Alternative 72nd Academy Awards
Films with multiple awards
1. The Matrix — 4 wins (Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Visual Effects); 3 wins with only one sound category
2. The Insider — 3 wins (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay)
3. American Beauty — 3 wins (Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography) (Best Picture and Best Director are awarded to The Insider)
4. Magnolia — 2 wins (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song)
5. Topsy-Turvy — 2 wins (Best Makeup and Best Costume Design)
Original winners
1. American Beauty (5)
2. The Matrix (4)
3. The Cider House Rules (2)
4. Topsy-Turvy (2)
Revised winners
1. The Matrix (4) (3 with only one sound category)
2. The Insider (3)
3. American Beauty (3)
4. Magnolia (2)
5. Topsy-Turvy (2)
Single winners
1. Boys Don't Cry (Best Actress)
2. Girl, Interrupted (Best Supporting Actress)
3. The Red Violin (Best Original Score)
4. Sleepy Hollow (Best Art Direction)
The Cider House Rules wins nothing.
1. The Matrix — 4 wins (Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Visual Effects); 3 wins with only one sound category
2. The Insider — 3 wins (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay)
3. American Beauty — 3 wins (Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography) (Best Picture and Best Director are awarded to The Insider)
4. Magnolia — 2 wins (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song)
5. Topsy-Turvy — 2 wins (Best Makeup and Best Costume Design)
Original winners
1. American Beauty (5)
2. The Matrix (4)
3. The Cider House Rules (2)
4. Topsy-Turvy (2)
Revised winners
1. The Matrix (4) (3 with only one sound category)
2. The Insider (3)
3. American Beauty (3)
4. Magnolia (2)
5. Topsy-Turvy (2)
Single winners
1. Boys Don't Cry (Best Actress)
2. Girl, Interrupted (Best Supporting Actress)
3. The Red Violin (Best Original Score)
4. Sleepy Hollow (Best Art Direction)
The Cider House Rules wins nothing.
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- DirectorMichael MannStarsRussell CroweAl PacinoChristopher PlummerA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.BEST PICTURE
1. The Insider — Pieter Jan Brugge and Michael Mann, producers ‡
2. American Beauty Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, producers
3. The Green Mile – Frank Darabont and David Valdes, producers
4. Magnolia – JoAnne Sellar and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers
5. The Sixth Sense – Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel, producers
NEW WINNER - DirectorMichael MannStarsRussell CroweAl PacinoChristopher PlummerA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michael Mann – The Insider ‡
2. M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
3. Paul Thomas Anderson – Magnolia
4. Sam Mendes – American Beauty
5. Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich
NEW WINNER - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. American Beauty – Alan Ball ‡
2. Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman
3. Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson
4. The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan
5. Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh - DirectorMichael MannStarsRussell CroweAl PacinoChristopher PlummerA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Insider – Eric Roth and Michael Mann based on the Vanity Fair ‡
2. The Cider House Rules – John Irving based on his novel
3. Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor from the novel by Tom Perrotta
4. The Green Mile – Frank Darabont adapted from the novel by Stephen King
5. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Anthony Minghella adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith
NEW WINNER - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.BEST ACTOR
1. Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham‡
2. Denzel Washington – The Hurricane as Rubin Carter
3. Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story as Alvin Straight
4. Russell Crowe – The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
5. (?) - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.BEST ACTRESS
Either Hilary Swank or Annette Bening deserved to win
1. Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena ‡
2. Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
3. Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker
4. Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles
5. Meryl Streep – Music of the Heart as Roberta Guaspari - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Tom Cruise – Magnolia as Frank T.J. Mackey ‡
2. Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense as Cole Sear
3. Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf
4. Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch
5. Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile as John Coffey
NEW WINNER - DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVallA directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Angelina Jolie – Girl, Interrupted as Lisa Rowe ‡
2. Catherine Keener – Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund
3. Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry as Lana Tisdel
4. Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown as Hattie
5. Toni Collette – The Sixth Sense as Lynn Sear - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. All About My Mother (Spain) in Spanish – Pedro Almodóvar ‡
2. East/West (France) in French – Régis Wargnier
3. Himalaya (Nepal) in Nepalese – Éric Valli
4. Solomon & Gaenor (United Kingdom) in Welsh – Paul Morrison
5. Under the Sun (Sweden) in Swedish – Colin Nutley - DirectorBarbara SchockStarsHelen StenborgPatricia DunnockScott SowersA widowed Midwestern housewife travels to Manhattan for the first time to visit her daughter. Once there, she becomes obsessed with the Hell's Angels-ish bikers' club across the street from her daughter's East Village apartment.BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
1. My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York – Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel ‡
2. Bror, Min Bror – Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten
3. Killing Joe – Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax
4. Kleingeld – Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins
5. Major and Minor Miracles – Marcus Olsson - DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
1.The Old Man and the Sea – Alexander Petrov ‡
2. 3 Misses – Paul Driessen
3. Humdrum – Peter Peake
4. My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts – Torill Kove
5. When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis - DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsMichael DouglasAnkie SpitzerJamal Al GasheyThe Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. One Day in September – Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald ‡
2. Buena Vista Social Club – Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg
3. Genghis Blues – Roko Belic and Adrian Belic
4. On the Ropes – Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
5. Speaking in Strings – Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster - DirectorSusan Hannah HadaryWilliam A. WhitefordStarsPaul HungerfordDan KeplingerA short documentary that focus on artist Dan Keplinger, a man born with cerebral palsy who manages to compose great works of art. Baltimore filmmakers Susan Hadary and William Whiteford then decided to present the life and work of King Gimp as Dan is called by his neighbors.BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
1. King Gimp – Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford ‡
2. Eyewitness – Bert Van Bork
3. The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo – Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack
4. Prison Rodeo – Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack - DirectorFrançois GirardStarsCarlo CecchiJean-Luc BideauChristoph KonczA red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. The Red Violin – John Corigliano ‡
2. American Beauty – Thomas Newman
3. Angela's Ashes – John Williams
4. The Cider House Rules – Rachel Portman
5. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. "Save Me" from Magnolia – Music and Lyrics by Aimee Mann ‡
2. "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut – Music and Lyrics by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
3. "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
4. "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
5. "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan – Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins
NEW WINNER - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.BEST ART DIRECTION
1. Sleepy Hollow – Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young ‡
2. Anna and the King – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
3. The Cider House Rules – Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari
5. Topsy-Turvy – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Eve Stewart and John Bush - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. American Beauty – Conrad Hall ‡
2. The End of the Affair – Roger Pratt
3. The Insider – Dante Spinotti
4. Sleepy Hollow – Emmanuel Lubezki
5. Snow Falling on Cedars – Robert Richardson - DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentAllan CordunerDexter FletcherSet in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Topsy-Turvy – Lindy Hemming ‡
2. Anna and the King – Jenny Beavan
3. Sleepy Hollow – Colleen Atwood
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Ann Roth and Gary Jones
5. Titus – Milena Canonero - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.BEST FILM EDITING
1. The Matrix – Zach Staenberg ‡
2. American Beauty – Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury
3. The Cider House Rules – Lisa Zeno Churgin
4. The Insider – William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom
5. The Sixth Sense – Andrew Mondshein - DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentAllan CordunerDexter FletcherSet in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.BEST MAKEUP
1. Topsy-Turvy – Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud ‡
2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson
3. Bicentennial Man – Greg Cannom
4. Life – Rick Baker - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.BEST SOUND
1. The Matrix – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, and David Lee ‡
2. The Green Mile – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, and Willie D. Burton
3. The Insider – Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill, and Lee Orloff
4. The Mummy – Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, and Chris Munro
5. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, and John Midgley - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
1. The Matrix – Dane Davis ‡
2. Fight Club – Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns
3. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. The Matrix – John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum ‡
2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, and Rob Coleman
3. Stuart Little – John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.5 nominations
1. Best Picture (The Insider)
2. Best Director (The Insider)
3. Best Original Screenplay (American Beauty)
4. Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise)
5. Best Original Song
2 wins
1. Best Supporting Actor
2. Best Original Song