1st Annual Cinema-Scene Awards
1996
#1: Fargo (dir: Joel Coen)
#4: The English Patient (dir: Anthony Minghella)
#8: Looking for Richard (dir: Al Pacino)
#9: Lone Star (dir: John Sayles)
#10: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (dir: Joe
Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
Honorable Mentions: Prisoner of the Mountains
Best Director #1: Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) #2: Joel Coen (Fargo) #3: Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) #4: Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies) #5: Larry and Andy Wachowski (Bound) |
Best Actor #1: Geoffrey Rush (Shine) #2: William H. Macy (Fargo) #3: Timothy Spall (Secrets & Lies) #4: Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) #5: Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient) |
Best Actress #1: Frances McDormand (Fargo) #2: Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) #3: Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) #4: Kristen Scott Thomas (The English Patient) #5: Debbie Reynolds (Mother) |
Best Supporting Actor #1: Derek Jacobi (Hamlet) #2: Steve Buscemi (Fargo) #3: Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine) #4: Edward Norton (Primal Fear) #5: Willem Dafoe (The English Patient) |
Best Supporting Actress #1: Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) #2: Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies) #3: Joan Allen (The Crucible) #4: Julie Christie (Hamlet) #5: Katrin Cartlidge (Breaking the Waves) |
Best Original Screenplay #1: Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen) #2: Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh) #3: Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier) #4: Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz) #5: Shine (Jan Sardi) |
Best Adapted Screenplay #1: The English Patient (Anthony Minghella) #2: Trainspotting (John Hodge) #3: Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton) #4: Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) #5: The Crucible (Arthur Miller) |
Best Cinematography #1: John Seale (The English Patient) #2: Roger Deakins (Fargo) #3: Robby Muller (Breaking the Waves) #4: Chris Menges (Michael Collins) #5: Bill Pope (Bound) |
Best Film Editing #1: Fargo #2: The English Patient #3: Breaking the Waves #4: Trainspotting #5: Bound |
Best Original Score #1: Fargo (Carter Burwell) #2: The English Patient (Gabriel Yared) #3: Shine (David Hirschfelder) #4: Secrets & Lies () #5: Hamlet (Patrick Doyle) |
Best Original Song #1: "You Must Love Me" (Evita) #2: "I've Finally Found Someone" (The Mirror Has Two Faces) #3: "Because You Loved Me" (Up Close and Personal) #4: "For the First Time" (One Fine Day) #5: "Someday" (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) |
Best Production Design #1: Hamlet #2: The English Patient #3: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet #4: Evita #5: Bound |
Best Costume Design #1: Hamlet #2: The English Patient #3: Fargo #4: The Portrait of a Lady #5: Bound |
Best Makeup #1: The English Patient #2: The Nutty Professor #3: Trainspotting #4: Star Trek: First Contact #5: Fargo |
Best Sound #1: Twister #2: The English Patient #3: Eraser #4: Fargo #5: Mission: Impossible |
Best Visual Effects #1: Twister #2: Dragenheart #3: Eraser #4: The English Patient #5: The Nutty Professor |
--The Honorary Awards--
Best Breakthrough Performance - Male Edward Norton (Primal Fear) |
Best Breakthrough Performance - Female Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) |
Best First Feature Larry and Andy Wachowski (Bound) |
Worst Film of the Year Jack (dir: Francis Ford Coppola) |