. . . and Your Ballot : The Big 8

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

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PICTURE

The English Patient

Fargo

Jerry Maguire

Secrets & Lies

Shine

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ACTRESS

Brenda Blethyn

Secrets & Lies

Diane Keaton

Marvin’s Room

Frances McDormand

Fargo

Kristin Scott Thomas

The English Patient

Emily Watson

Breaking the Waves

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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

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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

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SUPPORTING ACTOR

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Jerry Maguire

William H. Macy

Fargo

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Shine

Edward Norton

Primal Fear

James Woods

Ghosts of Mississippi

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DIRECTOR

Anthony Minghella

The English Patient

Joel Coen

Fargo

Milos Forman

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Mike Leigh

Secrets & Lies

Scott Hicks

Shine

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Fargo

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

Jerry Maguire

Cameron Crowe

Lone Star

John Sayles

Secrets & Lies

Mike Leigh

Shine

Jan Sardi, story by Scott Hicks

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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

The English Patient

Anthony Minghella

Hamlet

Kenneth Branagh

Sling Blade

Billy Bob Thornton

Trainspotting

John Hodge

The Rest

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

A Chef in Love, Georgia Republic

Kolya, Czech Republic

The Other Side of Sunday, Norway

Prisoner of the Mountains, Russia

Ridicule, France

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ART DIRECTION

The Birdcage, Bo Welch (art direction) and Cheryl Carasik (set decoration)

The English Patient, Stuart Craig (art direction) and Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)

Evita, Brian Morris (art direction) and Phillippe Turiure (set decoration)

Hamlet, Tim Harvey

William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Catherine Martin (art direction) and Brigitte Broch (set decoration)

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

The English Patient, John Seale

Evita, Darius Khondji

Fargo, Roger Deakins

Fly Away Home, Caleb Deschanel

Michael Collins, Chris Menges

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COSTUME DESIGN

Angels and Insects, Paul Brown

Emma, Ruth Myers

The English Patient, Ann Roth

Hamlet, Alex Byrne

The Portrait of a Lady, Janet Patterson

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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

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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

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FILM EDITING

The English Patient, Walter Murch

Evita, Gerry Hambling

Fargo, Roderick Jaynes

Jerry Maguire, Joe Hutshing

Shine, Pip Karmel

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MAKEUP

Ghosts of Mississippi, Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver

The Nutty Professor, Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson

Star Trek: First Contact, Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber

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ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE

Emma, Rachel Portman

The First Wives Club, Marc Shaiman

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

James and the Giant Peach, Randy Newman

The Preacher’s Wife, Hans Zimmer

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ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

The English Patient, Gabriel Yared

Hamlet, Patrick Doyle

Michael Collins, Elliot Goldenthal

Shine, David Hirschfelder

Sleepers, John Williams

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ORIGINAL SONG

Because You Loved Me, Diane Warren, from “Up Close and Personal”

For the First Time, James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich, “One Fine Day”

I Finally Found Someone, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert “Mutt” Lange, “The Mirror Has Two Faces”

That Thing You Do! Adam Schlesinger, “That Thing You Do!”

You Must Love Me, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, from “Evita”

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ANIMATED SHORT

Canhead, Timothy Hittle and Chris Peterson

La Salla, Richard Condie

Quest, Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach

Wat’s Pig, Peter Lord

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LIVE-ACTION SHORT

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

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SOUND

The English Patient, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman

Evita, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston

Independence Day, Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler

The Rock, Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester

Twister, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O’Connell and Geoffrey Patterson

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SOUND-EFFECTS EDITING

Daylight, Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker

Eraser, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

The Ghost and the Darkness, Bruce Stambler

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VISUAL EFFECTS

Dragonheart, Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West

Independence Day, Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil

Twister, Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta

OSCARS ON TV

What: The 69th annual Academy Awards. Where: Shrine Auditorium. When: Monday. Times: Live coverage begins at 6 p.m. and continues until conclusion. Network: ABC. Host: Billy Crystal.