1st Golden Satellite Awards

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