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2001

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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
Julia Roberts
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Best Actress winner for Erin Brockovich

Tan Dun
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Original Score winner for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Benicio Del Toro and Steven Soderbergh
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Supporting Actor and Directing winners for Traffic

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
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