MTV Movie Awards: 1997

MTV Movie Award

Date:	7 June
Host:	Mike Myers (I)
Location:	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, USA

Best Movie Song


Winner:
	Fear (1996) - Bush - For the song "Machinehead".
Other Nominees:
	Evita (1996) - Madonna (I) - For the song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". Phenomenon (1996) - Eric Clapton - For the song "Change the World". Romeo + Juliet (1996) - "Garbage" - For the song "Crush". Space Jam (1996) - R. Kelly - For the song "I Believe I Can Fly".

Best Fight


Winner:
	Craft, The (1996) - Fairuza Balk; Robin Tunney - For the two witches knife fight between Fairuza Balk and Robin Tunney.
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Pamela Anderson (I) - For the indoor fight between Pamela Lee Anderson with a guy. Cable Guy, The (1996) - Jim Carrey; Matthew Broderick (I) - For the medieval time fight between Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo (1996) - Jackie Chan (I) - For the fight of Jackie Chan with a ladder. Mars Attacks! (1996) - Jim Brown (I) - For the fight between Jim Brown and an alien.

Best New Filmmaker

Best On-Screen Duo


Winner:
	Rock, The (1996) - Sean Connery; Nicolas Cage
Other Nominees:
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) - "Beavis"; "Butt-Head" Birdcage, The (1996) - Robin Williams (I); Nathan Lane Fargo (1996) - Steve Buscemi; Peter Stormare Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes

Best Comedic Performance


Winner:
	Cable Guy, The (1996) - Jim Carrey
Other Nominees:
	Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) - Chris Farley Birdcage, The (1996) - Robin Williams (I) Nutty Professor, The (1996) - Eddie Murphy (I) Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996) - Janeane Garofalo

Best Action Sequence


Winner:
	Twister (1996) - For the truck driving through farm equipment.
Other Nominees:
	Eraser (1996) - Arnold Schwarzenegger - For Arnold Schwarzenegger's freefalls. Independence Day (1996) - For the aliens blowing up New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.. Mission: Impossible (1996) - For the train-helicopter chase. Rock, The (1996) - For the yellow Ferrari's chase through San Francisco.

Best Breakthrough Performance


Winner:
	Time to Kill, A (1996) - Matthew McConaughey
Other Nominees:
	Independence Day (1996) - Vivica A. Fox Jerry Maguire (1996) - Ren�e Zellweger People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) - Courtney Love Trainspotting (1996) - Ewan McGregor

Lifetime Achievement


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - "Chewbacca" - For the Star Wars trilogy, also including Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). - Chewbacca had been played by Peter Mayhew (II).

Best Kiss


Winner:
	Independence Day (1996) - Will Smith (I); Vivica A. Fox
Other Nominees:
	Bound (1996) - Jennifer Tilly; Gina Gershon Phenomenon (1996) - John Travolta; Kyra Sedgwick Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes Very Brady Sequel, A (1996) - Christopher Daniel Barnes; Christine Taylor (I)

Best Female Performance


Winner:
	Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Claire Danes
Other Nominees:
	Evita (1996) - Madonna (I) Scream (1996/I) - Neve Campbell Time to Kill, A (1996) - Sandra Bullock Twister (1996) - Helen Hunt (I)

Best Villain


Winner:
	Cable Guy, The (1996) - Jim Carrey
Other Nominees:
	Fan, The (1996) - Robert De Niro Fear (1996) - Mark Wahlberg (I) Primal Fear (1996) - Edward Norton (I) Time to Kill, A (1996) - Kiefer Sutherland

Best Movie


Winner:
	Scream (1996/I)
Other Nominees:
	Independence Day (1996) Jerry Maguire (1996) Rock, The (1996) Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Best Male Performance


Winner:
	Jerry Maguire (1996) - Tom Cruise
Other Nominees:
	Independence Day (1996) - Will Smith (I) Nutty Professor, The (1996) - Eddie Murphy (I) Phenomenon (1996) - John Travolta Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Leonardo DiCaprio