Oscar Rewrite: 1997

 

Best Picture: Titanic

I prefer “L.A. Confidential,” but it would be historically dishonest to overturn a Top 5 all-time blockbuster that boasts a record number of wins (11) in the most-watched Oscar telecast.

Best Director: James Cameron (Titanic) Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights)

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson (As Good as it Gets)   Mike Myers (Austin Powers)

Best Actress: Helen Hunt (As Good as it Gets)

Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting)



Best Supporting Actress:
Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential)

Best Original Screenplay: Good Will Hunting

Best Adapted Screenplay: L.A. Confidential

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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