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THE BEST AND WORST OF 1997
The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.
The 10 Best Films
Worst Films
Best Director
Kevin Costner – The Postman
Kasi Lemmons – Eve’s Bayou
Samantha Lang – The Well
David Lynch – Lost Highway (*)
Andrew Niccol – Gattaca
Nick Willing – Photographing Fairies
Best Original Screenplay
Cube (*)
Eve’s Bayou
Funny Games
Gattaca
Open Your Eyes
Best Adapted Screenplay
Contact
The Devil’s Advocate
Men in Black
Photographing Fairies
The Postman (*)
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Best Actor
Javier Bardem – Perdita Durango (*)
Morgan Freeman – Kiss the Girls
Eric Mabius – Black Circle Boys
Mike Myers – Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy
Bill Pullman – Lost Highway
Best Actress
Patricia Arquette – Lost Highway
Cameron Diaz – A Life Less Ordinary
Jodie Foster – Contact
Ashley Judd – Kiss the Girls
Julia Ormond – Smilla’s Sense of Snow (*)
Talia Shire – The Landlady
Best Supporting Actor
Arno Frisch – Funny Games (*)
John Hurt – Contact
Jude Law – Gattaca
Al Pacino – The Devil’s Advocate
Will Patton – The Postman
Best Supporting Actress
Kirstie Alley – Deconstructing Harry
Janeane Garofalo – Touch
Debbi Morgan – Eve’s Bayou (*)
Miranda Otto – The Well
Tamara Thunie – The Devil’s Advocate
Best Cinematography
The Devil’s Advocate
Fairy Tale: A True Story (*)
Gattaca
Lost Highway
Photographing Fairies
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Best Music
Fairy Tale: A True Story
Gattaca
Princess Mononoke (*)
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Best Special Effects
The Borrowers
Contact
Event Horizon
The Fifth Element
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Starship Troopers (*)
Best Makeup Effects
Alien: Resurrection
Mimic
The Relic
Spawn
Wishmaster (*)
Best Production Design
Alien: Resurrection
The Borrowers
Cube
Event Horizon
The Fifth Element (*)