'GLADIATOR' SLAYS 'EM
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Sword and sandal epic takes five awards as Oscars spread out among nominated films

By Rob Blackwelder

"Gladiator," last summer's huge-budget Roman action-adventure drama, was honored as 2000's Best Picture award at the 73rd Academy Awards Sunday night. Russell Crowe, the film's charismatic star, won for Best Actor, and statuettes were awarded for the movie's costumes, special effects and sound design.

Four awards, including Best Foreign Language Film, went to Ang Lee's hugely successful "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Heavily favored for the Best Director nod, Lee lost that category to Steven Soderbergh for "Traffic," which came as a surprise since the director had two films in the running and it was widely assumed he'd cancel himself out. To no one's surprise, Julia Roberts won best actress for "Erin Brockovich," Soderbergh's other nominated film.

The big surprise of the night was when Marcia Gay Harden beat out stiff competition from Judi Dench and Kate Hudson to win Best Supporting Actress for "Pollock."

Here's a complete list of winners, along with our predictions (noted by a bullet) and our preferences (noted by a plus)...

  PICTURE
NOMINEES
"Chocolat"
+ "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Erin Brockovich"
  • "Gladiator"
    "Traffic"
  •   WINNER
    "Gladiator"

      DIRECTOR
    NOMINEES
    Steven Daldry, "Billy Elliot"
  • + Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"
    Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich"
    Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"
  •   WINNER
    Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"
      ACTOR
    NOMINEES
    + Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls"
    Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"
    Ed Harris, "Pollock"
  • Geoffrey Rush, "Quills"
    Tom Hanks, "Cast Away"
  •   WINNER
    Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"
      ACTRESS
    NOMINEES
    Joan Allen, "The Contender"
    Juliette Binoche, "Chocolat"
  • Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
    + Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"
    Laura Linney, "You Can Count On Me"
  •   WINNER
    Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
      SUPPORTING ACTOR
    NOMINEES
    Jeff Bridges, "The Contender"
    + Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire"
  • Benicio Del Toro, "Traffic"
    Albert Finney, "Erin Brockovich"
    Joaquin Phoenix, "Gladiator"
  •   WINNER
    Benicio Del Toro, "Traffic"
      SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    NOMINEES
  • Judi Dench, "Chocolat"
    Marcia Gay Harden, "Pollock"
    Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous"
    Frances McDormand, "Almost Famous"
    + Julie Walters, "Billy Elliot"
  •   WINNER
    Marcia Gay Harden, "Pollock"
      ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    NOMINEES
  • + "Almost Famous," Cameron Crowe
    "Billy Elliot," Lee Hall
    "Erin Brockovich," Susannah Grant
    "Gladiator," David H. Franzoni
    "You Can Count On Me," Kenneth Lonergan
  •   WINNER
    "Almost Famous," Cameron Crowe
      ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    NOMINEES
    "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
  •   WINNER
    "Traffic," Stephen Gaghan
      CINEMATOGRAPHY
    NOMINEES
  • + "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    "Gladiator"
    "Malena"
    "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
    "The Patriot"
  •   WINNER
    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
      EDITING
    NOMINEES
    "Almost Famous"
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    "Gladiator"
    + "Traffic"
    "Wonder Boys"
  •   WINNER
    "Traffic"
      SOUND
    NOMINEES
    "Cast Away"
    "Gladiator"
    "The Patriot"
  • + "The Perfect Storm"
    "U-571"
  •   WINNER
    "Gladiator"
       SOUND EDITING
    NOMINEES
    + "Space Cowboys"
  • "U-571"
  •   WINNER
    "U-571"
      VISUAL EFFECTS
    NOMINEES
    "Gladiator"
    "Hollow Man"
  • + "The Perfect Storm"
  •   WINNER
    "Gladiator"
      ART DIRECTION
    NOMINEES
    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
  • + "Gladiator"
    "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
    "Quills"
    "Vatel"
  •   WINNER
    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
      COSTUME DESIGN
    NOMINEES
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    "Gladiator"
    "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
    "102 Dalmatians"
    + "Quills"
  •   WINNER
    "Gladiator"
      MAKEUP
    NOMINEES
    "The Cell"
  • "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
    + "Shadow of the Vampire"
  •   WINNER
    "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
      FOREIGN FILM
    NOMINEES
  • + "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Taiwan)
    "Amores Perros" (Mexico)
    "Divided We Fall" (Czech Republic)
    "Everybody Famous" (Belgium)
    "A Taste of Others" (France)
  •   WINNER
    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Taiwan)
      DOCUMENTARY
    NOMINEES
  • "Into the Arms of Strangers"
    "Legacy"
    "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
    "Scottsboro"
    "Sound and Fury"
  •   WINNER
    "Into the Arms of Strangers"
      ORIGINAL SCORE
    NOMINEES
    "Chocolat"
  • + "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    "Gladiator"
    "Malena"
    "The Patriot"
  •   WINNER
    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
      SONG
    NOMINEES
    "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"
  •   WINNER
    "Things Have Changed" from "Wonder Boys"






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