# 2nd Golden Satellite Awards

The 2nd Golden Satellite Awards, given on February 22, 1998, honored the best in film and television of 1997.

## Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Jodie Foster
Outstanding New Talent – Aaron Eckhart

## Motion picture winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama

Robert Duvall – The Apostle
* Russell Crowe – L.A. Confidential
* Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
* Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic
* Djimon Hounsou – Amistad
* Mark Wahlberg – Boogie Nights

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
* Robert Carlyle – The Full Monty
* Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog
* Tommy Lee Jones – Men in Black
* Kevin Kline – In & Out
* Howard Stern – Private Parts

### Best Actress – Drama

Judi Dench – Mrs Brown
* Joan Allen – The Ice Storm
* Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
* Julie Christie – Afterglow
* Kate Winslet – Titanic

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
* Pam Grier – Jackie Brown
* Lisa Kudrow – Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
* Parker Posey – The House of Yes
* Julia Roberts – My Best Friend's Wedding

### Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

Men in Black
* Alien: Resurrection
* Anastasia
* The Lost World: Jurassic Park
* Starship Troopers

### Best Art Direction

Titanic – Peter Lamont
* Amistad
* Gattaca
* L.A. Confidential
* The Wings of the Dove

### Best Cinematography

Amistad – Janusz Kaminski
* Contact
* Eve's Bayou
* L.A. Confidential
* Titanic

### Best Costume Design

Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott
* Amistad
* Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (Beaumarchais, l'insolent)
* Mrs Brown
* The Wings of the Dove

### Best Director

James Cameron – Titanic
* Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights
* Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
* Steven Spielberg – Amistad
* Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting

### Best Documentary Film

4 Little Girls
* Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
* Hype!
* Shooting Porn
* SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

### Best Editing

Titanic – Richard A. Harris and Conrad Buff
* Air Force One
* Amistad
* Boogie Nights
* L.A. Confidential

### Best Film – Drama

Titanic
* Amistad
* Boogie Nights
* Good Will Hunting
* L.A. Confidential

### Best Film – Musical or Comedy

As Good as It Gets
* Deconstructing Harry
* The Full Monty
* In & Out
* My Best Friend's Wedding

### Best Foreign Language Film

Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) • Japan
* My Life in Pink (Ma vie en rose) • France
* Ponette • France
* The Promise (La promesse) • Belgium
* Live Flesh (Carne trémula) • Spain

### Best Original Score

"Titanic" – James Horner
* "Amistad" – John Williams
* "Anastasia" – David Newman
* "L.A. Confidential" – Jerry Goldsmith
* "One Night Stand" – Mike Figgis

### Best Original Song

"My Heart Will Go On" performed by Céline Dion – Titanic
* "Journey to the Past" – Anastasia
* "Once Upon a December" – Anastasia
* "A Song for Mama" – Soul Food
* "Tomorrow Never Dies" – Tomorrow Never Dies

### Best Screenplay – Adapted

L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
* Amistad – David Franzoni
* The Ice Storm – James Schamus
* The Sweet Hereafter – Atom Egoyan
* The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini

### Best Screenplay – Original

Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
* Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
* The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
* Mrs Brown – Jeremy Brock
* Titanic – James Cameron

### Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
* Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown
* Danny DeVito – The Rainmaker
* Samuel L. Jackson – Eve's Bayou
* Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting

### Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Rupert Everett – My Best Friend's Wedding
* Mark Addy – The Full Monty
* Cuba Gooding Jr. – As Good as It Gets
* Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets
* Rip Torn – Men in Black

### Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
* Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting
* Ashley Judd – Kiss the Girls
* Debbi Morgan – Eve's Bayou
* Sigourney Weaver – The Ice Storm

### Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Joan Cusack – In & Out
* Cameron Diaz – My Best Friend's Wedding
* Linda Fiorentino – Men in Black
* Anne Heche – Wag the Dog
* Shirley Knight – As Good as It Gets

### Best Visual Effects

Contact – Ken Ralston
* The Fifth Element
* Men in Black
* Starship Troopers
* Titanic

### Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Boogie Nights

## Television winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama Series

Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue
* David Duchovny – The X-Files
* Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue
* Sam Waterston – Law & Order
* Michael T. Weiss – The Pretender

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Kelsey Grammer – Frasier
* Tim Allen – Home Improvement
* Drew Carey – The Drew Carey Show
* Michael J. Fox – Spin City
* Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show

### Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Gary Sinise – George Wallace
* Armand Assante – The Odyssey
* Gabriel Byrne – Weapons of Mass Distraction
* Sidney Poitier – Mandela and de Klerk
* Ving Rhames – Don King: Only in America

### Best Actress – Drama Series

Kate Mulgrew – Star Trek: Voyager
* Gillian Anderson – The X-Files
* Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue
* Julianna Margulies – ER
* Ally Walker – Profiler

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On...
* Jane Curtin – 3rd Rock from the Sun
* Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen
* Helen Hunt – Mad About You
* Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan

### Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Jennifer Beals – The Twilight of the Golds (TIE)
Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys (TIE)
* Glenn Close – In the Gloaming
* Greta Scacchi – The Odyssey
* Meryl Streep – ...First Do No Harm

### Best Miniseries or TV Film

Don King: Only in America
* Breast Men
* George Wallace
* Miss Evers' Boys
* The Odyssey
* Weapons of Mass Distraction

### Best Series – Drama

NYPD Blue
* Homicide: Life on the Street
* Law & Order
* The Pretender
* The X-Files

### Best Series – Musical or Comedy

Frasier
* The Drew Carey Show
* The Larry Sanders Show
* Mad About You
* Spin City

### Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film

Vondie Curtis-Hall – Don King: Only in America
* Jason Alexander – Cinderella
* Joe Don Baker – George Wallace
* Michael Caine – Mandela and de Klerk
* Ossie Davis – Miss Evers' Boys

### Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film

Ellen Barkin – Before Women Had Wings
* Louise Fletcher – Breast Men
* Bernadette Peters – Cinderella
* Mimi Rogers – Weapons of Mass Distraction
* Mare Winningham – George Wallace

## New Media winners and nominees
### CD-ROM Entertainment

Blade Runner
* Hercules

## Awards breakdown
### Film

Winners:
    7 / 12 Titanic: Best Art Direction / Best Costume Design / Best Director & Editing / Best Film – Drama / Best Original Score & Original Song
    3 / 6 As Good as It Gets: Best Actor & Actress & Film – Musical or Comedy
    2 / 7 Boogie Nights: Best Supporting Actor & Actress – Drama
    1 / 1 4 Little Girls: Best Documentary Film
    1 / 1 The Apostle: Best Actor – Drama
    1 / 1 Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?): Best Foreign Language Film
    1 / 2 Contact: Best Visual Effects
    1 / 3 In & Out: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 4 Mrs Brown: Best Actress – Drama
    1 / 4 My Best Friend's Wedding: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 5 Men in Black: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
    1 / 6 Good Will Hunting: Best Screenplay – Original
    1 / 8 L.A. Confidential: Best Screenplay – Adapted
    1 / 9 Amistad: Best Cinematography
Losers:
    0 / 4 Anastasia, The Full Monty, The Wings of the Dove
    0 / 3 Eve's Bayou, The Ice Storm
    0 / 2 Starship Troopers, Wag the Dog

### Television

Winners:
    2 / 2 Frasier: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy
    2 / 3 Don King: Only in America: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film
    2 / 4 NYPD Blue: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama
    1 / 1 Before Women Had Wings: Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film
    1 / 1 Star Trek: Voyager: Best Actress – Drama Series
    1 / 1 Tracey Takes On...: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
    1 / 1 The Twilight of the Golds: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 3 Miss Evers' Boys: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 4 George Wallace: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Losers:
    0 / 3 The Odyssey, Weapons of Mass Distraction, The X-Files
    0 / 2 Cinderella, The Drew Carey Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Law & Order, Mad About You, Mandela and de Klerk, The Pretender, Spin City