2002 NKT Movie Award Nominations (2008 Edition)

Best Picture

25th Hour
Monsoon Wedding
Punch-Drunk Love
Talk to Her
Y Tu Mama Tambien

finalists
Spirited Away
Far from Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
What Time is it There?

semi-finalists
About Schmidt
All or Nothing
Spider-Man
Adaptation.

Best Director

Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her
P.T. Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love
Alfonso Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien
Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
Spike Lee - 25th Hour

finalists
Hayao Mizayaki -Spirited Away
Mike Leigh - All or Nothing
Ming-Liang Tsai - What Time is it There?

semi-finalists
Spike Jonze - Adaptation.
Michael Moore - Bowling for Columbine
Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
Mira Nair - Monsoon Wedding
Sam Raimi - Spider-Man
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh - All or Nothing
Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
Nicole Holocencer - Lovely & Amazing
Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her
Alfonso Cuaron & Carlos Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien

finalists
P.T. Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love
Frank Cottrell Boyce - 24 Hour Party People

semi-finalists
Dylan Kidd - Roger Dodger
Sabrina Dhawan - Monsoon Wedding
John Sayles - Sunshine State
Dover Koshavelli - Late Marriage

Best Adapted Screenplay

David Benioff - 25th Hour
Peter Hedges & Weitz Bros. - About a Boy
Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation.
Fran Walsh, Phillepa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

finalists
Billy Morrissette - Scotland, PA
Bill Condon - Chicago

semi-finalists
David Hare - The Hours
Ronald Harwood - The Pianist

Best Actress

Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
Nicole Kidman - The Hours
Lesley Manville - All or Nothing
Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven

finalists
Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki - Rain

semi-finalists
Maribel Verdu - Y Tu Mama Tambien
Diane Lane - Unfaithful
Arsinee Khanjian - Ararat
Meryl Streep - The Hours

Best Actor

Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Steve Coogan - 24 Hour Party People
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
Hugh Grant - About a Boy
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt

finalists
Nicholas Cage - Adaptation.
Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger
Timothy Spall - All or Nothing

semi-finalists
Gael Garcia Bernal - Y Tu Mama Tambien
Dennis Quaid - The Rookie
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man
Javier Camara - Talk to Her
Dario Grandinetti - Talk to Her

Best Supporting Actress

Edie Falco - Sunshine State
Bebe Neuwirth - Tadpole
Amanda Peet - Igby Goes Down
Meryl Streep - Adaptation.
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago

finalists
Kirsten Dunst - The Cat's Meow (& Spider-Man)
Toni Collette - About a Boy
Patricia Clarkson - Far from Heaven

semi-finalists
Hope Davis - About Schmidt
Samantha Morton - Minority Report
Parker Posey - Personal Velocity
Angela Basset - Sunshine State
Isabelle Huppert - 8 Women
Shefali Shetty - Monsoon Wedding
Sarah Peirse - Rain

Best Supporting Actor

Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
Jeff Goldblum - Igby Goes Down
Dennis Quaid - Far from Heaven
Anthony Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Naseeruddin Shah - Monsoon Wedding

finalists
Christopher Walken - Catch Me if You Can
Jude Law - Road to Perdition
Barry Pepper - 25th Hour

semi-finalists
Jim Broadbent - Gangs of New York
Jessie Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Bill Pullman - Igby Goes Down
Alan Arkin - 13 Conversations About One Thing
Paul Newman - Road to Perdition
Brian Cox - 25th Hour
Sean Harris - 24 Hour Party People
Mekhi Pfeifer - 8 Mile
Joaquin Phoenix - Signs
Christopher Plummer - Ararat

Best Ensemble

8 Women
25th Hour
Adaptation.
All or Nothing
Far from Heaven

finalists
Lovely & Amazing
Spider-Man

semi-finalists
About Schmidt
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Monsoon Wedding
Italian for Beginners

Best Cinematographer

Javier Aguirresarobe - Talk to Her
Robert Elswit - Punch-Drunk Love
Edward Lachman - Far from Heaven
Emmanuel Lubezki - Y Tu Mama Tambien
Rodrigo Prieto - 25th Hour (& 8 Mile)

finalists
Benoit Delhomme - What Time is it There?
Conrad L. Hall - Road to Perdition
Conrad W. Hall & Darius Khondji - Panic Room
Janusz Kaminski - Minority Report

semi-finalists
Michael Ballhaus - Gangs of New York
Declan Quinn - Monsoon Wedding
Dion Beebe - Chicago
John Schwartzman - The Rookie
Peter Biziou - Unfaithful
Bojan Bazelli - The Ring
Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Production Design

Far from Heaven - Peter Rogness
Gangs of New York - Dante Ferretti
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Grant Major
Minority Report - Alex McDowell
The Ring - ???

finalists
8 Women - Arnaud de Moleron
Monsoon Wedding - Sunil Chabra

semi-finalists
Panic Room - Arthur Max
Talk to Her - Antxon Gomez
Chicago - John Myhre
The Cat's Meow - Jean-Vincent Puzos
Frida - Bernardo Trujillo
The Pianist - Allan Starski

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