Patrick Stoner welcomes your questions about movies and the people who make them. Send your questions to pstoner@whyy.org. Here's the current question and answer:
Q: Who won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics Choice Awards?A: First, what IS the Broadcast Film Critics Association?
It's the two-year-old organization of 84 television, radio and on-line film critics from around the nation, ranging from those morning network critics to ... well, to me. The Awards Luncheon will be in L.A. January 20th. I am a presenter (for Best Screenplay).
Now, hot off the fax machine, here are the winners and runners-up:
BEST FILM: Fargo
RUNNER-UP: The English Patient
BEST ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush, Shine
RUNNER-UP: Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, Fargo
RUNNER-UP: Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire
RUNNER-UP: Ed Norton, The People Vs. Larry Flynt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Joan Allen, The Crucible
RUNNER-UP: Courtney Love, The People Vs. Larry Flynt
BEST DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
RUNNER-UP: Joel Coen, Fargo
BEST SCREENPLAY: Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
RUNNER-UP: Joel and Ethan Coen, Fargo
BEST CHILD PERFORMANCE: Jonathan Lipnichi, Jerry Maguire
RUNNER-UP: Anna Pacquin, Fly Away Home
BEST DOCUMENTARY: When We Were Kings
RUNNER-UP: Microcosmos
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Ridicule
RUNNER-UP: La Ceremonie
BREAKOUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Renee Zellweger, Jerry Maguire
RUNNER-UP: Edward Norton, The People Vs. Larry Flynt
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 1996: Lauren Bacall
In addition, here's the Association's TOP TEN LIST of 1996 (in alphabetical order):
BIG NIGHT
THE CRUCIBLE
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
EVITA
FARGO
HAMLET
JERRY MAGUIRE
LONE STAR
THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT
SHINE
Past questions and answers.
