1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

63rd NYFCC Awards

announced: December 11, 1997
given: January 4, 1998

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Best Picture:
L.A. Confidential

The 63rd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 1997, were announced on 11 December 1997 and given on 4 January 1998.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
  • Runners-up: Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter and Robert Duvall - The Apostle

• Best Actress:
  • Julie Christie - Afterglow
  • Runners-up: Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove and Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown

• Best Cinematography:
  • Roger Deakins - Kundun

• Best Director:
  • Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter

• Best Documentary Film:
  • Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

• Best Film:
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Runners-up: The Sweet Hereafter and Titanic

• Best First Film:
  • Neil LaBute - In the Company of Men

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Ponette • France
  • Runners-up: Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan, Underground • France/Germany/FR Yugoslavia and Ma Vie en Rose • France/Belgium/UK

• Best Screenplay:
  • Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland - L.A. Confidential

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Joan Cusack - In & Out

External links

• 1997 Awards

References

• 'L.A. Confidential' Wins Critics Circle Award The New York Times
• Nostalgic Choices in N.Y. Los Angeles Times
• New York Film Critics Keep It 'Confidential' They Get Misty For Christie And Fonda Peter, Too Daily News