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Best Picture Win: The English Patient Runner-Up: Fargo Runner-Up: Jerry Maguire Runner-Up: Secrets & Lies Runner-Up: Shine Best Director Win: Anthony Minghella, The English Patient Runner-Up: Joel Coen, Fargo Runner-Up: Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies Runner-Up: Scott Hicks, Shine Runner-Up: Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt Best Actor Win: Geoffrey Rush, Shine Runner-Up: Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire Runner-Up: Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade Runner-Up: Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient Runner-Up: Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt Best Actress Win: Frances McDormand, Fargo Runner-Up: Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves Runner-Up: Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room Runner-Up: Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies Runner-Up: Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient Best Supporting Actor Win: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire Runner-Up: William H. Macy, Fargo Runner-Up: James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi Runner-Up: Edward Norton, Primal Fear Runner-Up: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine Best Supporting Actress Win: Juliette Binoche, The English Patient Runner-Up: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies Runner-Up: Joan Allen, The Crucible Runner-Up: Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces Runner-Up: Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady Best Adapted Screenplay Win: Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade Runner-Up: Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet (1996) Runner-Up: Arthur Miller, The Crucible Runner-Up: Anthony Minghella, The English Patient Runner-Up: John Hodge, Trainspotting Best Original Screenplay Win: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen , Fargo Runner-Up: Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire Runner-Up: John Sayles, Lone Star Runner-Up: Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies Runner-Up: Jan Sardi, Scott Hicks , Shine

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