Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1996
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9th CFCA Awards
March 10, 1997
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Best Film:
Fargo
9th CFCA Awards
March 10, 1997
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Best Film:
Fargo
The 9th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given on 10 March 1997, honored the finest achievements in 1996 filmmaking.
Winners
- Best Actor:
- *Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
- Best Actress:
- *Frances McDormand - Fargo
- Best Cinematography:
- *The English Patient
- Best Director:
- *Joel Coen - Fargo
- Best Film:
- *Fargo
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- *Dekalog (The Decalogue), Poland
- Best Score:
- *"Fargo" - Carter Burwell
- Best Screenplay:
- *Fargo - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Irma Hall - A Family Thing
- Most Promising Actor:
- *Edward Norton - Primal Fear, Everyone Says I Love You and The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Most Promising Actress:
- *Courtney Love - ''The People vs. Larry Flynt''