4th Empire Awards
The logo for the 4th Empire Awards
Date1999
SitePark Lane Hotel, London, England[1]
Empire issue#119 (May 1999)
Highlights
Best FilmTitanic
Best British FilmLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Most awardsLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Saving Private Ryan and Titanic (2)
Most nominationsElizabeth and Twenty Four Seven (4)
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The 4th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1998 and took place in 1999 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England.[1] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as three honorary awards. The honorary Movie Masterpiece award was first introduced this year. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the second consecutive year.[2]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Titanic and Saving Private Ryan were tied for most awards won with two awards apiece. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels won the award for Best British Film, while Titanic won the award for Best Film. Other winners included Elizabeth, My Name Is Joe and Sliding Doors with one award apiece. Spike Lee received the Empire Inspiration Award, Freddie Francis received the Lifetime Achievement Award and William Friedkin received the Movie Masterpiece Award for The Exorcist.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3]

Honorary Awards

Multiple awards

The following three films received multiple awards:

Awards Film
2 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Saving Private Ryan
Titanic

Multiple nominations

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film
4 Elizabeth
Twenty Four Seven
3 Good Will Hunting
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
My Name Is Joe
Saving Private Ryan
Sliding Doors
The Truman Show
Titanic
2 Jackie Brown
Out of Sight
The Big Lebowski

References

  1. ^ a b "1999 Empire Awards". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
  2. ^ "Genie succeeds Stella as Empire film awards sponsor". Marketingweek.co.uk. Centaur Communications Ltd. January 18, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Past Winners - 1999". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  4. ^ "Best Film". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  5. ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  6. ^ "Best Director". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  7. ^ "Best British Director". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  8. ^ "Best Actor". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  9. ^ "Best British Actor". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  10. ^ "Best Actress". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  11. ^ "Best British Actress". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  12. ^ "Best Debut". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  13. ^ "Empire Inspiration Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  14. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.
  15. ^ "Movie Masterpiece Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000.

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