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
*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
*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
*no score award from BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, nor TFCA
MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
Boston Society of Film Critics:
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
Chicago Film Critics Association:
Cinemarati: The Web Alliance for Film Commentary :
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association:
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):
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:
National Board of Review:
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 :
Phoenix Film Critics Society:
San Diego Film Critics Society:
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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