title: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998
text: # Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998
  
  11th CFCA Awards
  
  March 1, 1999
  
  Best Film:
  
  Saving Private Ryan
  
  The 11th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given on 1 March 1999, honored the finest achievements in 1998 filmmaking.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Best Actor:
     * Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
  * Best Actress:
     * Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
  * Best Cinematography:
     * The Thin Red Line - John Toll
  * Best Director:
     * Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
  * Best Film:
     * Saving Private Ryan
  * Best Foreign Language Film:
     * La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), Italy
  * Best Score:
     * "The Truman Show" - Burkhard Dallwitz
  * Best Screenplay:
     * Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
  * Best Supporting Actor:
     * Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan
  * Best Supporting Actress:
     * Kathy Bates - Primary Colors
  * Most Promising Actor:
     * Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love
  * Most Promising Actress:
     * Kimberly Elise - Beloved
  