1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards
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31st NSFC Awards
Best Film:
Breaking the Waves
The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996.[1][2][3][4][5]
Winners[edit]
Best Picture[edit]
1. Breaking the Waves
2. Secrets & Lies
3. Dead Man
Best Director[edit]
1. Lars von Trier – Breaking the Waves
2. Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
3. Jim Jarmusch – Dead Man
Best Actor[edit]
1. Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
2. Vincent D'Onofrio – The Whole Wide World
3. Geoffrey Rush – Shine
Best Actress[edit]
1. Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
2. Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
3. Frances McDormand – Fargo
3. Lili Taylor – I Shot Andy Warhol
Best Supporting Actor[edit]
1. Martin Donovan – The Portrait of a Lady
1. Tony Shalhoub – Big Night
3. Edward Norton – Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Primal Fear
Best Supporting Actress[edit]
1. Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady
2. Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire
3. Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient
Best Screenplay[edit]
1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Mother
2. Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – Big Night
3. David O. Russell – Flirting with Disaster
Best Cinematography[edit]
1. Robby Müller – Breaking the Waves and Dead Man
2. Chris Menges – Michael Collins
3. John Seale – The English Patient
Best Foreign Language Film[edit]
1. La Cérémonie
2. Lamerica
3. Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam)
Best Documentary[edit]
1. When We Were Kings
2. Anne Frank Remembered
3. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Special Citation[edit]
- James Katz and Robert A. Harris for their restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Vertigo.
References[edit]
- ^ "New Honors for 'Breaking the Waves'". Los Angeles Times. 6 January 1997. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (5 January 1997). "U.S. crix make 'Waves' best pic, Murphy actor Crix awards to 'Waves'". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "'Waves' Wins Critics' Vote". The New York Times. 7 January 1997. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Carr, Jay (6 January 1997). "'Breaking Waves' crests national critics' list". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Gerstel, Judy (6 January 1997). "Breaking The Waves sweeps awards". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.