Editing 1996 in film (section)

==Awards==
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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[54th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 19, 1997 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[2nd Critics' Choice Awards]]<br />January 20, 1997 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[Producers Guild of America Awards 1996|Producers]], [[49th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors]], [[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors]], and [[Writers Guild of America Awards 1996|Writers Guild Awards]] !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[69th Academy Awards]]<br />March 24, 1997 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[50th British Academy Film Awards|50th BAFTA Awards]]<br />April 29, 1997
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' || ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' || ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' ||colspan="3"| ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
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| Best Director || colspan=2| [[Miloš Forman]]<br />''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' || colspan=3|[[Anthony Minghella]]<br />''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' || [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]<br />''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Geoffrey Rush]]<br />''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' || [[Tom Cruise]]<br />''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' || colspan="4"| [[Geoffrey Rush]]<br />''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Brenda Blethyn]]<br />''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'' || [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]<br />''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' || colspan="3"| [[Frances McDormand]]<br />''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' || [[Brenda Blethyn]]<br />''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2"| [[Edward Norton]]<br />''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' || colspan="3"| [[Cuba Gooding, Jr.]]<br />''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' || [[Paul Scofield]]<br />''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2"| [[Lauren Bacall]]<br />''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' || [[Joan Allen]]<br />''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' || [[Lauren Bacall]]<br />''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Juliette Binoche]]<br />''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| [[Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski]]<br />''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[Anthony Minghella]]<br />''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' ||colspan=2|[[Billy Bob Thornton]]<br />''[[Sling Blade]]'' || [[Anthony Minghella]]<br />''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || colspan=2| [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]<br />''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' || [[Mike Leigh]]<br />''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2"| ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''<br />[[Gabriel Yared]] ||'''N/A'''||'''N/A'''|| colspan="2"| ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''<br />[[Gabriel Yared]]
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2"| "[[You Must Love Me]]"<br />''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' ||'''N/A'''||'''N/A'''|| "[[You Must Love Me]]"<br />''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' ||'''N/A'''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2"| ''[[Kolya (film)|Kolya]]'' || ''[[Ridicule (film)|Ridicule]]'' ||'''N/A'''|| ''[[Kolya (film)|Kolya]]'' || ''[[Ridicule (film)|Ridicule]]''
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