Cinema-Scene

—Movie Reviews by David L. Blaylock—

2nd Annual Cinema-Scene Awards

1997

Best Picture
#1: L.A. Confidential (dir: Curtis Hanson)
 #2: Boogie Nights (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
 #3: The Sweet Hereafter (dir: Atom Egoyan)
#4: The Ice Storm (dir: Ang Lee)
 #5: Jackie Brown (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
 #6: Fireworks (dir: Takeshi Kitano)
 #7: 4 Little Girls (dir: Spike Lee)
 #8: Lolita (dir: Adrian Lyne)
#9: Men with Guns (dir: John Sayles)
#10: Gattaca (dir: Andrew Niccol)

Honorable Mentions: Open Your Eyes (dir: Alejandro Amenabar), Live Flesh (dir: Pedro Almodovar), In the Company of Men (dir: Neil La Bute), Waco: The Rules of Engagement (dir: William Gazecki), Way the Dog (dir: Barru Levinson), 12 Angry Men  (dir: William Friedkin), Winter Sleepers (dir: Tom Tykwer), Ma Vie en Rose (dir: Alain Berliner), The Apostle (dir: Robert Duvall), Kundun (dir: Martin Scorsese), The Game (dir: David Fincher), Hard Eight (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson), Chasing Amy (dir: Kevin Smith), Blood and Wine (dir: Bob Rafelson), Regeneration (dir: Gilles MacKinnon), Character (dir: Mike van Diem), The Thief (dir: Pavel Chukhraj), Public Housing (dir: Frederick Wiseman), The Wings of the Dove (dir: Iain Softley), Face/Off (dir: John Woo), The Butcher Boy (dir: Neil Jordan), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (dir: Jay Roach), Weapons of Mass Distraction (dir: Stephen Surjik), Taste of Cherry (dir: Abbas Kiarostami), My Best Friend's Wedding (dir: P.J. Hogan), Good Will Hunting (dir: Gus van Sant), Donnie Brasco (dir: Mike Newell), Air Force One (dir: Wolfgang Petersen), Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (dir: Errol Morris), Titanic (dir: James Cameron), and The Full Monty (dir: Peter Cattaneo).

Best Director
#1: Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter)
#2: Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential)
#3: Ang Lee (The Ice Storm)
#4: Martin Scorsese (Kundun)
#5: Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights)


Best Actor
#1: Ian Holm (The Sweet Hereafter)
#2: Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold)
#3: Philip Baker Hall (Hard Eight)
#4: Robert Duvall (The Apostle)
#5: Kevin Kline (The Ice Storm)


Best Actress
#1: Joan Allen (The Ice Storm)
#2: Helena Bonham Carter (The Wings of the Dove)
#3: Julie Christie (Afterglow)
#4: Judi Dench (Mrs. Brown)
#5: Pam Grier (Jackie Brown)


Best Supporting Actor
#1: Kevin Spacey (L.A. Confidential)
#2: Jude Law (Gattaca)
#3: John C. Reilly (Boogie Nights)
#4: David Strathairn (L.A. Confidential)
#5: Bruce Greenwood (The Sweet Hereafter)


Best Supporting Actress
#1: Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter)
#2: Sigourney Weaver (The Ice Storm)
#3: Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential)
#4: Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights)
#5: Anne Heche (Wag the Dog)


Best Original Screenplay
#1: Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
#2: The Game (John Brancato and Michael Ferris)
#3: In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute)
#4: The Apostle (Robert Duvall)
#5: Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen)


Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: L.A. Confidential (Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson)
#2: The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)
#3: The Ice Storm (James Schamus)
#4: Wag the Dog (Hilary Henkin and David Mamet)
#5: Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino)


Best Cinematography
#1: Roger Deakins (Kundun)
#2: Dante Spinotti (L.A. Confidential)
#3: Paul Sarossy (The Sweet Hereafter)
#4: Frederick Elmes (The Ice Storm)
#5: (Gattaca)


Best Film Editing
#1: L.A. Confidential
#2: Boogie Nights
#3: Jackie Brown
#4: The Sweet Hereafter
#5: The Ice Storm


Best Original Score
#1: L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
#2: Kundun (Philip Glass)
#3: The Sweet Hereafter (Mychael Danna)
#4: Gattaca (Michael Nyman)
#5: As Good As It Gets (Hans Zimmer)


Best Original Song
#1: "Tomorrow Never Dies" (Tomorrow Never Dies)
#2: "Once Upon a December" (Anastasia)
#3: "Miss Misery" (Good Will Hunting)
#4: "Journey to the Past" (Anastasia)
#5: "My Heart Will Go On" (Titanic)


Best Production Design
#1: Titanic
#2: L.A. Confidential
#3: Kundun
#4: Gattaca
#5: The Wings of the Dove


Best Costume Design
#1: The Wings of the Dove
#2: Titanic
#3: Kundun
#4: The Fifth Element
#5: L.A. Confidential


Best Makeup
#1: Titanic
#2: The Fifth Element
#3: Men in Black
#4: Kundun
#5: L.A. Confidential


Best Sound
#1: Contact
#2: Titanic
#3: L.A. Confidential
#4: The Fifth Element
#5: The Ice Storm


Best Visual Effects
#1: Titanic
#2: Contact
#3: The Fifth Element
#4: Starship Troopers
#5: Face/Off

 

--The Honorary Awards--

Best Breakthrough Performance - Male
Jude Law (Gattaca)


Best Breakthrough Performance - Female
Victoire Thivisol (Ponette)


Best First Feature
Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight)


Worst Film of the Year
Truth or Consequences, NM (dir: Kiefer Sutherland)
by David L. Blaylock