This page covers the Academy Awards® for films released in 2002, which were awarded on March 23, 2003. Each list is in the order I would rank them, starting with the film or performance I thought was best. The predictions were last updated on 3/21/2003.
Any comments on this page should be addressed to Mike Weston at mike@misosoup.com.
Who got robbed: Spirited
Away, The Son's Room, All
or Nothing, Far
from Heaven, Minority
Report, among others
My prediction: Chicago (second: The
Pianist)
Actual winner: Chicago
Who got robbed: Hayao
Miyazaki for Spirited
Away, Nanni Moretti for The
Son's Room, Mike Leigh for All
or Nothing, Todd Haynes for Far
from Heaven, Steven
Spielberg for Minority
Report, among others
My prediction: Rob Marshall for Chicago (second: Martin
Scorsese for Gangs
of New York)
Actual winner: Roman Polanski for The
Pianist
Who got robbed: Maggie
Gyllenhaal for Secretary, Susan
Sarandon for Moonlight
Mile
My prediction: Nicole Kidman for The
Hours (second: Renée
Zellweger for Chicago)
Actual winner: Nicole Kidman for The
Hours
Who got robbed: Timothy Spall for All
or Nothing, Robin
Williams for One
Hour Photo
My prediction: Daniel
Day-Lewis for Gangs
of New York (second: Jack
Nicholson for About
Schmidt)
Actual winner: Adrien Brody for The
Pianist
Who got robbed: Dennis
Haysbert for Far
from Heaven
My prediction: Chris
Cooper for Adaptation. (second: Christopher
Walken for Catch
Me If You Can)
Actual winner: Chris
Cooper for Adaptation.
Who got robbed: Samantha
Morton for Minority
Report
My prediction: Catherine
Zeta-Jones for Chicago (second: Meryl
Streep for Adaptation.)
Actual winner: Catherine
Zeta-Jones for Chicago
Who got robbed: Punch-Drunk
Love, Antwone
Fisher
My prediction: Talk to Her (second: Far
from Heaven)
Actual winner: Talk to Her
Who got robbed: The Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers
My prediction: The Hours (second: Adaptation.)
Actual winner: The Pianist
Who got robbed: City
Of God [based on reviews—I haven't seen it yet]
My prediction: Nowhere
in Africa (second: The
Man Without a Past)
Actual winner: Nowhere
in Africa
Who got robbed: No one I can think of
My prediction: Spirited
Away (second: Ice Age)
Actual winner: Spirited
Away
My prediction results: 7 out of 10 (my second place predictions were no help
whatsoever)
Click here for the ballot we used at our
Oscar® party (Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format).
* Roger Ebert's pick (not prediction) on Ebert
and Roeper and the Movies.
** Richard Roeper's pick on Ebert and Roeper and the Movies.
External filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
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