1st Golden Satellite Awards

The 1st Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 15, 1997. The ceremony was hosted by Stacy Keach. == Special achievement awards == Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Rod Steiger Outstanding Contribution to New Media – Bill Gates Outstanding New Talent – Arie Verveen == Motion picture winners and nominees == === Best Actor – Drama === Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott (TIE) James Woods – Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram (TIE) Christopher Eccleston – Jude as Jude Fawley Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundergaard Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers === Best Actor – Musical or Comedy === Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump Jack Nicholson – Mars Attacks! as President James Dale Stanley Tucci – Big Night as Secondo === Best Actress – Drama === Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill Robin Wright Penn – Moll Flanders as Moll Flanders === Best Actress – Musical or Comedy === Gwyneth Paltrow – Emma as Emma Woodhouse Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil Shirley MacLaine – Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne Heather Matarazzo – Welcome to the Dollhouse as Dawn Wiener Bette Midler – The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli-Cushman === 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 (TIE) The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE) Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Shine – Jan Sardi Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton === Best Supporting Actor – Drama === Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter Steve Buscemi – Fargo as Carl Showalter Robert Carlyle – Trainspotting as Francis "Franco" Begbie Jeremy Irons – Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish John Lynch – Moll Flanders as Jonathan Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth === Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy === Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell Woody Allen – Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin Danny DeVito – Matilda as Harry Wormwood Gene Hackman – The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley Ian McKellen – Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkader === Best Supporting Actress – Drama === Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Flynt Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor Stockard Channing – Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy Miranda Richardson – The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter Kate Winslet – Hamlet as Ophelia === Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy === Debbie Reynolds – Mother as Beatrice Henderson Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan Goldie Hawn – Everyone Says I Love You as Skylar Dandridge Sarah Jessica Parker – The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd === Best Visual Effects === Independence Day – Volker Engel and Douglas Smith Dragonheart Mars Attacks! Star Trek: First Contact Twister == Television winners and nominees == === Best Actor – Drama Series === David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder Andre Braugher – Homicide: Life on the Street as Frank Pembleton Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene Hector Elizondo – Chicago Hope as Phillip Watters Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz === Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series === John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show as Larry Sanders Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show as Artie === Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film === Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson Ted Danson – Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver Eric Roberts – In Cold Blood as Perry Edward Smith James Woods – The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn === Best Actress – Drama Series === Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kate Austin Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Relativity as Isabel Lukens === Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series === Jane Curtin – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Mary Albright Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan Lea Thompson – Caroline in the City as Caroline Duffy === 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 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 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 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 – (Mini)Series or TV 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 == New Media winners and nominees == === Best Home Entertainment Product/Game === Super Mario 64 Die Hard Trilogy John Madden Football 1996 (Electronic Arts) Nights (Sega) Tekken 2 === CD-ROM Educational – Children === 101 Dalmatians Storybook Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse Living Books: Sheila Rae, The Brave The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio Snoopy's Campfire Stories === CD-ROM Entertainment === Cinemania 97 Encarta 97 – Encyclopedia Deluxe Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe Inside Independence Day Leonardo da Vinci === CD-ROM Game === Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail Descent II Goosebumps Quake Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal == 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 Actor & Actress – 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 – (Mini)Series or TV 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 == External links == 1997 1st Annual SATELLITE Awards Nominees and Winners