The 4th Annual Cadet Film Awards, 1997 Best Picture AMISTAD DECONSTRUCTING HARRY GATTACA GOOD WILL HUNTING L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Best Director Andrew Niccol -- GATTACA Martin Scorcese -- KUNDUN Curtis Hanson -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Ang Lee - THE ICE STORM Paul Thomas Anderson -- BOOGIE NIGHTS Best Actor, Leading Role Matt Damon -- GOOD WILL HUNTING Mark Wahlberg -- BOOGIE NIGHTS Djimon Hounsou -- AMISTAD Guy Pearce -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Dustin Hoffman -- WAG THE DOG Best Actress, Leading Role Patricia Arquette -- LOST HIGHWAY Jodie Foster -- CONTACT Judi Dench -- MRS. BROWN Helen Hunt -- AS GOOD AS IT GETS Kate Winslet -- TITANIC Best Supporting Actor Rupert Everett -- MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING Anthony Hopkins -- AMISTAD Greg Kinnear -- AS GOOD AS IT GETS Burt Reynolds -- BOOGIE NIGHTS Jude Law -- GATTACA Best Supporting Actress Kirstie Alley -- DECONSTRUCTING HARRY Kim Basinger -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Minnie Driver -- GOOD WILL HUNTING Julianne Moore -- BOOGIE NIGHTS Sigourney Weaver -- THE ICE STORM Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Attanasio -- DONNIE BRASCO Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Atom Egoyan -- THE SWEET HEREAFTER Laura Jones -- OSCAR AND LUCINDA Hossein Amini -- THE WINGS OF THE DOVE Best Original Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson -- BOOGIE NIGHTS Kevin Smith -- CHASING AMY Woody Allen -- DECONSTRUCTING HARRY Matt Damon & Ben Affleck -- GOOD WILL HUNTING Kevin Williamson -- SCREAM 2 Best Original Dramatic Score John Williams -- AMISTAD Mychael Danna -- THE ICE STORM Philip Glass -- KUNDUN Michael Nyman -- GATTACA Thomas Newman -- OSCAR AND LUCINDA Basil Poledouris -- STARSHIP TROOPERS Best Original Comedy or Musical Score David Newman, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens -- ANASTASIA Hans Zimmer -- AS GOOD AS IT GETS James Newton Howard -- MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING Danny Elfman -- MEN IN BLACK Eric Serra -- THE FIFTH ELEMENT Best Original Song "Journey to the Past" -- ANASTASIA "How Do I Live" -- CON AIR "The Sweet Hereafter" -- THE SWEET HEREAFTER "Tomorrow Never Dies" -- TOMORROW NEVER DIES "My Heart Will Go On" -- TITANIC Best Foreign-Language Film CHARACTER (The Netherlands) FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Brazil) MA VIE EN ROSE (Belgium) PONETTE (France) SHALL WE DANSU? (Japan) Best Cinematography * TIE* Janusz Kaminski -- AMISTAD Roger Deakins -- KUNDUN Dante Spinotti -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Peter Deming -- LOST HIGHWAY Jost Vacano -- STARSHIP TROOPERS Best Editing Richard Francis Bruce -- AIR FORCE ONE Susan E. Morse -- DECONSTRUCTING HARRY Arthur Schmidt -- CONTACT Peter Honess -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Thelma Schoonmaker -- KUNDUN Best Production Design Jan Roelfs -- GATTACA Joseph Bennett -- EVENT HORIZON Lucianna Arrighi -- OSCAR AND LUCINDA Jean Giraud, Dan Weil -- THE FIFTH ELEMENT Peter Lamont -- TITANIC Best Costume Design Janet Patterson -- OSCAR AND LUCINDA Jean-Paul Gaulthier -- THE FIFTH ELEMENT Dante Ferretti -- KUNDUN Ruth Myers -- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Deborah Lynn Scott -- TITANIC Best Sound AMISTAD CONTACT L.A. CONFIDENTIAL MEN IN BLACK TITANIC Best Makeup THE FIFTH ELEMENT MEN IN BLACK TITANIC Best Sound Effects Editing FACE/OFF THE FIFTH ELEMENT TITANIC Best Visual Effects THE FIFTH ELEMENT STARSHIP TROOPERS TITANIC Best Australian Film THE CASTLE OSCAR AND LUCINDA KISS OR KILL MABO: LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN THE WELL Best Debut Paul Thomas Anderson for directing and writing HARD EIGHT Djimon Hounsou for his performance in AMISTAD Victoire Thivisol for her performance in PONETTE Andrew M. Niccol for directing and writing GATTACA Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for writing GOOD WILL HUNTING Best Documentary 4 LITTLE GIRLS MABO: LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN WACO: THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Nominations Tally 9 Nominations L.A. Confidential Titanic 7 Nominations Amistad 6 Nominations The Fifth Element Gattaca 5 Nominations Boogie Nights Good Will Hunting Kundun Oscar and Lucinda 4 Nominations Deconstructing Harry 3 Nominations As Good As It Gets Contact The Ice Storm Men in Black Starship Troopers 2 Nominations Anastasia -- Donnie Brasco -- Lost Highway Mabo: Life of an Island Man -- My Best Friend's Wedding -- Ponette -- The Sweet Hereafter 1 Nomination 4 Little Girls -- Air Force One -- The Castle -- Character -- Chasing Amy -- Con Air -- Event Horizon -- Face/Off -- Four Days in September -- Hard Eight -- Kiss or Kill -- Ma Vie En Rose Mrs Brown -- Shall We Dansu? -- Scream 2 -- Tomorrow Never Dies -- Waco: The Rules of Engagement -- The Well -- The Wings of the Dove the * symbol denotes films released in the United States in 1997 as opposed to Australia only.