1st Annual rec.arts.movies.* "Critics" Circle Winners

The winners of the first annual rec.arts.movies.* "Critics" Circle awards (Chairman: Mr. M. D'Angelo), as announced March 6th, 1996:


Best Picture
Leaving Las Vegas, directed by Mike Figgis (MGM/UA)

Runners-Up:
Exotica, directed by Atom Egoyan (Miramax)
Dead Man Walking, directed by Tim Robbins (Gramercy)


Best Non-English Language Picture
The City Of Lost Children, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro

Runners-Up:
The Kingdom, directed by Lars von Trier
Burnt By The Sun, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov


Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Safe (Sony Pictures Classics)

Runners-Up:
Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas (MGM/UA)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Georgia (Miramax)


Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas (MGM/UA)

Runner-Up:
Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking (Gramercy)


Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Spacey, Se7en (New Line) and The Usual Suspects (Gramercy)

Runners-Up:
Brad Pitt, Twelve Monkeys (Universal)
James Cromwell, Babe (Universal)
David Morse, The Crossing Guard (Miramax)


Best Supporting Actress
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (Miramax)

Runner-Up:
Ashley Judd, Heat (Warner Bros.) and Smoke (Miramax)


Best Director
Atom Egoyan, Exotica (Miramax)

Runner-Up:
Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas (MGM/UA)


Best Screenplay
Atom Egoyan, Exotica (Miramax)

Runner-Up:
Kim Krizan & Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise (Columbia)


Best Cinematography
Darius Khondji, Se7en (New Line)

Runner-Up:
Emmanuel Lubezki, A Little Princess (Warner Bros.)


Best Score
Mychael Danna, Exotica (Miramax)

Runner-Up:
Paul Buckmaster, Twelve Monkeys (Universal)


Best Documentary
Crumb, directed by Terry Zwigoff

Runners-Up:
Unzipped, directed by Douglas Keeve
Leona's Sister Gerri, directed by Jane Gillooly


Best Debut Film
Babe, directed by Chris Noonan

Runners-Up:
Kicking And Screaming, directed by Noah Baumbach
Kids, directed by Larry Clark


Alex Fung, (aw220@freenet.carleton.ca)

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