The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

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Awards for 1997:

Best Acting By An Ensemble
The Sweet Hereafter, presented to Atom Egoyan and the cast by Francis Ford Coppola

Best Actor
Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets, presented by Art Garfunkel

Best Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove, presented by Ismail Merchant

Best Director
Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential, presented by Kevin Spacey

Best Documentary
Fast, Cheap, & Out, presented by DA Pennebaker

Best Film
L.A. Confidential, presented to Curtis Hanson by David Denby

Best Foreign Language Film
Shall We Dance?, presented to Kyoko Hirano by Tommy Tune

Best Supporting Actor
Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets, presented by Renee Zellweger

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Heche, Donnie Brasco and Wag the Dog, presented by Denis Leary

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Frances Ford Coppola, presented by Barbara Kopple

Breakthrough Performance - Female
Bai Ling, Red Corner, presented by Gretchen Mol

Career Achievement Award
Robert Duvall, presented by Meryl Streep

Freedom Of Expression
Richard Gere & Jon Avnet, Red Corner, presented by Billy Baldwin

Outstanding Directorial Debut
Kasi Lemmons, Eve´s Bayou, presented by Dianne Carroll

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting, presented by Gus Van Sant

Special Citations
Edward Bernds, Lifetime Achievement in Film Technology, presented by Tom Capra James Cameron, Special Effects Technology, Titanic

Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking
The Apostle, Chasing Amy, The Daytrippers, Different for Girls, Gridlock´d, In the Company of Men, Star Maps, The Tango Lesson, Telling Lies in America, Welcome to Sarajevo

Top Foreign Films
Shall We Dance?, Beaumarchais, Ma Vie en Rose, La Promesse, Ponette

Top Ten Films
L.A. Confidential, As Good As It Gets, The Wings of the Dove, Good Will Hunting, Titanic, The Sweet Hereafter, Boogie Nights, The Full Monty, The Rainmaker, Jackie Brown

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Gavin Lambert, Nazimova, presented by Paul Morrissey

 

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