Academy Awards 2000

73rd Annual

Best Picture:
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
Traffic


Actor In A Leading Role:
Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
Russell Crowe, Gladiator
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Ed Harris, Pollock
Geoffrey Rush, Quills

Actress In A Leading Role:
Joan Allen, The Contender
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich


Directing:
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Stephen Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich
Stephen Soderbergh, Traffic


Actor In A Supporting Role:
Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator


Actress In A Supporting Role:
Judi Dench, Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot


Cinematography:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Malena
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Patriot


Screenplay (Original):
Almost Famous
Billy Elliot
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
You Can Count on Me

Screenplay (Adaptation):
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Traffic
Wonder Boys


Documentary (Feature):
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertran-sport
Legacy
Long Night's Journey into Day
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Sound and Fury


Documentary (Short Feature):
Big Mama
Curtain Call
Dolphins
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom


Film Editing:
Almost Famous
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Traffic
Wonder Boys


Art Direction:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dr Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Gladiator
Quills
Vatel


Short Film (Animated):
Father and Daughter
The Periwig-Maker
Rejected


Short Film (Live Action):
By Courier
One Day Crossing
Quiero Ser (I want to be...)
Seraglio
A Soccer Story (Una Historia de Futebol)


Foreign Language Film:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Mandarin China
Amores Perros - Mexico
Divided We Fall - Czech Republic
Everybody Famous - Belgium
The Taste of Others


Costume Design:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dr Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Gladiator
102 Dalmations
Quills


Makeup:
The Cell
Dr Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Shadow of the Vampire

Sound Effects Editing:
Space Cowboys
U-571


Visual Effects:
Gladiator
Hollow Man
The Perfect Storm


Sound:
Cast Away
Gladiator
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
U-571


Original Score:
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Malena
The Patriot


Original Song:
"Things Have Changed" - Wonder Boys - Bob Dylan
"My Funny Friend and Me" - The Emperor's New Groove - Sting
"I've Seen It All" - Dancer in the Dark - Bjork
"A Fool in Love" - Meet the Parents - Randy Newman
"A Love Before Time" - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Jorge Calandrelli & Tan Dun






- 31st time a French film has been nominated for Foreign Language film.
- First time since 1938 (Michael Curtiz) that a director has double nomination.
- Third time in Oscar history movie nominated in both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language. The other two ("Life is Beautiful" and "Z") both won Foreign Language Oscars.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - First subtitled release to win double digit Oscar nominations.
- It's the 7th subtitled film to get Best Picture nomination.
- First Asian film to pick up Best Picture nod.




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