1998 11th Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture * Saving Private Ryan The Butcher Boy Life Is Beautiful Shakespeare In Love The Thin Red Line The Truman Show Best Foreign Film * Life Is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni The Celebration - Thomas Vinterberg Fireworks - Takeshi Kitano Madadayo - Akira Kurosawa The Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami Best Director * Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line John Boorman - The General Neil Jordan - The Butcher Boy Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan Peter Weir - The Truman Show Best Actor * Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful Jim Carrey - The Truman Show Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan Edward Norton - American History X Best Actress * Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth Jane Horrocks - Little Voice Holly Hunter - Living Out Loud Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love Ally Sheedy - High Art Best Supporting Actor * Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan Michael Caine - Little Voice Robert Duvall - A Civil Action Bill Murray - Rushmore Nick Nolte - The Thin Red Line Best Supporting Actress * Kathy Bates - Primary Colors Joan Allen - Pleasantville Kimberly Elise - Beloved Rachel Griffiths - Hilary and Jackie Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of Sex Most Promising Actor * Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love Jim Caviezel - The Thin Red Line Adrian Lester - Primary Colors Eamonn Owens - The Butcher Boy Jason Schwartzman - Rushmore Most Promising Actress * Kimberly Elise - Beloved Scarlett Johansson - The Horse Whisperer Natasha Lyonne - Slums of Beverly Hills Leelee Sobieski - A Soldier s Daughter Never Cries Dominique Swain - Lo-li-ta Best Screenplay * Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard Bulworth - Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser Happiness - Todd Solondz A Simple Plan - Scott B. Smith The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol Best Cinematography * The Thin Red Line - John Toll Beloved - Tak Fujimoto Elizabeth - Remi Adefarasin The Horse Whisperer - Robert Richardson Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kaminski Best Original Score * The Truman Show - Burkhard Dallwitz A Bug s Life - Randy Newman The Butcher Boy - Elliot Goldenthal Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder A Simple Plan - Danny Elfman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------