ZFIFE1. [Past] Feature Films: Best of 2000: Award Winners' Synopsis

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:21
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  • ====================== OSCAR CATEGORIES ======================
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  • Best Film/Picture: Almost Famous [3], Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [2], Erin Brockovich [1], Quills [1], Traffic [2], Yi Yi [1]
  • Best Director: Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) [1], Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) [2], Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic) [8]
  • Best Actor: Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls) [2], Russell Crowe (Gladiator) [2], Benicio del Toro (Traffic) [1], Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys) [1], Colin Farrell (Tigerland) [1], Tom Hanks (Cast Away) [2], Geoffrey Rush (Quills) [2]
  • Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) [4], Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me) [4], Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) [4]
  • Best Supporting Actor: Willem DaFoe (Shadow of the Vampire) [1], Benicio del Toro (Traffic) [5], Philip Seymour Hoffman (Almost Famous) [1], Tobey Maguire (Wonder Boys) [1], Joaquin Phoenix (Quills, The Yards, Gladiator) [2], Fred Willard (Best in Show) [1], Jeffrey Wright (Shaft) [1]
  • Best Supporting Actress: Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) [1], Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) [2], Frances McDormand (Almost Famous, Wonder Boys) [5], Lupe Ontiveros (Chuck and Buck) [1], Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [1]
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) [1], Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat) [1], Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys) [3], Ted Tally (All The Pretty Horses) [1]
  • Best Original Screenplay: Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) [4], Susannah Grant and Richard LaGravanese (Erin Brockovich) [1], Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me) [4], David Mamet (State and Main) [1]
  • Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins (O Brother, Where Are Thou?) [1], John Matheison (Gladiator) [2], Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [5]
  • Best Foreign Language Film: The Color of Paradise [1], Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [5], Girl on the Bridge [1], Yi Yi [2]
  • Best Original Score: Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream) [1], Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) [1], Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [1]
  • Best Editing: Jay Rabinowitz (Requiem for a Dream) [1], Pietro Scalia (Gladiator) [1]
  • Best Documentary: Dark Days [1], The Eyes of Tammy Faye [1], The Filth and the Fury [1], The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg [5]
  • Best Costume Design: Janty Yates [1]
  • Best Original Song: "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan (Wonder Boys) [1], "My Funny Friend and Me" by Sting (The Emperor's New Groove) [1]
  • Best Visual Effects: Gladiator [1]
  • Best Art Design / Production Design: Arthur Max (Gladiator) [2], Don Taylor (The House of Mirth) [1], Tim Yip {Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon} [1]
  • ====================== OTHER CATEGORIES ======================
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  • Best Animated Feature/Film: Chicken Run [5]
  • Best Body of Work: Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, Quills, The Yards)
  • Best Breakthrough Performance: Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) [1], Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight) [1]
  • Best Child Performer: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) [1]
  • Best Cinematic Breakthrough: Björk (Dancer in the Dark) [1]
  • Best Composer: Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, The Road to El Dorado)
  • Best DVD: Fight Club [1], Gladiator [1]
  • Best Ensemble: Almost Famous [1], State and Main [3]
  • Best Family Film: Chicken Run [1], My Dog Skip [1]
  • Best Female Newcomer: Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) [1], Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight) [1]
  • Best Male Newcomer: Rob Brown (Finding Forrester)
  • Best Newcomer: Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) [1]
  • Best First Film: George Washington
  • Best Inanimate Object: Wilson (Cast Away)
  • Best New Filmmaker: Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me)
  • Youth in Film Award: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) [1]
Author Comments: 

I am tabulating the award winners in film for 2000 so I can see who and what might be nominated for an Academy Award. The category and current leader are in bold. In some categories there's no clear cut winner(s) so I'm waiting for more to roll in.