JASON'S BEST: If I Voted For The Oscars 2001 (Return to Jason's Best Main Page)


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Here's the detailed list of my Oscar choices for 2001, if I were allowed to vote -- my choice for the winner is in bold -- in addition, I have also included a few additional categories worth mentioning...


In The Bedroom -- The Best Film of 2000

BEST PICTURE
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
In The Bedroom
Monster's Ball

BEST ACTOR
Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Will Smith in Ali
Kevin Spacey in K-Pax
Tom Wilkinson in In The Bedroom

BEST ACTRESS
Halle Berry in Monster's Ball
Sissy Spacek in In The Bedroom
Thora Birch in Ghost World
Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary
Tilda Swinton in The Deep End

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Jon Voight in Ali
Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind
Frances O'Connor in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Marisa Tomei in In The Bedroom
Kate Winslet in Iris
Fionnula Flanagan in The Others

BEST DIRECTOR
Steven Spielberg for A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind
Christopher Nolan for Memento
Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down
Todd Field for In The Bedroom

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Majestic
Memento
Waking Life
The Others
Amelie

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
In The Bedroom
A Beautiful Mind
Shrek
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Ghost World

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams for A.I. Artificial Intelligence
James Horner for A Beautiful Mind
Angelo Badalamenti for Mulholland Drive
Stephen Warbeck for Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Hans Zimmer for Pearl Harbor

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"For Always" from A.I. Artificial Intelligence -- performed by Lara Fabian and Josh Groban
"May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- performed by Enya
"Come What May" from Moulin Rouge -- performed by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
"Until" from Kate & Leopold -- performed by Sting
"Where The Dream Takes You" from Atlantis -- performed by Mya

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Man Who Wasn't There
Vanilla Sky

BEST FILM EDITING
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Ocean's 11
Black Hawk Down

BEST ART DIRECTION
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Affair of the Necklace
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Planet of the Apes
Gosford Park

BEST MAKEUP
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Planet of the Apes

BEST SOUND
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Black Hawk Down
Pearl Harbor
Jurassic Park III
Planet of the Apes

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Black Hawk Down

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Jurassic Park III
Pearl Harbor

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
A Beautiful Mind
Ghost World
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
In The Bedroom
Monster's Ball

BEST SCENE OR SEQUENCE IN A 2001 MOTION PICTURE
Muhammad Ali running through Africa followed by fans to the music of Salif Keita in Ali
Martin Landau's speech to Jim Carrey on restoring the theater and the magic of the movies in The Majestic
The execution of the actual heist robbing the casinos at the end of Ocean's 11
The Tango de Roxanne musical number in Moulin Rouge
The ending with Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, their final words, and Hannibal's escape in Hannibal
Tom Cruise running through a completely empty Times Square in the bizarre dream that opens Vanilla Sky

BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
The American Astronaut
Moulin Rouge
Black Hawk Down
Vanilla Sky
Shrek

BEST MOVIE POSTER
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Pearl Harbor
The Majestic
Planet of the Apes

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR: BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM
The American Astronaut
The Center of the World
Macarther Park
Life/Drawing
Waking Life

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR: BEST INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM
Breaths (directed by Amy S. Ellison)
The Good Things (directed by Seth Wiley)
Ornaments (directed by Aaron Erimez)
Shower (directed by Randall Good)
Zen and the Art of Landscaping (directed by David Kartch)