The 2nd Golden Satellite Awards, given on February 22, 1998, honored the best in film and television of 1997.
Special achievement awards Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Jodie Foster
Outstanding New Talent – Aaron Eckhart
Motion picture winners and nominees
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 Kaminski 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
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Boogie Nights
Television winners and nominees
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 (TIE) Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys (TIE) Glenn Close – In the Gloaming Greta Scacchi – The Odyssey Meryl Streep – ...First Do No Harm
Best Miniseries or TV Film Don King: Only in America Breast Men George Wallace Miss Evers' Boys The Odyssey Weapons of Mass Distraction
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 Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series 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 – (Mini)Series 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
New Media winners and nominees
CD-ROM Entertainment Blade Runner Hercules
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 Actor & Actress & Film – Musical or Comedy 2 / 7 Boogie Nights: Best Supporting Actor & Actress – Drama 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 / 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 – (Mini)Series or TV Film 2 / 4 NYPD Blue: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama 1 / 1 Before Women Had Wings: Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series 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
External links 1998 2nd Annual SATELLITE Awards Nominees and Winners