1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

25th LAFCA Awards
25th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 1999
Highlights
Best Picture	The Insider

The 25th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1999, were announced on December 11, 1999 and awarded on January 19, 2000.^[1]^[2]

Winners edit

Best Picture:
- The Insider
- Runner-up: American Beauty
Best Director:
- Sam Mendes – American Beauty
- Runner-up: Michael Mann – The Insider
Best Actor:
- Russell Crowe – The Insider
- Runner-up: Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
Best Actress:
- Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
- Runner-up: Reese Witherspoon – Election
Best Supporting Actor:
- Christopher Plummer – The Insider
- Runner-up: John Malkovich – Being John Malkovich
Best Supporting Actress:
- Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry
- Runner-up: Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown
Best Screenplay:
- Charlie Kaufman – Being John Malkovich
- Runner-up: Alan Ball – American Beauty
Best Cinematography:
- Dante Spinotti – The Insider
- Runner-up: Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
Best Production Design:
- Rick Heinrichs – Sleepy Hollow
- Runner-up: Dante Ferretti – Titus
Best Music Score:
- Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman – South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Runner-up: Gabriel Yared – The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Foreign-Language Film:
- All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) • Spain
- Runner-up: The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) • France
Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Runner-up: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Best Animation:
- The Iron Giant
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
- Owen Land
New Generation Award:
- Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Citizen Ruth and Election
Career Achievement Award:
- Dede Allen
Special Citation:
- Rick Schmidlin, Roger Mayer, and Turner Classic Movies for their meticulous reconstruction and promotion of Erich von Stroheim's Greed

References edit

^ King, Susan (12 December 1999). "'The Insider' Wins Top L.A. Film Critics Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ King, Susan (14 December 1999). "'Insider' close to critics' hearts". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via Google News Archive.

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[1] King, Susan (12 December 1999). "'The Insider' Wins Top L.A. Film Critics Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[2] King, Susan (14 December 1999). "'Insider' close to critics' hearts". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via Google News Archive.

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