Alternate Oscars: 1999 (Re-Do)

I can't blame math for this one — I nominated the top six movies and the two or three consensus picks in each of the other categories and then filled out the rest with my own choices. Feel free to rip me on Yelp.

Best Picture of 1999 (Poll Closed)

• ✔ American Beauty  28.99%  (20 votes)  
   
• Being John Malkovich  5.8%  (4 votes)  
   
• Galaxy Quest  2.9%  (2 votes)  
   
• The Green Mile  5.8%  (4 votes)  
   
• Magnolia  14.49%  (10 votes)  
   
• The Matrix  11.59%  (8 votes)  
   
• ★ The Sixth Sense  26.09%  (18 votes)  
   
• Three Kings  1.45%  (1 votes)  
   
• Topsy-Turvy  1.45%  (1 votes)  
   
• Toy Story 2  1.44%  (1 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 69

 

Best Actor of 1999

Jim Broadbent (Topsy-Turvy)

Russell Crowe (The Insider)

Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story)

★ Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)

✔ Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)

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Best Actress of 1999

Annette Bening (American Beauty)

Sarah Michelle Geller (Cruel Intentions)

Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother)

✔ Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry)

★ Reese Witherspoon (Election)

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Best Director of 1999 (Poll Closed)

• Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia)  16.95%  (10 votes)  
   
• Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)  5.08%  (3 votes)  
   
• ✔ Sam Mendes (American Beauty)  30.51%  (18 votes)  
   
• M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense)  18.64%  (11 votes)  
   
• ★ The Wachowskis (The Matrix)  28.81%  (17 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 59

 

Best Supporting Actor of 1999 (Poll Closed)

• ★ Tom Cruise (Magnolia)  34.48%  (20 votes)  
   
• Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile)  20.69%  (12 votes)  
   
• Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill)  8.62%  (5 votes)  
   
• Brad Pitt (Fight Club)  12.07%  (7 votes)  
   
• Sam Rockwell (Galaxy Quest)  24.14%  (14 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 58

 

Best Supporting Actress of 1999 (Poll Closed)

• Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense)  37.93%  (22 votes)  
   
• Alyson Hannigan (American Pie)  6.9%  (4 votes)  
   
• Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)  27.59%  (16 votes)  
   
• Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown)  12.07%  (7 votes)  
   
• ★ Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix)  15.51%  (9 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 58

 

Special Award

M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) (original screenplay)

John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courley and Jon Thum (The Matrix) (visual effects)

Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) (original song score)

Gary Cole as "Bill Lumbergh" (Office Space) (we've all had that boss at least once)

"Jar-Jar Binks" (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace) (the prequel trilogy in a nutshell)

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My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.