Academy Awards 1997 Nominations

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Best Picture	Best Director
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short Film
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Dramatic Score
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Best Original Song
Best Sound Effects Editing	Best Sound
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects

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Best Picture

• Fargo
• Jerry Maguire
• Secrets & Lies
• Shine
• The English Patient

Best Director

• Fargo (Joel Coen)
• Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
• Shine (Scott Hicks)
• The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise)
• Shine (Geoffrey Rush)
• Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)
• The English Patient (Ralph Fiennes)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Breaking the Waves (Emily Watson)
• Fargo (Frances McDormand)
• Marvin's Room (Diane Keaton)
• Secrets & Lies (Brenda Blethyn)
• The English Patient (Kristin Scott Thomas)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Fargo (William H. Macy)
• Ghosts of Mississippi (James Woods)
• Jerry Maguire (Cuba Gooding Jr)
• Primal Fear (Edward Norton)
• Shine (Armin Mueller-Stahl)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Secrets & Lies (Marianne Jean-Baptiste)
• The Crucible (Joan Allen)
• The English Patient (Juliette Binoche)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (Lauren Bacall)
• The Portrait of a Lady (Barbara Hershey)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Fargo
• Jerry Maguire
• Lone Star
• Secrets & Lies
• Shine

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• Hamlet
• Sling Blade
• The Crucible
• The English Patient
• Trainspotting

Best Foreign Language Film

• A Chef in Love (Georgia)
• Kolya (Czech Republic)
• Prisoner of the Mountains (Russia)
• Ridicule (France)
• The Other Side of Sunday (Norway)

Best Documentary Feature

• Mandela
• Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
• Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
• The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
• When We Were Kings

Best Documentary Short

• An Essay on Matisse
• Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
• Cosmic Voyage
• Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
• The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Best Live Action Short Film

• De tripas, corazón
• Dear Diary
• Ernst & lyset
• Linked
• Senza parole

Best Animated Short Film

• Canhead
• La Salla
• Quest
• Wat's Pig

Best Original Dramatic Score

• Hamlet
• Michael Collins
• Shine
• Sleepers
• The English Patient

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

• Emma
• James and the Giant Peach
• The First Wives Club
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• The Preacher's Wife

Best Original Song

• Evita ("You Must Love Me")
• One Fine Day ("For the First Time")
• That Thing You Do! ("That Thing You Do!")
• The Mirror Has Two Faces ("I've Finally Found Someone")
• Up Close & Personal ("Because You Loved Me")

Best Sound Effects Editing

• Daylight
• Eraser
• The Ghost and the Darkness

Best Sound

• Evita
• Independence Day
• The English Patient
• The Rock
• Twister

Best Art Direction

• Evita
• Hamlet
• Romeo + Juliet
• The Birdcage
• The English Patient

Best Cinematography

• Evita
• Fargo
• Fly Away Home
• Michael Collins
• The English Patient

Best Makeup

• Ghosts of Mississippi
• Star Trek: First Contact
• The Nutty Professor

Best Costume Design

• Angels and Insects
• Emma
• Hamlet
• The English Patient
• The Portrait of a Lady

Best Film Editing

• Evita
• Fargo
• Jerry Maguire
• Shine
• The English Patient

Best Visual Effects

• DragonHeart
• Independence Day
• Twister