18th BSFC Awards
December 14, 1997
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 edit
Best Film edit
1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Sweet Hereafter
3. Donnie Brasco
Best Actor edit
Best Actress edit
1. Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
2. Katrin Cartlidge – Career Girls
3. Tilda Swinton – Female Perversions
Best Supporting Actor edit
1. Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
2. Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
3. Robert Downey Jr. – One Night Stand
Best Supporting Actress edit
1. Sarah Polley – The Sweet Hereafter
2. Joan Cusack – In & Out
3. Alison Elliott – The Wings of the Dove
Best Director edit
1. Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
2. Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
3. Mike Newell – Donnie Brasco
Best Screenplay edit
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 edit
1. Roger Deakins – Kundun
2. Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
3. Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
Best Documentary edit
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 edit
1. Underground • France/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Germany/Bulgaria/Hungary
2. Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
3. Irma Vep • France
Best New Filmmaker edit
External links edit
References edit
- Boston film critics extend streak of `L.A. Confidential'[permanent dead link] The Boston Globe
- Noir thriller is big Boston crix winner The Variety
- 1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database