Paul Thomas Anderson’s darkly humorous look at the porn industry, “Boogie Nights,” and Curtis Hanson’s film noir “L.A. Confidential” shared the Metro-media Award at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival Sunday.
Chicago native David Mamet’s “The Spanish Prisoner” and Canadian Atom Egoyan’s “The Sweet Hereafter” took second and third places, respectively, in the Metro-media category, which is voted on by more than 740 international journalists attending the festival.
Thom Fitzgerald’s “The Hanging Garden” surprised audiences by picking up the top People’s Choice Award and the prize (shared with Egoyan’s “The Sweet Hereafter”) for best Canadian feature film. Second and third for People’s Choice went to “L.A. Confidential” and Lee Tamahori’s wilderness thriller “The Edge.”
Britain’s Carine Adler won the World Film International Critics Award for her drama “Under the Skin.”