The 2000 Academy Awards®
Host: March 25, 2001
Date: Steve Martin

Best Picture
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
--winner
Traffic

Best Director
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh, Traffic--winner

Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Until Night Falls
Russell Crowe, Gladiator--winner
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Ed Harris, Pollock
Geoffrey Rush, Quills

Best Actress
Joan Allen, The Contender
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich--winner

Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Benicio del Toro, Traffic--winner
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator

Best Supporting Actress

Judi Dench, Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock--winner
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot

Best Foreign Language Film
Amores Perros (Mexico)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)--winner
Divided We Fall (The Czech Republic)
Everybody Famous! (Belgium)
The Taste of Others (France)

Best Original Screenplay
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)--winner
Billy Elliot (Lee Hall)
Erin Brockovich (Susanna Grant)
Gladiator (David Franzone, John Logan, and William Nicholson)
You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Chocolat (Robert Nelson Jacobs)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo Jung)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
Traffic (Steven Gaghan)--winner
Wonder Boys (Steve Clovis)

Best Cinematography
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon--winner
Gladiator
Malena
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Patriot

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon--winner
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Gladiator
Quills
Vatel

Best Costume Design
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Gladiator
--winner
102 Dalmations
Quills

Best Makeup
The Cell
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
--winner
Shadow of the Vampire

Best Film Editing
Almost Famous
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Traffic
--winner
Wonder Boys

Best Visual Effects
Gladiator--winner
Hollow Man
The Perfect Storm

Best Sound
Cast Away
Gladiator
--winner
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
U-571

Best Sound Effects Editing
Space Cowboys
U-571--winner

Best Original Score
Chocolat (Rachel Portman)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun)--winner
Gladiator (Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard)
Malena (Ennio Morricone)
The Patriot (John Williams)

Best Original Song
"A Love Before Time," written by Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun & James Schamus, from Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon
"I've Seen It All," written by Bjork, Lars von Trier & Sjon Sigurdsson, from Dancer in the Dark
"My Funny Friend and Me," written by Sting and David Hartley, from The Emperor's New Groove
"A Fool in Love," written by Randy Newman, from Meet the Parents
"Things Have Changed," written by Bob Dylan, from Wonder Boys--winner

Best Animated Short Film
Father and Daughter--winner
The Periwig-Maker
Rejected

Best Live Action Short Film
By Courier
One Day Crossing
Quiero Ser (I Want to Be)
--winner
Seraglio
A Soccor Story (Una Historia De Futebol)

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Big Mama--winner
Curtain Call
Dolphins
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom

Best Documentary, Feature
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of Kindertransport--winner
Legacy
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The Sound and the Fury

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