2nd Golden Satellite Awards

2nd Golden Satellite Awards
Date	February 22, 1998 (1998-02-22)
Highlights
Best drama film	Titanic
Best comedy/musical film	As Good as It Gets
Best director	James Cameron for Titanic
Best television drama	NYPD Blue
Best television comedy	Frasier

The 2nd Golden Satellite Awards, given on February 22, 1998, honored the best in film- and television-making of 1997.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Robert Duvall - The Apostle

• Russell Crowe - L.A. Confidential
• Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Titanic
• Djimon Hounsou - Amistad
• Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets

• Robert Carlyle - The Full Monty
• Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
• Tommy Lee Jones - Men in Black
• Kevin Kline - In & Out
• Howard Stern - Private Parts

Best Actress - Drama

Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown

• Joan Allen - The Ice Storm
• Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
• Julie Christie - Afterglow
• Kate Winslet - Titanic

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets

• Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
• Lisa Kudrow - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
• Parker Posey - The House of Yes
• Julia Roberts - My Best Friend's Wedding

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

Men in Black

• Alien: Resurrection
• Anastasia
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Starship Troopers

Best Art Direction

Titanic - Peter Lamont

• Amistad
• Gattaca
• L.A. Confidential
• The Wings of the Dove

Best Cinematography

Amistad - Janusz Kamiński

• Contact
• Eve's Bayou
• L.A. Confidential
• Titanic

Best Costume Design

Titanic - Deborah Lynn Scott

• Amistad
• Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (Beaumarchais, l'insolent)
• Mrs. Brown
• The Wings of the Dove

Best Director

James Cameron - Titanic

• Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
• Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
• Steven Spielberg - Amistad
• Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting

Best Documentary Film

4 Little Girls

• Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
• Hype!
• Shooting Porn
• SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Best Editing

Titanic - Richard A. Harris and Conrad Buff

• Air Force One
• Amistad
• Boogie Nights
• L.A. Confidential

Best Film - Drama

Titanic

• Amistad
• Boogie Nights
• Good Will Hunting
• L.A. Confidential

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

As Good as It Gets

• Deconstructing Harry
• The Full Monty
• In & Out
• My Best Friend's Wedding

Best Foreign Language Film

Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) • Japan

• My Life in Pink (Ma vie en rose) • France
• Ponette • France
• The Promise (La promesse) • Belgium
• Live Flesh (Carne trémula) • Spain

Best Original Score

"Titanic" - James Horner

• "Amistad" - John Williams
• "Anastasia" - David Newman
• "L.A. Confidential" - Jerry Goldsmith
• "One Night Stand" - Mike Figgis

Best Original Song

"My Heart Will Go On" performed by Céline Dion - Titanic

• "Journey to the Past" - Anastasia
• "Once Upon a December" - Anastasia
• "A Song for Mama" - Soul Food
• "Tomorrow Never Dies" - Tomorrow Never Dies

Best Screenplay - Adapted

L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

• Amistad - David Franzoni
• The Ice Storm - James Schamus
• The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan
• The Wings of the Dove - Hossein Amini

Best Screenplay - Original

Good Will Hunting - Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

• Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy
• Mrs. Brown - Jeremy Brock
• Titanic - James Cameron

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

• Billy Connolly - Mrs. Brown
• Danny DeVito - The Rainmaker
• Samuel L. Jackson - Eve's Bayou
• Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting

Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy

Rupert Everett - My Best Friend's Wedding

• Mark Addy - The Full Monty
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. - As Good as It Gets
• Greg Kinnear - As Good as It Gets
• Rip Torn - Men in Black

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights

• Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
• Ashley Judd - Kiss the Girls
• Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
• Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm

Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy

Joan Cusack - In & Out

• Cameron Diaz - My Best Friend's Wedding
• Linda Fiorentino - Men in Black
• Anne Heche - Wag the Dog
• Shirley Knight - As Good as It Gets

Best Visual Effects

Contact - Ken Ralston

• The Fifth Element
• Men in Black
• Starship Troopers
• Titanic

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Jimmy Smits - NYPD Blue

• David Duchovny - The X-Files
• Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
• Sam Waterston - Law & Order
• Michael T. Weiss - The Pretender

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Kelsey Grammer - Frasier

• Tim Allen - Home Improvement
• Drew Carey - The Drew Carey Show
• Michael J. Fox - Spin City
• Garry Shandling - The Larry Sanders Show

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Gary Sinise - George Wallace

• Armand Assante - The Odyssey
• Gabriel Byrne - Weapons of Mass Distraction
• Sidney Poitier - Mandela and de Klerk
• Ving Rhames - Don King: Only in America

Best Actress - Drama Series

Kate Mulgrew - Star Trek: Voyager

• Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
• Kim Delaney - NYPD Blue
• Julianna Margulies - ER
• Ally Walker - Profiler

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On...

• Jane Curtin - 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
• Helen Hunt - Mad About You
• Brooke Shields - Suddenly Susan

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Jennifer Beals - The Twilight of the Golds
Alfre Woodard - Miss Evers' Boys

• Glenn Close - In the Gloaming
• Greta Scacchi - The Odyssey
• Meryl Streep - ...First Do No Harm

Best Series - Drama

NYPD Blue

• Homicide: Life on the Street
• Law & Order
• The Pretender
• The X-Files

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Frasier

• The Drew Carey Show
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Mad About You
• Spin City

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Don King: Only in America

• Breast Men
• George Wallace
• Miss Evers' Boys
• The Odyssey
• Weapons of Mass Distraction

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Vondie Curtis-Hall - Don King: Only in America

• Jason Alexander - Cinderella
• Joe Don Baker - George Wallace
• Michael Caine - Mandela and de Klerk
• Ossie Davis - Miss Evers' Boys

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Ellen Barkin - Before Women Had Wings

• Louise Fletcher - Breast Men
• Bernadette Peters - Cinderella
• Mimi Rogers - Weapons of Mass Distraction
• Mare Winningham - George Wallace

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

7 / 12 Titanic: Best Art Direction / Best Costume Design / Best Director & Editing / Best Film - Drama / Best Original Score & Original Song

3 / 6 As Good as It Gets: Best Actress & Actor & Film - Musical or Comedy

1 / 1 4 Little Girls: Best Documentary Film

1 / 1 The Apostle: Best Actor - Drama

1 / 1 Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?): Best Foreign Language Film

1 / 2 Contact: Best Visual Effects

1 / 3 In & Out: Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy

1 / 4 Mrs. Brown: Best Actress - Drama

1 / 4 My Best Friend's Wedding: Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy

1 / 5 Men in Black: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 6 Good Will Hunting: Best Screenplay - Original

1 / 7 Boogie Nights: Best Supporting Actress - Drama

1 / 8 L.A. Confidential: Best Screenplay - Adapted

1 / 9 Amistad: Best Cinematography

Losers:

0 / 4 Anastasia, The Full Monty, The Wings of the Dove

0 / 3 Eve's Bayou, The Ice Storm

0 / 2 Starship Troopers, Wag the Dog

Television

Winners:

2 / 2 Frasier: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series - Musical or Comedy

2 / 3 Don King: Only in America: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film / Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

2 / 4 NYPD Blue: Best Actor - Drama Series / Best Series - Drama

1 / 1 Before Women Had Wings: Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 1 Star Trek: Voyager: Best Actress - Drama Series

1 / 1 Tracey Takes On...: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 The Twilight of the Golds: Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 3 Miss Evers' Boys: Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 4 George Wallace: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:

0 / 3 The Odyssey, Weapons of Mass Distraction, The X-Files

0 / 2 Cinderella, The Drew Carey Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Law & Order, Mad About You, Mandela and de Klerk, The Pretender, Spin City

References

• Satellite Awards - IMDb