1997 Academy Awards Winners

BEST PICTURE
The English Patient

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Geoffrey Rush, Shine

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand, Fargo

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient

BEST ART DIRECTION
Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), The English Patient

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Seale, The English Patient

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ann Roth, The English Patient

BEST DIRECTING
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
When We Were Kings

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

BEST FILM EDITING
Walter Murch, The English Patient

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Kolya (Czech Republic)

BEST MAKEUP
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson, The Nutty Professor

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Gabriel Yared, The English Patient

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE)
Rachel Portman, Emma

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"You Must Love Me", Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim Rice, Evita

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Quest

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Dear Diary

BEST SOUND
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman, The English Patient

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Bruce Stambler, The Ghost and the Darkness

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil, Independence Day

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED)
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Fargo