70th Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 1997

Best Picture

WINNER

As Good as It Gets

The Full Monty

Good Will Hunting

L.A. Confidential

Best Directing

James Cameron
Titanic

WINNER

Peter Cattaneo
The Full Monty

Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter

Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential

Gus Van Sant
Good Will Hunting

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets

WINNER

Matt Damon
Good Will Hunting

Robert Duvall
The Apostle

Peter Fonda
Ulee’s Gold

Dustin Hoffman
Wag the Dog

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets

WINNER

Helena Bonham Carter
The Wings of the Dove

Julie Christie
Afterglow

Judi Dench
Mrs Brown

Kate Winslet
Titanic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting

WINNER

Robert Forster
Jackie Brown

Anthony Hopkins
Amistad

Greg Kinnear
As Good as It Gets

Burt Reynolds
Boogie Nights

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential

WINNER

Joan Cusack
In & Out

Minnie Driver
Good Will Hunting

Julianne Moore
Boogie Nights

Gloria Stuart
Titanic

Best Original Screenplay

Matt Damon
Ben Affleck
Good Will Hunting

WINNER

Mark Andrus
James L. Brooks
As Good as It Gets

Paul Thomas Anderson
Boogie Nights

Woody Allen
Deconstructing Harry

Simon Beaufoy
The Full Monty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential

WINNER

Paul Attanasio
Donnie Brasco

Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter

David Mamet
Hilary Henkin
Wag the Dog

Hossein Amini
The Wings of the Dove

Best Cinematography

Russell Carpenter
Titanic

WINNER

Janusz Kaminski
Amistad

Roger Deakins
Kundun

Dante Spinotti
L.A. Confidential

Eduardo Serra
The Wings of the Dove

Best Film Editing

Conrad Buff IV
James Cameron
Richard A. Harris
Titanic

WINNER

Richard Francis-Bruce
Air Force One

Richard Marks
As Good as It Gets

Pietro Scalia
Good Will Hunting

Peter Honess
L.A. Confidential

Best Costume Design

Deborah Lynn Scott
Titanic

WINNER

Ruth E. Carter
Amistad

Dante Ferretti
Kundun

Janet Patterson
Oscar and Lucinda

Sandy Powell
The Wings of the Dove

Best Art Direction

Peter Lamont
Michael D. Ford
Titanic

WINNER

Jan Roelfs
Nancy Nye
Gattaca

Dante Ferretti
Francesca Lo Schiavo
Kundun

Jeannine Oppewall
Jay Hart
L.A. Confidential

Bo Welch
Cheryl Carasik
Men in Black

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

James Horner
Titanic

WINNER

John Williams
Amistad

Danny Elfman
Good Will Hunting

Philip Glass
Kundun

Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

Anne Dudley
The Full Monty

WINNER

Stephen Flaherty
Lynn Ahrens
David Newman
Anastasia

Hans Zimmer
As Good as It Gets

Danny Elfman
Men in Black

James Newton Howard
My Best Friend’s Wedding

Best Music, Original Song

“MY HEART WILL GO ON“

James Horner
Will Jennings
Titanic

WINNER

“GO THE DISTANCE“

Alan Menken
David Zippel
Hercules

“HOW DO I LIVE“

Diane Warren
Con Air

“JOURNEY TO THE PAST“

Stephen Flaherty
Lynn Ahrens
Anastasia

“MISS MISERY“

Elliott Smith
Good Will Hunting

Best Makeup

WINNER

Best Sound

WINNER

Air Force One

L.A. Confidential

Best Sound Effects Editing

WINNER

The Fifth Element

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Starship Troopers

Best Foreign Language Film

Karakter

WINNER

Beyond Silence

Four Days in September

Secrets of the Heart

The Thief