1997 Academy Awards Nomination

BEST PICTURE
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets and Lies
Shine

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient
Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt
Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets and Lies
Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire
William H. Macy, Fargo
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine
Edward Norton, Primal Fear
James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Joan Allen, The Crucible
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient
Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies

BEST ART DIRECTION
Bo Welch (Art Direction); Cheryl Carasik (Set Decoration), The Birdcage
Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), The English Patient
Brian Morris (Art Direction); Philippe Turlure (Set Decoration), Evita
Tim Harvey, Hamlet
Catherine Martin (Art Direction); Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration), William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Seale, The English Patient
Darius Khondji, Evita
Roger Deakins, Fargo
Caleb Deschanel, Fly Away Home
Chris Menges, Michael Collins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Paul Brown, Angels and Insects
Ruth Myers, Emma
Ann Roth, The English Patient
Alex Byrne, Hamlet
Janet Patterson, The Portrait of a Lady

BEST DIRECTING
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Joel Coen, Fargo
Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt
Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies
Scott Hicks, Shine

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Cosmic Voyage
An Essay on Matisse
Special Effects
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

BEST FILM EDITING
Walter Murch, The English Patient
Gerry Hambling, Evita
Roderick Jaynes, Fargo
Joe Hutshing, Jerry Maguire
Pip Karmel, Shine

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

BEST MAKEUP
Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver, Ghosts of Mississippi
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson, The Nutty Professor
Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber, Star Trek: First Contact

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Gabriel Yared, The English Patient
Patrick Doyle, Hamlet
Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Collins
David Hirschfelder, Shine
John Williams, Sleepers

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE)
Rachel Portman, Emma
Marc Shaiman, The First Wives Club
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach
Hans Zimmer, The Preacher's Wife

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"You Must Love Me", Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim Rice, Evita
"I Finally Found Someone", Music and Lyric by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert 'Mutt' Lange, The Mirror Has Two Faces
"For the First Time", Music and Lyric by James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich, One Fine Day
"That Thing You Do!", Music and Lyric by Adam Schlesinger, That Thing You Do!
"Because You Loved Me", Music and Lyric by Diane Warren, Up Close and Personal

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Canhead
La Salla
Quest
Wat's Pig

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
De Tripas, Corazon
Dear Diary
Ernst and Lyset
Esposados
Wordless

BEST SOUND
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman, The English Patient
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston, Evita
Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler, Independence Day
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, The Rock
Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell and Geoffrey Patterson, Twister

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker, Daylight
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Eraser
Bruce Stambler, The Ghost and the Darkness

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West, Dragonheart
Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil, Independence Day
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta, Twister

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED)
Arthur Miller, The Crucible
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
John Hodge, Trainspotting

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Fargo
Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire
John Sayles, Lone Star
Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks, Shine