The 55th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1997, were held on January 18, 1998. The nominations were announced on December 18, 1997.
Peter Fonda, Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama winner
Judi Dench, Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama winner
Jack Nicholson, Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical winner
Helen Hunt, Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical winner
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The film premiered at the Regency Village Theatre on December 6, 1997, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 1997, and was a critical and box office hit, grossing $314.1 million on a $50 million budget.
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