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YEAR-END FODDER
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WHAT: 73rd Annual Academy Awards
WHEN: Nominations on 2.13.2001, Awards on 3.25.2001
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SPLICEDwire predicted
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Best PICTURE
Sure Things:
"Cast Away"
"Erin Brockovich"
"Gladiator"
"Traffic"
Even Money:
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Quills"
The Competition:
"Almost Famous"
"Chocolat"
Best DIRECTOR
Sure Things:
Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich"
Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"
Robert Zemekis, "Cast Away"
Good Bets:
Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger..."
Philip Kaufman, "Quills"
The Competition:
Cameron Crowe, "Almost Famous"
Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"
Best ACTOR
Sure Things:
Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"
Geoffrey Rush, "Quills"
Tom Hanks, "Cast Away"
Good Bets:
Michael Douglas, "Wonder Boys"
Ed Harris, "Pollock"
The Competition:
Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls"
Best ACTRESS
Sure Things:
Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
Joan Allen, "The Contender"
Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"
Laura Linney, "You Can Count On Me"
Good Bet:
Juliette Binoche, "Chocolat"
Even Money:
Gillian Anderson, "The House of Mirth"
Cate Blanchett, "The Gift"
Renee Zellweger, "Nurse Betty"
Best SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sure Things:
Benicio Del Toro, "Traffic"
Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire"
Albert Finney, "Erin Brockovich"
Even Money:
Billy Crudup, "Almost Famous"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Almost Fa..."
Joaquin Phoenix, "Gladiator"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Quills"
The Competition:
Jeff Bridges, "The Contender"
Gary Oldman, "The Contender"
Bruce Greenwood, "Thirteen Days"
Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sure Things:
Frances McDormand, "Almost Famous"
Julie Walters, "Billy Elliot"
Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Traffic"
Good Bets:
Judi Dench, "Chocolat"
Marcia Gay Harden, "Pollock"
Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous"
The Competition:
Julie Walters, "Billy Elliot"
Kate Winslet, "Quills"
Best ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sure Things:
"Almost Famous"
"Erin Brockovich"
"State & Main"
"You Can Count On Me"
Even Money:
"Thirteen Days"
The Competition:
"Billy Elliot"
"The Contender"
Best ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sure Things:
"Traffic"
"Quills"
"Wonder Boys"
Good Bets:
"The House of Mirth"
"Requiem for a Dream"
The Competition:
"Chocolat"
"All the Pretty Horses"
"High Fidelity"
Best CINEMATOGRAPHY:
"Traffic," "The Perfect Storm," "Quills," "Gladiator" and "Crouching Tiger..."
Best EDITING:
"Cast Away," "Traffic," possibly "Quills", "The Perfect Storm"
Best SOUND/Best SOUND EDITING:
"The Perfect Storm," "Gladiator," "The Cell"
Best VISUAL EFFECTS:
"Dinosaur," "Crouching Tiger...," "Space Cowboys," "Hollow Man," "The Perfect Storm."
Best ART DIRECTION:
"Gladiator," "Quills," "The Cell," "How the Grinch..." & maybe "The House of Mirth" or "Shadow of the Vampire"
Best COSTUMES:
"Quills," "The House of Mirth," "Gladiator," & maybe "Erin Brockovich," "Thirteen Days" or "O Brother..."
Best MAKEUP:
"Grinch," "Shadow of the Vampire," obviously.
Best DOCUMENTARY:
"Paragraph 175," "Into the Arms of Strangers," "Dark Days"
Best FOREIGN LANGUAGE Film:
"Crouching Tiger...," "Malena,", "Solas"
Best ORIGINAL SCORE:
"Erin Brockovich," "Chocolat," "Gladiator," "The Patriot," "Crouching Tiger...," "Malena"
Best ORIGINAL SONG:
Songs from "Almost Famous," "Wonder Boys," "The Emperor's New Groove"
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Stiff competition but few big surprises in 2001 Oscar nominees
"Gladiator" slayed 'em at the pre-dawn announcement of the 73rd Academy Award nominations on February 13rd. The epic sandal opera was nominated for 12 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
Historical swordplay was the order of the day, as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" garnered 10 nods, including ones for Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay. The Taiwanese martial arts romance surpassed "Life Is Beautiful" as the highest grossing foreign language film in US history this weekend and it's still gathering steam, climbing to the No. 4 position at the box office in its 10th week in release.
Director Steven Soderbergh will compete against himself in two categories as his films "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" have booth been nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. Julia Roberts was nominated for Best Actress for "Brockovich," a nod that has been anticipated since the film opened in March. "Brockovich" received five nominations, as did the Juliette Binoche romance "Chocolat."
Here the complete list of this year's Oscar nominees:
"Chocolat"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Erin Brockovich"
"Gladiator"
"Traffic"
Early odds: The race is between "Gladiator" and "Erin Brockovich"
Steven Daldry, "Billy Elliot"
Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"
Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich"
Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"
Early odds on: Soderbergh for "Brockovich"
Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls"
Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"
Ed Harris, "Pollock"
Geoffrey Rush, "Quills"
Tom Hanks, "Cast Away"
Early odds: Rush vs. Crowe
Joan Allen, "The Contender"
Juliette Binoche, "Chocolat"
Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"
Laura Linney, "You Can Count On Me"
Early odds on: Roberts. It's a lock.
Jeff Bridges, "The Contender"
Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire"
Benicio Del Toro, "Traffic"
Albert Finney, "Erin Brockovich"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Gladiator"
Early odds: It's a three-way race between Dafoe, Del Toro, Finney
Judi Dench, "Chocolat"
Marcia Gay Harden, "Pollock"
Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous"
Frances McDormand, "Almost Famous"
Julie Walters, "Billy Elliot"
Early odds: Dench or McDormand - but it's a toss-up.
"Almost Famous," Cameron Crowe
"Billy Elliot," Lee Hall
"Erin Brockovich," Susannah Grant
"Gladiator", David H. Franzoni
"You Can Count On Me," Kenneth Lonergan
Early odds on: "Almost Famous"
"Chocolat," Robert Nelson Jacobs
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?," Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
"Traffic," Stephen Gaghan
"Wonder Boys," Steve Kloves
Early odds on: "Chocolat" is the only one out for sure. But "Tiger" looks good.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Gladiator"
"Malena"
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
"The Patriot"
Early odds on: "Crouching Tiger..."
"Almost Famous"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Gladiator"
"Traffic"
"Wonder Boys"
Early odds on: "Traffic" (it effortlessly juggles so many stories)
"Cast Away"
"Gladiator"
"The Patriot"
"The Perfect Storm"
"U-571"
Early odds on: "Gladiator," "Storm" or "U-571"
"Space Cowboys"
"U-571"
Early odds: Even
"Gladiator"
"Hollow Man"
"The Perfect Storm"
Early odds on: "Perfect Storm" can't be beat.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Gladiator"
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
"Quills"
"Vatel"
Early odds on: "Crouching Tiger..."
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Gladiator"
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
"102 Dalmatians"
"Quills"
Early odds on: "Quills"
"The Cell"
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
"Shadow of the Vampire"
Early odds on: "Shadow"
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Best FOREIGN LANGUAGE film
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"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Taiwan)
"Amores Perros" (Mexico)
"Divided We Fall" (Czech Republic)
"Everybody Famous" (Belgium)
"A Taste of Others" (France)
Early odds on: "Crouching Tiger." Bet the farm.
"Into the Arms of Strangers"
"Legacy"
"Long Day's Journey Into Night"
"Scottsboro"
"Sound and Fury"
Early odds on: "Into the Arms..."
"Chocolat"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Gladiator"
"Malena"
"The Patriot"
Early odds: "Malena" or "Tiger"
"A Fool for Love" from "Meet the Parents"
"I've Seen It All" from "Dancer in the Dark"
"A Love Before Time" from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"My Funny Friend and Me" from "The Emperor's New Groove"
"Things Have Changed" from "Wonder Boys"
Early odds: Ahh, who cares?
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