1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 23rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1997, were voted on in December 1997.

23rd LAFCA Awards
Date	December 1997
Highlights
Best Picture	L.A. Confidential

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Director:
  • Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Actor:
  • Robert Duvall – The Apostle
  • Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
• Best Actress:
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
  • Runner-up: Jodie Foster – Contact
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
  • Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
  • Runner-up: Gloria Stuart – Titanic
• Best Screenplay:
  • Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
• Best Cinematography:
  • Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Production Design:
  • Peter Lamont – Titanic
  • Runner-up: Jeannine Oppewall – L.A. Confidential
• Best Music Score:
  • Philip Glass – Kundun
  • Runner-up: James Horner – Titanic
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • La Promesse • Belgium/France/Luxembourg
  • Runner-up: Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Riding the Rails
  • Runner-up: Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
• Best Animation (tie):
  • Hercules
  • The Spirit of Christmas
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Finished
• New Generation Award:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights and Hard Eight
• Special Citation:
  • Peter Bogdanovich

External links

• 23rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards