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
editBest Film
edit1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Sweet Hereafter
3. Donnie Brasco
Best Actor
editBest Actress
edit1. Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
2. Katrin Cartlidge – Career Girls
3. Tilda Swinton – Female Perversions
Best Supporting Actor
edit1. Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
2. Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
3. Robert Downey Jr. – One Night Stand
Best Supporting Actress
edit1. Sarah Polley – The Sweet Hereafter
2. Joan Cusack – In & Out
3. Alison Elliott – The Wings of the Dove
Best Director
edit1. Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
2. Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
3. Mike Newell – Donnie Brasco
Best Screenplay
edit1. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
2. Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
3. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – Good Will Hunting
Best Cinematography
edit1. Roger Deakins – Kundun
2. Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
3. Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
Best Documentary
edit1. 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
edit1. Underground • France/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Germany/Bulgaria/Hungary
2. Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
3. Irma Vep • France
Best New Filmmaker
editExternal links
editReferences
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