Oscars 2004 - The 76th Annual Academy Awards

[Hakeem]

Its Oscar night tomorrow and though is not going to be red carpet due to security for the war, the awards are going to be great anyway.
here are the nominees in the principal categories:

Best motion picture of the year
CHICAGO (Miramax)
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
Carlos Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)
John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)
Julianne Moore in FAT FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE
LILO & STITCH
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
SPIRITED AWAY
TREASURE PLANET

Best Director
CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry
THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski
TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
PRISONER OF PARADISE
SPELLBOUND
WINGED MIGRATION

Best foreign language film of the year
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO- Mexico
HERO- People's Republic of China
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST-Finland
NOWHERE IN AFRICA-Germany
ZUS & ZO -The Netherlands

Original song
Burn It Blue from FRIDA (Miramax)
Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Lyric by Julie Taymor
Father and Daughter from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies)
Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
The Hands That Built America from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
I Move On from CHICAGO (Miramax)
Music by John Kander
Lyric by Fred Ebb
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)
Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
Lyric by Eminem

Best animated short film
THE CATHEDRAL
THE CHUBBCHUBBS!
DAS RAD
MIKE'S NEW CAR
MT. HEAD

Adapted screenplay
ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare
THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Original screenplay
FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos
TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

 

[Hakeem]

and my favourites after seeing LotR, GoNY, Chicago, About Schmidt, The Pianist, 8 mile & Catch me if oyu can are:

Movie: Gangs of New York
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Actress: Renee Zellweger
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper
Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Director: Martin Scorcese
Song: Eminem - Lose Yourself
Animated Short: Mike's New car (from Monsters Inc DVD)
Animated Film: Ace Age

btw: I still think that The Two Towers is the best movie but its just not this year for Peter Carlos*son & co.
btw2: GoNY is really a great movie and Scorcese would be a very well deserved winner

 

[Vagegast]

Here are my choices:

Best motion picture of the year
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE

Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

Best foreign language film of the year
ZUS & ZO -The Netherlands

Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)
Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
Lyric by Eminem

Best animated short film
DONT KNOW

Adapted screenplay
ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

Original screenplay
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks

 

[Seán D]

Gangs of New York and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers will win most of the awards

 

[Parra Power]

Re: and the Oscar goes to...

Best motion picture of the year
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE

Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
no idea

Best foreign language film of the year
no idea

Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal) - there's no way eminems gonna lose that

Best animated short film
no idea

Adapted screenplay
CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon

Original screenplay
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

 

[Deutschland]

Re: and the Oscar goes to...

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Best motion picture of the year
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
LILO & STITCH


Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

Best foreign language film of the year
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO- Mexico


Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)


Best animated short film
MIKE'S NEW CAR


Adapted screenplay
ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz

Original screenplay
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

 

[JTNY]

The Pianist is a great film.


I hope Michael Moore gets the documentary award.

 

[Seán D]

Bowling for Columbine is what I'm hoping for too.

 

[Hakeem]

oh my god! did you heard Michaels Moore speech? he went totally againt the war and Bush and he got some people cheering and others booing. So good.

Also the guy that presented the song of "Frida" said anti-war comments and I cant wait to hear Susan Sarandon, she's so agains the war that she's definitely gonna say something

 

[Run DMB]

Holy ****... did anyone else see Michael Moore's acceptance speech? He's not winning another Oscar again that's for sure. (:/)

 

[rhizome17]

Good on him. And why won't he get another Oscar? Cos he is honest?

 

[Vagegast]

Great speech, a lot of people were quit and were staring, a lot were booing to.

I'll post an MP3 for the people who didn't hear it.

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by rhizome17
Good on him. And why won't he get another Oscar? Cos he is honest?

Because he used the Oscars to promote his views on a controversial topic. The people who organize the Academy Awards wont like that.

 

[rhizome17]

Well I am sure that he made his mind up that the suffering of war is more important than stroking ones ego with a gold statuette. Which is pretty obvious when you think about it.

 

[Gerrard 17]

F*CK!!!!!!

I was taking a shower while he got it

what was the people's reaction? where can i get a transcript/Mp3

 

[Hakeem]

yeah, I'm in total favor of Michael.

btw: Adrien Brodi win Best Actor for the Pianist with a great speech too

and

EMINEM WON THE OSCAR!!!!!

 

[KingPaulV]

I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

 

[Hakeem]

Originally posted by K-Man
F*CK!!!!!!

I was taking a shower while he got it

what was the people's reaction? where can i get a transcript/Mp3

yeah, I want to hear it again. Hopefully Vagegast will get an MP3 of it

 

[Joe]

Originally posted by KingPaulV
I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

I didnt' hear Michael Moore's speech, but I tuned in once I read about it. I saw Adrien Brody win and I agree that the speech basically sums out how I feel about the situation, too.

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by KingPaulV
I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

Exactly what I think... Moore was right to express his opinion but he could have done it with a little more tact. Brody's speech was excellent, probably the best Oscar speech I've ever heard. I love how he told the guys to stop playing the music cause he wasn't done yet.