Friday, July 5, 2013

1996 Cii Movie Awards (Take 2)

This list (Take 2) was compiled July 5, 2013.  Take 1 is available here.
                       For the criteria of the Cii Movie Awards, click here.



Top 10 Films of 1996
1. Lone Star (John Sayles)
2. A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
3. Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma)
4. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
5. Drifting Clouds (Aki Kaurismäki)
6. The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)
7. Fargo (Joel Coen)
8. Get on the Bus (Spike Lee)
9. Six O'Clock News (Ross McElwee)
10. American Buffalo (Michael Corrente)
Honorable Mentions: Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas), Kansas City (Robert Altman), Mother (Albert Brooks), Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe), Scream (Wes Craven), Stealing Beauty (Bernardo Bertolucci), Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest), The Rock (Michael Bay), Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell), La Promesse (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne)



Best Actor
Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire

Dustin Hoffman – American Buffalo
Nathan Lane – The Birdcage
* William H. Macy – Fargo
Geoffrey Rush – Shine 


Best Actress
Juliette Binoche – The English Patient

Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
Maggie Cheung – Irma Vep
Frances McDormand – Fargo
* Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
Reese Witherspoon – Freeway 


Best Supporting Actor
Harry Belafonte – Kansas City

Andre Braugher – Get on the Bus
Steve Buscemi – Fargo
Elias Koteas – Crash
Joe Morton – Lone Star
* Edward Norton – Primal Fear


Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Flirting with Disaster

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt
Parker Posey – Waiting for Guffman
* Nathalie Richard – Irma Vep




Best Director
* Joel Coen – Fargo
Brian De Palma – Mission: Impossible
Milos Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt
Spike Lee – Get on the Bus
Mohsen Makhmalbaf – A Moment of Innocence

Best Screenplay
Fargo (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)
Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
Scream (Kevin Williamson)
* Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
Six O’Clock News (Ross McElwee)

Best Cinematography
Breaking the Waves (Robby Müller)
The English Patient (John Seale)
* Fargo (Roger Deakins)
Michael Collins (Chris Menges)
The Rock (John Schwartzman)

Best Editing
* The English Patient (Walter Murch)
Irma Vep (Luc Barnier)
Mission: Impossible (Paul Hirsch)
A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
Six O’Clock News (Ross McElwee)

Best Film Score
The English Patient (Gabriel Yared)
Fargo (Carter Burwell)
* Michael Collins (Elliot Goldenthal)
The Rock (Nick Glennie-Smith & Hans Zimmer)
Shine (David Hirschfelder)

Best Production Design
The Birdcage
* The English Patient
Independence Day
Kansas City
Romeo + Juliet

Best Ensemble Cast Performance
Flirting with Disaster
* Get on the Bus
Irma Vep
Lone Star
Secrets & Lies







1996 Films Watched for Take 2 List (23 films total, 9 re-watches)
* - indicates a re-watched movie

American Buffalo (Michael Corrente, 1996)
Beavis and Butt-head Do America (Mike Judge & Yvette Kaplan, 1996)

Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
* The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
* Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell, 1996)
Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996)
Get on the Bus (Spike Lee, 1996)
* The Ghost and the Darkness (Stephen Hopkins, 1996)
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996)
Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
* Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
Looking for Richard (Al Pacino, 1996)
* Michael Collins (Neil Jordan, 1996)
A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
Mother (Albert Brooks, 1996)
Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)
* The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman, 1996)
La Promesse (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996)
* Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
* Shine (Scott Hicks, 1996)
Stealing Beauty (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1996)
* Trees Lounge (Steve Buscemi, 1996)

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