1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards

31st NSFC Awards

January 5, 1997

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Best Film:

Breaking the Waves

The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996 in film, 1996.

Winners

Best Picture

1. ''Breaking the Waves''

2. ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies''

3. ''Dead Man''

Best Director

1. Lars von Trier – ''Breaking the Waves''

2. Mike Leigh – ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies''

3. Jim Jarmusch – ''Dead Man''

Best Actor

1. Eddie Murphy – ''The Nutty Professor (1996 film), The Nutty Professor''

2. Vincent D'Onofrio – ''The Whole Wide World''

3. Geoffrey Rush – ''Shine (film), Shine''

Best Actress

1. Emily Watson – ''Breaking the Waves''

2. Brenda Blethyn – ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies''

3. Frances McDormand – ''Fargo (1996 film), Fargo''

3. Lili Taylor – ''I Shot Andy Warhol''

Best Supporting Actor

1. Martin Donovan – ''The Portrait of a Lady (film), The Portrait of a Lady''

1. Tony Shalhoub – ''Big Night''

3. Edward Norton – ''Everyone Says I Love You'', ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' and ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear''

Best Supporting Actress

1. Barbara Hershey – ''The Portrait of a Lady (film), The Portrait of a Lady''

2. Renée Zellweger – ''Jerry Maguire''

3. Kristin Scott Thomas – ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient''

Best Screenplay

1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – ''Mother (1996 film), Mother''

2. Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – ''Big Night''

3. David O. Russell – ''Flirting with Disaster (film), Flirting with Disaster''

Best Cinematography

1. Robby Müller – ''Breaking the Waves'' and ''Dead Man''

2. Chris Menges – ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins''

3. John Seale – ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient''

Best Foreign Language Film

1. ''La Cérémonie''

2. ''Lamerica''

3. ''Chungking Express'' (''Chung Hing sam lam'')

Best Documentary

1. ''When We Were Kings''

2. ''Anne Frank Remembered''

3. ''Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills''

Special Citation

*James C. Katz, James Katz and Robert A. Harris for their restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo''.

References

External links

Past Awards

{{NSFC Awards Chron

National Society of Film Critics Awards, 1996
1996 film awards, National Society of Film Critics Awards
1997 in American cinema, National Society of Film Critics Awards
January 1997 events in the United States, National Society of Film Critics Awards