1st Golden Satellite Awards
| 1st Golden Satellite Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | January 15, 1997 | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best drama film | Fargo | |||
| Best comedy/musical film | Evita | |||
| Best director | Joel Coen for Fargo | |||
| Best television drama | The X-Files | |||
| Best television comedy | The Larry Sanders Show | |||
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The 1st Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 15, 1997 by host Stacy Keach.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Actor - Drama
Geoffrey Rush - Shine
James Woods - Killer: A Journal of Murder
- Christopher Eccleston - Jude
- Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
- William H. Macy - Fargo
- Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
- Nathan Lane - The Birdcage
- Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor
- Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks!
- Stanley Tucci - Big Night
Best Actress - Drama
- Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
- Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
- Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
- Robin Wright Penn - Moll Flanders
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
- Glenn Close - 101 Dalmatians
- Shirley MacLaine - Mrs. Winterbourne
- Heather Matarazzo - Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Bette Midler - The First Wives Club
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
Best Art Direction
Romeo + Juliet - Catherine Martin
Best Cinematography
The English Patient - John Seale
Best Costume Design
- Hamlet
- Moll Flanders
- The Portrait of a Lady
- Ridicule
Best Director
- Scott Hicks - Shine
- Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
- Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
- Lars von Trier - Breaking the Waves
Best Editing
Independence Day - David Brenner
Best Film - Drama
Best Film - Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
Breaking the Waves, Denmark
- Bitter Sugar (Azúcar amarga), Cuba
- A Judgement in Stone (Le cérémonie), France
- Kolya (Kolja), Czech Republic
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik), Russia
- Ridicule, France
Best Original Score
"The English Patient" - Gabriel Yared
- "Hamlet" - Patrick Doyle
- "Mars Attacks!" - Danny Elfman
- "Michael Collins" - Elliot Goldenthal
- "Sling Blade" - Daniel Lanois
Best Original Song
"You Must Love Me" performed by Madonna - Evita
- "God Give Me Strength" performed by Kristen Vigard - Grace of My Heart
- "Kissing You" performed by Des'ree - Romeo + Juliet
- "That Thing You Do" performed by The Wonders - That Thing You Do!
- "Walls" performed by Tom Petty - She's the One
Best Screenplay - Adapted
The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
- The Crucible - Arthur Miller
- Jude - Hossein Amini
- The Portrait of a Lady - Laura Jones
- Trainspotting - John Hodge
Best Screenplay - Original
Lone Star - John Sayles
The People vs. Larry Flynt - Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Best Supporting Actor - Drama
- Steve Buscemi - Fargo
- Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting
- Jeremy Irons - Stealing Beauty
- John Lynch - Moll Flanders
- Paul Scofield - The Crucible
Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire
- Woody Allen - Everyone Says I Love You
- Danny DeVito - Matilda
- Gene Hackman - The Birdcage
- Ian McKellen - Cold Comfort Farm
Best Supporting Actress - Drama
Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Joan Allen - The Crucible
- Stockard Channing - Moll Flanders
- Miranda Richardson - The Evening Star
- Kate Winslet - Hamlet
Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy
- Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
- Goldie Hawn - Everyone Says I Love You
- Sarah Jessica Parker - The First Wives Club
- Renée Zellweger - Jerry Maguire
Best Visual Effects
Independence Day - Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
Television
Best Actor - Drama Series
- Andre Braugher - Homicide: Life on the Street
- Anthony Edwards - ER
- Hector Elizondo - Chicago Hope
- Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series
John Lithgow - 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Michael J. Fox - Spin City
- Michael Richards - Seinfeld
- Garry Shandling - The Larry Sanders Show
- Rip Torn - The Larry Sanders Show
Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film
Alan Rickman - Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Beau Bridges - Hidden in America
- Ted Danson - Gulliver's Travels
- Eric Roberts - In Cold Blood
- James Woods - The Summer of Ben Tyler
Best Actress - Drama Series
Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
- Kim Delaney - NYPD Blue
- Julianna Margulies - ER
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Relativity
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series
Jane Curtin - 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Fran Drescher - The Nanny
- Helen Hunt - Mad About You
- Cybill Shepherd - Cybill
- Lea Thompson - Caroline in the City
Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film
Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment
- Kirstie Alley - Suddenly
- Lolita Davidovich - Harvest on Fire
- Laura Dern - The Siege at Ruby Ridge
- Jena Malone - Hidden in America
Best Series - Drama
Best Series - Musical or Comedy
Best Miniseries or TV Film
Gulliver's Travels
- If These Walls Could Talk
- Pride and Prejudice
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge
- The Summer of Ben Tyler
Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or TV Film
- Brian Dennehy - A Season in Purgatory
- Ian McKellen - Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Anthony Quinn - Gotti[1]
- Treat Williams - The Late Shift
Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Cher - If These Walls Could Talk
- Gail O'Grady - NYPD Blue
- Greta Scacchi - Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Alfre Woodard - Gulliver's Travels
Awards breakdown
Film
- 3 / 9 The English Patient: Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography & Original Score
- 2 / 5 Shine: Best Actor and Supporting Actor - Drama