1st Golden Satellite Awards
1st Golden Satellite Awards | |
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Date | January 15, 1997 |
Highlights | |
Best drama film | Fargo |
Best comedy/musical film | Evita |
Best television drama | The X-Files |
Best television musical/comedy | The Larry Sanders Show |
Best director | Joel Coen for Fargo |
The 1st Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 15, 1997. The ceremony was hosted by Stacy Keach.
Special achievement awards[]
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Rod Steiger
Outstanding Contribution to New Media – Bill Gates
Outstanding New Talent – Arie Verveen
Motion picture winners and nominees[]
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Best Actor – Drama[]
Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott (TIE)
James Woods – Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram (TIE)
- Christopher Eccleston – Jude as Jude Fawley
- Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
- William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundergaard
- Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy[]
Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
- Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
- Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump
- Jack Nicholson – Mars Attacks! as President James Dale
- Stanley Tucci – Big Night as Secondo
Best Actress – Drama[]
Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
- Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley
- Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
- Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
- Robin Wright Penn – Moll Flanders as Moll Flanders
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy[]
Gwyneth Paltrow – Emma as Emma Woodhouse
- Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil
- Shirley MacLaine – Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
- Heather Matarazzo – Welcome to the Dollhouse as Dawn Wiener
- Bette Midler – The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli-Cushman
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film[]
- James and the Giant Peach
- Mars Attacks!
- Muppet Treasure Island
- Space Jam
Best Art Direction[]
Romeo + Juliet – Catherine Martin
Best Cinematography[]
The English Patient – John Seale
Best Costume Design[]
Best Director[]
Joel Coen – Fargo
- 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[]
Fargo
- The English Patient
- Lone Star
- Secrets & Lies
- Shine
- Trainspotting
Best Film – Musical or Comedy[]
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Everyone Says I Love You
- Flirting with Disaster
- Swingers
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 (TIE)
The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE)
- Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Shine – Jan Sardi
- Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton
Best Supporting Actor – Drama[]
Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter
- Steve Buscemi – Fargo as Carl Showalter
- Robert Carlyle – Trainspotting as Francis "Franco" Begbie
- Jeremy Irons – Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish
- John Lynch – Moll Flanders as Jonathan
- Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy[]
Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell
- Woody Allen – Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin
- Danny DeVito – Matilda as Harry Wormwood
- Gene Hackman – The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
- Ian McKellen – Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkader
Best Supporting Actress – Drama[]
Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Flynt
- Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
- Stockard Channing – Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy
- Miranda Richardson – The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- Kate Winslet – Hamlet as Ophelia
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy[]
Debbie Reynolds – Mother as Beatrice Henderson
- Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
- Goldie Hawn – Everyone Says I Love You as Skylar Dandridge
- Sarah Jessica Parker – The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart
- Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd
Best Visual Effects[]
Independence Day – Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
- Dragonheart
- Mars Attacks!
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Twister
Television winners and nominees[]
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Best Actor – Drama Series[]
David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder
- Andre Braugher – Homicide: Life on the Street as Frank Pembleton
- Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene
- Hector Elizondo – Chicago Hope as Phillip Watters
- Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series[]
John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon
- Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty
- Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer
- Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show as Larry Sanders
- Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show as Artie
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film[]
Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin
- Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson
- Ted Danson – Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
- Eric Roberts – In Cold Blood as Perry Edward Smith
- James Woods – The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn
Best Actress – Drama Series[]
Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kate Austin
- Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully
- Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
- Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Relativity as Isabel Lukens
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series[]
Jane Curtin – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Mary Albright
- Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
- Lea Thompson – Caroline in the City as Caroline Duffy
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 Miniseries or TV Film[]
Best Series – Drama[]
The X-Files
Best Series – Musical or Comedy[]
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Cybill
- Seinfeld
- Spin City
Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film[]
Stanley Tucci – Murder One
- Brian Dennehy – A Season in Purgatory
- Ian McKellen – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Anthony Quinn – Gotti
- Treat Williams – The Late Shift
Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film[]
Kathy Bates – The Late Shift
- Cher – If These Walls Could Talk
- Gail O'Grady – NYPD Blue
- Greta Scacchi – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Alfre Woodard – Gulliver's Travels
New Media winners and nominees[]
Best Home Entertainment Product/Game[]
- Die Hard Trilogy
- John Madden Football 1996 (Electronic Arts)
- Nights (Sega)
- Tekken 2
CD-ROM Educational – Children[]
- Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
- Living Books: Sheila Rae, The Brave
- The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
- Snoopy's Campfire Stories
CD-ROM Entertainment[]
- Encarta 97 – Encyclopedia Deluxe
- Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
- Inside Independence Day
- Leonardo da Vinci
CD-ROM Game[]
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
- Descent II
- Goosebumps
- Quake
- Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
Awards breakdown[]
Film[]
Winners:
- 3 / 5 Evita: Best Costume Design / Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Original Song
- 3 / 7 Fargo: Best Director / Best Actress & Film – Drama
- 3 / 9 The English Patient: Best Adapted Screenplay / Best Cinematography / Best Original Score
- 2 / 2 Independence Day: Best Editing / Best Visual Effects
- 2 / 2 The People vs. Larry Flynt: Best Screenplay – Original / Best Supporting Actress – Drama
- 2 / 3 Jerry Maguire: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
- 2 / 5 Shine: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Drama
- 1 / 1 Emma: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
- 1 / 1 Killer: A Journal of Murder: Best Actor – Drama
- 1 / 1 Mother: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 2 Lone Star: Best Screenplay – Original
- 1 / 4 Breaking the Waves: Best Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 4 Romeo + Juliet: Best Art Direction
Losers:
- 0 / 5 Hamlet
- 0 / 4 Mars Attacks!, Moll Flanders
- 0 / 3 The Crucible, Everyone Says I Love You, The Portrait of a Lady, Sling Blade, Secrets & Lies, Trainspotting
- 0 / 2 The Birdcage, Cold Comfort Farm, The First Wives Club, Jude, Ridicule
Television[]
Winners:
- 2 / 3 3rd Rock from the Sun: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
- 2 / 3 The X-Files: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama
- 1 / 1 Murder One: Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film
- 1 / 1 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 2 The Late Shift: Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film
- 1 / 3 Chicago Hope: Best Actress – Drama Series
- 1 / 3 Gulliver's Travels: Best Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 3 The Larry Sanders Show: Best Series – Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 3 Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Losers:
- 0 / 4 NYPD Blue
- 0 / 3 ER
- 0 / 2 Cybill, Hidden in America, Homicide: Life on the Street, If These Walls Could Talk, Seinfeld, The Siege at Ruby Ridge, Spin City, The Summer of Ben Tyler
References[]
- Satellite Awards ceremonies
- 1996 awards
- 1996 film awards
- 1996 television awards