By Jeffrey M. Anderson
| Nominees
| Jeff's Take
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Best Picture
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
The Winner: American Beauty
My Prediction: American Beauty
My Vote: American Beauty
Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut
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Best Director
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Lasse Hallstrom, The Cider House Rules
Michael Mann, The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
The Winner: Sam Mendes
My Prediction: Sam Mendes
My Vote: Spike Jonze
Unfairly Overlooked: Stanley Kubrick; David Lynch, The Straight Story; Martin Scorsese, Bringing Out the Dead
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Best Actor
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane
The Winner: Kevin Spacey
My Prediction: Denzel Washington
My Vote: Richard Farnsworth
Unfairly Overlooked: Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon; George Clooney, Three Kings; Charles S. Dutton, Cookie's Fortune; Tom Cruise, Eyes Wide Shut | |
Best Actress
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
The Winner: Hilary Swank
My Prediction: Hilary Swank
My Vote: Annette Bening
Unfairly Overlooked: Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut; Franka Potente, Run Lola Run; Julia Roberts, Notting Hill; Kate Winslet, Holy Smoke; Reese Witherspoon, Election
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Best Supporting Actor
Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense
The Winner: Michael Caine
My Prediction: Tom Cruise
My Vote: Tom Cruise
Unfairly Overlooked: Dan Hedaya, Dick; William H. Macy, Happy, Texas; John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich; Christopher Plummer, The Insider; Stephen Rea, The End of the Affair; James Woods, True Crime
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Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Chloë Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry
The Winner: Angelina Jolie
My Prediction: Angelina Jolie
My Vote: Samantha Morton
Unfairly Overlooked: Julianne Moore, Magnolia; Patricia Neal, Cookie's Fortune; Jean Smart, Guinevere; Sissy Spacek, The Straight Story; Sharon Stone, The Muse
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Foreign Language Film
East-West (France)
Himalaya (a.k.a. Caravan) (Nepal)
Solomon and Gaenor (UK)
All About My Mother (Spain)
Under the Sun (Sweden)
The Winner: All About My Mother
My Prediction: All About My Mother
My Vote: All About My Mother
Unfairly Overlooked: The Wind Will Carry Us, Beau Travail, The Letter, Kikujiro
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Adapted Screenplay
John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Election
Eric Roth & Michael Mann, The Insider
Frank Darabont, The Green Mile
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Winner: The Cider House Rules
My Prediction: The Cider House Rules
My Vote: Election
Unfairly Overlooked:
Bringing Out the Dead, by Paul Schrader;
Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick & Frederick Raphael;
Toy Story 2, by Andrew Stanton, et al.;
The Winslow Boy, by David Mamet
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Original Screenplay
Alan Ball, American Beauty
Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy
The Winner: American Beauty
My Prediction: American Beauty
My Vote: Being John Malkovich
Unfairly Overlooked:
Cookie's Fortune, by Anne Rapp;
Limbo, by John Sayles;
Three Kings, by David O. Russell
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Art Direction
Anna and the King
The Cider House Rules
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Topsy-Turvy
The Winner: Sleepy Hollow
My Prediction: Anna and the King
My Vote: Sleepy Hollow
Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut
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Cinematography
Conrad L. Hall, American Beauty
Roger Pratt, The End of the Affair
Dante Spinotti, The Insider
Emmanuel Lubezki, Sleepy Hollow
Robert Richardson, Snow Falling on Cedars
The Winner: American Beauty
My Prediction: Snow Falling on Cedars
My Vote: The Sleepy Hollow
Unfairly Overlooked: Robert Richardson, Brining Out the Dead;
Larry Smith and Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut;
Darius Khondji, In Dreams;
Newton Thomas Sigel, Three Kings
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Sound Mixing
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Matrix
The Mummy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Winner: The Matrix
My Prediction: The Matrix
My Vote: The Matrix
Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
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Sound Editing
Fight Club
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Winner: The Matrix
My Prediction: The Matrix
My Vote: The Matrix
Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
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Original Score
Thomas Newman, American Beauty
John Williams, Angela's Ashes
Rachel Portman, The Cider House Rules
John Corigliano, The Red Violin
Gabriel Yared, The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Winner: The Red Violin
My Prediction: The Red Violin
My Vote: none
Unfairly Overlooked: Ennio Morricone, The Legend of 1900;
Michael Nyman, The End of the Affair;
Howard Shore, Gloria;
Tom Tykwer, Run Lola Run
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Original Song
"Blame Canada," by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman; South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
"Music of My Heart," Music of the Heart
"Save Me," by Aimee Mann; Magnolia
"When She Loved Me," by Randy Newman; Toy Story 2
"You'll Be in My Heart," by Phil Collins; Tarzan
The Winner: "You'll Be in My Heart"
My Prediction: "You'll Be in My Heart"
My Vote: "Save Me"
Unfairly Overlooked: "Beautiful Stranger", by Madonna, from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me;
"The Great Beyond", by R.E.M., from Man on the Moon
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Costume
Anna and the King
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Titus
Topsy-Turvy
The Winner: Topsy-Turvy
My Prediction: Titus
My Vote: none
Unfairly Overlooked: The End of the Affair
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Documentary Feature
Buena Vista Social Club
Genghis Blues
On the Ropes
One Day in September
Speaking in Strings
The Winner: One Day in September
My Prediction: Buena Vista Social Club
My Vote: Buena Vista Social Club
Unfairly Overlooked: American Movie; Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter Jr.; My Best Fiend
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Documentary Short
King Gimp
Eyewitness
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
The Winner: King Gimp
My Prediction: n/a
My Vote: n/a
Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
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Film Editing
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Insider
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense
The Winner: The Matrix
My Prediction: American Beauty
My Vote: The Matrix
Unfairly Overlooked: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead
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Makeup
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Bicentennial Man
Life
Topsy-Turvy
The Winner: Topsy-Turvy
My Prediction: Topsy-Turvy
My Vote: Topsy-Turvy
Unfairly Overlooked: Being John Malkovich, Bringing Out the Dead
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Animated Short
3 Misses
Humdrum
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
The Old Man and the Sea
When the Day Breaks
The Winner: The Old Man and the Sea
My Prediction: n/a
My Vote: n/a
Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
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Live Action Short
Bror, min bror
Killing Joe
Kleingeld
Major and Minor Miracles
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
The Winner: My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
My Prediction: n/a
My Vote: n/a
Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
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Visual Effects
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Stuart Little
The Winner: The Matrix
My Prediction: The Matrix
My Vote: The Matrix
Unfairly Overlooked: n/a
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