The 73rd Academy Awards (2000): Nomination Hopefuls

Prediction Key:

  • Winner Prediction (c-First Chart Placement, n-Nom Pred Date Set, o-Win Pred Date Set) -Chance at Nomination-
  • Nominee Prediction (c-First Chart Placement, n-Nom Pred Date Set) -Chance at Nomination-
  • Alternate Prediction (c-First Chart Placement) -Chance at Nomination-

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 11
  • 11
  • 7
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Gladiator
  • Cast Away
  • Almost Famous
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Traffic
  • Billy Elliot
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Chocolat
  • Shadow of the Vampire
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Wonder Boys
  • Quills
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • The Contender
  • The House of Mirth
  • You Can Count on Me
  • 6
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Gladiator
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Almost Famous
  • Cast Away
  • Wonder Boys
  • Erin Brockovich
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Quills
  • Traffic

Best Picture

  • (5/27) :5/27: [12/21] Gladiator - David H. Franzoni, Branko Lustig, Douglas Wick
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  • (9/12) :12/6: Almost Famous - Ian Bryce, Cameron Crowe
  • (12/21) :12/21: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Li-Kong Hsu, William Kong, Ang Lee
  • (5/27) :1/22: Erin Brockovich - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
  • (5/27) :12/21: Traffic - Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick
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  • (12/6) Billy Elliot - Greg Brenman, Jonathan Finn
  • (5/27) Cast Away - Tom Hanks, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
  • (12/6) Chocolat - David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
  • (5/27) Quills - Julia Chasman, Peter Kaufman, Nick Wechsler
  • (5/27) Requiem for a Dream - Eric Watson, Palmer West
  • (5/27) Shadow of the Vampire - Nicolas Cage, Jeff Levine
  • (12/21; orig. 5/27) Sunshine - Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos
  • (5/27) Wonder Boys - Curtis Hanson, Scott Rudin
  • (12/6) You Can Count on Me - Barbara De Fina, John Hart, Larry Meistrich, Jeff Sharp

Best Director

  • (5/27) :9/12: [1/22] Ridley Scott - Gladiator
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  • (12/6) :1/22; orig. 12/6: Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot
  • (12/21) :12/21: Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • (12/21) :2/12: Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
  • (5/27) :12/21: Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
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  • (12/6) Woody Allen - Small Time Crooks
  • (5/27) Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
  • (9/12) Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
  • (12/6) Lasse Hallstrom - Chocolat
  • (5/27) Curtis Hanson - Wonder Boys
  • (12/6) Ed Harris - Pollock
  • (5/27) Philip Kaufman - Quills
  • (5/27) E. Elias Merhige - Shadow of the Vampire
  • (12/21; orig. 5/27) Istvan Szabo - Sunshine
  • (5/27) Gus Van Sant - Finding Forrester
  • (5/27) Robert Zemeckis - Cast Away

Best Actor

  • (5/27) :5/27: [2/12] Tom Hanks - Cast Away
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  • (12/13) :12/21: Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
  • (5/27) :5/27: Russell Crowe - Gladiator
  • (5/27) :12/6: Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
  • (5/27) :1/22: Geoffrey Rush - Quills
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  • (5/27) Christian Bale - American Psycho
  • (5/27) Sean Connery - Finding Forrester
  • (5/27) Ralph Fiennes - Sunshine
  • (12/6) Ed Harris - Pollock
  • (12/6) Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count on Me
  • (12/6) Denzel Washington - Remember the Titans

Best Actress

  • (5/27) :5/27: [1/22] Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
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  • (5/27) :9/12: Joan Allen - The Contender
  • (12/6) :12/21: Juliette Binoche - Chocolat
  • (5/27) :5/27]Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
  • (11/23) :12/6: Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
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  • (12/6) Gillian Anderson - The House of Mirth
  • (5/27) Bjork - Dancer in the Dark
  • (9/12) Renee Zellweger - Nurse Betty

Best Supporting Actor

  • (12/13) :12/13: [1/22] Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
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  • (12/21) :1/22: Jeff Bridges - The Contender
  • (12/6) :12/6: Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
  • (5/27) :5/27: Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
  • (12/6) :12/21: Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
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  • (5/27) Don Cheadle - Traffic
  • (5/27) Philip Seymour Hoffman - State and Main
  • (12/6) Tobey Maguire - Wonder Boys
  • (5/27) Oliver Reed - Gladiator
  • (12/6) Marlon Wayans - Requiem for a Dream

Best Supporting Actress

  • (12/21) :1/22: [1/22] Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
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  • (12/6) :12/6: Judi Dench - Chocolat
  • (12/6) :12/6: Frances McDormand - Almost Famous
  • (12/6) :12/6: Julie Walters - Billy Elliot
  • (1/22) :1/22: Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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  • (11/23) Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
  • (5/27) Catherine Deneuve - Dancer in the Dark
  • (12/13) Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
  • (5/27) Rosemary Harris - Sunshine
  • (5/27) Marg Helgenberger - Erin Brockovich
  • (12/6) Elaine May - Small Time Crooks
  • (5/27) Frances McDormand - Wonder Boys
  • (5/27) Connie Nielsen - Gladiator
  • (5/27) Lena Olin - Chocolat
  • (12/6) Victoire Thivisol - Chocolat
  • (5/27) Rachel Weisz - Enemy at the Gates
  • (12/21) Kate Winslet - Quills
  • (12/21) Catherine Zeta-Jones - Traffic

Best Original Screenplay

  • (9/12) :11/23: [12/6] Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
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  • (12/6) :12/6: Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
  • (5/27) :5/27: Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
  • (5/27) :1/22: State and Main - David Mamet
  • (12/13) :12/21: You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan
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  • (5/27) Cast Away - William Broyles Jr.
  • (6/24) Chicken Run - Peter Lord, Nick Park, Karey Kirkpatrick
  • (5/27) The Contender - Rob Lurie
  • (5/27) Dancer in the Dark - Lars von Trier
  • (5/27) Finding Forrester - Mike Rich
  • (12/6) Gladiator - David H. Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
  • (5/27) Nurse Betty - John C. Richards, James Flamberg
  • (5/27) O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • (12/6) Shadow of the Vampire - Steven Katz
  • (5/27) Small Time Crooks - Woody Allen
  • (5/27) Sunshine - Israel Horovitz, Istvan Szabo

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • (5/27) :12/21: [12/21] Wonder Boys - Steven Kloves
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  • (5/27) :2/12; orig. 5/27: Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs
  • (1/23) :2/12: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai
  • (12/6) :1/22: The House of Mirth - Terence Davies
  • (12/6) :12/13: Traffic - Stephen Gaghan
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  • (12/6) All the Pretty Horses - Ted Tally
  • (12/6) American Psycho - Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
  • (5/27) The Golden Bowl - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
  • (12/6) Meet the Parents - James Herzfeld, John Hamburg
  • (12/6) Pollock - Barbara Turner, Susan Emshwiller
  • (5/27) Quills - Doug Wright
  • (5/27) Requiem for a Dream - Darren Aronofsky
  • (12/6) Thirteen Days - David Self

Best Original Song

  • (12/6) :12/6: [12/6] "Things Have Changed" - Wonder Boys
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  • (12/6) :12/21: "I Believe" - Billy Elliot
  • (12/21) :12/21: "I've Seen It All" - Dancer in the Dark
  • (12/6) :12/21: "My Funny Friend and Me" - The Emperor's New Groove
  • (12/6) :12/6: "Someday Out of the Blue" - The Road to Eldorado
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  • (12/6) "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • (12/6) "Doesn't Really Matter" - The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
  • (12/6) "A Fool in Love" - Meet the Parents
  • (12/6) "A New World" - Dancer in the Dark
  • (12/6) "One Day She'll Love Me" - The Emperor's New Groove
  • (12/21) "One in a Million" - Miss Congeniality
  • (12/21) "When You Come Back to Me Again" - Frequency
  • (12/6) "Where Are You Christmas?" - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • (12/6) "Wonders of the New World" - The Road to Eldorado

Best Original Score

  • (5/27) :5/27: [5/27] Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
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  • (12/6) :12/21: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun
  • (5/27) :5/27: The Patriot - John Williams
  • (12/6) :12/6: Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell
  • (5/27) :12/21: Sunshine - Maurice Jarre
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  • (12/6) All the Pretty Horses - Daniel Lanois, Marty Stuart
  • (12/6) Almost Famous - Nancy Wilson
  • (12/6) Billy Elliot - Stephen Warbeck
  • (5/27) Cast Away - Alan Silvestri
  • (12/6) Chocolat - Rachel Portman
  • (5/27) Dinosaur - James Newton Howard
  • (5/27) Erin Brockovich - Thomas Newman
  • (12/6) Quills - Stephen Warbeck
  • (5/27) Shadow of the Vampire - Steven Katz

Best Original Song Score

  • (12/6) Dancer in the Dark - Bjork
  • (5/27) The Emperor's New Groove - Marc Shaiman, Sting
  • (5/27) The Road to Eldorado - Elton Joh, Tim Rice

Best Editing

  • (12/21) :12/21: [1/22] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Squyres
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  • (11/23) :12/6: Almost Famous - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
  • (5/27) :2/12; orig. 5/27: Cast Away - Arthur Schmidt
  • (5/27) :12/21: Gladiator - Pietro Scalia
  • (11/23) :12/21: Traffic - Stephen Mirrione
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  • (12/6) All the Pretty Horses - Sally Menke
  • (12/6) Billy Elliot - John Wilson
  • (12/6) Chocolat - Andrew Mondshein
  • (11/23) The Contender - Michael Jablow
  • (11/23) Dancer in the Dark - Francois Gedigier, Molly Marlene Stensgaard
  • (11/23) Erin Brockovich - Anne V. Coates
  • (5/27) The Golden Bowl - John David Allen
  • (12/21) Mission: Impossible 2 - Tony Ciccone, Steven Kemper, Christian Wagner
  • (5/27) Quills - Peter Boyle
  • (11/23) Requiem for a Dream - Jay Rabinowitz
  • (5/27) Shadow of the Vampire - Chris Wyatt
  • (5/27) Thirteen Days - Conrad Buff IV
  • (5/27) Wonder Boys - Dede Allen

Best Cinematography

  • (12/13) :12/21: [12/21] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Peter Pau
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  • (5/27) :2/12; orig. 5/27: Cast Away - Don Burgess
  • (5/27) :12/21: Gladiator - John Mathieson
  • (2/12) :2/12: O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Roger Deakins
  • (5/27) :5/27: The Perfect Storm - John Seale
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  • (12/6) All the Pretty Horses - Barry Markowitz
  • (12/6) Chocolat - Roger Pratt
  • (12/6) Dancer in the Dark - Robby Muller
  • (5/27) The Legend of Bagger Vance - Michael Ballhaus
  • (12/6) Quills - Rogier Stoffers
  • (11/23) Requiem for a Dream - Matthew Libatique
  • (5/27) Shadow of the Vampire - Lou Bogue
  • (5/27) Sunshine - Lajos Koltai
  • (5/27) Thirteen Days - Andrzej Bartkowiak, Roger Deakins, Christopher Duddy
  • (1/23) Traffic - Peter Andrews
  • (5/27) Wonder Boys - Dante Spinotti

Best Art Direction

  • (5/27) :5/27: [5/27] Gladiator - Arthur Max; Crispian Sallis
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  • (1/23) :2/12: The Cell - Tom Foden; Tessa Posnansky
  • (12/21) :12/21: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip
  • (9/12) :12/6: How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Michael Corenblith; Merideth Boswell
  • (5/27) :5/27: Shadow of the Vampire - Assheeton Gorton
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  • (12/6) Almost Famous - Clay A. Griffith, Clayton Hartley; Robert Greenfield
  • (5/27) Cast Away - Rick Carter; Rosemary Brandenburg
  • (6/24) Chicken Run - Phil Lewis
  • (12/6) Chocolat - David Gropman; Stephanie McMillan
  • (5/27) The Golden Bowl - Andrew Sanders; Anna Pinnock
  • (12/6) The House of Mirth - Don Taylor
  • (5/27) The Patriot - Kirk M. Petrucelli; Victor J. Zolfo
  • (5/27) Quills - Martin Childs; Jill Quertier
  • (5/27) Sunshine - Attila F. Kovacs
  • (5/27) Thirteen Days - Dennis Washington; Denise Pizzini
  • (9/12) Vatel - Cecilia Montiel, Jean Rabasse

Best Costume Design

  • (5/27) :5/27: [11/23] Quills - Jacqueline West
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  • (12/21) :2/12: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip
  • (5/27) :5/27: Gladiator - Janty Yates
  • (12/6) :1/22: The House of Mirth - Monica Howe
  • (9/12) :12/6: How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rita Ryack
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  • (9/12) 102 Dalmatians - Anthony Powell
  • (12/6) Almost Famous - Betsy Heimann
  • (5/27) Cast Away - Joanna Johnston
  • (1/23) The Cell - Eiko Ishioka, April Napier
  • (5/27) The Golden Bowl - John Bright
  • (5/27) The Patriot - Deborah Lynn Scott
  • (5/27) Shadow of the Vampire - Caroline de Vivaise
  • (5/27) Sunshine - Pedro Moreno
  • (5/27) Thirteen Days - Isis Mussenden
  • (9/12) Vatel - Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Best Makeup

  • (6/24) :6/24: [6/24] How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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  • (12/6) :1/22: Cast Away
  • (5/27) :5/27: Shadow of the Vampire
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  • (1/23) Bedazzled
  • (1/23) The Cell

These are the Official Selections for the Makeup Category.

Best Sound Mixing

  • (5/27) :5/27: [5/27] Gladiator
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  • (5/27) :5/27: Cast Away
  • (12/21) :12/21: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • (5/27) :5/27: Dinosaur
  • (5/27) :5/27: The Perfect Storm
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  • (12/6) All the Pretty Horses
  • (12/6) Almost Famous
  • (5/27) Battlefield Earth
  • (5/27) Mission: Impossible 2
  • (5/27) The Patriot
  • (12/6) Proof of Life
  • (12/6) Remember the Titans
  • (5/27) U-571
  • (12/21) Vertical Limit
  • (5/27) X-Men

Best Sound Editing

  • (5/27) :5/27: [5/27] Gladiator
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  • (12/6) :1/22: Cast Away
  • (5/27) :5/27: The Perfect Storm
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  • (5/27) Mission: Impossible 2
  • (1/10) Space Cowboys
  • (5/27) U-571
  • (1/10) Unbreakable

These are the Official Selections for the Sound Effects Category.

Best Visual Effects

  • (12/6) :1/10: [1/10] Cast Away
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  • (1/10) :1/10: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • (5/27) :9/12: X-Men
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  • (5/27) Dinosaur
  • (5/27) Gladiator
  • (1/10) Hollow Man
  • (5/27) The Perfect Storm

These are the Official Selections for the Visual Effects Category.

Best Foreign Language Film

  • (11/23) :11/23: [11/23] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Taiwan
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  • (11/23) :11/23: His Wife's Diary - Russia
  • (11/23) :1/22: The Hundred Steps - Italy
  • (11/23) :1/22: In the Mood for Love - Hong Kong
  • (11/23) :11/23: The Taste of Others - France
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  • (11/23) 27 Missing Kisses - Georgia
  • (11/23) Breaking the Silence - China
  • (11/23) Dreams from the Middle of the World - Ecuador
  • (11/23) Gripsholm - Switzerland
  • (11/23) Landscape - Slovak Republic
  • (11/23) Little Crumb - The Netherlands
  • (11/23) Maelstrm - Canada
  • (11/23) Marshall Tito's Spirit - Croatia
  • (11/23) Mask of Desire - Nepal
  • (11/23) Me, You, Them - Brazil
  • (11/23) No Place to Go - Germany
  • (11/23) Sky Hook - Yugoslavia
  • (11/23) Songs from the Second Floor - Sweden
  • (11/23) The Stranger - Austria
  • (11/23) Time of Favor - Israel
  • (11/23) Too Late - Portugal
  • (11/23) Vertical Ray of the Sun - Vietnam
  • (11/23) When the Rain Lifts - Japan
  • (11/23) You're the One (A Tale from Then) - Spain

These are the Official Selections for the Foreign Language Film Category.