Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997


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18th BSFC Awards

December 14, 1997

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Best Film:
L.A. Confidential

The 18th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1997. The awards were given on 14 December 1997.

Winners

Best Film

1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Sweet Hereafter
3. ''Donnie Brasco''

Best Actor

Best Actress

1. Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
2. Katrin Cartlidge – Career Girls
3. Tilda Swinton – ''Female Perversions''

Best Supporting Actor

1. Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
2. Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
3. Robert Downey Jr. – ''One Night Stand''

Best Supporting Actress

1. Sarah Polley – The Sweet Hereafter
2. Joan Cusack – In & Out
3. Alison Elliott – ''The Wings of the Dove''

Best Director

1. Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
2. Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
3. Mike Newell – ''Donnie Brasco''

Best Screenplay

1. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
2. Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
3. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – ''Good Will Hunting''

Best Cinematography

1. Roger Deakins – Kundun
2. Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
3. Paul Sarossy – ''The Sweet Hereafter''

Best Documentary

1. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
2. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
3. ''Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival''

Best Foreign-Language Film

1. Underground • France/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Germany/Bulgaria/Hungary
2. Shall We Dance? • Japan
3. Irma Vep • France

Best New Filmmaker