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            The 74th Academy Awards
 | 2002
          
          Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
      
                                      
                Sunday, March 24, 2002
              
                        
            Honoring movies released in 2001
      
          Highlights
          Honorary Award
      
            Sidney Poitier receives an Honorary Award
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
      
            Training Day
      
            Denzel Washington Wins Best Actor
Best ORIGINAL SONG
      
            Monsters, Inc.
      
            "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. Wins Best Song
Memorable Moments
          WINNERS & NOMINEES
  
  Actor in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Denzel Washington
          Training Day
      Nominees
                    Russell Crowe
          A Beautiful Mind
      Nominees
                    Sean Penn
          I Am Sam
      Nominees
                    Will Smith
          Ali
      Nominees
                    Tom Wilkinson
          In the Bedroom
      Actor in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Jim Broadbent
          Iris
      Nominees
                    Ethan Hawke
          Training Day
      Nominees
                    Ben Kingsley
          Sexy Beast
      Nominees
                    Ian McKellen
          The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Nominees
                    Jon Voight
          Ali
      Actress in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Halle Berry
          Monster's Ball
      Nominees
                    Judi Dench
          Iris
      Nominees
                    Nicole Kidman
          Moulin Rouge
      Nominees
                    Sissy Spacek
          In the Bedroom
      Nominees
                    Renée Zellweger
          Bridget Jones's Diary
      Actress in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Jennifer Connelly
          A Beautiful Mind
      Nominees
                    Helen Mirren
          Gosford Park
      Nominees
                    Maggie Smith
          Gosford Park
      Nominees
                    Marisa Tomei
          In the Bedroom
      Nominees
                    Kate Winslet
          Iris
      Animated Feature Film
      
      Winner
                    Shrek
      Aron Warner
          Nominees
                    Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
      Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
          Nominees
                    Monsters, Inc.
      Pete Docter, John Lasseter
          Art Direction
      
      Winner
                    Moulin Rouge
      Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
          Nominees
                    Amélie
      Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
          Nominees
                    Gosford Park
      Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
          Nominees
                    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
      Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
          Cinematography
      
      Winner
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Andrew Lesnie
          Nominees
                    Amélie
      Bruno Delbonnel
          Nominees
                    Black Hawk Down
      Slawomir Idziak
          Nominees
                    The Man Who Wasn't There
      Roger Deakins
          Nominees
                    Moulin Rouge
      Donald M. McAlpine
          Costume Design
      
      Winner
                    Moulin Rouge
      Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
          Nominees
                    The Affair of the Necklace
      Milena Canonero
          Nominees
                    Gosford Park
      Jenny Beavan
          Nominees
                    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
      Judianna Makovsky
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
          Directing
      
      Winner
                    A Beautiful Mind
      Ron Howard
          Nominees
                    Black Hawk Down
      Ridley Scott
          Nominees
                    Gosford Park
      Robert Altman
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Peter Jackson
          Nominees
                    Mulholland Drive
      David Lynch
          Documentary (Feature)
      
      Winner
                    Murder on a Sunday Morning
      Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
          Nominees
                    Children Underground
      Edet Belzberg
          Nominees
                    LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
      Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
          Nominees
                    Promises
      Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
          Nominees
                    War Photographer
      Christian Frei
          Documentary (Short Subject)
      
      Winner
                    Thoth
      Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
          Nominees
                    Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
      Lianne Klapper McNally
          Nominees
                    Sing!
      Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders
          Film Editing
      
      Winner
                    Black Hawk Down
      Pietro Scalia
          Nominees
                    A Beautiful Mind
      Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      John Gilbert
          Nominees
                    Memento
      Dody Dorn
          Nominees
                    Moulin Rouge
      Jill Bilcock
          Foreign Language Film
      
      Winner
                    No Man's Land
      Bosnia & Herzegovina
          Nominees
                    Amélie
      France
          Nominees
                    Elling
      Norway
          Nominees
                    Lagaan
      India
          Nominees
                    Son of the Bride
      Argentina
          Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
      
      Winner
                    
        Arthur Hiller
          Makeup
      
      Winner
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
          Nominees
                    A Beautiful Mind
      Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
          Nominees
                    Moulin Rouge
      Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
          Music (Original Score)
      
      Winner
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Howard Shore
          Nominees
                    A.I. Artificial Intelligence
      John Williams
          Nominees
                    A Beautiful Mind
      James Horner
          Nominees
                    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
      John Williams
          Nominees
                    Monsters, Inc.
      Randy Newman
          Music (Original Song)
      
      Winner
                    Monsters, Inc.
      If I Didn't Have You in "Monsters, Inc." Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      May It Be in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
          Nominees
                    Pearl Harbor
      There You'll Be in "Pearl Harbor" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
          Nominees
                    Kate & Leopold
      Until in "Kate & Leopold" Music and Lyric by Sting
          Nominees
                    Vanilla Sky
      Vanilla Sky in "Vanilla Sky" Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney
          Best Picture
      
      Winner
                    A Beautiful Mind
      Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
          Nominees
                    Gosford Park
      Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
          Nominees
                    In the Bedroom
      Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers
          Nominees
                    Moulin Rouge
      Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
          Short Film (Animated)
      
      Winner
                    For the Birds
      Ralph Eggleston
          Nominees
                    Fifty Percent Grey
      Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
          Nominees
                    Give Up Yer Aul Sins
      Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
          Nominees
                    Strange Invaders
      Cordell Barker
          Nominees
                    Stubble Trouble
      Joseph E. Merideth
          Short Film (Live Action)
      
      Winner
                    the accountant
      Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
          Nominees
                    Copy Shop
      Virgil Widrich
          Nominees
                    Gregor's Greatest Invention
      Johannes Kiefer
          Nominees
                    A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
      Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
          Nominees
                    Speed for Thespians
      Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh
          Sound
      
      Winner
                    Black Hawk Down
      Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
          Nominees
                    Amélie
      Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek
          Nominees
                    Moulin Rouge
      Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
          Nominees
                    Pearl Harbor
      Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
          Sound Editing
      
      Winner
                    Pearl Harbor
      George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
          Nominees
                    Monsters, Inc.
      Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
          Visual Effects
      
      Winner
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
          Nominees
                    A.I. Artificial Intelligence
      Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
          Nominees
                    Pearl Harbor
      Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow
          Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
      
      Winner
                    A Beautiful Mind
      Written by Akiva Goldsman
          Nominees
                    Ghost World
      Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
          Nominees
                    In the Bedroom
      Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
          Nominees
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
          Nominees
                    Shrek
      Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
          Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
      
      Winner
                    Gosford Park
      Written by Julian Fellowes
          Nominees
                    Amélie
      Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
          Nominees
                    Memento
      Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
          Nominees
                    Monster's Ball
      Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
          Nominees
                    The Royal Tenenbaums
      Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson
          A
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
the accountant
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Live Action) - Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
The Affair of the Necklace
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Costume Design - Milena Canonero
Ali
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Will Smith
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jon Voight
Amélie
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Art Direction - Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
- Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel
- Foreign Language Film - France
- Sound - Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Lianne Klapper McNally
B
A Beautiful Mind
    
                                  8 NOMINATIONS, 
                      4 WINS
                        
      - * Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Connelly
- * Directing - Ron Howard
- * Best Picture - Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Akiva Goldsman
- Actor in a Leading Role - Russell Crowe
- Film Editing - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
- Makeup - Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
- Music (Original Score) - James Horner
Black Hawk Down
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      2 WINS
                        
      - * Film Editing - Pietro Scalia
- * Sound - Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
- Cinematography - Slawomir Idziak
- Directing - Ridley Scott
Bridget Jones's Diary
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Renée Zellweger
In the Bedroom
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Wilkinson
- Actress in a Leading Role - Sissy Spacek
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Marisa Tomei
- Best Picture - Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
C
Children Underground
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Edet Belzberg
Copy Shop
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Virgil Widrich
E
Elling
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Norway
F
Fifty Percent Grey
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
For the Birds
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Animated) - Ralph Eggleston
G
Ghost World
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
Give Up Yer Aul Sins
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Gosford Park
    
                                  6 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Julian Fellowes
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- Costume Design - Jenny Beavan
- Directing - Robert Altman
- Best Picture - Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
Gregor's Greatest Invention
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Johannes Kiefer
H
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Art Direction - Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Costume Design - Judianna Makovsky
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
I
I Am Sam
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn
Iris
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actor in a Supporting Role - Jim Broadbent
- Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Kate Winslet
J
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Animated Feature Film - Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
K
Kate & Leopold
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Song) - Until in "Kate & Leopold" Music and Lyric by Sting
L
Lagaan
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - India
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    
                                  13 NOMINATIONS, 
                      4 WINS
                        
      - * Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie
- * Makeup - Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
- * Music (Original Score) - Howard Shore
- * Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Ian McKellen
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
- Costume Design - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
- Directing - Peter Jackson
- Film Editing - John Gilbert
- Music (Original Song) - May It Be in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
- Best Picture - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers
- Sound - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
M
A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
The Man Who Wasn't There
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Cinematography - Roger Deakins
Memento
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Film Editing - Dody Dorn
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
Monster's Ball
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actress in a Leading Role - Halle Berry
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
Monsters, Inc.
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Music (Original Song) - If I Didn't Have You in "Monsters, Inc." Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
- Animated Feature Film - Pete Docter, John Lasseter
- Music (Original Score) - Randy Newman
- Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
Moulin Rouge
    
                                  8 NOMINATIONS, 
                      2 WINS
                        
      - * Art Direction - Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
- * Costume Design - Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
- Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
- Cinematography - Donald M. McAlpine
- Film Editing - Jill Bilcock
- Makeup - Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
- Best Picture - Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
- Sound - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Mulholland Drive
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Directing - David Lynch
Murder on a Sunday Morning
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Documentary (Feature) - Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
N
No Man's Land
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Foreign Language Film - Bosnia & Herzegovina
P
Pearl Harbor
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Sound Editing - George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
- Music (Original Song) - There You'll Be in "Pearl Harbor" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
- Visual Effects - Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow
Promises
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
R
The Royal Tenenbaums
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson
S
Sexy Beast
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Supporting Role - Ben Kingsley
Shrek
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Animated Feature Film - Aron Warner
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
Sing!
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders
Son of the Bride
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Argentina
Speed for Thespians
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh
Strange Invaders
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Cordell Barker
Stubble Trouble
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Joseph E. Merideth
T
Thoth
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Documentary (Short Subject) - Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
Training Day
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actor in a Leading Role - Denzel Washington
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Ethan Hawke
V
Vanilla Sky
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Song) - Vanilla Sky in "Vanilla Sky" Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney
W
War Photographer
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Christian Frei
 
 
 
