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Satellite Awards: 1997

Satellite Award

Golden Satellite Award

Date:15 January
Host:Stacy Keach

Best Motion Picture - Drama
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Saul Zaentz
  • Lone Star (1996) - R. Paul Miller; Maggie Renzi
  • Secrets & Lies (1996) - Simon Channing-Williams
  • Shine (1996) - Jane Scott (I)
  • Trainspotting (1996) - Andrew Macdonald

  • Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • James and the Giant Peach (1996) - Tim Burton (I); Denise Di Novi
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) - Tim Burton (I)
  • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) - Martin G. Baker; Brian Henson
  • Space Jam (1996) - Daniel Goldberg (I); Joe Medjuck; Ivan Reitman

  • Best Motion Picture Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hamlet (1996) - Alex Byrne
  • Moll Flanders (1996) - Consolata Boyle
  • Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) - Janet Patterson (I)
  • Ridicule (1996) - Christian Gasc

  • Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Azúcar amarga (1996) - Leon Ichaso (director)
    - Cuba.
  • Cérémonie, La (1995) - Claude Chabrol (director)
    - France.
  • Kavkazskiy plennik (1996) - Sergei Bodrov (director)
    - Russia.
  • Kolja (1996) - Jan Sverák (director)
    - Czech Republic.
  • Ridicule (1996) - Patrice Leconte (director)
    - France.

  • Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Adaptation
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Crucible, The (1996) - Arthur Miller (I)
  • Jude (1996) - Hossein Amini
  • Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) - Laura Jones (III)
  • Trainspotting (1996) - John Hodge (I)

  • Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Original
      Winners:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
  • Shine (1996) - Jan Sardi
  • Sling Blade (1996) - Billy Bob Thornton

  • Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) - Alison Gilby; Joanna Gueritz; Antony Root
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Robert Greenhut (I)
  • Flirting with Disaster (1996) - Dean Silvers
  • Swingers (1996) - Victor Simpkins

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
      Winners:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Ralph Fiennes
  • Fargo (1996) - William H. Macy
  • Jude (1996) - Christopher Eccleston
  • Sling Blade (1996) - Billy Bob Thornton

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Big Night (1996) - Stanley Tucci (I)
  • Birdcage, The (1996) - Nathan Lane
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) - Jack Nicholson
  • Nutty Professor, The (1996) - Eddie Murphy (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Breaking the Waves (1996) - Emily Watson (I)
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Moll Flanders (1996) - Robin Wright Penn
  • Secrets & Lies (1996) - Brenda Blethyn

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 101 Dalmatians (1996) - Glenn Close
  • First Wives Club, The (1996) - Bette Midler
  • Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) - Shirley MacLaine
  • Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) - Heather Matarazzo

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Crucible, The (1996) - Paul Scofield (I)
  • Fargo (1996) - Steve Buscemi
  • Moll Flanders (1996) - John Lynch (I)
  • Stealing Beauty (1996) - Jeremy Irons
  • Trainspotting (1996) - Robert Carlyle (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Birdcage, The (1996) - Gene Hackman
  • Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) - Ian McKellen
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Woody Allen
  • Matilda (1996) - Danny DeVito

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Goldie Hawn
  • First Wives Club, The (1996) - Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) - Renée Zellweger
  • Mirror Has Two Faces, The (1996) - Lauren Bacall

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama
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  • Crucible, The (1996) - Joan Allen (I)
  • Evening Star, The (1996) - Miranda Richardson (I)
  • Hamlet (1996) - Kate Winslet
  • Moll Flanders (1996) - Stockard Channing

  • Best Director of a Motion Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Breaking the Waves (1996) - Lars von Trier
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Anthony Minghella
  • Secrets & Lies (1996) - Mike Leigh
  • Shine (1996) - Scott Hicks

  • Outstanding Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Breaking the Waves (1996) - Robby Müller
  • Evita (1996) - Darius Khondji
  • Hamlet (1996) - Alex Thomson (I)
  • Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Donald McAlpine

  • Outstanding Art Direction
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Stuart Craig
  • Evita (1996) - Brian Morris (I)
  • Hamlet (1996) - Tim Harvey (I)
  • Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) - Janet Patterson (I)

  • Outstanding Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • English Patient, The (1996) - Walter Murch
  • Fargo (1996) - Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes); Joel Coen (as Roderick Jaynes)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) - Paul Hirsch (I)
  • Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Jill Bilcock

  • Outstanding Visual Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Dragonheart (1996) - Scott Squires; Industrial Light & Magic
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) - Jim Mitchell (II); Michael L. Fink; David Andrews (II)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (1996) - John Knoll
  • Twister (1996) - Stefen Fangmeier

  • Outstanding Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Grace of My Heart (1996) - Elvis Costello; Burt Bacharach
    - For the song "God Give Me Strength" performed by Kristen Vigard.
  • Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Des'ree; Tim Atack
    - For the song "Kissing You" performed by Des'ree.
  • She's the One (1996) - Tom Petty
    - For the song "Walls" performed by Tom Petty.
  • That Thing You Do! (1996) - Adam Schlesinger (I)
    - For the song "That Thing You Do" performed by The Wonders.

  • Outstanding Original Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hamlet (1996) - Patrick Doyle (I)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) - Danny Elfman
  • Michael Collins (1996) - Elliot Goldenthal
  • Sling Blade (1996) - Daniel Lanois

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
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      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Chicago Hope" (1994) - Hector Elizondo
  • "ER" (1994) - Anthony Edwards (I)
  • "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) - Andre Braugher
  • "NYPD Blue" (1993) - Dennis Franz (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
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      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992) - Garry Shandling
  • "Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992) - Rip Torn
  • "Seinfeld" (1990) - Michael Richards (I)
  • "Spin City" (1996) - Michael J. Fox (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
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      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) - Ted Danson
  • Hidden in America (1996) (TV) - Beau Bridges (I)
  • In Cold Blood (1996) (TV) - Eric Roberts (I)
  • Summer of Ben Tyler, The (1996) (TV) - James Woods (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "ER" (1994) - Julianna Margulies
  • "NYPD Blue" (1993) - Kim Delaney (I)
  • "Relativity" (1996) - Kimberly Williams-Paisley
  • "X Files, The" (1993) - Gillian Anderson (I)

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
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      Other Nominees:
     
  • Harvest of Fire (1996) (TV) - Lolita Davidovich
  • Hidden in America (1996) (TV) - Jena Malone
  • Siege at Ruby Ridge, The (1996) (TV) - Laura Dern
  • Suddenly (1996) (TV) - Kirstie Alley

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Caroline in the City" (1995) - Lea Thompson (I)
  • "Cybill" (1995) - Cybill Shepherd
  • "Mad About You" (1992) - Helen Hunt (I)
  • "Nanny, The" (1993) - Fran Drescher

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gotti (1996) (TV) - Anthony Quinn (I)
  • Late Shift, The (1996) (TV) - Treat Williams
  • Rasputin (1996) (TV) - Ian McKellen
  • Season in Purgatory, A (1996) (TV) - Brian Dennehy

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "NYPD Blue" (1993) - Gail O'Grady
  • Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) - Alfre Woodard
  • If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) - Cher (I)
  • Rasputin (1996) (TV) - Greta Scacchi

  • Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996)
  • "Cybill" (1995)
  • "Seinfeld" (1990)
  • "Spin City" (1996)

  • Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Pride and Prejudice" (1995)
  • If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV)
  • Siege at Ruby Ridge, The (1996) (TV)
  • Summer of Ben Tyler, The (1996) (TV)

  • Best Television Series - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Chicago Hope" (1994)
  • "ER" (1994)
  • "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)
  • "NYPD Blue" (1993)

  • Special Achievement Award

    Outstanding New Talent
      Winner:
     

    Mary Pickford Award

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