Date: 24th March 2003
Chicago Wins Six Oscars
A jubilant Catherine Zeta Jones fought off tough competition from Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, Julianne Moore and co-star Queen Latifah to win the award for best supporting actress in her role as Velma Kelly in Chicago: The Musical (2002).
Roman Polanski's Pianist, The (2002) was the night's surprise winner, scooping the director an Oscar and Adrien Brody the award for best actor.
Nicole Kidman took the best actress award and like many others, used her acceptance speech to denounce the war in Iraq. Michael Moore used his best documentary award as a chance to voice his opinions saying, "We have a fictitious President, who was put in office with fictitious results and he's now conducting a war for fictitious reasons. This is absolutely insane. The lesson for the children of Columbine this week is that violence is an accepted means to resolve a conflict and it's a sad, sick and immoral lesson."
Meanwhile best supporting actor winner, Dennis Quaid, simply said, "I'd like to send out a prayer to the Iraqi people."
Full List of Winners
Best Animated Feature
Spirited Away (2002)
Best Visual Effects
Lord Of The Rings: 2 Towers (2002)
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper
Best Art Direction
Chicago: The Musical (2002)
Best Animated Short Film
The ChubbChubbs
Best Live Action Short Film
This Charming Man
Best Costume Design
Chicago: The Musical (2002)
Best Make-up
Frida (2002)
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Zeta Jones
Best Original Score
Frida (2002)
Best Foreign Language Film
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Best Sound
Chicago: The Musical (2002)
Best Sound Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Documentary Feature
Bowling for Columbine
Best Documentary Short Subject
Lord Of The Rings: 2 Towers (2002)
Best Cinematography
Road to Perdition, The (2001)
Best Film Editing
Chicago: The Musical (2002)
Best Actor
Adrien Brody
Best Original Song
Lose Yourself – 8 Mile (2002)
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Pianist, The (2002)
Best Original Screenplay
Talk To Her
Best Director
Roman Polanski
Best Film
Chicago: The Musical (2002)
Source: Press Release














