55th Golden Globe Awards
55th
Golden Globe Awards
January 18, 1998
Picture - Drama:
Titanic
Picture - Musical or Comedy:
As Good As It Gets
TV Series - Drama:
The X-Files
TV Series - Musical or Comedy:
Ally McBeal
The 55th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1997, were held on January 18, 1998. The winners were selected from the 55th Golden Globe Awards nominees. The ceremony was notable for two memorable moments. First, when Christine Lahti was announced as the winner of Best Actress in a Television Drama, she was in the restroom and came out a few minutes later to accept. Also, after winning Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, Ving Rhames brought fellow nominee Jack Lemmon on stage to give his award to the elder actor.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Actor – Drama
- Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
- Daniel Day-Lewis – The Boxer
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic
- Djimon Hounsou – Amistad
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
- Jim Carrey – Liar Liar
- Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog
- Samuel L. Jackson – Jackie Brown
- Kevin Kline – In & Out
Best Actress – Drama
- Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
- Jodie Foster – Contact
- Jessica Lange – A Thousand Acres
- Kate Winslet – Titanic
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
- Joey Lauren Adams – Chasing Amy
- Pam Grier – Jackie Brown
- Jennifer Lopez – Selena
- Julia Roberts – My Best Friend's Wedding
Best Director
- James L. Brooks – As Good as It Gets
- Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
- Jim Sheridan – The Boxer
- Steven Spielberg – Amistad
Best Film – Drama
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
My Life in Pink (Ma vie en rose) • Belgium
- Artemisia • France
- The Best Man (Il testimone dello sposo) • Italy
- Lea • Germany
- The Thief (Vor) • Russia
Best Music, Original Score
"Titanic" – James Horner
- "Gattaca" – Michael Nyman
- "Kundun" – Philip Glass
- "L.A. Confidential" – Jerry Goldsmith
- "Seven Years in Tibet" – John Williams
Best Original Song
"My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion – Titanic
- "Journey to the Past" by Aaliyah – Anastasia
- "Once Upon a December" by Deana Carter – Anastasia
- "Go the Distance" by Roger Bart – Hercules
- "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Sheryl Crow – Tomorrow Never Dies
Best Screenplay
Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
- As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
- L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
- Titanic – James Cameron
- Wag the Dog – Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
Best Supporting Actor
- Rupert Everett – My Best Friend's Wedding
- Anthony Hopkins – Amistad
- Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets
- Jon Voight – The Rainmaker
- Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting
Best Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential
- Joan Cusack – In & Out
- Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
- Gloria Stuart – Titanic
- Sigourney Weaver – The Ice Storm
Television
Best Actor – Drama Series
- Kevin Anderson – Nothing Sacred
- George Clooney – ER
- David Duchovny – The X-Files
- Lance Henriksen – Millennium
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
- Kelsey Grammer – Frasier
- John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Paul Reiser – Mad About You
- Jerry Seinfeld – Seinfeld
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Ving Rhames – Don King: Only in America
- Armand Assante – The Odyssey
- Jack Lemmon – 12 Angry Men
- Matthew Modine – What the Deaf Man Heard
- Gary Sinise – George Wallace
Best Actress – Drama Series
Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope
- Gillian Anderson – The X-Files
- Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue
- Roma Downey – Touched by an Angel
- Julianna Margulies – ER
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal
- Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You
- Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys
- Ellen Barkin – Before Women Had Wings
- Jena Malone – Hope
- Vanessa Redgrave – Bella Mafia
- Meryl Streep – …First Do No Harm
Best Series – Drama
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
George C. Scott – 12 Angry Men
- Jason Alexander – Seinfeld
- Michael Caine – Mandela and de Klerk
- David Hyde Pierce – Frasier
- Eriq La Salle – ER
- Noah Wyle – ER
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Angelina Jolie – George Wallace
- Joely Fisher – Ellen
- Della Reese – Touched by an Angel
- Gloria Reuben – ER
- Mare Winningham – George Wallace
Miscellaneous
- Cecil B. DeMille Award:
Award breakdown
Film
- 4 / 8 Titanic: Best Director, Best Film - Drama & Best Original Score and Song
- 3 / 6 As Good as It Gets: Best Actor, Actress and Film - Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 1 Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink): Best Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 1 Mrs. Brown: Best Actress - Drama
- 1 / 1 Ulee's Gold: Best Actor - Drama
- 1 / 2 Boogie Nights: Best Supporting Actor
- 1 / 4 Good Will Hunting: Best Screenplay
- 1 / 5 L.A. Confidential: Best Supporting Actress
See also
- 70th Academy Awards
- 18th Golden Raspberry Awards
- 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 49th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 50th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 51st British Academy Film Awards
- 52nd Tony Awards
- 1997 in film
- 1997 in American television
References
- IMDb - 1998 Golden Globe Awards
- http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4583229-1.html
- http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/18/golden.globes.list/index.html
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/48591.stm
- http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/movies/titanic-wins-top-golden-globe-award.html