73rd Annual Academy Awards® Nominations Coverage
73rd Oscar® News
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Welcome to Digital Hit Entertainment's coverage of the 73rd Annual Academy Award® nominations.
Academy President Robert Rehme and Oscar®-winning actress Kathy Bates announced the nominees shortly after 5:30 am Pacific on February 13th, 2001.
Here are the nominees...
Best Picture
- Chocolat
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Erin Brockovich
- Gladiator
- Traffic
Best Director
- Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
- Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Ridley Scott for Gladiator
- Steven Soderbergh for Erin Brockovich
- Steven Soderbergh for Traffic
Best Actor
- Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls
- Russell Crowe for Gladiator
- Tom Hanks for Cast Away
- Ed Harris for Pollock
- Geoffrey Rush for Quills
Best Actress
- Joan Allen for The Contender
- Juliette Binoche for Chocolat
- Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream
- Laura Linney for You Can Count On Me
- Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich
Best Supporting Actor
- Jeff Bridges for The Contender
- Willem Dafoe for Shadow of the Vampire
- Benicio Del Toro for Traffic
- Albert Finney for Erin Brockovich
- Joaquin Phoenix for Gladiator
Best Supporting Actress
- Judi Dench for Chocolat
- Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock
- Kate Hudson for Almost Famous
- Frances McDormand for Almost Famous
- Julie Walters for Billy Elliot
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Robert Nelson Jacobs for Chocolat
- Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Stephen Gaghan for Traffic
- Steve Kloves for Wonder Boys
Best Original Screenplay
- Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous
- Lee Hall for Billy Elliot
- Susannah Grant for Erin Brockovich
- David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson for Gladiator
- Kenneth Lonergan for You Can Count On Me
Best Foreign Film
- Amores Perros (Mexico)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)
- Divided We Fall (Czech Republic)
- Everybody Famous (Belgium)
- The Taste of Others (France)
Best Art Direction
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Gladiator
- Quills
- Vatel
Best Cinematography
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Gladiator
- Malèna
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Patriot
Best Sound
- Cast Away
- Gladiator
- The Patriot
- The Perfect Storm
- U-571
Best Sound Effects Editing
- Space Cowboys
- U-571
Best Original Score
- Rachel Portman for Chocolat
- Tan Dun for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Hans Zimmer for Gladiator
- Ennio Morricone for Malèna
- John Williams for The Patriot
Best Original Song
- "A Fool In Love" by Randy Newman for Meet the Parents
- "I've Seen It All" Music by Björk, Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson for Dancer in the Dark
- "A Love Before Time" Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun, Lyric by James Schamus for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- "My Funny Friend and Me" Music by Sting and David Hartley, Lyric by Sting for The Emperor's New Groove
- "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan for Wonder Boys
Best Costume
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Gladiator
- 102 Dalmations
- Quills
Best Documentary Feature
- Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
- Legacy
- Long Night's Journey Into Day
- Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
- Sound and Fury
Best Documentary Short
- Big Mama
- Curtain Call
- Dolphins
- The Man on Lincoln's Nose
- On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
Best Film Editing
- Almost Famous
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Gladiator
- Traffic
- Wonder Boys
Best Makeup
- The Cell
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Shadow of the Vampire
Best Animated Short Film
- Father and Daughter
- The Periwig-Maker
- Rejected
Best Live-Action Short Film
- By Courier
- One Day Crossing
- Quiero Ser (I want to be...)
- Seraglio
- A Soccer Story (Una Historia de Futebol)
Best Visual Effects
- Gladiator
- Hollow Man
- The Perfect Storm
The awards were handed out on March 25th, 2001. Stick with Digital Hit for all your Academy Awards® coverage.
