The Critical Underground Oscars for 2001
Submitted by lbangs on Sat, 02/23/2002 - 13:44
Tags:
- Picture
- Hedwig and The Angry Inch
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Memento
- Moulin Rouge
- Mulholland Drive
- Director
- Wes Anderson, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Wong Kar-Wai, In The Mood For Love
- Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge
- David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
- Actor
- Pierce Brosnan, The Tailor Of Panama
- Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge
- Guy Pearce, Memento
- Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There
- Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom
- Actress
- Nicole Kidman, The Others
- Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
- Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
- Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Diary
- Supporting Actor
- Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge
- Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
- Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
- Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Joe Pantoliano, Memento
- Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett, The Man Who Cried
- Laura Elena Harring, Mulholland Drive
- Anjelica Huston, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
- Marisa Tomei, In The Bedroom
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There
- Peter Deming, Mulholland Drive
- Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, In The Mood For Love
- Andrew Lesnie, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Donald M. McAlpine, Moulin Rouge
- Visual Effects
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
- Amelie
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge
- Waking Life
- Editing
- Amelie
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Memento
- Moulin Rouge
- Ocean's Eleven
- Foreign Language Film
- Amelie
- In The Mood For Love
- The Princess And The Warrior
- Together
- Under the Sand
- Sound Editing
- Amelie
- Black Hawk Down
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge
- Mulholland Drive
- Sound
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge
- The Others
- The Princess And The Warrior
- The Tailor Of Panama
- Screenplay (Original)
- Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Julian Fellowes, Gosford Park
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant, Amelie
- David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
- Christopher Nolan, Memento
- Screenplay (Adaptation)
- John Boorman, Andrew Davies, and John Le Carre, The Tailor Of Panama
- Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S.H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman, Shrek
- Todd Field and Rob Festinger, In The Bedroom
- Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and The Angry Inch
- Original Score
- Craig Armstrong, Moulin Rouge
- Angelo Badalamenti, Mulholland Drive
- Glover Gill, Waking Life
- Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Yann Tiersen, Amelie
- Costume Design
- Jenny Beavan, Gosford Park
- Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie, Moulin Rouge
- Karen Patch, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Arianne Phillips, Hedwig and The Angry Inch
- Art Direction
- Stephen Alesch and Christian Wintter, art direction; Donna Hamilton and Cynthia McCormac, set decoration - Zoolander
- Stephen Altman, art direction; Anna Pinnock, set decoration - Gosford Park
- Grant Major, art direction; Dan Hennah, set decoration - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Catherine Martin, art direction; Brigitte Broch, set deocration - Moulin Rouge
- Carl Sprague, art direction; Carolyn Cartwright and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, set decoration - The Royal Tenenbaums
- Makeup
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge
- Mulholland Drive
- Planet of the Apes
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Original Song
- "3 Small Words," music and lyric by Elfont, Gibbs, and Kaplan - Josie and the Pussycats
- "Come What May," music and lyric by David Baerwald - Moulin Rouge
- "May It Be," music and lyric by Enya - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Animated Feature
- Shrek
- Waking Life
Author Comments:
As decided by the Critical Underground, an outfit much cooler than the official Academy...
Winners are bolded.
The Big Winners:
Moulin Rouge - 7
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 4
Mulholland Drive - 3
Gosford Park - 1
The Man Who Wasn't There - 1
Together - 1
Memento - 1
Shrek - 1
I personally would love to urge all Critical Underground members to consider (or simply see, if possible) David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and the excellent performance from Naomi Watts.
Also, in the barrage of Moulin Rouge and The Lord of the Rings nominations, keep in mind The Royal Tenenbaums for those fun technical awards!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Here are a couple of potential nominees I would like to support.
The Tailor of Panama - Best Adapted Screenplay
c'mon man! This was fabulous!
James Gandalfini, The Mexican - Best Supporting Actor
Please don't forget this one. He had three performances in 2001. This is his best, if we honor Nicole, honor James.
Riddle me this, Bangsman. In a year when Moulin Rouge! and Hedwig and the Angry Inch practically revolutionized the movie musical, neither of them get any recognition in either the Best Song or Best Score categories. That's a cryin' shame.
Boy, thanks alot, dgeiser1. Just when I'm starting to feel like I'm a fairly intelligent guy who has the capacity for understanding the universe, you throw a screwdriver into the machine and gum up the works!
I've no clue how the music for these two films were overlooked. Given the conservative nature of the Academy, perhaps the true mystery is how Moulin Rouge was NOT completely skipped over.
Sad, sad, sad.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Well actually, I think I can answer Dan's question.
As for Best Song, Hedwig and the Moulin's songs were written long before the movie was made, making them non-original and ineligable for the Best Original Song category. The only song that could have possibly been used is Come What May, but that was deemed ineligable because it was written for Baz's Romeo and Juliet.
When it comes to Best Score, the academy basically deemed the same thing, not enough of the material in the scores was original, so they weren't eligable.
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
The nominations are finished and on the big board.
So, compared to the official Academy nominations, how do you think the Critical Underground did this year?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
The winners are posted!
How did we do?
Shalom, y'all!
L. BAngs
Looking at these a half a year later with more movies under my belt, and some reconsideration done, I think that the technical categories ignored some great work, and that the acting categories needed more diversity.
I'm gonna have to completely revamp my top ten (yes, it's come to that) and my "nominations" (that too), but overall, I actually agree with these greatly.
Also, Charlotte Rampling was still robbed.
Part of the fun, eh? Usually, The Critical Underground is forced to complete this puppy before everybody really gets a chance to see all the films they'd like to. As the years roll by, I hope this page will serve as an interesting look back.
Charlotte didn't stand a chance. I doubt too many CUers had a chance to see Under the Sand before the vote. I could be wrong, but if I were laying down money...
Heck, I still haven't seen it yet!
To be honest, I was a bit surprised this had the variety of nominees it did have as early as CU had to do the poll... I'd love to know how that many people saw Together or In the Mood for Love...
And I still think Mulholland Drive was robbed. :)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Oh, and yes, even with hindsight, I think the CU awards were pretty darned good. Sure beat the Oscars, IMHO.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Shall there be a 2002 Oscar list?