2000 Oscars
This page covers the Academy Awards
for films released in 2000, to be awarded on March 25, 2001. This is my
rough ranking of the nominees in each category (I've actually managed to
see all of them), followed by my prediction of who will actually win. For
a different take on the year's best films, see Roger Ebert's top
10 list for the year.
-- Mike, Rankings and
predictions as of 3/22/2001, updated with winners 3/25/2001
Best Picture
-
Traffic *
-
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
**
-
Erin Brockovich
-
Chocolat
-
Gladiator
My prediction: Gladiator
Actual winner: Gladiator
Best Director
-
Steven Soderbergh,
Traffic
-
Ang Lee, Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon
-
Steven Soderbergh,
Erin
Brockovich
-
Ridley Scott, Gladiator
-
Stephen Daldry, Billy
Elliot
My prediction: Ang Lee,
Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Actual winner: Steven
Soderbergh,
Traffic
Best Actress
-
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem
for a Dream *
-
Laura Linney, You
Can Count On Me
-
Joan Allen, The
Contender **
-
Julia Roberts, Erin
Brockovich
-
Juliette Binoche,
Chocolat
My prediction: Julia Roberts,
Erin
Brockovich
Actual winner: Julia
Roberts, Erin Brockovich
Best Actor
-
Ed Harris, Pollock
*
-
Tom Hanks, Cast
Away **
-
Javier Bardem, Before
Night Falls
-
Geoffrey Rush, Quills
-
Russell Crowe, Gladiator
My prediction: Tom Hanks,
Cast
Away
Actual winner: Russell
Crowe, Gladiator
Best Supporting Actor
-
Benicio Del Toro,
Traffic
-
Willem Dafoe, Shadow
of the Vampire *
-
Jeff Bridges, The
Contender **
-
Albert Finney, Erin
Brockovich
-
Joaquin Phoenix,
Gladiator
My prediction: Benicio
Del Toro,
Traffic
Actual winner: Benicio
Del Toro,
Traffic
Best Supporting Actress
-
Kate Hudson, Almost
Famous *, **
-
Marcia Gay Harden,
Pollock
-
Frances McDormand,
Almost
Famous
-
Judi Dench, Chocolat
-
Julie Walters, Billy
Elliot
My prediction: Judi Dench,
Chocolat
Actual winner: Marcia
Gay Harden,
Pollock
Best Original Screenplay
-
You Can Count On Me
-
Almost Famous
-
Billy Elliot
-
Erin Brockovich
-
Gladiator
My prediction: You Can Count
On Me
Actual winner: Almost Famous
Best Adapted Screenplay
-
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
-
Wonder Boys
-
Traffic
-
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
-
Chocolat
My prediction: Traffic
Actual winner: Traffic
* Roger Ebert's pick on Ebert
and Roeper and the Movies
** Richard Roeper's pick on Ebert and Roeper and the Movies
Filmography links courtesy of IMDb.
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Copyright © 2001-2003
by Michael S. Weston. All rights reserved.