MTV Movie Awards 1997 var 1997-udgaven af MTV Movie Awards sendt på MTV. Dette blev afholdt den 10. juni 1997 i Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, Californien og showets vært var Mike Myers. Aftenens optrædener var Jewel, Bush, En Vogue og The Wondermints (Austin Powers band). Det var også dette år at kategorierne "Most Desirable Female" og "Most Desirable Male" ikke var med mere. Filmen med største antal nomineringer var William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet med i alt 6, af hvilke den vandt en pris. Independence Day fik 5 nomineringer og en vunden pris og Jerry Maguire 3 nomineringer og atter kun en vunden pris.
Vindere og nominerede Best Movie Scream Independence Day Jerry Maguire The Rock William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Best Male Performance Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire Leonardo DiCaprio – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor Will Smith – Independence Day John Travolta – Livets små mirakler
Best Female Performance Claire Danes – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Sandra Bullock – A Time to Kill Neve Campbell – Scream Helen Hunt – Twister Madonna – Evita
Best Breakthrough Performance Matthew McConaughey – A Time To Kill Vivica A. Fox – Independence Day Courtney Love – Folket mod Larry Flynt Ewan McGregor – Trainspotting Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire
Best On-Screen Duo Nicolas Cage & Sean Connery – The Rock Beavis & Butthead – Beavis and Butthead Do America Steve Buscemi & Peter Stormare – Fargo Claire Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Nathan Lane & Robin Williams – The Birdcage
Best Villain Jim Carrey – Hybridmanden Robert De Niro – The Fan Kiefer Sutherland – A Time To Kill Edward Norton – Primal Fear Mark Wahlberg – Fear
Best Comedic Performance Jim Carrey – Hybridmanden Chris Farley – Beverly Hills Ninja Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor Robin Williams – The Birdcage
Best Song From A Movie "Machinehead", Bush – Fear "Change the World", Eric Clapton & Babyface – Livets små mirakler "#1 Crush", Garbage – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina", Madonna – Evita
Best Kiss Vivica A. Fox & Will Smith – Independence Day Claire Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly – Bound Kyra Sedgwick & John Travolta – Livets små mirakler Christine Taylor & Christopher Daniel Barnes – A Very Brady Sequel
Best Action Sequence Pickup flygter fra en tornado – Twister Arnold Schwarzenegger Freefalls – Eraser Aliens Blow Up Cities – Independence Day Tog/Helikopter jagt – Mission: Impossible Ferrari jagt igennem San Francisco – The Rock
Best Fight Sequence Fairuza Balk mod Robin Tunney – The Craft Matthew Broderick mod Jim Carrey – Hybridmanden Jim Brown mod Alien – Mars Attacks! Jackie Chan mod Ladder – Police Story 4: First Strike Pamela Anderson Lee mod Bad Guy – Barb Wire
Best New Filmaker Doug Liman instruktør af Swingers
Lifetime Achievement Award Chewbacca (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back og Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
Eksterne links MTV winners list MTV Movie Awards: 1997 på Internet Movie Database List of nominees and winners of 1997 MTV Movie Awards
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