- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 75TH AWARDS - March 23, 8:30/5:30p on ABC
Performance by an actor in a leading role Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia) Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax) Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)
Performance by an actress in a leading role Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax) Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox) Julianne Moore in FAT FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Rene Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line) Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax) Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Best animated feature film of the year ICE AGE (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista) Ron Clements
Achievement in art direction CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gord Sim FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Achievement in cinematography CHICAGO (Miramax) Dion Beebe FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Edward Lachman GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Michael Ballhaus THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Pawel Edelman ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Conrad L. Hall
Achievement in costume design CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard
Achievement in directing CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodvar
Best documentary feature BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (United Artists and Alliance Atlantis) A Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production Michael Moore and Michael Donovan DAUGHTER FROM DANANG (Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures) An Interfaze Educational Production Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco PRISONER OF PARADISE (Alliance Atlantis) A Mdia Vrit/Caf Production Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender SPELLBOUND (THINKFilm) A Blitz/Welch Production Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch WINGED MIGRATION (Sony Pictures Classics) A Galate Films/France 2 Cinma/France 3 Cinma/Les Productions de la Guville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production Jacques Perrin
Best documentary short subject THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET An Alice Elliott Production Alice Elliott MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS A Tell the Truth Pictures Production Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston TWIN TOWERS A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN? A Public Policy Production Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel
Achievement in film editing CHICAGO (Miramax) Martin Walsh GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Thelma Schoonmaker THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Peter Boyle THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Michael Horton THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Herv de Luze
Best foreign language film of the year EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO An Alameda Films/BluFilms/Foprocine/Gob. del Estado de Veracruz-Llave Production Mexico HERO A Beijing New Picture Film Company/Elite Group Enterprises Production People's Republic of China THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST A Sputnik Oy/Pandora Film/Pyramide Prods. Production Finland NOWHERE IN AFRICA An MTM Medien & Television Mnchen Production Germany ZUS & ZO A Filmprodukties de Luwte Production The Netherlands
Achievement in makeup FRIDA (Miramax) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba THE TIME MACHINE (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) Burn It Blue from FRIDA (Miramax) Music by Elliot Goldenthal Lyric by Julie Taymor Father and Daughter from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) Music and Lyric by Paul Simon The Hands That Built America from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen I Move On from CHICAGO (Miramax) Music by John Kander Lyric by Fred Ebb Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyric by Eminem
Best motion picture of the year CHICAGO (Miramax) A Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production Martin Richards, Producer GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) An Alberto Grimaldi Production Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) A Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) A New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers THE PIANIST (Focus Features) An R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers
Best animated short film THE CATHEDRAL A Platige Image Production Tomek Baginski THE CHUBBCHUBBS! (Columbia) A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production Eric Armstrong DAS RAD A Filmakademie Baden-Wrttemberg GmbH Production Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger MIKE'S NEW CAR (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Pete Docter and Roger Gould MT. HEAD A Yamamura Animation Production Koji Yamamura
Best live action short film FAIT D'HIVER An Another Dimension of an Idea Production Dirk Belin and Anja Daelemans I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE ... (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT ...) A La Bote Production Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin INJA (DOG) An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone JOHNNY FLYNTON A Red Corner Production Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND) An M&M Productions for Novellefilm Production Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen
Achievement in sound CHICAGO (Miramax) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick
Achievement in sound editing THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox and DreamWorks) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott A. Hecker
Achievement in visual effects THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
Adapted screenplay ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Original screenplay FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan Story by Jay Cocks MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodvar Y TU MAM TAMBIN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuaró and Alfonso Cuaró
Pretty much as expected. My only major objections are Richard Gere's absence for Chicago (especially when Renee "Plucked Chicken" Zellwegger got nominated) and the frankly appalling fact that Peter Jackson was snubbed in the Best Director category.
"Here's the thing: I don't give a tupenny f*ck about your moral conundrum, you meatheaded shit-sack. That's pretty much the thing." Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, Gangs Of New York. You'd be surprised at how many statements this can be used as a response to.
The nomination for Diane Lane rules. Hahahaha to all the E! commentators who said she wouldn't be nominated because she wasn't in an "Oscar-level" movie. Adrian Lyne is a fine director. Oh man, I need to watch "Foxes" again.
I haven't seen "Man Without a Past" but it's by Aki Kaurismaki so obviously it is awesome.
Todd Haynes can bite me and um what exactly makes "Far From Heaven" an Original Screenplay nominee? "Hey, I know, I'll rewrite 'All That Heaven Allows' with a black dude, what a smashing idea!" AHHHHH he is the worst.
I love Adrien Brody. Also, ROMAN POLANSKI YES YES YES YES WHOO
The only thing I enjoy more than doing the crossword puzzle is actually finishing it.
Salma Hayek got her nomination for lots of nudity and a strong lesbian scene. Other than that it was the worst performance by an actress I have seen in years. It would have been nice if she learned how to walk with a limp.
The lack of About Schmidt in the Best Picture leads me to believe that Nicholson will get the nod for Best Actor and Gangs will win Best Picture. Renee Zellweger will win Best Actress. Gangs and Chicago will also pick up a lot of lesser wins. Best Supporting Actress is hard to figure with 3 strong candidates in Kathy Bates, Queen Latifah, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but it should come down to either Bates or Zeta-Jones. Best Supporting Actor will go to Paul Newman. Best Documentary will go to Bowling for Columbine unless one of the other nominees is about World War 2 (that's the way it goes.) The rest of the show will be a fight between Chicago and Gangs to see who can grab the most Oscars. Scorsese wins Best Director.
My final take:
Gangs - 5 Oscars Chicago - 4 Oscars
Edit: To explain my Hayek bitterness, I walked out of the theater with a bitter feeling after Frida. On one hand, I was very interested in her artwork; which was shown throughout the movie. An exhibition of her artwork would be interesting and I might be interested in purchasing one of her paintings. On the other hand, the lack of a limp just killed any sympathy I may have had for her character. To miss such a simple and small, yet important point is inexcusable.
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Judging from today's nominations I guess giant $100 million dollar epic movies just kind of direct themselves to Best Picture nominations. Oh well, if PJ had to get bumped I'm glad it was for Pedro.
Oh, and if Spirited Away does not win for Best Animated Film, I am going to hunt down the AMPAS members one by one and rain vengeance and wrath upon them.
So what are the odds on Julianne Moore pulling the Daily Double this year?
Two Towers here I think really suffered from Jan Brady syndrome. I assume it will get the big hardware next year.
I really wanted Sam Rockwell to get nominated for the Chuck Barris movie.
Can Miyazaki beat Disney? God, I hope so.
"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation
I would have put Rockwell in there, too. There's a part about midway through the movie, when he's in Germany, when he makes some bizarre transformation from a guy doing a great job playing Chuck Barris to fading into him on some whole other level. He deserved at least a nomination.
How is Gangs of New York up for best original screenplay if it was taken (on at least some level) from the book Scorcese read in one day? And was Adaptation really an adaptation and not just about an adaptation? I think they got those two backwards.
I'd be shocked if they actually gave Polanski the best director award. Would he have to do a satellite link acceptance? I bet Daldry ends up getting it, somehow.
Road To Perdition should get Best Cinematography, there was some really great stuff in there. Star Wars got robbed for the effects Oscar last time, but I thought the effects weren't as good in Episode II, whereas except for one really cruddy shot, the effects got much better in Two Towers from the first Rings movie (the cave troll thing was goofy looking) and Spider-man wasn't quite as good as either Clones or Two Towers, effects-wise.
Gangs should win for costume design for those kick-ass giant stilt pants things that Bill wears on the docks.
Nothing really suprising in the lead acting categories. I don't think anyone was still expecting an nod for Adam Sandler or Eminem, but it would've made a great story if there was. Robin Williams was *robbed* in "One Hour Photo", a movie that would've been completely unwatchable without his performance.
Personally, I was expecting to see Maggie Gyllenhaal get a nomination for "Secretary", even if no one else on the planet was.
"Adaptation" *was* an adaptation of "The Orchard Thief", and every one of the Meryl Streep/Chris Cooper sequences came right out of the book. (Well, except the last few, of course.)
I would've liked to have seen a nomination for Andy Serkis as well, but I can understand why they didn't want to open up that can of worms, especially considering, as great as the voice acting was, most of that (admittedly) incredible performance came from the facial expressions. The people who really deserve that award will get it when they pick up Best Visual Effects. (A few of the sequences in "Spiderman" looked fake, and "Star Wars", while having truly awe-inspiring effects, still can't compare to the incredibly subtlety of Gollum.)
As far as the film itself goes, I agree, barring a 3 1/2 hour epic about World War II, "The Return of the King" already has next year's Best Picture (and probably Best Director) all wrapped up.
Man, all you have to do is make an animated movie and you get an Oscar nom, huh? I mean, I guess "Ice Age" wasn't *bad*, persay...
"Contrary to popular belief, there are no good wars, with the following exceptions: the American Revolution, World War II and the 'Star Wars' trilogy." -Bart Simpson
I think Chicago is pretty much a lock for Best Picture.
Director is between Marshell and Scorsese, and probably since GONY got a Best Picture nom, Scorsese will get his long overdue honour. Good to see Almovodar get nominated, but I would've rather voted for Spike Jonze or Peter Jackson over the cradle-robber.
Best Actor is between Jack and Day-Lewis. Richard Gere got jobbed by his own studio, who promoted him as a lead when he was really a supporting actor.
Best Actress is probably going to Julianne Moore, since voters are going to want to give her something out of her two nominations.
Best Supporting Actor will probably be Chris Cooper, though Newman could get in there. Surprised to see Dennis Quaid get snubbed.
Best Supporting Actress is the toughest category of them all. I'd probably lean towards Streep, but Zeta-Jones was just so good.
Best Adapted Screenplay will be, no surprise, Adaptation
Best Original Screenplay may well go to Almodovar, since with the directing nomination, it seems like the Academy is taking a shine to him. If not him, then Nia Vardalos.
Speaking of Almodovar, how the hell did Talk to Her NOT get nominated for Best Foreign Film??
Best Animated Film SHOULD be Spirited Away. What actually will win is anyone's guess.
U2 have Best Song pretty much in the bag. Should be fun to see their performance.
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I too was surprised to see no nomination for Richard Gere (not that I was wanting one...but there was just soooooo much buzz). The acting race is between Day-Lewis and Nicholson with Nicholson getting the sentimentality vote. Supporting Actor will go to Cooper, he has won every single pre oscar award and from what I hear there are a lot of people in Hollywood who want to see him awarded out of a sign of respect. I think in a different year Newman would get the sentimentality vote. I would love to see John C. Reilly win for Chicago, but he is an actor that Hollywood is just now really starting to warm up to and he will get many chances to win down the road. Actress is all about Moore and Kidman. Tough call to make, Moore won't win two oscars, but I think she will take home one award. So...I think it depends more on who hollywood wants to honor more: Kidman as lead or Zeta-Jones as Supporting Actress, because supporting actress is between Zeta-Jones and Moore (although my personal favorite performance was Kathy Bates). Director is a toss up between Rob Marshall and Scorsese. I think Scorsese is the sentimental choice, but damn was Chicago such a busy (in a good way) film that Hollywood may want to honor the man who orchestrated it all.
Best picture will be Chicago, it's got the buzz. Not enough people in Hollywood actually like The Hours, but it looks and smells like an Oscar worthy film...so its in the race. And Gangs only really shot is for director or lead actor and a few of design awards.
Was anyone really expecting Andy Serkis to get a nomination? Yes I know that all the physicality of the character came from Serkis himself, but at the end of the day it really is just a voice-over. And besides, Hollywood is not about to give out an award for something that frightens them: flesh and blood actors being replaced with cgi.
So Eminem gets a nomination for best song, does that mean we will see him perform at the Kodak Theater on March 23rd?
Another thought, no one I know likes Renee Zellwegger. Yet, this is her second straight year as a lead actress contender. Huh.
Oh, and THANK GOD that voters weren't fooled by the big steaming pile of crap that was "My Big Fat Greek Wedding!" was deserving of a best picture nomination (I can handle the screenplay nom...)
One last prediction, Spirited Away will lose to the dark horse Lilo and Stitch. Its all politics, last year Disney lost out on the animation award so this year they get the consolation prize.
I believe that this is actually Renee's third consecutive nomination (Nurse Betty and Bridget Jones).
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"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation
Renee Zelwegger wasn't up for an Oscar for "Nurse Betty". A Golden Globe, but not an Oscar... (What about "Jerry Maguire"? Did she get anything for that?)
Oh, and Martin Scorcese will win Best Director. It's not even a contest. Do you know why? Because he's never won it. He won't only be getting the award for "Gangs of New York", but retroactively for "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver".
"Contrary to popular belief, there are no good wars, with the following exceptions: the American Revolution, World War II and the 'Star Wars' trilogy." -Bart Simpson
Considering Buena Vista distributed this movie, a Disney owned company, even if one of their two movies don't win (Lilo and Stitch and Treasure Planet) they'd still "win" if Spirited Away gets the nod. As long as Spirit and Ice Age don't win I'll be a happy Mouseketeer.
No love for the fanboys. Besides Two Towers get the motion picture nod, they got hosed. While they did the visual and sound nominations, no nods to the actors or for costume. Which means Daniel Day Lewis hat is more of an achievement than the Urki-hai? Spidey gets 2 noms, didn't get it for best song either, Episdoe II and Minority get 1, Harry Potter, Nemesis and Signs strike out. I am baffled on why Signs didn't at least get something. I am sensing a level of hate from the Academy coming towards M. Night.
Speaking of Academy hating anyone want to put odds on Bowling for Columbine not winning the oscar, I say its 1 to 1, because the movie was really good and people saw it. Remember succesful documentaries never win, because art kids have to suffer for their art while Jim Carry gets $20 million a picture.
All in all, this looked like such a chick line-up for oscars, Two Towers nod was to keep the fanboys at bay while the chick films rolled in. Its going to be a Scourse night which is fine, but it should have done when Raging Bull or Godfellas was out. I am just shocked Insomina and One Hour Photo got nothing, these were quality films and probably the best acting Robin Williams and Pacino did. The Academy has to stop allowing limited releases films to squeeze in. The small films get all the hype due to how hard they are to find, but if they were put out in the first week, they would tank and they would never ever be considered. I think its a cheap way to do it plus I know a ton of people who go see About Schmidt and other hard to find movies, I have not might one person who has seen the Hours or Chicago, has anyone actually seen these films??
A Fan- If Enemin performs and Whoopi hosts, its going to be a fun show.
Ick. I think I've seen and enjoyed a grand total of 6 movies that were nominated in ANY category this year. Guess I won't be interested at all this year.
For what it's worth: Two Towers got robbed, but I can only hope that they're waiting until next year to "give the awards to the whole series".
I'm guessing Ice Age will take "Best Animated" picture, because given the choices, it really sticks out as a film the Academy would latch onto (good enough and popular enough that they will recieve no backlash).
I'd like to have seen a "suprise" nomination, or something. But down the line it's "Drama, Drama, Drama, Musical Drama, Drama". Note to The Academy: Dramas Aren't the Only Good Movie. Thank you.
RAW Satire 2/10 Buffy 7.13 gets a 5.0 Three subplots and the BEST one featured Giles getting groped by Andrew. Egh.
Perhaps the reason limited release films are nominated often yet not seen by many is because the taste of most filmgoers sucks big honking ass? The Oscars are (ostensibly) to recognize quality, not what movie people wanted to see the most. The fact that most people would rather go see "Kangaroo Jack" than "The Pianist" does not make DF a better film. It just makes me sad for the movie going public.
Total credit: IMDb.com "Disney Home Video Shelves 'Ed Wood' Again Mystery surrounds the decision by Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment to postpone for a second time the DVD release of Tim Burton's Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp.