Date: 13th February 2001

Gladiator & Crouching Tiger lead OSCAR Nominations... Full List of Nominations


Roman epic GLADIATOR leads this year's OSCAR nominations, closely followed by martial arts romance CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.

The RIDLEY SCOTT-director Gladiator scored a mammoth 12 nominations, including Best Picture, while Crouching Tiger notched up 10. Scott earned a nomination in the Best Director category, alongside nods for RUSSELL CROWE in the Leading Actor and JOAQUIN PHOENIX in the Supporting Actor sections.

Crouching Tiger earned Director ANG LEE a nomination in addition
to shortlistings in the Best Original Screenplay category and Best
Film.

Other highlights of the shortlisting for the 73rd annual ACADEMY
AWARDS include an unprecedented two nominations for director STEVEN SODERBERGH - one for ERIN BROCKOVICH and one for TRAFFIC, both of which are also up for Best Picture.

TOM HANKS will have to beat Crowe, ED HARRIS, GEOFFREY RUSH and JAVIER BARDEM if he is to scoop a third Best Actor Oscar, while JULIA ROBERTS, Hollywood's highest paid actress, is at last up for Best Actress - as are JOAN ALLEN, ELLEN BURSTYN, JULIETTE BINOCHE and LAURA LINNEY.

CHOCOLAT and Erin Brockovich both scored a total of five nominations, with ALMOST FAMOUS scoring four and BILLY ELLIOT three.

The full list of nominations is as follows:

Actor - Leading
JAVIER BARDEM
RUSSELL CROWE
TOM HANKS
ED HARRIS
GEOFFREY RUSH

Actor- Supporting
JEFF BRIDGES
WILLEM DAFOE
BENICIO DEL TORO
ALBERT FINNEY
JOAQUIN PHOENIX

Actress - Leading
JOAN ALLEN
JULIETTE BINOCHE
ELLEN BURSTYN
LAURA LINNEY
JULIA ROBERTS

Actress - Supporting
JUDI DENCH
MARCIA GAY HARDEN
KATE HUDSON
FRANCES MCDORMAND
JULIE WALTERS

Art Direction
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
GLADIATOR
QUILLS
VATEL

Cinematography
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
MALÔNA
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
THE PATRIOT

Costume Design
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
GLADIATOR
102 DALMATIANS
QUILLS

Directing
BILLY ELLIOT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ERIN BROCKOVICH
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC

Documentary Feature
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
LEGACY
LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
SOUND AND FURY

Documentary Short
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

Foreign Language Film
AMORES PERROS
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DIVIDED WE FALL
EVERYBODY FAMOUS!
THE TASTE OF OTHERS

Make-up
THE CELL
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE

Music (Score)
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
GLADIATOR
MALÔNA
THE PATRIOT

Music (Song)
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DANCER IN THE DARK
THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
MEET THE PARENTS
WONDER BOYS

Best Picture
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ERIN BROCKOVICH
GLADIATOR
TRAFFIC

Short - Animated
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
THE PERIWIG-MAKER
REJECTED

Short- Live Action
BY COURIER
ONE DAY CROSSING
QUIERO SER (I WANT TO BE...)
SERAGLIO
A SOCCER STORY (UNA HISTORIA DE FUTEBOL)

Sound
CAST AWAY
GLADIATOR
THE PATRIOT
THE PERFECT STORM
U-571

Sound Editing
SPACE COWBOYS
U-571

Visual Effects
GLADIATOR
HOLLOW MAN
THE PERFECT STORM

Writing (Adapted)
CHOCOLAT
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
TRAFFIC
WONDER BOYS

Writing (Original)
ALMOST FAMOUS
BILLY ELLIOT
ERIN BROCKOVICH
GLADIATOR
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

(MCM/WNWC/KW)

Source: WENN


 

 

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