54th Golden Globe Awards explained

Number:	54
Award:	Golden Globe Awards
Date:	January 19, 1997
Network:	NBC
Site:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
Best Film Drama:	The English Patient
Best Film Musical Or Comedy:	Evita
Best Drama Series:	The X-Files
Best Musical Or Comedy Series:	3rd Rock from the Sun
Most Wins:	(3) Evita
Most Nominations:	(7) The English Patient
Last:	53rd
Next:	55th

The 54th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1996, were held on January 19, 1997 at the Beverly Hilton.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The nominations were announced on December 19, 1996.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Musical or Comedy
*The English Patient* Breaking the Waves The People vs. Larry Flynt Secrets & Lies Shine	*Evita* The Birdcage Everyone Says I Love You Fargo Jerry Maguire
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Geoffrey Rush - Shine* as David Helfgott** Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient as László Almásy Mel Gibson - Ransom as Tom Mullen Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt Liam Neeson - Michael Collins as Michael Collins	Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Leasure Meryl Streep - Marvin's Room as Lee Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient as Katharine Clifton Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeil
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire Antonio Banderas - Evita as Ché Kevin Costner - Tin Cup as Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy Nathan Lane - The Birdcage as Albert Goldman Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor as Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love	Madonna - Evita as Eva Perón Glenn Close - 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil Frances McDormand - Fargo as Marge Gunderson Debbie Reynolds - Mother as Beatrice Henderson Barbra Streisand - The Mirror Has Two Faces as Rose Morgan
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Edward Norton - Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell Samuel L. Jackson - A Time to Kill as Carl Lee Hailey Paul Scofield - The Crucible as Thomas Danforth James Woods - Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith	Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan Joan Allen - The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor Juliette Binoche - The English Patient as Hanna Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady as Madame Serena Merle Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch Marion Ross - The Evening Star as Rose Dunlop
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Miloš Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt Joel Coen - Fargo Scott Hicks - Shine Anthony Minghella - The English Patient Alan Parker - Evita	The People vs. Larry Flynt - Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski The English Patient - Anthony Minghella Fargo - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Lone Star - John Sayles Shine - Jan Sardi
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Gabriel Yared - The English Patient Elliot Goldenthal - Michael Collins Marvin Hamlisch - The Mirror Has Two Faces David Hirschfelder - Shine Alan Menken - The Hunchback of Notre Dame	"You Must Love Me" by Madonna - Evita "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion - Up Close and Personal "For the First Time" - One Fine Day "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams - The Mirror Has Two Faces "That Thing You Do!" by The Wonders - That Thing You Do!
Best Foreign Language Film
Kolya (Kolja) • Czech Republic The Eighth Day (Le huitième jour) • Belgium Moon and the Other (Luna e l'altra) • Italy Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) • Russia Ridicule • France

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
7	The English Patient
5	Evita
	The People vs. Larry Flynt
	Shine
4	The Mirror Has Two Faces
4	Fargo
3	Jerry Maguire
3	Secrets & Lies
2	The Birdcage
	Breaking the Waves
	The Crucible
	Michael Collins

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
3	Evita
2	The English Patient
2	The People vs. Larry Flynt

Television

Best Television Series
Best Series - Drama	Best Series - Comedy or Musical
*The X-Files* Chicago Hope ER NYPD Blue Party of Five	*3rd Rock from the Sun* Frasier Friends The Larry Sanders Show Mad About You Seinfeld
Best Lead Actor in a Television Series
Best Actor - Drama Series	Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Series
David Duchovny - *The X-Files* George Clooney - ER Anthony Edwards - ER Lance Henriksen - Millennium Jimmy Smits - NYPD Blue	John Lithgow - *3rd Rock from the Sun* Tim Allen - Home Improvement Michael J. Fox - Spin City Kelsey Grammer - Frasier Paul Reiser - Mad About You
Best Lead Actress in a Television Series
Best Actress - Drama Series	Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Series
Gillian Anderson - *The X-Files* Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope Heather Locklear - Melrose Place Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Sherry Stringfield - ER	Helen Hunt - *Mad About You* Brett Butler - Grace Under Fire Fran Drescher - The Nanny Cybill Shepherd - Cybill Brooke Shields - Suddenly Susan Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On...
Best Supporting Performance - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Ian McKellen - David Paymer - Crime of the Century David Hyde Pierce - Frasier Anthony Quinn - Gotti Noah Wyle - ER	Kathy Bates - The Late Shift Cher - If These Walls Could Talk Christine Baranski - Cybill Kristen Johnston - 3rd Rock from the Sun Greta Scacchi -
Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
Alan Rickman - Armand Assante - Gotti Beau Bridges - Losing Chase Stephen Rea - Crime of the Century James Woods - The Summer of Ben Tyler	Helen Mirren - *Losing Chase* Ashley Judd - Norma Jean & Marilyn Demi Moore - If These Walls Could Talk Isabella Rossellini - Crime of the Century Mira Sorvino - Norma Jean & Marilyn
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Crime of the Century Gotti Hidden in America If These Walls Could Talk Losing Chase

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	ER
4	Crime of the Century
4
3	Frasier
	Gotti
	If These Walls Could Talk
	Mad About You
	The X-Files
2	3rd Rock from the Sun
	Chicago Hope
	Cybill
	Losing Chase
	Norman Jean & Marilyn
	NYPD Blue

The following programs received multiple wins

Wins	Series
3	The X-Files
3	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
2	3rd Rock from the Sun

Ceremony

Presenters

Halle Berry
Jeff Bridges
Nicolas Cage
Drew Carey
Tom Cruise
Jane Curtin
Ted Danson
Faye Dunaway
Kelsey Grammer
Nicole Kidman
Heather Locklear
Jada Pinkett Smith
Cybill Shepherd
Gary Sinise
Mira Sorvino
Sharon Stone
John Travolta
Christopher Walken

Dustin Hoffman

Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Network
18	HBO
15	NBC
6	CBS
6	Fox
5	ABC
3	Showtime

The following networks received multiple wins:

Wins	Network
3	Fox
2	HBO
2	NBC

Notes and References

News: Sterngold. James. Madonna in Film and Aliens on TV Are Big Winners at Golden Globes. 11 January 2018. The New York Times. 20 January 1997.
News: Golden Globes for 'English Patient' and Madonna. 11 January 2018. The New York Times. 21 January 1997.
News: Lowry. Brian. Puig. Claudia. 'Evita,' 'Patient' Win Top Golden Globes. 11 January 2018. Los Angeles Times. 20 January 1997.
News: 'English Patient,' `Evita,' Madonna, Tom Cruise and `X-Files' big Golden Globe winners. 11 January 2018. The Augusta Chronicle. 20 January 1997.
News: Puig. Claudia. Dutka. Elaine. 'English Patient' Basks in Globe Nominations. 11 January 2018. Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1996.
News: Elber. Lynn. 'English Patient' gets 7 Globe nominations. https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220548/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/531875/ENGLISH-PATIENT-GETS-7-GLOBE-NOMINATIONS.html?pg=all. dead. April 18, 2014. 11 January 2018. Deseret News. 20 December 1996.
News: Golden Globe Nominations. 11 January 2018. Variety. 19 December 1996.