"BEN-HUR" (1959)

"TITANIC" (1997)

ACTOR: Charlton Heston (for "Ben-Hur") ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Hugh Griffith (for "Ben-Hur") ACTRESS: Simone Signoret (for "Room At The Top") ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Shelley Winters (for "The Diary Of Anne Frank") ART DIRECTION & SET DECORATION (B-&-W): (for "The Diary Of Anne Frank") - (Art:) George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler, (Set:) Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott ART DIRECTION & SET DECORATION (COLOR): "Ben-Hur" - (Art:) Edward Carfagno, William A. Horning, (Set:) Hugh Hunt BEST MOTION PICTURE: "Ben-Hur" - prod. Sam Zimbalist CINEMATOGRAPHY (B-&-W): ("The Diary Of Anne Frank") - William C. Mellor CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR): "Ben-Hur" - Robert L. Surtees COSTUME DESIGN (B-&-W): "Some Like It Hot" - Orry-Kelly COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR): "Ben-Hur" - Elizabeth Haffenden DIRECTING: William Wyler - "Ben-Hur" DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE): "Serengeti Shall Not Die" - Bernhard Grzimek DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT): "Glass" - Bert Haanstra FILM EDITING: "Ben-Hur" - John D. Dunning, Ralph E. Winters FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Black Orpheus" (France) HONORARY AWARD: Lee De Forest, Buster Keaton JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Bob Hope     MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE): "Ben-Hur" - Miklos Rozsa MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE): "Porgy & Bess" - Ken Darby, Andre Previn MUSIC (SONG): "High Hopes" (from "A Hole In The Head") - Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON): "Moonbird" - John Hubley SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION): "The Golden Fish" - Jacques-Yves Cousteau SOUND: "Ben-Hur" - MGM Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director   SPECIAL EFFECTS: "Ben-Hur" - A. Arnold Gillespie, Milo Lory, Robert MacDonald   WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM): "Room At The Top" - Neil Paterson WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN): "Pillow Talk" - Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Jack Nicholson (for "As Good As It Gets") ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Robin Williams (for "Good Will Hunting") ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Helen Hunt (for "As Good As It Gets") ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Kim Basinger (for "LA. Confidential")   ART DIRECTION & SET DECORATION: "Titanic" (Art:) Peter Lamont, (Set:) Michael Ford   BEST MOTION PICTURE: "Titanic" - prod. James Cameron, Jon Landau   CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Titanic" - Russell Carpenter   COSTUME DESIGN: "Titanic" - Deborah L. Scott   DIRECTING: James Cameron - "Titanic" DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "The Long Way Home" - Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "A Story Of Healing" - Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak FILM EDITING: "Titanic" - Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Karacter" (Netherlands) HONORARY AWARD: Stanley Donen MAKEUP: "Men In Black" - Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE: "Titanic" - James Horner ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE: "The Full Monty" - Anne Dudley ORIGINAL SONG: "My Heart Will Go On" (from "Titanic") - James Horner, Will Jennings SHORT SUBJECT (ANIMATED): "Geri's Game" - Jan Pinkava SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION): "Visas And Virtues" - Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue SOUND: "Titanic" - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: "Titanic" - Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes VISUAL EFFECTS: "Titanic" - Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer SCREENPLAY (ADAPTATION): "LA. Confidential" - Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL): "Good Will Hunting" - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon

So which of "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" fared better at the Awards ceremonies?
Well...