2nd Golden Satellite Awards
Template:Infobox Satellite awards The 2nd Golden Satellite Awards, given on February 22, 1998, honored the best in film- and television-making of 1997.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Actor - Drama
- 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
- 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
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
- Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
- Steven Spielberg - Amistad
- Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting
Best Documentary Film
- 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
Best Film - Drama
Best Film - Musical or Comedy
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
- 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
- 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
Television
Best Actor - Drama Series
- David Duchovny - The X-Files
- Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
- Sam Waterston - Law & Order
- Michael T. Weiss - The Pretender
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series
- 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
- 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
Alfre Woodard - Miss Evers' Boys
Best Series - Drama
Best Series - Musical or Comedy
Best Miniseries or TV Film
Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries 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 - Miniseries 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
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 Actress & Actor & Film - Musical or Comedy
- 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 / 7 Boogie Nights: Best Supporting Actress - Drama
- 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 - Miniseries or TV Film
- 2 / 4 NYPD Blue: Best Actor - Drama Series / Best Series - Drama
- 1 / 1 Before Women Had Wings: Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries 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