Oscar: 2002 Winner Predictions
- Best Picture
- Chicago - EVEN ODDS
- Gangs of New York - 10:1
- The Hours - 7:2
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 15:1
- The Pianist - 3:1
- Actor
- Adrien Brody - The Pianist - 3:1
- Nicolas Cage - Adaptation - 7:1
- Michael Caine - The Quiet American - 12:1
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York - 3:2
- Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt - 2:1
- Actress
- Salma Hayek - Frida - 20:1
- Nicole Kidman - The Hours - 2:1
- Diane Lane - Unfaithful - 3:2
- Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven - 5:2
- Renee Zellweger - Chicago - 3:1
- Supporting Actor
- Chris Cooper - Adaptation - 3:2
- Ed Harris - The Hours - 2:1
- Paul Newman - Road to Perdition -7:1
- John C. Reilly - Chicago - 10:1
- Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can - 8:5
- Supporting Actress:
- Kathy Bates - About Schmidt - 7:2
- Julianne Moore - The Hours - 4:1
- Queen Latifah - Chicago - 9:1
- Meryl Streep - Adaptation - 3:2
- Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago - 2:1
- Director
- Rob Marshall - Chicago - 7:6
- Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York - 2:1
- Stephen Daldry - The Hours - 8:1
- Roman Polanski - The Pianist - 7:2
- Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her - 3:1
- Foreign-Language Film
- El Crimen del Padre Amaro - Mexico - 5:1
- Hero - People's Republic of China - 5:4
- The Man Without a Past - Finland - 3:2
- Nowhere in Africa - Germany - 8:7
- Zus & Zo - the Netherlands - 10:1
- Adapted Screenplay
- Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz - About a Boy - 10:1
- Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman - Adaptation - 2:1
- Bill Condon - Chicago - 3:1
- David Hare - The Hours - 3:2
- Ronald Harwood - The Pianist 12:1
- Original Screenplay
- Todd Haynes - Far From Heaven - 4:1
- Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan - Gangs of New York - 9:1
- Nia Vardalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 2:1
- Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her - 3:2
- Carlos Cuaron and Alfonso Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien - 7:1
- Cinematography
- Dion Beebe - Chicago - 5:1
- Edward Lachman - Far From Heaven - 3:1
- Michael Ballhaus - Gangs of New York - 2:1
- Pawel Edelman - The Pianist - 7:1
- Conrad Hall - Road to Perdition - EVEN ODDS
- Animated Feature
- Ice Age - 3:1
- Lilo & Stitch - 2:1
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - 7:1
- Spirited Away - 4:1
- Treasure Planet - 25:1
- Art Direction
- Chicago - 2:1
- Frida - 3:2
- Gangs of New York - 4:1
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 7:1
- Road to Perdition - 5:1
- Sound
- Chicago - 9:8
- Gangs of New York - 4:1
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2:1
- Road to Perdition - 5:1
- Spider-Man - 3:1
- Sound Editing
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2:1
- Minority Report - 4:1
- Road to Perdition - <8:1
- Original Score
- Catch Me If You Can - John Williams - 3:1
- Far From Heaven - Elmer Bernstein - 3:2
- Frida - Elliot Goldenthal - 5:1
- The Hours - Philip Glass - 8:7
- Road to Perdition - Thomas Newman - 10:1
- Original Song
- Burn It Blue from Frida - Elliot Goldenthal and Julie Taymor - 6:1
- Father and Daughter from The Wild Thornberrys Movie - Paul Simon - 5:1
- The Hands That Built America from Gangs of New York - Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen - 3:2
- I Move On from Chicago - John Kander and Fred Ebb - 2:1
- Lose Yourself from 8 Mile - Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto - 3:1
- Costume Design
- Chicago - 5:4
- Frida - 3:1
- Gangs of New York - 2:1
- The Hours - 6:1
- The Pianist - 5:1
- Documentary Feature
- Bowling for Columbine - 2:1
- Daughter From Danang - 4:1
- Prisoner of Paradise - 7:6
- Spellbound - 3:1
- Winged Migration 4:1
- Film Editing
- Chicago - 3:1
- Gangs of New York - 4:1
- The Hours - 5:1
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2:1
- The Pianist - 8:1
- Make-Up
- Frida - EVEN ODDS
- The Time Machine - 2:1
- Visual Effects
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2:1
- Spider-Man - 4:1
- Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones - 7:1
italics nominees = deserving of the win
NOMINEE - ODDS
rundown
Picture: Chicago (ru: The Pianist)
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York (ru: Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt)
Actress: Diane Lane - Unfaithful (ru: Nicole Kidman - The Hours)
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper - Adaptation (ru: Christopher Walken - Catch Me if You Can)
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - Adaptation (ru: Catharine Zeta-Jones - Chicago)
Director: Rob Marshall - Chicago (ru: Martin Scorcese - Gangs of New York)
Foreign Language: Nowhere in Africa (ru: Hero)
Adapted Screenplay: The Hours (ru: Adaptation)
Original Screenplay: Talk to Her (ru: My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Cinematography: Road to Perdition (ru: Gangs of New York)
Animated: Lilo and Stitch (ru: Ice Age)
Art Direction: Frida (ru: Chicago)
Sound: Chicago (ru: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Sound Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The two towers (ru: Minority Report)
Score: The Hours (ru: Far from Heaven)
Song: The Hands that Built America (ru: I Move On)
Costume Design: Chicago (ru: Gangs of New York)
Documentary Feature: Prisoner of Paradise (ru: Bowling for Columbine)
Film Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Chicago)
Make-Up: Frida (The Time Machine)
Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Spider-Man)
Good call with the dark horse nominees. I think I'll do that too.
Diane Lane, eh? Interesting...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
No guts no glory I suppose. She's a very popular nominee, and the acting categories are ripe for upsets this year. Nothing to lose, right?
I guess the most money I could've made would have been to bet on the screenplay for "The Pianist." But hey, that surprised me too.
More realistically, I could've bet on Kidman, since I always figured her for a shoo-in. Even with everyone raving about Diane Lane's performance, I never seriously considered her to be a contender. Of course, this wasn't based on anything other than the following grounds: (1) I didn't see "Unfaithful", (2) I am probably not going to see "Unfaithful", (3) I hated Diane Lane in "Jack", (4) "Unfaithful" wasn't nominated for anything else, and (5) I really liked Kidman, Moore, and Zellweger.