1997 10th Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture * L.A. Confidential As Good As It Gets Boogie Nights The Sweet Hereafter Titanic Best Foreign Film * Shall We Dance? Irma Vep La Ceremonie Ulysses' Gaze When the Cats Away Best Director * Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights James Brooks - As Good As It Gets James Cameron - Titanic Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter Ang Lee - The Ice Storm Best Actor * Robert Duvall - The Apostle Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco Best Actress * Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove Jodie Foster - Contact Pam Grier - Jackie Brown Helen Hunt - As Good As It Gets Best Supporting Actor * Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights Robert Forster - Jackie Brown Anthony Hopkins - Amistad Greg Kinnear - As Good As It Gets Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential Best Supporting Actress * Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou Joan Allen - The Ice Storm Joan Cusack - In & Out Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter Most Promising Actor * Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck - Chasing Amy / Going All the Way / Good Will Hunting Aaron Eckhart - In the Company of Men Djimon Hounsou - Amistad Guy Pearce - L.A. Confidential Most Promising Actress * Joey Lauren Adams - Chasing Amy Cate Blanchett - Oscar and Lucinda / Paradise Road Stacy Edwards - In the Company of Men Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter Jurnee Smollett - Eve's Bayou Best Screenplay * L.A. Confidential - Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson As Good As It Gets - Mark Andrus, James Brooks Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith In the Company of Men - Neil Labute The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan Best Cinematography * Titanic - Russell Carpenter The Ice Storm - Frederick Elmes Kundun - Roger Deakins L.A. Confidential - Dante Spinotti The Pillow Book - Sacha Vierney Best Original Score * Titanic - James Horner Gattaca - Michael Nyman Kundun - Philip Glass L.A. Confidential - Jerry Goldsmith The Sweet Hereafter - Michael Danna ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------