1st Golden Satellite Awards

The 1st Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 15, 1997. The ceremony was hosted by Stacy Keach.

1st Golden Satellite Awards
Date	January 15, 1997 (1997-01-15)
Highlights
Best drama film	Fargo
Best comedy/musical film	Evita
Best television drama	The X-Files
Best television musical/comedy	The Larry Sanders Show
Best director	Joel Coen for Fargo
Golden Satellite Awards 2nd →

Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Rod Steiger

Outstanding Contribution to New Media – Bill Gates

Outstanding New Talent – Arie Verveen

Motion picture winners and nominees

Geoffrey Rush – Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

James Woods – Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Tom Cruise – Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Frances McDormand – Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Gwyneth Paltrow – Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Gabriel Yared – Best Original Score

Madonna – Best Original Song: "You Must Love Me"

John Sayles – Best Screenplay, Original

Armin Mueller Stahl – Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Cuba Gooding Jr. – Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Courtney Love – Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Debbie Reynolds – Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Best Actor – Drama

Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott (TIE)
James Woods – Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram (TIE)

Christopher Eccleston – Jude as Jude Fawley
Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundergaard
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire

Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump
Jack Nicholson – Mars Attacks! as President James Dale
Stanley Tucci – Big Night as Secondo

Best Actress – Drama

Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson

Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley
Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
Robin Wright Penn – Moll Flanders as Moll Flanders

Best Film – Drama

Fargo

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Evita

Best Foreign Language Film

Breaking the Waves, Denmark

Bitter Sugar (Azúcar amarga), Cuba
A Judgement in Stone (Le cérémonie), France
Kolya (Kolja), Czech Republic
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik), Russia
Ridicule, France

Best Original Score

"The English Patient" – Gabriel Yared

"Hamlet" – Patrick Doyle
"Mars Attacks!" – Danny Elfman
"Michael Collins" – Elliot Goldenthal
"Sling Blade" – Daniel Lanois

Best Original Song

"You Must Love Me" performed by Madonna – Evita

"God Give Me Strength" performed by Kristen Vigard – Grace of My Heart
"Kissing You" performed by Des'ree – Romeo + Juliet
"That Thing You Do" performed by The Wonders – That Thing You Do!
"Walls" performed by Tom Petty – She's the One

Best Screenplay – Adapted

The English Patient – Anthony Minghella

Best Screenplay – Original

Lone Star – John Sayles (TIE)
The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE)

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter

Steve Buscemi – Fargo as Carl Showalter
Robert Carlyle – Trainspotting as Francis "Franco" Begbie
Jeremy Irons – Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish
John Lynch – Moll Flanders as Jonathan
Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell

Woody Allen – Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin
Danny DeVito – Matilda as Harry Wormwood
Gene Hackman – The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
Ian McKellen – Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkader

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Flynt

Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
Stockard Channing – Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy
Miranda Richardson – The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
Kate Winslet – Hamlet as Ophelia

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Debbie Reynolds – Mother as Beatrice Henderson

Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
Goldie Hawn – Everyone Says I Love You as Skylar Dandridge
Sarah Jessica Parker – The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart
Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd

Best Visual Effects

Independence Day – Volker Engel and Douglas Smith

Television winners and nominees

David Duchovny – Best Actor in a Series – Drama

John Lithgow – Best Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical

Alan Rickman – Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film

Christine Lahti – Best Actress in a Series, Drama

Jane Curtin – Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical

Helen Mirren – Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film

Stanley Tucci – Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Kathy Bates – Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Best Actor – Drama Series

David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder

Andre Braugher – Homicide: Life on the Street as Frank Pembleton
Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene
Hector Elizondo – Chicago Hope as Phillip Watters
Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon

Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty
Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer
Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show as Larry Sanders
Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show as Artie

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin

Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson
Ted Danson – Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
Eric Roberts – In Cold Blood as Perry Edward Smith
James Woods – The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn

Best Actress – Drama Series

Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kate Austin

Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully
Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway
Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Relativity as Isabel Lukens

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Jane Curtin – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Mary Albright

Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
Lea Thompson – Caroline in the City as Caroline Duffy

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Gulliver's Travels

Best Series – Drama

The X-Files

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

The Larry Sanders Show

Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film

Stanley Tucci – Murder One

Brian Dennehy – A Season in Purgatory
Ian McKellen – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Anthony Quinn – Gotti
Treat Williams – The Late Shift

Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film

Kathy Bates – The Late Shift

Cher – If These Walls Could Talk
Gail O'Grady – NYPD Blue
Greta Scacchi – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Alfre Woodard – Gulliver's Travels

New Media winners and nominees

Best Home Entertainment Product/Game

Super Mario 64

Die Hard Trilogy
John Madden Football 1996 (Electronic Arts)
Nights (Sega)
Tekken 2

CD-ROM Educational – Children

101 Dalmatians Storybook

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
Living Books: Sheila Rae, The Brave
The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
Snoopy's Campfire Stories

CD-ROM Entertainment

Cinemania 97

Encarta 97 – Encyclopedia Deluxe
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
Inside Independence Day
Leonardo da Vinci

CD-ROM Game

Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

3 / 5 Evita: Best Costume Design / Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Original Song

3 / 7 Fargo: Best Director / Best Actress & Film – Drama

3 / 9 The English Patient: Best Adapted Screenplay / Best Cinematography / Best Original Score

2 / 2 Independence Day: Best Editing / Best Visual Effects

2 / 2 The People vs. Larry Flynt: Best Screenplay – Original / Best Supporting Actress – Drama

2 / 3 Jerry Maguire: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

2 / 5 Shine: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Drama

1 / 1 Emma: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

1 / 1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 1 Killer: A Journal of Murder: Best Actor – Drama

1 / 1 Mother: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

1 / 2 Lone Star: Best Screenplay – Original

1 / 4 Breaking the Waves: Best Foreign Language Film

1 / 4 Romeo + Juliet: Best Art Direction

Losers:

0 / 5 Hamlet

0 / 4 Mars Attacks!, Moll Flanders

0 / 3 The Crucible, Everyone Says I Love You, The Portrait of a Lady, Sling Blade, Secrets & Lies, Trainspotting

0 / 2 The Birdcage, Cold Comfort Farm, The First Wives Club, Jude, Ridicule

Television

Winners:

2 / 3 3rd Rock from the Sun: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

2 / 3 The X-Files: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama

1 / 1 Murder One: Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film

1 / 1 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 2 The Late Shift: Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film

1 / 3 Chicago Hope: Best Actress – Drama Series

1 / 3 Gulliver's Travels: Best Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 3 The Larry Sanders Show: Best Series – Musical or Comedy

1 / 3 Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film