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:

1. Angels and Insects
2. The Birdcage
3. Breaking the Waves
4. The Crucible
5. Daylight
6. Dragonheart
7. Emma
8. The English Patient
9. Eraser
10. Evita
11. Fargo
12. The First Wives Club
13. Fly Away Home
14. The Ghost and the Darkness
15. Ghosts of Mississippi
16. Hamlet
17. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
18. Independence Day
19. James and the Giant Peach
20. Jerry Maguire
21. Lone Star
22. Marvin’s Room
23. Michael Collins
24. The Mirror Has Two Faces
25. The Nutty Professor
26. One Fine Day
27. The People vs. Larry Flynt
28. The Portrait of a Lady
29. The Preacher’s Wife
30. Primal Fear
31. The Rock
32. Romeo + Juliet
33. Secrets & Lies
34. Shine
35. Sleepers
36. Sling Blade
37. Star Trek: First Contact
38. That Thing You Do!
39. Trainspotting
40. Twister
41. Up Close & Personal

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