1st Golden Satellite Awards

1st Golden Satellite Awards
Date	January 15, 1997 (1997-01-15)
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Presented by
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

Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire

• Nathan Lane - The Birdcage
• Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor
• Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks!
• Stanley Tucci - Big Night

Best Actress - Drama

Frances McDormand - Fargo

• 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

Gwyneth Paltrow - Emma

• 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

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

• James and the Giant Peach
• Mars Attacks!
• Muppet Treasure Island
• Space Jam

Best Art Direction

Romeo + Juliet - Catherine Martin

• The English Patient
• Evita
• Hamlet
• The Portrait of a Lady

Best Cinematography

The English Patient - John Seale

• Breaking the Waves
• Evita
• Hamlet
• Romeo + Juliet

Best Costume Design

Evita - Penny Rose

• Hamlet
• Moll Flanders
• The Portrait of a Lady
• Ridicule

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

• The English Patient
• Fargo
• Mission: Impossible
• Romeo + Juliet

Best Film - Drama

Fargo

• The English Patient
• Lone Star
• Secrets & Lies
• Shine
• Trainspotting

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Evita

• 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
The People vs. Larry Flynt - Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

• Fargo - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Shine - Jan Sardi
• Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Shine

• 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

Debbie Reynolds - Mother

• 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

• Dragonheart
• Mars Attacks!
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Twister

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

David Duchovny - The X-Files

• 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

The X-Files

• Chicago Hope
• ER
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• NYPD Blue

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

The Larry Sanders Show

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Cybill
• Seinfeld
• Spin City

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

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 - Series, Miniseries or Television 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

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 Actress & Actor - 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 - Series, Miniseries or Television 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 - IMDb