4th annual cadet film awards 1997

Best Picture

Winner:
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Nominee:
AMISTAD
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
GATTACA
GOOD WILL HUNTING

Best Director

Winner:
Curtis Hanson – L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Nominee:
Andrew Niccol – GATTACA
Martin Scorcese – KUNDUN
Ang Lee – THE ICE STORM
Paul Thomas Anderson – BOOGIE NIGHTS

Best Actor, Leading Role

Winner:
Mark Wahlberg – BOOGIE NIGHTS

Nominee:
Matt Damon – GOOD WILL HUNTING
Djimon Hounsou – AMISTAD
Guy Pearce – L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Dustin Hoffman – WAG THE DOG

Best Actress, Leading Role

Winner:
Jodie Foster – CONTACT

Nominee:
Patricia Arquette – LOST HIGHWAY
Judi Dench – MRS. BROWN
Helen Hunt – AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Kate Winslet – TITANIC

Best Supporting Actor

Winner:
Rupert Everett – MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING

Nominee:
Anthony Hopkins – AMISTAD
Greg Kinnear – AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Burt Reynolds – BOOGIE NIGHTS
Jude Law – GATTACA

Best Supporting Actress

Winner:
Kim Basinger – L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Nominee:
Kirstie Alley – DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
Minnie Driver – GOOD WILL HUNTING
Julianne Moore – BOOGIE NIGHTS
Sigourney Weaver – THE ICE STORM

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner:
Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson – L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Nominee:
Paul Attanasio – DONNIE BRASCO
Atom Egoyan – THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Laura Jones – OSCAR AND LUCINDA
Hossein Amini – THE WINGS OF THE DOVE

Best Original Screenplay

Winner:
Woody Allen — DECONSTRUCTING HARRY

Nominee:
Paul Thomas Anderson — BOOGIE NIGHTS
Kevin Smith — CHASING AMY
Matt Damon & Ben Affleck — GOOD WILL HUNTING
Kevin Williamson — SCREAM 2

Best Original Dramatic Score

Winner:
Philip Glass – KUNDUN

Nominee:
John Williams – AMISTAD
Mychael Danna – THE ICE STORM
Michael Nyman – GATTACA
Thomas Newman – OSCAR AND LUCINDA
Basil Poledouris – STARSHIP TROOPERS

Best Original Comedy or Musical Score

Winner:
James Newton Howard – MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING

Nominee:
David Newman, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens – ANASTASIA
Hans Zimmer – AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Danny Elfman – MEN IN BLACK
Eric Serra – THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Best Original Song

Winner:
“How Do I Live” – CON AIR

Nominee:
“Journey to the Past” – ANASTASIA
“The Sweet Hereafter” – THE SWEET HEREAFTER
“Tomorrow Never Dies” – TOMORROW NEVER DIES
“My Heart Will Go On” – TITANIC

Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner:
CHARACTER (The Netherlands)

Nominee:
FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Brazil)
MA VIE EN ROSE (Belgium)
PONETTE (France)
SHALL WE DANSU? (Japan)

Best Cinematography * TIE*

Winner:
Roger Deakins — KUNDUN
and
Peter Deming — LOST HIGHWAY

Nominees:
Janusz Kaminski — AMISTAD
Dante Spinotti — L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Jost Vacano — STARSHIP TROOPERS

Best Editing

Winner:
Peter Honess — L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Nominee:
Richard Francis Bruce — AIR FORCE ONE
Susan E. Morse — DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
Arthur Schmidt — CONTACT
Thelma Schoonmaker — KUNDUN

Best Production Design

Winner:
Jan Roelfs — GATTACA

Nominee:
Joseph Bennett — EVENT HORIZON
Lucianna Arrighi — OSCAR AND LUCINDA
Jean Giraud, Dan Weil — THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Peter Lamont — TITANIC

Best Costume Design

Winner:
Jean-Paul Gaulthier — THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Nominee:
Janet Patterson — OSCAR AND LUCINDA
Dante Ferretti — KUNDUN
Ruth Myers — L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Deborah Lynn Scott — TITANIC

Best Sound

Winner:
CONTACT

Nominee:
AMISTAD
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
MEN IN BLACK
TITANIC

Best Makeup

Winner:
THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Nominee:
MEN IN BLACK
TITANIC

Best Sound Effects Editing

Winner:
TITANIC

Nominee:
FACE/OFF
THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Best Visual Effects

THE FIFTH ELEMENT
STARSHIP TROOPERS
TITANIC

Best Australian Film

Winner:
OSCAR AND LUCINDA

Nominee:
THE CASTLE
KISS OR KILL
MABO: LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN
THE WELL

Best Debut

Winner:
Djimon Hounsou for his performance in AMISTAD

Nominee:
Paul Thomas Anderson for directing and writing HARD EIGHT
Victoire Thivisol for her performance in PONETTE
Andrew M. Niccol for directing and writing GATTACA
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for writing GOOD WILL HUNTING

Best Documentary

Winner:
WACO: THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Nominee:
4 LITTLE GIRLS
MABO: LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN

Nominations Tally

L.A. Confidential – 9
Titanic – 9

Amistad – 7

The Fifth Element – 6
Gattaca – 6

Boogie Nights – 5
Good Will Hunting – 5
Kundun – 5
Oscar and Lucinda – 5

Deconstructing Harry – 4

As Good As It Gets – 3
Contact – 3
The Ice Storm – 3
Men in Black – 3
Starship Troopers – 3

Anastasia – 2
Donnie Brasco – 2
Lost Highway – 2
Mabo: Life of an Island Man – 2
My Best Friend’s Wedding – 2
Ponette – 2
The Sweet Hereafter – 2

4 Little Girls – 1
Air Force One – 1
The Castle – 1
Character – 1
Chasing Amy – 1
Con Air – 1
Event Horizon – 1
Face/Off – 1
Four Days in September – 1
Hard Eight – 1
Kiss or Kill – 1
Ma Vie En Rose – 1
Mrs Brown – 1
Shall We Dansu? – 1
Scream 2 – 1
Tomorrow Never Dies – 1
Waco: The Rules of Engagement – 1
The Well – 1
The Wings of the Dove – 1

the * symbol denotes films released in the United States in 1997 as opposed to Australia only.