2001 Oscars
This page covers the Academy Awards
for films released in 2001, which were awarded on March 24, 2002. Each
list is in the order I would rank them in, starting with the film or performance
I thought was best.
-- Mike, Rankings and
predictions as of 3/22/2002, updated with winners 3/24/2002
Best Picture
-
In the Bedroom *
-
A Beautiful Mind **
-
Moulin Rouge!
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring
-
Gosford Park
Who got robbed: Lantana
My prediction: A Beautiful
Mind (second: The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Actual winner: A Beautiful
Mind
Best Director
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Ridley Scott for Black
Hawk Down
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David Lynch for Mulholland
Dr.
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Ron Howard for A
Beautiful Mind
-
Peter Jackson for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring
-
Robert Altman for
Gosford Park
Who got robbed: Todd Field
for In the Bedroom, Ray
Lawrence for Lantana
My prediction: Ron Howard
for A Beautiful Mind (second:
Robert Altman for
Gosford Park)
Actual winner: Ron Howard
for A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress
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Sissy Spacek for In
the Bedroom
-
Halle Berry for Monster's
Ball *
-
Judi Dench for Iris
-
Renée Zellweger
for Bridget Jones's Diary
-
Nicole Kidman for
Moulin Rouge! **
Who got robbed: Charlotte
Rampling for Under the Sand
My prediction: Sissy
Spacek for In the Bedroom
(second: Halle Berry
for Monster's Ball)
Actual winner: Halle
Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actor
-
Tom Wilkinson
for In the Bedroom
-
Russell Crowe for
A Beautiful Mind **
-
Sean Penn for I
Am Sam
-
Denzel Washington
for Training Day *
-
Will Smith for Ali
Who got robbed: Guy Pearce
for Memento, John
Cameron Mitchell for Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
My prediction: Denzel
Washington for Training
Day (second: Russell
Crowe for A Beautiful Mind)
Actual winner: Denzel
Washington for Training
Day
Best Supporting Actor
-
Ben Kingsley for Sexy
Beast *, **
-
Jim Broadbent for
Iris
-
Ian McKellen for The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
-
Ethan Hawke for Training
Day
-
Jon Voight for Ali
Who got robbed: Steve
Buscemi for Ghost World
My prediction: Ian
McKellen for The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (second: Ben
Kingsley for Sexy Beast)
Actual winner: Jim
Broadbent for Iris
Best Supporting Actress
-
Marisa Tomei for In
the Bedroom *, **
-
Kate Winslet for Iris
-
Jennifer Connelly
for A Beautiful Mind
-
Maggie Smith for Gosford
Park
-
Helen Mirren for Gosford
Park
Who got robbed: No one I can think of so far
My prediction: Jennifer
Connelly for A Beautiful
Mind (second: Helen
Mirren for Gosford Park)
Actual winner: Jennifer
Connelly for A Beautiful
Mind
Best Original Screenplay
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Memento
-
The Royal Tenenbaums
-
Amélie
-
Gosford Park
-
Monster's Ball
Who got robbed: Monsters, Inc.
My prediction: Memento
(second: Gosford Park)
Actual winner: Gosford Park
Best Adapted Screenplay
-
Ghost World
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring
-
Shrek
-
In the Bedroom
-
A Beautiful Mind
Who got robbed: Harry Potter
And The Sorcerer's Stone
My prediction: A Beautiful
Mind (second: The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Actual winner: A Beautiful
Mind
Best Foreign Language Film
-
Elling (Norway)
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No Man's Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
-
Amélie (France)
-
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in
India (India) (have not seen, but I picked up the DVD)
-
Son of the Bride (Argentina)
(have not seen)
Who got robbed: Italian For
Beginners (Denmark)
My prediction: No Man's
Land (second: Amélie)
Actual winner: No Man's
Land
Best Animated Feature Film
-
Monsters, Inc.
-
Shrek
-
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Who got robbed: Some people would say Waking
Life (I probably wouldn't be one of them)
My prediction: Shrek
(second: Monsters, Inc.)
Actual winner: Shrek
Results and Ballot
My prediction results: 7 out of 10 (9 out of 10 including my second place
predictions in each category)
Click here for the ballot we used
at our Oscar party (PDF)
* Roger Ebert's pick (not prediction) 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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