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Associated Press photos

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Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)   Backstage at the ball

Oscar afterglow: Rubbing elbows with the winners

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)   The envelope please...

Russell Crowe, Julia Roberts take top awards

'Tiger' grabs 3 Independent Spirit Awards 

Oscar brings out the dazzling, dreary and so-so

'Gladiator' takes five

Oscars go to Harden, Del Toro

Behind the scenes at the Academy Awards

Academy Awards quotes

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Oscar sideshow

Martin brings wit to uninspiring Oscar odyssey

Lights! Glamour! Action!

M'n'M on the Oscars 
PG's teen critics review nominated films/actors

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Post-Gazette Academy Award Contest

And the winner is...


 


    

         best actor  
Russell Crowe    
Biography     
Post-Gazette review, "Gladiator"
     
  


 


    

         best  supporting  actor    
Benicio Del Toro     
Biography      
Post-Gazette review, "Traffic"   
  



    

         best actress  
Julia Roberts   
Biography    
Post-Gazette review, "Erin Brockovich"
  





    

         best  supporting  actress    
Marcia Gay Harden     
Biography      
Post-Gazette review, "Pollock"  
  

 



    

         best director   
Stephen Soderbergh    
Biography     
Post-Gazette review, "Traffic"  
  


 


    

          best picture    
'Gladiator'  
  
Official Website     
Post-Gazette review      

 

            Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)     Best Picture nominees    
Chocolat     
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon     
Erin Brockovich     
Gladiator     
Traffic      


Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Technical categories

art direction

         
WINNER  "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
          (Sony Pictures Classics) Art Direction: Tim Yip
          "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
          (Universal) Art Direction: Michael Corenblith, 
          Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
          "GLADIATOR"
           (DreamWorks and Universal) Art Direction: Arthur Max
          Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
          "QUILLS"
           (Fox Searchlight)
          Art Direction: Martin Childs, Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
          "VATEL"
           (Miramax) Art Direction: Jean Rabasse
          Set Decoration: Fran‡oise Benoit-Fresco

cinematography

         
WINNER  "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"
           (Sony Pictures Classics) Peter Pau
          "GLADIATOR"
           (DreamWorks and Universal) John Mathieson
          "MALENA
          (Miramax) Lajos Koltai
          "O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?"
           (Buena Vista) Roger Deakins
          "THE PATRIOT"
          (Sony Pictures Releasing) Caleb Deschanel

costume design

"CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tim Yip
"DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" (Universal)
Rita Ryack
WINNER  "GLADIATOR" (DreamWorks and Universal)
Janty Yates
"102 DALMATIONS" (Buena Vista)
Anthony Powell
"QUILLS" (Fox Searchlight)
Jacqueline West

documentary feature

WINNER  "INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
(Warner Bros.) A Sabine Films Production
Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer
"LEGACY"
A Nomadic Pictures Production, Tod S. Lending
"LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY"
 (Seventh Art) An Iris Films Production
Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann
"SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY"
A Social Media Production
Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker
"SOUND AND FURY"
(Artistic License Films) A Production of Aronson Film Associates and Public Policy Productions
Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg

documentary short subject

WINNER  "BIG MAMA"
A Birthmark Production, Tracy Seretean
"CURTAIN CALL"
An NJN/White Whale Production
Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer
"DOLPHINS"
A MacGillivray Freeman Films Production
Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
"THE MAN ON LINCOLN'S NOSE"
An Adama Films Production, Daniel Raim
"ON TIPTOE: GENTLE STEPS TO FREEDOM"
An On Tip Toe Production
Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz

film editing

         "ALMOST FAMOUS"
          (DreamWorks and Columbia) Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
         "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"
          (Sony Pictures Classics) Tim Squyres
         "GLADIATOR"
          (DreamWorks and Universal) Pietro Scalia
        
WINNER  "TRAFFIC
         (USA Films) Stephen Mirrione
         "WONDER BOYS
         Paramount and Mutual Film Company) Dede Allen

foreign language film

"AMORES PERROS"
An AltaVista Films Production, Mexico
WINNER  "CROUCHING TIGER,
HIDDEN DRAGON
"
A Zoom Hunt International Production, Taiwan
"DIVIDED WE FALL"
A Total Helpart T.H.A./Czech Television Production, Czech Republic
"EVERYBODY FAMOUS"
An Otomatic Production, Belgium
"THE TASTE OF OTHERS"
A Telema/Les Films A4/France 2 Cinema Production, France

makeup

         "THE CELL
         (New Line) Michèle Burke and Edouard Henriques
        
WINNER  "DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH
         STOLE CHRISTMAS
"
         (Universal) Rick Baker and Gail Ryan
         "SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
         (Lions Gate) Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley

original score

"CHOCOLAT"
(Miramax) Rachel Portman
WINNER  "CROUCHING TIGER,
HIDDEN DRAGON
"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Tan Dun
"GLADIATOR"
(DreamWorks and Universal) Hans Zimmer
"MALENA
(Miramax) Ennio Morricone
"THE PATRIOT"
(Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams

original song

"A Fool In Love
"MEET THE PARENTS"
(Universal and DreamWorks)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"I've Seen It All
"DANCER IN THE DARK"
(Fine Line)
Music by Björk
Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
"A Love Before Time
"CROUNCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun
Lyric by James Schamus
"My Funny Friend and Me
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE"
(Buena Vista)
Music by Sting and David Hartley
Lyric by Sting
WINNER  "Things Have Changed"
"WONDER BOYS"
(Paramount and Mutual Film Company)
Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan

animated short film

WINNER  "FATHER AND DAUGHTER"
CinèTè Filmproductie bv/Cloudrunner Ltd. 
Michael Dudok de Wit
"THE PERIWIG-MAKER"
An Ideal Standard Film Production
Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler
"REJECTED"
A Bitter Films Production
Don Hertzfeldt

live action short film

         "BY COURIER"
         A Two Tequila Production
         Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick
         "ONE DAY CROSSING"
         An Open Eyes Production
         Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi
        
WINNER  "QUIERO SER (I WANT TO BE...)"
         A Mondragon Films Production
         Florian Gallenberger
         "SERAGLIO"
         A Seraglio Production
         Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell
         "A SOCCER STORY (UMA HISTORIA DE FUTEBOL)"
         A UM Filmes Production
        
Paulo Machline

sound

"CAST AWAY"
(20th Century Fox and DreamWorks)
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
WINNER  "GLADIATOR"
(DreamWorks and Universal) Scott Millan,
Bob Beemer and Ken Weston
"THE PATRIOT"
(Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, 
Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff
"THE PERFECT STORM"
(Warner Bros.) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, 
David Campbell and Keith A. Wester
"U-571"
(Universal and Studio Canal) Steve Maslow,
Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline and Ivan Sharrock

sound editing

"SPACE COWBOYS"
(Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
WINNER  "U-571"
(Universal and Studio Canal) Jon Johnson

visual effects

WINNER  "GLADIATOR"
(DreamWorks and Universal) John Nelson,
Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey
"HOLLOW MAN"
(Sony Pictures Releasing) Scott E. Anderson,
Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk and Stan Parks
"THE PERFECT STORM"
(Warner Bros.) Stefen Fangmeier,
 Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier and Walt Conti

Screenplay (adapted)

"CHOCOLAT"
(Miramax) Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs

"CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung

"O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?"
(Buena Vista) Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

WINNER  "TRAFFIC"
(USA Films) Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan

"WONDER BOYS"
(Paramount and Mutual Film Company) 
Screenplay by Steve Kloves

screenplay (original)

WINNER  "ALMOST FAMOUS"
(DreamWorks and Columbia)
Written by Cameron Crowe

"BILLY ELLIOT"
(Universal Focus) Written by Lee Hall

"ERIN BROCKOVICH"
(Universal and Columbia) 
Written by Susannah Grant

"GLADIATOR
(DreamWorks and Universal)
Screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson, Story by David Franzoni

"YOU CAN COUNT ON ME"
(Paramount Classics/Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment in association with Cappa Productions) Written by Kenneth Lonergan


Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Special Awards

Honorary Oscar
   
Cinematographer Jack Cardiff
Honorary Oscar
   
Screenwriter-producer-director
    Ernest Lehman
Technical Achievement
   
Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter 
    and Ed Catmull of Pixar for
    the 'Renderman' software
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
   
Irwin W. Young
Irving G. Thalberg
Memorial Award

   
Producer Dino De Laurentis


PG Countdown to Oscar

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Behind the scenes

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  3/25/01
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  3/23/01
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  3/23/01
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  3/22/01

Blitz behind the Oscar glitz
  3/22/01
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  3/21/01
Ang Lee wins Director's Guild Award
  3/12/01

When money talks, Oscar listens
  2/14/01

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  The stars

Michael Douglas wins publicity award  3/24/01
Roberts is belle of Oscars ball
  3/20/01
Dual nominations for Soderbergh
  3/19/01
Fashion designers want Julia Roberts
  3/14/01

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  The show

Clarke to announce awards  3/23/01
Britney Spears ad to premier
3/23/01
Acceptance speech instructions
  3/22/01
Martin takes over as Oscars host
  3/22/01

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Predictions

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picks  03/23/01
Associated Press picks
  3/21/01
Reader picks
  3/21/01
'
Alternative Oscars' picks  3/23/01

Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  Related stories

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  3/25/01
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  3/22/01
Gala Oscar party to light up Waterfront
  3/22/01
Film office holds party for Oscar
  3/13/01


Oscar14.jpg (1207 bytes)  More Oscar links

Post-Gazette Movies
Pittsburghfirst.com Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Yahoo Academy Awards
Mr. Showbiz Goes to the Oscars
Oscar.com
Internet Movie Data Base
Check Oscar 2000, for last year's highlights

 



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