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72nd Annual Academy Award Nominees

 

Written by Rick Ellis, February 15, 2000

A complete list of nominees follows:

For the best picture of the year:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) A Jinks/Cohen Company Production; Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) A FilmColony Production; Richard N. Gladstein, Producer

THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.) A Castle Rock Pictures, Inc. Production; David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) A Touchstone Pictures Production; Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista) A Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production; Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers

For the best performance by an actor in a leading role:
Russell Crowe in THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)

Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY (Buena Vista)

Sean Penn in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)

Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)

Denzel Washington in THE HURRICANE (Universal and Beacon)

For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)

Tom Cruise in MAGNOLIA (New Line)

Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)

Jude Law in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)

Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)

For the best performance by an actress in a leading role:
Annette Bening in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)

Janet McTeer in TUMBLEWEEDS (New Line)

Julianne Moore in THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia)

Meryl Streep in MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax)

Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Toni Collette in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)

Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED (Columbia)

Catherine Keener in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)

Samantha Morton in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)

Chloe Sevigny in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

For the best achievement in art direction:
ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay) Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax) Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films) Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: John Bush

For the best achievement in cinematography:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) Conrad L. Hall

THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia) Roger Pratt

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) Dante Spinotti

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay) Emmanuel Lubezki

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (Universal) Robert Richardson

For the best achievement in costume design:
ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox) Jenny Beavan

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay) Colleen Atwood

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax) Ann Roth and Gary Jones

TITUS (Fox Searchlight) Milena Canonero

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films) Lindy Hemming

For the best achievement in directing:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) Sam Mendes

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films) Spike Jonze

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) Lasse Hallstrom

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) Michael Mann

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista) M. Night Shyamalan

For the best achievement in documentary features:
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Artisan) A Road Movies Production; Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg

GENGHIS BLUES (Roxie Releasing) A Wadi Rum Production; Roko Belic and Adrian Belic

ON THE ROPES (WinStar Cinema) A Highway Films Production; Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen

ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER An Arthur Cohn Production; Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald

SPEAKING IN STRINGS (Seventh Art) A CounterPoint Films Production; Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster

For the best achievement in documentary short subjects:
EYEWITNESS A Marbert Art Foundation Production; Bert Van Bork

KING GIMP A Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production; Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford

THE WILDEST SHOW IN THE SOUTH: THE ANGOLA PRISON RODEO A Gabriel Films Production; Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack

For the best achievement in film editing:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) Tariq Anwar

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)Lisa Zeno Churgin

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.) Zach Staenberg

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista) Andrew Mondshein

For the best foreign language film of the year:
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER An El Deseo S.A./Renn/France 2 Cinema Production; Spain

CARAVAN A Galate Films - France 2 Cinema - Les Productions de la Gueville/Les Productions JMH/Antelope (UK) Limited/National Studio Limited/Bac Films Production; Nepal

EAST-WEST A UGC YM Production; France

SOLOMON AND GAENOR An Apt Film and Television Company Production; United Kingdom

UNDER THE SUN A Sweetwater AB Production; Sweden

For the best achievement in makeup:
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (New Line) Michele Burke and Mike Smithson

BICENTENNIAL MAN (Buena Vista) Greg Cannom LIFE (Universal) Rick Baker

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films) Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud

For the best achievement in music (original score):
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) Thomas Newman

ANGELA'S ASHES (Paramount and John Williams (Universal Pictures International)

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) Rachel Portman

THE RED VIOLIN (Lions Gate) John Corigliano

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax) Gabriel Yared

For the best achievement in music (original song):
"Blame Canada" from SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman

"Music Of My Heart" from MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Save Me" from MAGNOLIA (New Line) Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann

"When She Loved Me" from TOY STORY 2 (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

"You'll Be In My Heart" from TARZAN (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Phil Collins

For the best achievement in animated short films:
HUMDRUM An Aardman Animations Limited Production; Peter Peake

MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS A National Film Board of Canada & Studio Magica a.s. Production; Torill Kove

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA A Productions Pascal Blais/Imagica Corp./ Dentsu Tech./NHK Enterprise 21/Panorama Studio of Yaroslavl Production; Alexandre Petrov

3 MISSES A Cin‚T‚ Film Production; Paul Driessen

WHEN THE DAY BREAKS A National Film Board of Canada Production; Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

For the best achievement in live action short films:
BROR, MIN BROR (Teis and Nico) A Nimbus Film & Dansk Novellefilm Production; Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten

KILLING JOE A Joy Films and Chelsea Pictures Production; Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax

KLEINGELD (Small Change) A Production of Die Hochschule for Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam-Babelsberg; Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins

MAJOR AND MINOR MIRACLES A Dramatiska Institutet Production; Marcus Olsson

MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK (American Film Institute) A Kickstart Production; Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel

For the best achievement in sound:
THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.) Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee

THE MUMMY (Universal) Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley

For the best achievement in sound effects editing:
FIGHT CLUB (20th Century Fox) Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns

THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.) Dane A. Davis

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox) Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort

For the best achievement in visual effects:
THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox) John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman

STUART LITTLE (Columbia) John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard

For the best screenplay based on material previously produced or published:
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax) Screenplay by John Irving

ELECTION (Paramount) Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.) Written for the screen by Frank Darabont

THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax) Screenplay by Anthony Minghella

For the best screenplay written directly for the screen:
AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks) Written by Alan Ball

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films) Written by Charlie Kaufman

MAGNOLIA (New Line) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista) Written by M. Night Shyamalan

TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films) Written by Mike Leigh

 


 

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