1996 in Film - Awards

Awards

Category/Organization 54th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1997		 2nd Critics Choice Awards
January 20, 1997		 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards
February 27, 1997		 69th Academy Awards
March 24, 1997		 50th BAFTA Awards
April 29, 1997
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film The English Patient Evita 'Fargo' The Birdcage (cast) The English Patient The English Patient
Best Director Miloš Forman
The People vs. Larry Flynt		 Anthony Minghella
The English Patient		 — Anthony Minghella
The English Patient		 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Fargo
Best Actor Geoffrey Rush
Shine		 Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire		 Geoffrey Rush
Shine		 Geoffrey Rush
Shine		 Geoffrey Rush
Shine		 Geoffrey Rush
Shine
Best Actress Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies		 Madonna
Evita		 Frances McDormand
Fargo		 Frances McDormand
Fargo		 Frances McDormand
Fargo		 Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies
Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton
Primal Fear		 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Jerry Maguire		 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Jerry Maguire		 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Jerry Maguire		 Paul Scofield
The Crucible
Best Supporting Actress Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces		 Joan Allen
The Crucible		 Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces		 Juliette Binoche
The English Patient		 Juliette Binoche
The English Patient
Best Screenplay, Adapted The People vs. Larry Flynt
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski		 The English Patient
Anthony Minghella		 — Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton		 The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
Best Screenplay, Original Fargo
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen		 Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
Best Foreign Language Film Kolya Ridicule — Kolya Ridicule

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan, U.K. / Ireland / U.S.A.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, United States

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