Awards Watch 2000

AA = Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Awards BSFC = Boston Society of Film Critics BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Association C = Cinemarati: The Web Alliance for Film Commentary CFCA = Chicago Film Critics Association DFWFCA = Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association FFCC = Florida Film Critics Circle GG = Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) GS = Golden Satellite Awards (International Press Academy) KCFCC = Kansas City Film Critics Circle LAFCA = Los Angeles Film Critics Association LVFCS = Las Vegas Film Critics Society NBR = National Board of Review NSFC = National Society of Film Critics NYFCC = New York Film Critics Circle OFCS = Online Film Critics Society PFCS = Phoenix Film Critics Society SAG = Screen Actors Guild SDFCS = San Diego Film Critics Society SFCA = Southeastern Film Critics Association

TFCA = Toronto Film Critics Association

PICTURE

Almost Famous (BSFC, CFCA, GG - Musical/Comedy, OFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCA)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (LAFCA, TFCA)
Erin Brockovich (LVFCS)
Gladiator (AA, BFCA, GG - Drama, Producers Guild of America)
Nurse Betty (GS - Musical/Comedy)
Quills (NBR)
Traffic (C, DFWFCA, FFCC, GS - Drama, KCFCC, NYFCC)
Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (NSFC)

ACTOR

Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls (NBR, NSFC, SFCA - tie)
George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (GG - Musical/Comedy)
Russell Crowe, Gladiator (AA, BFCA, DFWFCA, SDFCS)
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic (SAG, TFCA)
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys (GS - Musical/Comedy, LAFCA, SFCA - tie)
Colin Farrell, Tigerland (BSFC)
Tom Hanks, Cast Away (CFCA, GG - Drama, NYFCC, OFCS)
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me (C)
Geoffrey Rush, Quills (FFCC, GS - Drama, KCFCC, LVFCS, PFCS)

ACTRESS

Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream (BSFC, C, CFCA, FFCC, GS - Drama, KCFCC, LVFCS, OFCS, PFCS, SFCA)
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me (DFWFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS - tie, TFCA)
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich (AA, BFCA, GG - Drama, LAFCA, NBR, SAG, SDFCS - tie)
Renée Zellweger, Nurse Betty (GG - Musical/Comedy, GS - Musical/Comedy)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire (GS - Musical/Comedy, LAFCA, PFCS)
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic (AA, C, CFCA, FFCC, GG, KCFCC, LVFCS, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCS - tie, SDFCS, SFCA)
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich (DFWFCA, SAG)
Bruce Greenwood, Thirteen Days (GS - Drama)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous (OFCS - tie)
Tobey Maguire, Wonder Boys (TFCA - tie)
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator/Quills/The Yards (BFCA, NBR)
Fred Willard, Best in Show (BSFC)
Jeffrey Wright, Shaft (TFCA - tie)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Judi Dench, Chocolat (SAG)
Jennifer Ehle/Rosemary Harris, Sunshine (GS - Drama)
Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock (AA, NYFCC)
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (DFWFCA, GG, GS - Musical/Comedy, KCFCC, LVFCS, PFCS)
Elaine May, Small Time Crooks (NSFC)
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous (BFCA - also for Wonder Boys, BSFC - also for Wonder Boys, CFCA, FFCC - also for Wonder Boys, LAFCA - also for Wonder Boys, SDFCS, SFCA)
Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck & Buck (NBR)
Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (C, TFCA)

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Almost Famous (OFCS - tie)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (C)
State and Main (FFCC, NBR, OFCS - tie)
Traffic (GS, SAG)

*no ensemble award from AA, BSFC, BFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, GG, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NSFC, NYFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA

DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream (OFCS)
Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous (BSFC, SDFCS)
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (C, Directors Guild of America, GG)
Steven Soderbergh, Traffic (AA, BFCA - also for Erin Brockovich, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC - also for Erin Brockovich, GS, KCFCC, LAFCA - also for Erin Brockovich, LVFCS - also for Erin Brockovich,NBR - also for Erin Brockovich, NSFC - also for Erin Brockovich, NYFCC - also for Erin Brockovich, PFCS, SFCA, TFCA)
Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don't Cry (LVFCS)
David O. Russell, Three Kings (BSFC)

SCREENPLAY

All the Pretty Horses - Ted Tally (NBR)
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe (AA - Original, BFCA - Original, BSFC - tie, CFCA, OFCS, PFCS - Original, SDFCS - Original, SFCA - Original)
Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs (SDFCS - Adapted)
Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant (LVFCS - Original)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Joel & Ethan Coen (C - Adapted)
Quills - Doug Wright (GS - Adapted, PFCS - Adapted)
State and Main - David Mamet (FFCC)
Traffic - Stephen Gaghan (AA, Adapted, BFCA - Adapted - tie, GG, SFCA - Adapted, Writers Guild of America - Adapted)
Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves (BFCA - Adapted - tie, BSFC - tie, LVFCS - Adapted)
You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan (C - Original, GS - Original, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, TFCA, Writers Guild of America - Original)

*no screenplay award from DFWFCA nor KCFCC

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE

The Color of Paradise (SDFCS)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (AA, BFCA, BSFC, C, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, GS, KCFCC, NBR, OFCS, PFCS, SFCA)
Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le Pont) (LVFCS)
Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (LAFCA, NYFCC)

ANIMATED FEATURE

Chicken Run (BFCA, C, DFWFCA, FFCC, GS, KCFCC, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, PFCS)

*no animated feature award from AA, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, GG, NBR, OFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA

DOCUMENTARY

Dark Days (LAFCA)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (BSFC)
The Filth and the Fury (CFCA - tie, OFCS)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (AA)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (BFCA, CFCA - tie, FFCC, KCFCC, LVFCS, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC)
Reckless Indifference (GS)

*no documentary award from FFCC, GG, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Beau Travail - Agnès Godard (NSFC)
The Cell - Paul Laufer (PFCS)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Peter Pau (AA, BSFC, C, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, NYFCC, OFCS)
Gladiator - John Mathieson (BFCA, GS, SDFCS)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Roger Deakins (LVFCS)

*no cinematography award from BFCA, GG, KCFCC, NBR, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA

ORIGINAL SCORE

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun (AA, CFCA, LAFCA)
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard (BFCA - also for Zimmer for Mission: Impossible II and The Road to El Dorado, GG, GS, LVFCS)
The Legend of Bagger Vance - Rachel Portman (PFCS)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - T-Bone Burnett & Carter Burwell (FFCC)
Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell (OFCS)

*no score award from BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS

Boston Society of Film Critics:
- New Filmmaker: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
- Production Design: Gladiator - Arthur Max
- Breakthrough Performer: Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
- Child Performance: Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
- Family Film: My Dog Skip
- Song: "My Funny Friend and Me," The Emperor's New Groove - Sting & David Hartley
- Best Inanimate Object: Wilson the volleyball, Cast Away
- Alan J. Pakula Award: The Contender
Chicago Film Critics Association:
- Most Promising Actor: Patrick Fugit, Almost Famous
- Most Promising Actress: Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Commitment to Chicago: Bonnie Hunt
- Big Shoulders: The Gene Siskel Film Center
Cinemarati: The Web Alliance for Film Commentary:
- Breakthrough Performance: Björk, Dancer in the Dark
- Orson Welles Award for Best Directorial Debut: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me
- Best Film Website: Mike D'Angelo's The Man Who Viewed Too Much
- Best Official Movie Website: Requiem for a Dream
- John Waters Award for Guiltiest Pleasure: U-571
- Worst Film: Battlefield Earth
- Best DVD: Fight Club
- Jar Jar Binks Award: Kevin Costner's "Boston" accent, Thirteen Days
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association:
- Russell Smith Award: You Can Count on Me
- Worst Film: Battlefield Earth
Florida Film Critics Circle:
- Newcomer of the Year: Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
- Golden Orange Award for "outstanding contribution to film": William Packer and Rob Hardy, creators of Trois
Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association):
- Original Song: "Things Have Changed," Wonder Boys - Bob Dylan
Golden Satellite Awards (International Press Academy):
- Costume Design: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rita Ryack
- Film Editing: Thirteen Days - Conrad Buff
- Production Design: The House of Mirth - Don Taylor
- Sound: Dinosaur - Frank Eulner
- Original Song: "I've Seen It All," Dancer in the Dark - Björk, Lars von Trier, & Sjon Sigurdsson
- Outstanding New Talent: Rob Brown, Finding Forrester
Las Vegas Film Critics Society:
- Family Film: Chicken Run
- Costume Design: Gladiator - Janty Yates
- Editing: Gladiator - Pietro Scalia
- Song: "Things Have Changed," Wonder Boys - Bob Dylan
- Visual Effects: Gladiator - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey
- Male Newcomer: Rob Brown, Finding Forrester
- Female Newcomer: Karyn Kusama, director; and Michelle Rodriguez, actress, Girlfight
- Youth in Film Award: Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
- Best DVD: Gladiator
- William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: William Goldman
Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
- Production Design: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip
- New Generation Award: Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
- Career Achievement: Conrad L. Hall, cinematographer
- Special Citation: Charles Champlin
National Board of Review:
- Special Achievement Award in Filmmaking: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me
- Breakthrough Performance: Michelle Rodriguez, Girlfight
- Young Actor: Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
- Dramatic Musical Performance by an Actress: Björk, Dancer in the Dark
- Production Design/Art Direction: Gladiator - Production design by Arthur Max; Art direction by Peter Russell and Keith Pain; Set decoration by Crispian Sallis, Sonja Klaus, Jille Azis and Elli Griff
- Freedom of Expression: Bamboozled; Before Night Falls; The Circle; Kadosh; Quills; Sound and Fury; A Time For Drunken Horses; The Visit
- Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: American Psycho; Best In Show; Chuck & Buck; Girlfight; Hamlet; Nurse Betty; Requiem For A Dream; Shower; Snatch; Two Family House
- Career Achievement: Ellen Burstyn
- Career Achievement for Excellence in Film Scoring: Ennio Morricone
- William K. Everson Award for Film History: Jeanine Basinger, "Silent Stars"
National Society of Film Critics:
- Experimental Film Award: The Heart of the World, directed by Guy Maddin
- Film Heritage Award: The National Film Preservation Association, "for preserving and propagating a body of films of cultural and historical significance"
- Special Citation: Michelangelo Antonioni, "for the exemplary intelligence, creativity and integrity" of his 50-year career
New York Film Critics Circle:
- First Feature: George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green
- Special Award: Jules Dassin, director of Rififi; Rialto Pictures, for re-releasing the film
- Special Award: Shooting Gallery, for "for their ingenious distribution pattern as well as their choice of films"
Online Film Critics Society:
- Cinematic Breakthrough: Björk, actress/composer, Dancer in the Dark
- Editing: Requiem for a Dream - Jay Rabinowitz
- Film Related Website: The Internet Movie Database
Phoenix Film Critics Society:
- Family Film: Chicken Run
- Original Song: "My Funny Friend and Me," The Emperor's New Groove - Sting & David Hartley
- Film Editing: Requiem for a Dream - Jay Rabinowitz
- Costume Design: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rita Ryack
- Visual Effects: Vertical Limit - Kent Houston
- Makeup: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rick Baker
- Newcomer: Rob Brown, Finding Forrester
- Performance by a Youth: Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
San Diego Film Critics Society:
- Body of Work: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator / Quills / The Yards
Toronto Film Critics Association:
- Canadian Film: waydowntown, directed by Gary Burns

Special thanks to Alex Fung for most of this information.

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