1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Winners

• Best Picture:
• *L.A. Confidential
• *Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Director:
• *Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
• *Runner-up: Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Actor:
• *Robert Duvall – The Apostle
• *Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
• Best Actress:
• *Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
• *Runner-up: Jodie Foster – Contact
• Best Supporting Actor:
• *Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
• *Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
• Best Supporting Actress:
• *Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
• *Runner-up: Gloria Stuart – Titanic
• Best Screenplay:
• *Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
• *Runner-up: Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
• Best Cinematography:
• *Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
• *Runner-up: Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Production Design:
• *Peter Lamont – Titanic
• *Runner-up: Jeannine Oppewall – L.A. Confidential
• Best Music Score:
• *Philip Glass – Kundun
• *Runner-up: James Horner – Titanic
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
• *La Promesse • Belgium/France/Luxembourg
• *Runner-up: Shall We Dance? • Japan
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
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• *Runner-up: Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
• Best Animation :
• *Hercules
• *The Spirit of Christmas
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
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• New Generation Award:
• *Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights and Hard Eight
• Special Citation:
• *Peter Bogdanovich