, “Shine”; Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade.”

* Actress: Brenda Blethyn, “Secrets & Lies”; Diane Keaton, “Marvin’s Room”; Frances McDormand, “Fargo”; Kristin Scott Thomas, “The English Patient”; Emily Watson, “Breaking the Waves.”

* Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr., “Jerry Maguire”; William H. Macy, “Fargo”; Armin Mueller-Stahl, “Shine”; Edward Norton, “Primal Fear”; James Woods, “Ghosts of Mississippi.”

* Supporting Actress: Joan Allen, “The Crucible”; Lauren Bacall, “The Mirror Has Two Faces”; Juliette Binoche, “The English Patient”; Barbara Hershey, “The Portrait of a Lady”; Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Secrets & Lies.”

* Director: Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”; Joel Coen, “Fargo”; Milos Forman, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”; Mike Leigh, “Secrets & Lies”; Scott Hicks, “Shine.”

* Original Screenplay: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, “Fargo”; Cameron Crowe, “Jerry Maguire”; John Sayles, “Lone Star”; Mike Leigh, “Secrets & Lies”; Jan Sardi, story by Scott Hicks, “Shine.”

* Adapted Screenplay: Arthur Miller, “The Crucible”; Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”; Kenneth Branagh, “Hamlet”; Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade”; John Hodge, “Trainspotting.”

* Foreign Film: “A Chef in Love,” Georgia Republic; “Kolya,” Czech Republic; “The Other Side of Sunday,” Norway; “Prisoner of the Mountains,” Russia; “Ridicule,” France.

* Art Direction: Bo Welch (art direction) and Cheryl Carasik (set decoration), “The Birdcage”; Stuart Craig (art direction) and Stephenie McMillan (set decoration), “The English Patient”; Brian Morris (art direction) and Phillippe Turiure (set decoration), “Evita”; Tim Harvey, “Hamlet”; Catherine Martin (art direction) and Brigitte Broch (set decoration), “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.”

* Cinematography: John Seale, “The English Patient”; Darius Khondji, “Evita”; Roger Deakins, “Fargo”; Caleb Deschanel, “Fly Away Home”; Chris Menges, “Michael Collins.”

* Costume Design: Paul Brown, “Angels and Insects”; Ruth Myers, “Emma”; Ann Roth, “The English Patient”; Alex Byrne, “Hamlet”; Janet Patterson, “The Portrait of a Lady.”

* Documentary Feature: “The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story,” Susan W. Dryfoos; “Mandela,” Jo Menell and Angus Gibson; “Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse,” Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson; “Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press,” Rick Goldsmith; “When We Were Kings,” Leon Gast and David Sonenberg.

* Documentary Short Subject: “Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien,” Jessica Yu; “Cosmic Voyage,” Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck; “An Essay on Matisse,” Perry Wolff; “Special Effects,” Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt; “The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage,” Paul Seydor and Nick Redman.

* Film Editing: Walter Murch, “The English Patient”; Gerry Hambling, “Evita”; Roderick Jaynes, “Fargo”; Joe Hutshing, “Jerry Maguire”; Pip Karmel, “Shine.”

* Makeup: Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver, “Ghosts of Mississippi”; Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson, “The Nutty Professor”; Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber, “Star Trek: First Contact.”

* Music (original musical or comedy score): Rachel Portman, “Emma”; Marc Shaiman, “The First Wives Club”; Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”; Randy Newman, “James and the Giant Peach”; Hans Zimmer, “The Preacher’s Wife.”

* Music (original dramatic score): Gabriel Yared, “The English Patient”; Patrick Doyle, “Hamlet”; Elliot Goldenthal, “Michael Collins”; David Hirschfelder, “Shine”; John Williams, “Sleepers.”

* Original Song: “Because You Loved Me” from “Up Close and Personal,” Diane Warren; “For the First Time” from “One Fine Day,” James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich; “I Finally Found Someone” from “The Mirror Has Two Faces,” Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert “Mutt” Lange; “That Thing You Do!” from “That Thing You Do!,” Adam Schlesinger; “You Must Love Me” from “Evita,” Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

* Animated Short Film: “Canhead,” Timothy Hittle and Chris Peterson; “La Salla,” Richard Condie; “Quest,” Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach; “Wat’s Pig,” Peter Lord.

* Live Action Short Film: “De Tripas, Corazon,” Antonio Urrutia; “Dear Diary,” David Frankel and Barry Jossen; “Ernst & Lyset,” Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen; “Esposados,” Juan Carlos Fresnadillo; “Wordless,” Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo.

* Sound: Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman, “The English Patient”; Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston, “Evita”; Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler, “Independence Day”; Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, “The Rock”; Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O’Connell and Geoffrey Patterson, “Twister.”

* Sound Effects Editing: Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker, “Daylight”; Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, “Eraser”; Bruce Stambler, “The Ghost and the Darkness.”

* Visual Effects: Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West, “Dragonheart”; Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil, “Independence Day”; Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta, “Twister.”