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72nd
Annual Academy Award Winners
Written
By Rick Ellis, March 27th, 2000
By any estimation, this was a
looooong show. Billy Crystal returned as host, and opened the
show with a funny bit in which he was digitally inserted into
a number of scenes from famous movies starring everyone from Charlie
Chaplin to Marlon Brando. He followed it with his now-customary
musical salute to the films nominated for Best Picture.
While
it was great to see that stuff, it meant that we were almost 30
minutes into the show before anyone won an award. Not a good sign--particularly
if you live on the East coast.
They
did drop the musical productions for best song, but turned around
and added what seemed to be fifty "tributes," each utilizing
minute after minute of footage, cut from hundreds of films.
In
the end, I loved Crystal as always, although the best line of
the night may go to Meredith Viera who hosted the preshow. As
she ran into the auditorium just before showtime, she glanced
over to see a group of people smoking cigarettes outside the entrance.
"There's cast members from 'The Insider' smoking....'Hey,
didn't you guys learn anything from the movie?"
The
Winners:
BEST PICTURE:
American Beauty
DIRECTING:
American Beauty
ACTOR
IN A LEADING ROLE:
Kevin Spacey
ACTRESS
IN A LEADING ROLE:
Hilary Swank
SCREENPLAY
- ORIGINAL:
American Beauty
SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION:
The Cider House Rules
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
American Beauty
FILM
EDITING:
The Matrix
ART DIRECTION:
Sleepy Hollow
ORIGINAL
SCORE:
The Red Violin
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE FILM:
All About My Mother
VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Matrix
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING:
The Matrix
ACTOR
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Michael Caine
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE:
One Day In September
DOCUMENTARY
SHORT SUBJECT:
King Gimp
ORIGINAL
SONG:
"You'll be In My Heart," Phill Collin, TARZAN
SHORT
FILM - ANIMATED
The Old Man And The Sea
SHORT
FILM - LIVE ACTION:
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Angelina Jolie
MAKEUP:
Topsy-Turvy
SOUND:
The Matrix
COSTUME
DESIGN:
Topsy-Turnvy
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