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SHOULD WINCurtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential, who also had a hand in writing (or at least adapting) the script from Ellroy's classic novel--with much better success, complemented by crisp, savvy direction...
This one's a sure bet: media darlings Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting. Hollywood simply can't get over the fact that two actors can actually write a successful movie script (and still be so darn cute!). Their screenplay is far from being as good as everyone's making it out to be, but the other nominees don't have that much more compelling a claim--though The Full Monty manages to balance its killingly funny physical gags with a surprisingly poignant, though too easily resolved, storyline...
...script adaptation race, L.A. Confidential has the dual virtue of both deserving to win and being assured of doing so. For original scripts, Good Will Hunting is a lock, but without the year's most deserving competitors--Eve's Bayou, The Apostle and In the Company of Men--it's a win for style over substance. Titanic should sweep the Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design awards, even though L.A. Confidential had crisper photography and The Wings of the Dove had more dramatically loaded sartorials. No gripes with the Art Direction win though; you break that much porcelain and flood...
SHOULD WINHunt, who overcame the reductive, implausible and emotionally dishonest script ofAs Good As It Gets to create a full-bodied, graceful, intelligent woman...
WILL WINJames Cameron for Titanic. Cameron does have a way with large-scale spectacle, but he also wrote a clunker of a script...