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National Board of Review, USA: 1996

NBR Award

Date:	24 February 1997 (announced: 10 December)
Host:	Jerry Orbach
Location:	Tavern on the Green, New York, New York, USA

Best Film


Winner:
	Shine (1996)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Jerry Maguire (1996) - Tom Cruise

Best Actress


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Frances McDormand

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Edward Norton (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winners:
	English Patient, The (1996) - Juliette Binoche English Patient, The (1996) - Kristin Scott Thomas

Best Director


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Ridicule (1996) - France.

Special Achievement in Filmmaking


Winner:
	Sling Blade (1996) - Billy Bob Thornton

Best Acting by an Ensemble


Winner:
	First Wives Club, The (1996) - Bette Midler; Goldie Hawn; Diane Keaton; Maggie Smith (I); Dan Hedaya; Sarah Jessica Parker; Stockard Channing; Victor Garber; Stephen Collins (I); Elizabeth Berkley; Marcia Gay Harden; Bronson Pinchot; Jennifer Dundas; Eileen Heckart; Philip Bosco; Rob Reiner; James Naughton; Ari Greenberg (I); Aida Linares

Breakthrough Performance - Female


Winner:
	Jerry Maguire (1996) - Ren�e Zellweger

Best Film Made for Cable TV


Winner:
	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996) - To the best TV documentary.

Special Recognition


Winners:
	Angels and Insects (1995) - For excellence in filmmaking. Basquiat (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Big Night (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Bound (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Caught (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Deli, The (1997) - For excellence in filmmaking. Follow Me Home (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Lone Star (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Marvin's Room (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Substance of Fire, The (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Swingers (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. Unhook the Stars (1996) - For excellence in filmmaking. War Room, The (1993) - For excellence in filmmaking. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) - For excellence in filmmaking.

Special Citation


Winner:
	Elia Kazan - For lifetime achievement in direction.

Freedom of Expression Award


Winner:
	People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) - Milos Forman; Oliver Stone (I)

International Freedom Award


Winner:
	Yuan Zhang (I)

Billy Wilder Award


Awarded to:
	Sidney Lumet

Career Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Gena Rowlands

William K. Everson Film History Award


Awarded to:
	Peter Bogdanovich - For the book "Who The Devil Made It".