Rich Picks
19951997

Awards & Top Films

1996

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1996 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1996

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The BirdcageNo award data
2
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FargoNo award data
3
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The English PatientNo award data
4
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EvitaNo award data
5
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ShineNo award data
6
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The People vs. Larry FlyntNo award data
7
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The Mirror Has Two FacesNo award data
8
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Jerry MaguireNo award data
9
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Marvin's RoomNo award data
10
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Secrets & LiesNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

The English Patient
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Ralph Fiennes, Naveen Andrews, Julian Wadham, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Willem Dafoe, and Juliette Binoche
Producers: Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella
OscarNBRBAFTASAG
Fargo
Producers: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTASpirit
Shine
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Geoffrey Rush, and Googie Withers
Producers: Jane Scott and Scott Hicks
OscarNBRBAFTASAG
Secrets & Lies
Producers: Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
OscarNBRBAFTA
Sling Blade
Cast: Dwight Yoakam, James Hampton, Lucas Black, John Ritter, J.t. Walsh, Robert Duvall, Natalie Canerday, and Billy Bob Thornton
NBRSpiritSAG
Evita
GlobeNBR
The Birdcage
Cast: Dianne Wiest, Gene Hackman, Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski, Hank Azaria, and Dan Futterman
GlobeSAG
Best Foreign Language Film
NBR
Ridicule, France
NBR
Jerry Maguire
Producers: James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Richard Sakai, and Laurence Mark
OscarGlobeNBR
Everyone Says I Love You
GlobeNBR
Trainspotting
NBRBAFTA
Breaking the Waves
NBR
Dead Man
Spirit
Lone Star
Spirit
Marvin's Room
Cast: Hal Scardino, Gwen Verdon, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hume Cronyn, Meryl Streep, Dan Hedaya, and Robert de Niro
SAG
The Funeral
Spirit
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Spirit

International Feature

Kolya
Producers: Jan Sverák, Eric Abraham, and Jan Svěrák
GlobeBAFTA
Ridicule
Producers: Patrice Leconte and Philippe Carcassonne
GlobeBAFTA
Secrets & Lies
Spirit
Antonia's Line
Producers: Marleen Gorris and Hans de Weers
BAFTA
Breaking the Waves
Spirit
Chungking Express
Spirit
Lamerica
Spirit
Luna e l'Altra
Producer: Maurizio Nichetti
Globe
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Producers: Alain Sarde and Claude Sautet
BAFTA
Prisoner of the Mountains
Producer: Sergei Bodrov
Globe
The Eighth Day
Producer: Jaco Van Dormael
Globe
Trainspotting
Spirit

Documentary

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Producers: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
NBR
Looking for Richard
Producer: Al Pacino
Sling Blade
Producer: Billy Bob Thornton
NBR
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
NBR
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Producers: Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher
Unzipped
Producer: Isaac Mizrahi
When We Were Kings
Producer: Leon Gast

Directing & Editing

Directing

Joel Coen
Fargo
OscarGlobeNBRSpiritDGA
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
OscarGlobeDGA
Milos Forman and Miloš Forman
The People vs. Larry Flynt
OscarGlobe
Scott Hicks
Shine
OscarGlobeDGA
Robert M. Young
Caught
Spirit
Alan Parker
Evita
Globe
David O. Russell
Flirting with Disaster
Spirit
Cameron Crowe
Jerry Maguire
DGA
Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies
Oscar
Mike Leigh
Secrets and Lies
DGA
Abel Ferrara
The Funeral
Spirit
Todd Solondz
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Spirit

Editing

Walter Murch
The English Patient
OscarBAFTA
Gerry Hambling
Evita
OscarBAFTA
Roderick Jaynes
Fargo
OscarBAFTA
Pip Karmel
Shine
OscarBAFTA
Joe Hutshing
Jerry Maguire
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Geoffrey Rush
Shine
OscarGlobeBAFTA
William H. Macy
Fargo
OscarSpirit
Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire
OscarNBR
Ralph Fiennes
The English Patient
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Ian McKellen
Richard III
GlobeBAFTA
Woody Harrelson
The People vs. Larry Flynt
OscarGlobe
Tony Shalhoub
Big Night
Spirit
Chris Cooper
Lone Star
Spirit
Liam Neeson
Michael Collins
Globe
Mel Gibson
Ransom
Globe
Timothy Spall
Secrets & Lies
BAFTA
Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade
Oscar
Chris Penn
The Funeral
Spirit

Actress in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand
Fargo
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies
OscarBAFTA
Emily Watson
Breaking the Waves
OscarBAFTA
Kristin Scott Thomas
The English Patient
OscarBAFTA
María Conchita Alonso
Caught
Spirit
Scarlett Johansson
Manny & Lo
Spirit
Diane Keaton
Marvin's Room
Oscar
Renée Zellweger
The Whole Wide World
Spirit
Catherine Keener
Walking and Talking
Spirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

Edward Norton
Everyone Says I Love You
NBR
Primal Fear
OscarBAFTA
Benicio del Toro
Basquiat
Spirit
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Jerry Maguire
Oscar
Paul Scofield
The Crucible
BAFTA
Gary Farmer
Dead Man
Spirit
William H. Macy
Fargo
Oscar
Richard Jenkins
Flirting with Disaster
Spirit
James Woods
Ghosts of Mississippi
Oscar
Alan Rickman
Michael Collins
BAFTA
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Shine
Oscar
John Gielgud
Shine
BAFTA
Kevin Corrigan
Walking and Talking
Spirit
Matthew Faber
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Spirit

Actress in a Supporting Role

Juliette Binoche
The English Patient
OscarNBRBAFTA
Kristin Scott Thomas
The English Patient
OscarNBRBAFTA
Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton based on his short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Oscar
Fargo
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Oscar
Elizabeth Peña
Lone Star
Spirit
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Secrets & Lies
OscarBAFTA
Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces
OscarBAFTA
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje
Oscar
The Crucible
Arthur Miller based on his play
Oscar
Jerry Maguire
Cameron Crowe
Oscar
Lily Tomlin
Flirting with Disaster
Spirit
Lili Taylor
Girls Town
Spirit
Shine
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks
Oscar
Trainspotting
John Hodge based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
Oscar
Lone Star
John Sayles
Oscar
Hamlet
Kenneth Branagh based on the play by William Shakespeare
Oscar
Mary Kay Place
Manny & Lo
Spirit
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
Oscar
Queen Latifah
Set It Off
Spirit
Lynn Redgrave
Shine
BAFTA
Joan Allen
The Crucible
Oscar
Barbara Hershey
The Portrait of a Lady
Oscar
The First Wives Club

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, and Coen Brothers
Fargo
OscarGlobeBAFTASpiritWGA
Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies
OscarBAFTAWGA
Scott Alexander
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Globe
John Sayles
Lone Star
OscarGlobeBAFTASpiritWGA
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks
Shine
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Cameron Crowe
Jerry Maguire
OscarWGA
Mark Herman
Brassed Off
BAFTA
Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man
Spirit
David O. Russell
Flirting with Disaster
Spirit
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
Globe
Nicholas St. John
The Funeral
Spirit

Screenplay (Adapted)

Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Fargo
GlobeSpirit
John Hodge
Trainspotting
BAFTAWGA
Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade
WGA
Scott Alexander
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Globe
John Sayles
Lone Star
GlobeSpirit
Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man
Spirit
Douglas McGrath
Emma
WGA
Alan Parker and Oliver Stone
Evita
BAFTA
David O. Russell
Flirting with Disaster
Spirit
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine
Richard III
BAFTA
Jan Sardi
Shine
Globe
Elaine May
The Birdcage
WGA
Arthur Miller
The Crucible
BAFTA
Nicholas St. John
The Funeral
Spirit

Visual

Cinematography

John Seale
The English Patient
OscarBAFTAASC
Roger Deakins
Fargo
OscarBAFTASpiritASC
Darius Khondji
Evita
OscarBAFTAASC
Chris Menges
Michael Collins
OscarBAFTAASC
Caleb Deschanel
Fly Away Home
OscarASC
Bill Pope
Bound
Spirit
Rob Sweeney
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
Spirit
Robby Müller
Dead Man
Spirit
Ken Kelsch
The Funeral
Spirit
Vilmos Zsigmond
The Ghost and the Darkness
ASC

Art Direction

Tony Burrough
Richard III
Production design: Tony Burrough
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Catherine Martin and Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
Romeo + Juliet
Production design: Art Direction: Catherine Martin and Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan, and Stuart Craig
The English Patient
Production design: Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan, and Stuart Craig
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Brian Morris, Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure, and Brian Morris
Evita
Production design: Art Direction: Brian Morris, Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure, and Brian Morris
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction, Set Decoration: Tim Harvey, and Tim Harvey
Hamlet
Production design: Art Direction, Set Decoration: Tim Harvey, and Tim Harvey
OscarBAFTA
Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik and Art Direction: Bo Welch
The Birdcage
Production design: Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik and Art Direction: Bo Welch
Oscar

Costuming

Shuna Harwood
Richard III
OscarBAFTA
Ann Roth
The English Patient
OscarBAFTA
Alexandra Byrne
Hamlet
OscarBAFTA
Paul Brown
Angels & Insects
Oscar
Ruth Myers
Emma
Oscar
Penny Rose
Evita
BAFTA
Janet Patterson
The Portrait of a Lady
Oscar

Effects

Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil
Independence Day
OscarBAFTA
John Frazier, Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, and Henry LaBounta
Twister
OscarBAFTA
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
[https://www.youtube.com/oscars Oscar's Channel] at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
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Oscar
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Oscar
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson
Oscar
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm
Oscar
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Oscar
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour
Oscar
Phil Tippett, James Straus, Scott Squires, and Kit West
Dragonheart
Oscar
Art
Edward C. Carfagno
Oscar
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Oscar
Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson
Oscar
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
Oscar
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Oscar
Jack Weston
Jack Weston
Oscar
Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet
Oscar
Joanne Dru
Joanne Dru
Oscar
John Alton
John Alton
Oscar
Joseph Biroc
Joseph Biroc
Oscar
Juliet Prowse
Juliet Prowse
Oscar
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Oscar
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Oscar
List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Oscar
Sound
Murray Spivack
Oscar
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Oscar
Saul Bass
Saul Bass
Oscar
Saul Zaentz
Saul Zaentz
Oscar
Sheldon Leonard
Sheldon Leonard
Oscar
Steve Tesich
Steve Tesich
Oscar
Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Silliphant
Oscar
Jon Farhat
The Nutty Professor
BAFTA
William Reeves and Eben Fiske Ostby
Toy Story
BAFTA
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Oscar

Sound & Music

Original Score

Gabriel Yared
The English Patient
GlobeBAFTA
David Hirschfelder
Shine
GlobeBAFTA
Trevor Jones
Brassed Off
BAFTA
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Evita
BAFTA
Elliot Goldenthal
Michael Collins
Globe
Alan Menken
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Globe
Marvin Hamlisch
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Globe

Original Song

Unknown Song
Evita
Music & lyrics: Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Globe
Unknown Song
One Fine Day
Music & lyrics: James Newton Howard, Allan Dennis Rich, and Jud J. Friedman
Globe
Unknown Song
That Thing You Do!
Music & lyrics: Adam Schlesinger
Globe
Unknown Song
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Music & lyrics: Robert John Lange, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams, and Barbra Streisand
Globe
Unknown Song
Up Close & Personal
Music & lyrics: Diane Warren
Globe

Sound Mixing

Roger Savage
Shine
BAFTA
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Eddy Joseph, and Ken Weston
Evita
BAFTA
Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler, Chris Carpenter, and Bill W. Benton
Independence Day
BAFTA
David Parker, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, and Mark Berger
The English Patient
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Roger Savage
Shine
BAFTA
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Eddy Joseph, and Ken Weston
Evita
BAFTA
Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler, Chris Carpenter, and Bill W. Benton
Independence Day
BAFTA
David Parker, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, and Mark Berger
The English Patient
BAFTA