The 1997 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 10, 1997 and hosted by Mike Myers. Performers included Jewel, Bush, and En Vogue. This year also eliminated the categories of "Most Desirable Female" and "Most Desirable Male."

Performers

• Bush "Cold Contagious"
• En Vogue "Whatever"
• Jewel "Foolish Games"
• The Wondermints (Austin Powers Band) "BBC"

Awards

Best Movie

Scream

• Independence Day
• Jerry Maguire
• The Rock
• Romeo + Juliet

Best Male Performance

Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire

• Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
• Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor
• Will Smith Independence Day
• John Travolta Phenomenon

Best Female Performance

Claire Danes Romeo + Juliet

• Sandra Bullock A Time to Kill
• Neve Campbell Scream
• Helen Hunt Twister
• Madonna Evita

Breakthrough Performance

Matthew McConaughey A Time To Kill

• Vivica A. Fox Independence Day
• Courtney Love The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Ewan McGregor Trainspotting
• Ren e Zellweger Jerry Maguire

Best On-Screen Duo

Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery The Rock

• Beavis and Butthead Beavis and Butthead Do America
• Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare Fargo
• Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
• Nathan Lane and Robin Williams The Birdcage

Best Villain

Jim Carrey The Cable Guy

• Robert De Niro The Fan
• Kiefer Sutherland A Time To Kill
• Edward Norton Primal Fear
• Mark Wahlberg Fear

Best Comedic Performance

Jim Carrey The Cable Guy

• Chris Farley Beverly Hills Ninja
• Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor
• Robin Williams The Birdcage

Best Song from a Movie

Bush "Machinehead" (from Fear)

• Eric Clapton and Babyface "Change the World" (from Phenomenon)
• Garbage "
  1. 1 Crush
  " (from Romeo + Juliet)
• Madonna "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" (from Evita)
• R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)

Best Kiss

Vivica A. Fox and Will Smith Independence Day

• Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
• Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly Bound
• Kyra Sedgwick and John Travolta Phenomenon
• Christine Taylor and Christopher Daniel Barnes A Very Brady Sequel

Best Action Sequence

Truck Drives Through Farm Equipment Twister

• Arnold Schwarzenegger Freefalls Eraser
• Aliens Blow Up Cities Independence Day
• Train/Helicopter Chase Mission: Impossible
• Ferrari Chase Through San Francisco The Rock

Best Fight

Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney The Craft

• Matthew Broderick vs. Jim Carrey The Cable Guy
• Jim Brown vs. Alien Mars Attacks!
• Jackie Chan vs. Ladder Police Story 4: First Strike
• Pamela Anderson Lee vs. Bad Guy Barb Wire

Best New Filmmaker

• Doug Liman Swingers

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Chewbacca Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

External links

• MTV winners list
• MTV Movie Awards: 1997 at the Internet Movie Database
• List of nominees and winners of 1997 MTV Movie Awards

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