Academy Award nominations

[MacGuffin]

BEST PICTURE
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE PIANIST

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody - THE PIANIST
Nicolas Cage - ADAPTATION
Michael Caine - THE QUIET AMERICAN
Daniel Day-Lewis - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Jack Nicholson - ABOUT SCHMIDT

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Chris Cooper - ADAPTATION
Ed Harris - THE HOURS
Paul Newman - ROAD TO PERDITION
John C. Reilly - CHICAGO
Christopher Walken - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Salma Hayek - FRIDA
Nicole Kidman - THE HOURS
Diane Lane - UNFAITHFUL
Julianne Moore - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Renée Zellweger - CHICAGO

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates - ABOUT SCHMIDT
Julianne Moore - THE HOURS
Queen Latifah - CHICAGO
Meryl Streep - ADAPTATION
Catherine Zeta-Jones - CHICAGO

DIRECTING
Rob Marshall - CHICAGO
Martin Scorsese - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Stephen Daldry - THE HOURS
Roman Polanski - THE PIANIST
Pedro Almodóvar - TALK TO HER

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz - ABOUT A BOY
Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman - ADAPTATION
Bill Condon - CHICAGO
David Hare - THE HOURS
Ronald Harwood - THE PIANIST

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Todd Haynes - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Jay Cocks and Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Nia Vardalos - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Pedro Almodóvar - TALK TO HER
Alfonso Cuarón & Carlos Cuarón - Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN

ART DIRECTION
CHICAGO
FRIDA
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
ROAD TO PERDITION

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHICAGO
FAR FROM HEAVEN
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE PIANIST
ROAD TO PERDITION

FILM EDITING
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE PIANIST

SOUND
CHICAGO
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
ROAD TO PERDITION
SPIDER-MAN

SOUND EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
ROAD TO PERDITION

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
SPIDER-MAN
STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES

MUSIC (SCORE)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
FAR FROM HEAVEN
FRIDA
THE HOURS
ROAD TO PERDITION

MUSIC (SONG)
"I Move On" - CHICAGO
"Lose Yourself" - 8 MILE
"Burn It Blue" - FRIDA
"The Hands That Built America" - GANGS OF NEW YORK
"Father And Daughter" - THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO
HERO
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST
NOWHERE IN AFRICA
ZUS & ZO

COSTUME DESIGN
CHICAGO
FRIDA
GANGS OF NEW YORK
THE HOURS
THE PIANIST

MAKEUP
FRIDA
THE TIME MACHINE

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ICE AGE
LILO & STITCH
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
SPIRITED AWAY
TREASURE PLANET

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
PRISONER OF PARADISE
SPELLBOUND
WINGED MIGRATION

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
TWIN TOWERS
WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE CATHEDRAL
THE CHUBBCHUBBS!
DAS RAD
MIKE'S NEW CAR
MT. HEAD

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
FAIT D'HIVER
I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE... (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT...)
INJA (DOG)
JOHNNY FLYNTON
THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND)

[©brad]

Not a single nom. for Punch-Drunk. So sad. Glad to see Adaptation is getting some recognition. Good choices for best cinematog., although would have liked to see Minority Report be on there.

Let's go Marty! This is your year!

[Pwaybloe]

Let's go Marty! This is your year!

Here, here!

Sandler not getting a actor nomination is surprising, but the rest of the noms are anything but suprising.

[number9]

it's sad that celine dion isn't up for anything this year, cos i think it would be very nice to see her and eminem on the same stage.

and i think john c. reilly will be this year what jim broadbent was last year... an actor in so many great films will definitely get some recognition.

[sphinx]

i'm kinda surprised that road t'p'dition didn't nab a best picture nomination...it was probably released too early.

[life_boy]

No real surprises on here for me (except maybe no editing nom to Michael Kahn).  I'm glad to see John C. Reilly getting some much deserved recognition.  He's a great actor and I'm happy he's being viewed as such.

[Raikus]

*weeps* for Road to Perdition.

It deserved a best picture nomination.

[Newtron]

Yeah, the John C nom is the highlight. Talk to Her and Y Tu Mama Tambien getting director/writing, and writing, respectively, but NOT Foreign Film nom sucks.

Do we guess the winners now? Spirited Away is a lock. That's all I'm sure of though.

[Ghostboy]

If Spirited Away doesn't win, than that category just needs to be retired.

I'm really disappointed. There are usually one or two good surprises, movies you're glad they remembered to nominate. Nothing really like that here, though. Julianne vs. Julianne is kinda interesting, I guess.

[©brad]

I am really amazed/happy for Pedro Almodovar getting nominated for best director and best original screenplay. Hell yeah!

One thing I don't get. First off, why are there only two films nominated for Makeup? Not that I know anything about makeup, but you would think elaborate productions like Gangs and Chicago would also get nominated. Also, why the fuck is the Time Machine nominated for an Academy Award?

[MacGuffin]

Talk to Her and Y Tu Mama Tambien getting director/writing, and writing, respectively, but NOT Foreign Film nom sucks.

RE: "Y Tu Mama Tambien" - Academy Rules for Best Foreign Film state: The film must be first released in the country of origin between November 1, 2001 and October 31, 2002. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" was released in Mexico on June 8, 2001.

RE: "Talk To Her" - Spain chose "Mondays In The Sun" to represent their country because it swept their Oscars called the Goya Awards and shut out "Talk".

But both films, since they were released in the US in 2002, were eligible for all other catagories. So the Academy isn't so dumb; they know how to honor these films in other ways.

[RegularKarate]

Nothing shocking... just the same offensive shit.

PDL getting nothing isn't surprising, but it's still disapointing and Chicago getting nominated for best picture just makes it worse.

I like that J-Mo is nominated twice.

Adaptation getting nominated for best adapted is like when O Brother got nominated for best adapted because of being "based" on Homer's Odysee.

The Academy knows Selma Hayek's back story with her struggle to get Frida made, so she'll probably win even though she probably doesn't deserve it (I haven't seen Frida, so I can't be sure, I'm just basing it off her previous performances).

I'd like to see Queen Latifa win an Oscar.

Paul Simon will probably win best song just because there's no Disney song up this year.  (though Eminem probably has a shot too).


So, who's hosting OUR awards show?

[Rudie Obias]

i really hate how most of the movies nominated were released in the last month of a half of 2002.  boo-urns!!

*rudie*

[Redlum]

Peeves:
PDL obviously
No Andy Serkis (was it a possibility in the 1st place?)
The Wild Thornberrys song (although I love Paul Simon) instead of Jon Brions song from PDL.
Sam Mendes

Pleased :
Conrad Hall
JCR
Christopher Walken

Its just annoying that they had a few opportunities, to throw in some wild cards to spice things up a bit, but now the ceremonies going to be pretty uninteresting for me.

...although I've still gotta see a lot of the films opening near me this weekend.

[Duck Sauce]

This is worse than I thought. No real suprises at all. Dissapointed new PDL nods, but I wasnt expecting them. I wont be watching the Oscars this year