4th Empire Awards
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 4
| award = Empire Awards
| image = 4th Empire Awards logo.gif
| caption = The logo for the 4th Empire Awards
| date = 1999
| site = Park Lane Hotel, London, England
| host =
| director =
| magazine_issue =
| best_film = Titanic
| best_british = Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
| most_awards = Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Saving Private Ryan and Titanic (2)
| most_nominations = Elizabeth and Twenty Four Seven (4)
| channel =
| duration =
| last = 3rd
| next = 5th
}}
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.{{Cite web |year=1999 |title=1999 Empire Awards |url=http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816064656/http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2000 |website=Empireonline.co.uk}} 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.{{Cite news |last= |date=18 January 2001 |title=Genie succeeds Stella as Empire film awards sponsor |url=http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/genie-succeeds-stella-as-empire-film-awards-sponsor/2019819.article |access-date=29 September 2014 |work=Marketingweek.co.uk |publisher=Centaur Communications Ltd}}
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.{{Cite web |year=2003 |title=Past Winners - 1999 |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/1999.asp |access-date=16 September 2011 |website=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}}
=Multiple awards=
The following three films received multiple awards:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Awards
! scope="col" | Film |
|---|
| rowspan=3 | 2 |
| Saving Private Ryan |
| Titanic |
=Multiple nominations=
The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
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| scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" | Film |
|---|
| rowspan=2 | 4 |
| Twenty Four Seven |
| rowspan=7 | 3 |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| My Name Is Joe |
| Saving Private Ryan |
| Sliding Doors |
| The Truman Show |
| Titanic |
| rowspan=3 | 2 |
| Out of Sight |
| The Big Lebowski |
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |title=The 4th Empire Awards official website |url=http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816064656/http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2000 |access-date=25 September 2014 }}
- {{IMDb event|0000786/1999}}
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