Oscars 1997 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Fargo!

Nominees:
Hamlet
Jerry Maguire
Sling Blade
Trainspotting

Best Director!

Winner: Joel Coen, Fargo!

Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Danny Boyle - Trainspotting

Best Actor!

Winner: Geoffrey Rush, Shine!

Nominees:
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade

Best Actress!

Winner: Brenda Blethyn, Secrets and Lies!

Nominees:
Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Edward Norton, Primal Fear!

Nominees:
Steve Buscemi - Fargo
Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting
William H. Macy - Fargo
Paul Scofield - The Crucible

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Juliette Binoche, The English Patient!

Nominees:
Joan Allen - The Crucible
Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lies
Renee Zellweger - Jerry Maguire

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Fargo!

Nominees:
Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire
John Sayles - Lone Star
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks - Shine

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: John Hodge, Trainspotting!

Nominees:
Arthur Miller - The Crucible
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Kolya!

Nominees:
A Chief in Love
The Other Side of Sunday
Prisoners of the Mountain
Ridicule

Best Original Song!

Winner: Adam Schlesinger - That Thing You Do!, That Thing You Do!

Nominees:
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - You Must Love Me, Evita
Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert "Mutt" Lange - I Finally Found Someone, The Mirror Has Two Faces
James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich - For the First Time, One Fine Day
Diane Warren - Because You Loved Me, Up Close & Personal

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: When We Were Kings!

Nominees:
The Line King: The Al Hirschfield Story
Mandela
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien!

Nominees:
An Essay on Matisse
Cosmic Voyage
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: Dear Diary!

Nominees:
De tripas, Corazon
Ernst & lyset
Esposados
Senza parole

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Quest!

Nominees:
Canhead
La Salla
Wat's Pig

Best Original Dramatic Score!

Winner: Shine!

Nominees:
The English Patient
Hamlet
Michael Collins
Sleepers

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score!

Winner: The Hunchback of Notre Dame!

Nominees:
The First Wives Club
Emma
James and the Giant Peach
The Preacher's Wife

Best Sound Editing!

Winner: The Ghost and the Darkness!

Nominees:
Daylight
Eraser

Best Sound Mixing!

Winner: The English Patient!

Nominees:
Evita
Independence Day
The Rock
Twister

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Romeo + Juliet!

Nominees:
The Birdcage
The English Patient
Evita
Hamlet

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Fargo!

Nominees:
The English Patient
Evita
Fly Away Home
Michael Collins

Best Makeup!

Winner: The Nutty Professor!

Nominees:
Ghosts of Mississippi
Star Trek: First Contact

Best Costume Design!

Winner: Hamlet!

Nominees:
Angels and Insects
Emma
The English Patient
The Portrait of a Lady

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Fargo!

Nominees:
Evita
Jerry Maguire
Shine
Trainspotting

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Independence Day!

Nominees:
Dragonheart
Twister