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            The 73rd Academy Awards
 | 2001
          
          Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center
      
                                      
                Sunday, March 25, 2001
              
                        
            Honoring movies released in 2000
      
          Highlights
          Supporting Actor
      
            Traffic
      
            Benicio Del Toro
Original Screenplay
      
            Almost Famous
      
            Cameron Crowe
Supporting Actress
      
            Pollock
      
            Marcia Gay Harden
Memorable Moments
          
      WINNERS & NOMINEES
  
  Actor in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Russell Crowe
          Gladiator
      Nominees
                    Javier Bardem
          Before Night Falls
      Nominees
                    Tom Hanks
          Cast Away
      Nominees
                    Ed Harris
          Pollock
      Nominees
                    Geoffrey Rush
          Quills
      Actor in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Benicio Del Toro
          Traffic
      Nominees
                    Jeff Bridges
          The Contender
      Nominees
                    Willem Dafoe
          Shadow of the Vampire
      Nominees
                    Albert Finney
          Erin Brockovich
      Nominees
                    Joaquin Phoenix
          Gladiator
      Actress in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Julia Roberts
          Erin Brockovich
      Nominees
                    Joan Allen
          The Contender
      Nominees
                    Juliette Binoche
          Chocolat
      Nominees
                    Ellen Burstyn
          Requiem for a Dream
      Nominees
                    Laura Linney
          You Can Count on Me
      Actress in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Marcia Gay Harden
          Pollock
      Nominees
                    Judi Dench
          Chocolat
      Nominees
                    Kate Hudson
          Almost Famous
      Nominees
                    Frances McDormand
          Almost Famous
      Nominees
                    Julie Walters
          Billy Elliot
      Art Direction
      
      Winner
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Tim Yip
          Nominees
                    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
      Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
          Nominees
                    Quills
      Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
          Nominees
                    Vatel
      Vatel
          Cinematography
      
      Winner
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Peter Pau
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      John Mathieson
          Nominees
                    
        Lajos Koltai
          Nominees
                    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
      Roger Deakins
          Nominees
                    The Patriot
      Caleb Deschanel
          Costume Design
      
      Winner
                    Gladiator
      Janty Yates
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Tim Yip
          Nominees
                    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
      Rita Ryack
          Nominees
                    102 Dalmatians
      Anthony Powell
          Nominees
                    Quills
      Jacqueline West
          Directing
      
      Winner
                    Traffic
      Steven Soderbergh
          Nominees
                    Billy Elliot
      Stephen Daldry
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Ang Lee
          Nominees
                    Erin Brockovich
      Steven Soderbergh
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      Ridley Scott
          Documentary (Feature)
      
      Winner
                    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
      Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
          Nominees
                    Legacy
      Tod Lending
          Nominees
                    Long Night's Journey into Day
      Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
          Nominees
                    Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
      Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker
          Nominees
                    Sound and Fury
      Josh Aronson, Roger Weisberg
          Documentary (Short Subject)
      
      Winner
                    Big Mama
      Tracy Seretean
          Nominees
                    Curtain Call
      Chuck Braverman, Steve Kalafer
          Nominees
                    Dolphins
      Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore
          Nominees
                    The Man on Lincoln's Nose
      Daniel Raim
          Nominees
                    On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
      Eric Simonson, Leelai Demoz
          Film Editing
      
      Winner
                    Traffic
      Stephen Mirrione
          Nominees
                    Almost Famous
      Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Tim Squyres
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      Pietro Scalia
          Nominees
                    Wonder Boys
      Dede Allen
          Foreign Language Film
      
      Winner
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Taiwan
          Nominees
                    Amores Perros
      Mexico
          Nominees
                    Divided We Fall
      Czech Republic
          Nominees
                    Everybody Famous!
      Belgium
          Nominees
                    The Taste of Others
      France
          Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
      
      Winner
                    
        Dino De Laurentiis
          Makeup
      
      Winner
                    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
      Rick Baker, Gail Ryan
          Nominees
                    The Cell
      "The Cell" Michèle Burke, Edouard Henriques
          Nominees
                    Shadow of the Vampire
      Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley
          Music (Original Score)
      
      Winner
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Tan Dun
          Nominees
                    Chocolat
      Rachel Portman
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      Hans Zimmer
          Nominees
                    
        Ennio Morricone
          Nominees
                    The Patriot
      John Williams
          Music (Original Song)
      
      Winner
                    Wonder Boys
      Things Have Changed in "Wonder Boys" Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
          Nominees
                    Meet the Parents
      A Fool In Love in "Meet the Parents" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
          Nominees
                    Dancer in the Dark
      I've Seen It All in "Dancer in the Dark" Music by Björk; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      A Love Before Time in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Lyric by James Schamus
          Nominees
                    The Emperor's New Groove
      My Funny Friend And Me in "The Emperor's New Groove" Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyric by Sting
          Best Picture
      
      Winner
                    Gladiator
      Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
          Nominees
                    Chocolat
      David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran, Producers
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee, Producers
          Nominees
                    Erin Brockovich
      Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, Producers
          Nominees
                    Traffic
      Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford, Producers
          Short Film (Animated)
      
      Winner
                    Father and Daughter
      Michael Dudok de Wit
          Nominees
                    The Periwig-Maker
      Steffen Schäffler, Annette Schäffler
          Nominees
                    Rejected
      Don Hertzfeldt
          Short Film (Live Action)
      
      Winner
                    Quiero Ser (I want to be...)
      Florian Gallenberger
          Nominees
                    By Courier
      Peter Riegert, Ericka Frederick
          Nominees
                    One Day Crossing
      Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
          Nominees
                    Seraglio
      Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell
          Nominees
                    A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol)
      Paulo Machline
          Sound
      
      Winner
                    Gladiator
      Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
          Nominees
                    Cast Away
      Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
          Nominees
                    The Patriot
      Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Lee Orloff
          Nominees
                    The Perfect Storm
      John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, Keith A. Wester
          Nominees
                    U-571
      Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline, Ivan Sharrock
          Sound Editing
      
      Winner
                    U-571
      Jon Johnson
          Nominees
                    Space Cowboys
      Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
          Visual Effects
      
      Winner
                    Gladiator
      John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
          Nominees
                    Hollow Man
      Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, Stan Parks
          Nominees
                    The Perfect Storm
      Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier, Walt Conti
          Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
      
      Winner
                    Traffic
      Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan
          Nominees
                    Chocolat
      Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs
          Nominees
                    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      Written by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung
          Nominees
                    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
      Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
          Nominees
                    Wonder Boys
      Screenplay by Steve Kloves
          Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
      
      Winner
                    Almost Famous
      Written by Cameron Crowe
          Nominees
                    Billy Elliot
      Written by Lee Hall
          Nominees
                    Erin Brockovich
      Written by Susannah Grant
          Nominees
                    Gladiator
      Screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson;  Story by David Franzoni
          Nominees
                    You Can Count on Me
      Written by Kenneth Lonergan
          0-9
102 Dalmatians
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Costume Design - Anthony Powell
A
Almost Famous
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Cameron Crowe
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
- Film Editing - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
Amores Perros
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Mexico
B
Before Night Falls
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Javier Bardem
Big Mama
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Documentary (Short Subject) - Tracy Seretean
Billy Elliot
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actress in a Supporting Role - Julie Walters
- Directing - Stephen Daldry
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Lee Hall
By Courier
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Peter Riegert, Ericka Frederick
C
Cast Away
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hanks
- Sound - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
The Cell
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Makeup - "The Cell" Michèle Burke, Edouard Henriques
Chocolat
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Juliette Binoche
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench
- Music (Original Score) - Rachel Portman
- Best Picture - David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs
The Contender
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Supporting Role - Jeff Bridges
- Actress in a Leading Role - Joan Allen
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    
                                  10 NOMINATIONS, 
                      4 WINS
                        
      - * Art Direction - Tim Yip
- * Cinematography - Peter Pau
- * Foreign Language Film - Taiwan
- * Music (Original Score) - Tan Dun
- Costume Design - Tim Yip
- Directing - Ang Lee
- Film Editing - Tim Squyres
- Music (Original Song) - A Love Before Time in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Lyric by James Schamus
- Best Picture - Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung
Curtain Call
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Chuck Braverman, Steve Kalafer
D
Dancer in the Dark
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Song) - I've Seen It All in "Dancer in the Dark" Music by Björk; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
Divided We Fall
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Czech Republic
Dolphins
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Makeup - Rick Baker, Gail Ryan
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
- Costume Design - Rita Ryack
E
The Emperor's New Groove
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Song) - My Funny Friend And Me in "The Emperor's New Groove" Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyric by Sting
Erin Brockovich
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actress in a Leading Role - Julia Roberts
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Albert Finney
- Directing - Steven Soderbergh
- Best Picture - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Susannah Grant
Everybody Famous!
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Belgium
F
Father and Daughter
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Animated) - Michael Dudok de Wit
G
Gladiator
    
                                  12 NOMINATIONS, 
                      5 WINS
                        
      - * Actor in a Leading Role - Russell Crowe
- * Costume Design - Janty Yates
- * Best Picture - Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
- * Sound - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
- * Visual Effects - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Joaquin Phoenix
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
- Cinematography - John Mathieson
- Directing - Ridley Scott
- Film Editing - Pietro Scalia
- Music (Original Score) - Hans Zimmer
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson; Story by David Franzoni
H
Hollow Man
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Visual Effects - Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, Stan Parks
I
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Documentary (Feature) - Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
L
Legacy
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Tod Lending
Long Night's Journey into Day
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
M
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Daniel Raim
Meet the Parents
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Song) - A Fool In Love in "Meet the Parents" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
O
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Cinematography - Roger Deakins
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
One Day Crossing
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
P
The Patriot
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Cinematography - Caleb Deschanel
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Lee Orloff
The Perfect Storm
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Sound - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, Keith A. Wester
- Visual Effects - Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier, Walt Conti
The Periwig-Maker
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Steffen Schäffler, Annette Schäffler
Pollock
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actress in a Supporting Role - Marcia Gay Harden
- Actor in a Leading Role - Ed Harris
Q
Quiero Ser (I want to be...)
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Live Action) - Florian Gallenberger
Quills
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Geoffrey Rush
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
- Costume Design - Jacqueline West
R
Rejected
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Don Hertzfeldt
Requiem for a Dream
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Ellen Burstyn
S
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker
Seraglio
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell
Shadow of the Vampire
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Supporting Role - Willem Dafoe
- Makeup - Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley
A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol)
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Paulo Machline
Sound and Fury
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Josh Aronson, Roger Weisberg
Space Cowboys
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
T
The Taste of Others
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - France
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Eric Simonson, Leelai Demoz
Traffic
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS, 
                      4 WINS
                        
      - * Actor in a Supporting Role - Benicio Del Toro
- * Directing - Steven Soderbergh
- * Film Editing - Stephen Mirrione
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan
- Best Picture - Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford, Producers
U
U-571
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Sound Editing - Jon Johnson
- Sound - Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline, Ivan Sharrock
V
Vatel
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Art Direction - Vatel
W
Wonder Boys
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Music (Original Song) - Things Have Changed in "Wonder Boys" Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
- Film Editing - Dede Allen
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Steve Kloves
Y
You Can Count on Me
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Laura Linney
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Kenneth Lonergan
 
 
 
