Cinema-Scene

—Movie Reviews by David L. Blaylock—

Cinema-Scene Awards

1993


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Best Picture
#1: Schindler's List (dir: Steven Spielberg)
#2: White (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#3: Naked (dir: Mike Leigh)
#4: The Piano (dir: Jane Campion)
#5: Jurassic Park (dir: Steven Spielberg)
#6: In the Name of the Father (dir: Jim Sheridan)
#7: Six Degrees of Separation (dir: Fred Schipisi)

#8: Menace II Society (dir: Allen and Albert Hughes)
#9: Groundhog Day (dir: Harold Ramis)
#10: Short Cuts (dir: Robert Altman)

Honorable Mentions:
The Fugitive (dir: Andrew Davis), Gettysburg (dir: Ronald Maxwell), Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (dir: François Girard), Red Rock West (dir: John Dahl), And the Band Played On (dir: Roger Spottiswoode), Orlando (dir: Sally Potter), Philadelphia (dir: Jonathan Demme), A Perfect World (dir: Clint Eastwood), Carlito's Way (dir: Brian DePalma), Remains of the Day (dir: James Ivory), The Scent of Green Papaya (dir: Anh Hung Tran), Ma Saison Préferée (dir: André Téchiné), Fearless (dir: Peter Weir), Farewell, My Concubine (dir: Chen Kaige), Addams Family Values (dir: Barry Sonnenfeld), In the Line of Fire (dir: Clint Eastwood), The War Room (dir: D.A. Pennebaker), and The Age of Innocence (dir: Martin Scorsese).

Best Director
#1: Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
#2: Robert Altman (Short Cuts)
#3: Jane Campion (The Piano)
#4: Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia)
#5: Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father)


Best Actor
#1: Liam Neeson (Schindler's List)

#2: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
#3: David Thewlis (Naked)
#4: Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father)
#5: Anthony Hopkins (Remains of the Day)


Best Actress
#1: Holly Hunter (The Piano)
#2: Juliette Binoche (Blue)
#3: Tilda Swinton (Orlando)
#4: Angela Bassett (What's Love Got to Do with It)
#5: Emma Thompson (Remains of the Day)


Best Supporting Actor
#1: Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List)
#2: Pete Postlethwaite (Pulp Fiction)
#3: Ben Kingsley (Schindler's List)
#4: Harvey Keitel (The Piano)
#5: Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?)


Best Supporting Actress
#1: Anna Paquin (The Piano)
#2: Julianne Moore (Short Cuts)
#3: Gong Li (Farewell, My Concubine)
#4: Winona Ryder (The Age of Innocence)
#5: Emma Thompson (In the Name of the Father)


Best Original Screenplay
#1: Naked (Mike Leigh)
#2: Menace II Society (Allen and Albert Hughes and Tyger Williams)
#3: The Piano (Jane Campion)
#4: Philadelphia (Ron Nyswaner)
#5: In the Line of Fire (Jeff Maguire)


Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: Schindler's List (Steven Zaillian)
#2: Short Cuts (Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt)
#3: King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh)
#4: In the Name of the Father (Terry George and Jim Sheridan)
#5: Remains of the Day (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)


Best Cinematography
#1: Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List)
#2: Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano)
#3: Aleksei Rodionov (Orlando)
#4: Walt Lloyd (Short Cuts)
#5: Tak Fujimoto (Philadelphia)


Best Film Editing
#1: Schindler's List
#2: Short Cuts
#3: In the Line of Fire
#4: The Piano
#5: Naked


Best Original Score
#1: Schindler's List (John Williams)
#2: The Piano (Michael Nyman)
#5: Jurassic Park (John Williams)
#3: Short Cuts (Gavin Friday and Mark Isham)
#4: Orlando (David Bedford, Fred Frith, David Motion, and Sally Potter)


Best Original Song
#1: "Streets of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia)
#2: "(You Made Me the) Thief of Your Heart" (In the Name of the Father)
#3: "Philadelphia" (Philadelphia)
#4: "This is Halloween" (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
#5: "A Wink and a Smile" (Sleepless in Seattle)


Best Production Design
#1: Orlando
#2: The Piano
#3: Schindler's List
#4: Farewell, My Concubine
#5: Remains of the Day


Best Costume Design
#1: Orlando
#2: Farewell, My Concubine
#3: The Piano
#4: The Age of Innocence
#5: Schindler's List


Best Makeup
#1: Orlando
#2: Farewell, My Concubine
#3: The Piano
#4: Mrs. Doubtfire
#5: Remains of the Day


Best Sound
#1: Jurassic Park
#2: The Fugitive
#3: In the Line of Fire
#4: Menace II Society
#5: Schindler's List


Best Visual Effects
#1: Jurassic Park
#2: The Nightmare Before Christmas
#3: The Fugitive
#4: Cliffhanger
#5: Short Cuts

 

--The Honorary Awards--

Best Breakthrough Performance - Male
Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List)


Best Breakthrough Performance - Female
Anna Paquin (The Piano)


Best First Feature
Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace II Society)


Worst Film of the Year
Hocus Pocus (dir: Kenny Ortega)
by David L. Blaylock