Satellite Awards 1996
The 1st presentation of the US Satellite Awards , which the International Press Academy (IPA) awards each year in various film and media categories, took place on Wednesday, January 15, 1997 in Los Angeles . The 1st Satellite Awards , which honored the films and series of 1996 , were presented by Stacy Keach .
Film winners and nominees
Best Film (Drama)
- The English patient
- Lone Star
- Lies and secrets
- Shine - the way into light
- Trainspotting - New Heroes
Best Film (Comedy / Musical)
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Everyone says: I love you
- Flirting with Disaster - Disaster rarely comes alone
- Swingers
Best Actor (Drama)
Geoffrey Rush - Shine - The Path into Light James Woods - Killer - Diary of a serial killer
- Christopher Eccleston - hearts in turmoil
- Ralph Fiennes - The English patient
- William H. Macy - Fargo
- Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade - On a knife's edge
Best Actress (Drama)
- Brenda Blethyn - Lies and Secrets
- Kristin Scott Thomas - The English patient
- Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
- Robin Wright Penn - Minor Flanders
Best Actor (Comedy / Musical)
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
- Nathan Lane - The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds
- Eddie Murphy - The Mad Professor
- Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks!
- Stanley Tucci - Big Night
Best Actress (Comedy / Musical)
Gwyneth Paltrow - Jane Austen's Emma
- Glenn Close - 101 Dalmatians
- Shirley MacLaine - Mrs. Winterbourne
- Heather Matarazzo - Welcome to the madhouse
- Bette Midler - The Club of Devils
Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Shine - The way into light
- Steve Buscemi - Fargo
- Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting - New Heroes
- Jeremy Irons - emotion and seduction
- John Lynch - Minor Flanders
- Paul Scofield - Witch Hunt
Best Supporting Actress (Drama)
Courtney Love - Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth
- Joan Allen - Witch Hunt
- Stockard Channing - Minor Flanders
- Miranda Richardson - Years of Tenderness - The story continues
- Kate Winslet - Hamlet
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy / Musical)
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
- Woody Allen - Everyone says: I love you
- Danny DeVito - Matilda
- Gene Hackman - The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds
- Ian McKellen - Cold Comfort Farm
Best Supporting Actress (Comedy / Musical)
- Lauren Bacall - love has two faces
- Goldie Hawn - Everyone says: I love you
- Sarah Jessica Parker - The Devils Club
- Renée Zellweger - Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
Best foreign language film
Breaking the Waves , Denmark
- Bitter Sugar (Azúcar amarga) , Cuba
- Biester (Le cérémonie) , France
- Kolya (Kolja) , Czech Republic
- Captured in the Caucasus (Kawkasski plennik) , Russia
- Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances (Ridicule) , France
Best film (animated film or real / animated film)
Best director
- Scott Hicks - Shine - The way into the light
- Mike Leigh - Lies and Secrets
- Anthony Minghella - The English patient
- Lars von Trier - Breaking the Waves
Best adapted script
The English patient - Anthony Minghella
- Witch Hunt - Arthur Miller
- Hearts in turmoil - Hossein Amini
- Portrait of a Lady - Laura Jones
- Trainspotting - New Heroes - John Hodge
Best original script
Lone Star - John Sayles Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth - Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Best film score
The English patient - Gabriel Yared
- Hamlet - Patrick Doyle
- Mars Attacks! - Danny Elfman
- Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
- Sling Blade - On a knife edge - Daniel Lanois
Best movie song
You Must Love Me by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - Evita
- God Give Me Strength - Grace of my Heart
- Kissing You - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- That Thing You Do! - That Thing You Do!
- Walls - She's the One
Best camera
The English patient - John Seale
Best visual effects
Independence Day - Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
- Dragonheart - Scott Squires
- Mars Attacks! - Jim Mitchell , Michael L. Fink, and David Andrews
- Star Trek: First Contact - John Knoll
- Twister - Stefen Fangmeier
Best film editing
Independence Day - David Brenner
Best production design
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet - Catherine Martin
Best costume design
Television winners and nominees
Best TV Series (Drama)
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases
- Chicago Hope - end of the line hope
- Emergency Room - The emergency room
- Homicide
- New York Cops - NYPD Blue
Best TV Series (Comedy / Musical)
Best mini-series or best TV movie
Best Actor in a Series (Drama)
David Duchovny - The X Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases
- Andre Braugher - Homicide
- Anthony Edwards - Emergency Room - The emergency room
- Hector Elizondo - Chicago Hope - Hope terminus
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue
Best Actress in a Series (Drama)
Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - End of the line hope
- Gillian Anderson - The X Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases
- Kim Delaney - New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The emergency room
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Respectively
Best Actor in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
John Lithgow - Behind the moon immediately left
- Michael J. Fox - Chaos City
- Michael Richards - Seinfeld
- Garry Shandling - The Larry Sanders Show
- Rip Torn - The Larry Sanders Show
Best Actress in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
Jane Curtin - Behind the moon just left
- Fran Drescher - The Nanny
- Helen Hunt - Crazy About You
- Cybill Shepherd - Cybill
- Lea Thompson - Caroline in the City
Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
- Beau Bridges - Between the Worlds
- Ted Danson - Gulliver's Travels
- Eric Roberts - Cold Blood
- James Woods - The Summer of Ben Tyler
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for TV
- Kirstie Alley - Don't ask about tomorrow
- Lolita Davidovich - The Embers of Violence
- Laura Dern - The Siege of Ruby Ridge
- Jena Malone - Between the Worlds
Best supporting actor
- Brian Dennehy - Bloody Power - As help us murder
- Ian McKellen - Rasputin
- Anthony Quinn - The Fall of the Cosa Nostra
- Treat Williams - The Late Shift
The best supporting actress
- Cher - House of Mute Screams
- Gail O'Grady - New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- Greta Scacchi - Rasputin
- Alfre Woodard - Gulliver's Travels
Web links
- International Press Academy: Satellite Awards 1997 (English)
- The 1st Satellite Awards in the IMDb
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 1st Satellite Awards in the IMDb ( Version of February 21, 2005 ( Memento of February 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ))
- ↑ Overview of the Satellite Awards in the IMDb ( Version of March 18, 2005 ( Memento of March 18, 2005 in the Internet Archive ))