DK's Best Achievements in Cinema - 1991


Best Director
James Cameron    Terminator 2
Martin Scorsese    Cape Fear
Jonathan Demme    The Silence of the Lambs
Oliver Stone    JFK
Kathryn Bigelow    Point Break
Sean Penn    The Indian Runner
Also worth mentioning
Mick Jackson    L.A. Story
Jim Jarmusch    Night on Earth
Jodie Foster    Little Man Tate

Best Actor
Robert De Niro    Cape Fear
Anthony Hopkins    The Silence of the Lambs
Also worth mentioning
Viggo Mortensen    The Indian Runner
Gary Oldman    JFK
Adam Hann-Byrd    Little Man Tate
David Morse    The Indian Runner

Best Cinematography
Adam Greenberg    Terminator 2
Robert Richardson    JFK
Also worth mentioning
Freddie Francis    Cape Fear
Donald Peterman    Point Break
Mikael Salomon    Backdraft
Tak Fujimoto    The Silence of the Lambs
Andrew Dunn    L.A. Story
Slawomir Idziak    The Double Life of Veronique

Best Score
Howard Shore    The Silence of the Lambs
Brad Fiedel    Terminator 2
Bernard Herrmann/
Elmer Bernstein
   Cape Fear
Hans Zimmer    Backdraft
Also worth mentioning
Zbigniew Preisner    The Double Life of Veronique
John Williams    JFK /
Hook

Best Makeup
Stan Winston    Terminator 2

Best Sound Editing
Terminator 2
Best Picture
Terminator 2
Cape Fear
The Silence of the Lambs
L.A. Story
JFK
The Indian Runner
Also worth mentioning
Night on Earth
Shattered
The Addams Family

Best Actress
Jodie Foster    The Silence of the Lambs
Juliette Lewis    Cape Fear
Also worth mentioning
Linda Hamilton    Terminator 2
Dianne Wiest    Little Man Tate
Jessica Lange    Cape Fear

Best Writing
Ted Tally    The Silence of the Lambs
Wesley Strick    Cape Fear
Richard Neely,
Wolfgang Petersen
   Shattered
Also worth mentioning
Sean Penn    The Indian Runner
Steve Martin    L.A. Story
Jim Jarmusch    Night on Earth
Oliver Stone &
Zachary Sklar
   JFK

Best Editing
Mark Goldblatt,
Richard A. Harris,
Conrad Buff IV
   Terminator 2
Joe Hutshing,
Pietro Scalia
   JFK
Thelma Schoonmaker    Cape Fear

Best Visual Effects
Terminator 2
Also worth mentioning
Backdraft

Best Steadicam
James Muro    Terminator 2,
Point Break

Best Stunts
Terminator 2

Leading movies:
Terminator 2:   Director, Picture, (Actress), Cinematography, Score, Makeup, Visual Effects, Editing, Sound Editing, Steadicam, Stunts.
Cape Fear:   Director, Picture, Actor, Actress (x2), (Cinematography), Score, Writing, Editing.
The Silence of the Lambs:   Director, Picture, Actor, Actress, (Cinematography), Score, Writing.
JFK:   Director, Picture, (Actor), Cinematography, (Score), (Writing), Editing.
L.A. Story:   (Director), Picture, (Cinematography), (Writing).


Movies that were considered (31):
35 Up | Atlantis | Backdraft | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Blue Desert | Cape Fear | Career Opportunities | Child's Play 3 | Defending your Life | Delicatessen | Drop Dead Fred | Dying Young | Fortune Cookie | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Grand Canyon | JFK | Jungle Fever | L.A. Story | Life Stinks | Little Man Tate | Night on Earth | Point Break | Raise the Red Lantern | Regarding Henry | Shattered | Slacker | Terminator 2 | The Addams Family | The Double Life of Veronique | The Indian Runner | The Silence of the Lambs.

Movies that were not considered (and should have):
Barton Fink | Bugsy | Europa Europa | Fried Green Tomatoes | Hook | Rambling Rose | The Adjuster | The Commitments | The Fisher King | The Indian Runner | Thelma & Louise.


Special Awards

Worst Documentary: Atlantis.