
	CFCA Award
	...Best Picture
	...Most Promising Actor
	...Best Actor
	...Most Promising Actress
	...Best Actress
	...Best Supporting Actor
	...Supporting Actress
	...Best Director
	...Best Screenplay
	...Best Cinematography
	...Best Original Score
	...Foreign Language Film
	Commitment to Chicago...
	Big Shoulders Award



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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 1997

CFCA Award

Date:	10 March
Host:	Marilu Henner

Best Picture


Winner:
	Fargo (1996)

Most Promising Actor


Winner:
	Primal Fear (1996) - Edward Norton (I) - Also for People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) and Everyone Says I Love You (1996).

Best Actor


Winner:
	Sling Blade (1996) - Billy Bob Thornton

Most Promising Actress


Winner:
	People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) - Courtney Love

Best Actress


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Frances McDormand

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Jerry Maguire (1996) - Cuba Gooding Jr.

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Family Thing, A (1996) - Irma P. Hall

Best Director


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	English Patient, The (1996) - John Seale (I)

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Carter Burwell

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	"Dekalog" (1989) - Poland.

Commitment to Chicago Award


Awarded to:
	Harold Ramis

Big Shoulders Award


Awarded to:
	Community Film Workshop - (Jim Taylor, Margaret Caples).