The Complete Oscar Quest: 70th Academy Awards (1997)
1996
Best Picture
- The English Patient
- Fargo
- Jerry Maguire
- Secrets & Lies
- Shine
Best Director
- Joel Coen, Fargo
- Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Scott Hicks, Shine
- Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies
- Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Best Actor
- Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
- Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient
- Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Geoffrey Rush, Shine
- Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
Best Actress
- Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
- Diane Keaton, Marvin’s Room
- Frances McDormand, Fargo
- Kristin Scott, Thomas, The English Patient
- Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
Best Supporting Actor
- Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire
- William H. Macy, Fargo
- Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine
- Edward Norton, Primal Fear
- James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi
Best Supporting Actress
- Joan Allen, The Crucible
- Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces
- Juliette Binoche, The English Patient
- Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies
Best Original Screenplay
- Fargo
- Jerry Maguire
- Lone Star
- Secrets & Lies
- Shine
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Crucible
- The English Patient
- Hamlet
- Sling Blade
- Trainspotting
Best Editing
- The English Patient
- Evita
- Fargo
- Jerry Maguire
- Shine
Best Cinematography
- The English Patient
- Evita
- Fargo
- Fly Away Home
- Michael Collins
Best Original Dramatic Score
- The English Patient
- Hamlet
- Michael Collins
- Shine
- Sleepers
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
- Emma
- The First Wives Club
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- James and the Giant Peach
- The Preacher’s Wife
Best Original Song
- “Because You Loved Me,” from Up Close & Personal
- “For the First Time,” from One Fine Day
- “I Finally Found Someone,” from The Mirror Has Two Faces
- “That Thing You Do!” from That Thing You Do!
- “You Must Love Me,” from Evita
Best Art Direction
- The Birdcage
- The English Patient
- Evita
- Hamlet
- Romeo + Juliet
Best Costume Design
- Angels and Insects
- Emma
- The English Patient
- Hamlet
- The Portrait of a Lady
Best Makeup
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- The Nutty Professor
- Star Trek: First Contact
Best Visual Effects
- Dragonheart
- Independence Day
- Twister
Best Sound Editing
- Daylight
- Eraser
- The Ghost and the Darkness
Best Sound Mixing
- The English Patient
- Evita
- Independence Day
- The Rock
- Twister
Best Foreign Language Film
- A Chef in Love
- Kolya
- The Other Side of Sunday
- Prisoner of the Mountains
- Ridicule
Best Documentary
- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
- Mandela
- Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
- Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
- When We Were Kings
Best Documentary Short
- Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien
- Cosmic Voyage
- An Essay on Matisse
- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Best Live-Action Short
- Dear Diary
- De tripas, corazon
- Ernst & Iyset
- Esposados
- Senza parole
Best Animated Short
- Canhead
- Quest
- La Salla
- Wat’s Pig
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Angels and Insects
- The Birdcage
- Breaking the Waves
- The Crucible
- Daylight
- Dragonheart
- Emma
- The English Patient
- Eraser
- Evita
- Fargo
- The First Wives Club
- Fly Away Home
- The Ghost and the Darkness
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- Hamlet
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Independence Day
- James and the Giant Peach
- Jerry Maguire
- Lone Star
- Marvin’s Room
- Michael Collins
- The Mirror Has Two Faces
- The Nutty Professor
- One Fine Day
- The People vs. Larry Flynt
- The Portrait of a Lady
- The Preacher’s Wife
- Primal Fear
- The Rock
- Romeo + Juliet
- Secrets & Lies
- Shine
- Sleepers
- Sling Blade
- Star Trek: First Contact
- That Thing You Do!
- Trainspotting
- Twister
- Up Close & Personal
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