The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. A guide to the prognosticators who make up this list is at the bottom.
Best Picture
- The English Patient (11) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally’s, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB, Ladbroke
- Shine (2) – Bally’s, Ladbroke
Best Actor
- Geoffrey Rush – Shine (8) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally’s, Gene Siskel, Snakeye, Ladbroke
- Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade (3) – Bally’s, Roger Ebert, Cinemania Online
- Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire (1) – ReedyB
Best Actress
- Frances McDormand – Fargo (8) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
- Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies (3) – Bally’s, Snakeye, Ladbroke
- Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient (1) – Bally’s
Best Supporting Actor
- Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire (8) – OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally’s, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
- Edward Norton – Primal Fear (2) – The Oscar Guy, Snakeye
Best Supporting Actress
- Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces (10) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally’s, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB
Best Director
- Anthony Minghella – The English Patient (6) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Bally’s, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
- Joel Coen – Fargo (1) – Rogert Ebert
- Milos Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt (1) – Snakeye
- Scott Hicks – Shine (1) – Bally’s
Best Original Screenplay
- Fargo (6) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye
- Lone Star (1) – Roger Ebert
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The English Patient (6) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye
- Sling Blade (1) – Roger Ebert
Best Foreign Film
- Kolya (4) – OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, Rogert Ebert, ReedyB
- Ridicule (3) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye
Best Original Song
- “You Must Love Me” (4) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Roger Ebert, ReedyB
- “Because You Loved Me” (2) – Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye
Best Dramatic Score
- The English Patient (5) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB
Best Comedy/Musical Score
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB
Best Editing
- The English Patient (4) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
- Evita (1) – Snakeye
Best Cinematography
- The English Patient (6) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, Roger Ebert, ReedyB
- Fargo (1) – Snakeye
Best Art Direction
- Evita (4) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
- The Birdcage (1) – Entertainment Weekly
Best Costume Design
- Hamlet (3) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, ReedyB
- The English Patient (2) – Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye
Best Makeup
- The Nutty Professor (4) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1) – Snakeye
Best Sound
- The English Patient (2) – OMPA, ReedyB
- Evita (2) – The Oscar Guy, Snakeye
- Twister (2) – Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
Best Sound Editing
- The Ghost and the Darkness (3) – The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye
- Daylight (1) – ReedyB
- Eraser (1) – OMPA
Best Visual Effects
- Twister (3) – The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
- Independence Day (2) – Entertainment Weekly, OMPA
Best Documentary Feature
- When We Were Kings (4) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
- Mandela (2) – Roger Ebert, Snakeye
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Cosmic Voyage (3) – The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
- Breathing Lessons (1) – Entertainment Weekly
- Special Effects (1) – OMPA
Best Animated Short Film
- Wat’s Pig (2) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy
- Canhead (1) – ReedyB
- Quest (1) – Entertainment Weekly
- La Salla (1) – Snakeye
Best Live-Action Short Film
- Dear Diary (3) – OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly
- De Tripas, Corazon (1) – Snakeye
- Ernst & Lyset (1) – ReedyB
Prognosticators Guide
- OMPA: The Online Motion Picture Academy. A new filmorganization devoted to awarding the best in entertainment. The link above goes to the page that runs down how those who voted chose.
- The Oscar Guy: That would be Me. I am the proprietor of these Oscar pages.
- Entertainment Weekly: A Weekly entertainment magzine. The choices are from their list of the best bets for winners. 371, March 21, 1997.
- TV Guide: Contained are the predictions in the major categories. From their Oscar coverage. 2295, March 22 – 28, 1997
- Bally’s Lenny Del Genio: Las Vegas oddsmaker. Stresses that his odds are for entertainment purposes only.
- Roger Ebert: Film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. One-half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
- Gene Siskel: Film critic for the Chicago Tribute. Other half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
- Cinemania Online: The famous cd-rom film encyclopedia is on the internet and it has predictions on some of the major categories.
- Snakeye: He calls his page a “Layman’s Guide to Oscar Night.”
- ReedyB: Oscar picks from a fellow Oscar page proprietor.
- Ladbroke Group: A London-based oddsmaker.
