best picture
Winner:
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Nominees:
25th Hour
About a Boy
Monsoon Wedding
Talk to Her
best director
Winner:
Pedro Almodovar – Talk To Her
Nominees:
Peter Jackson – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spike Lee – 25th Hour
Phillip Noyce – Rabbit-Proof Fence & The Quiet American
Roman Polanski – The Pianist
best lead actor
Winner:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
Nominees:
Gael Garcia Bernal – Y Tu Mama Tambien
Adrien Brody – The Pianist
Javier Camara – Talk To Her
Hugh Grant – About a Boy
Edward Norton – 25th Hour
Campbell Scott – Roger Dodger
best lead actress
Winner:
Diane Lane – Unfaithful
Nominees:
Salma Hayek – Frida
Nicole Kidman – The Hours
Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven and The Hours
Meryl Streep – The Hours
best supporting actor
Winner:
Dennis Quaid – Far From Heaven
Nominees:
Chris Cooper – Adaptation.
Jesse Eisenberg – Roger Dodger
Dennis Haysbert – Far From Heaven
Barry Pepper – 25th Hour
best supporting actress
Winner:
Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago
Nominees:
Toni Collette – About a Boy
Patricia Clarkson – Far From Heaven
Neha Dubey – Monsoon Wedding
Meryl Streep – Adaptation.
best limited or cameo performance
Winner:
Toni Collette as Kitty – The Hours
Nominees:
Thomas Kretschmann as Cpt. Wilm Hosenfeld – The Pianist
Jude Law as Harlan Maguire – Road To Perdition
Debra Messing as Mary Klein – The Mothman Prophecies
Lois Smith as Dr Iris Hineman – Minority Report
Karl Urban as Eomer – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
best adapted screenplay
Winner:
David Hare – The Hours
Nominees:
David Benioff – 25th Hour
Peter Hedges, Chris & Paul Weitz – About a Boy
Hillary Seitz, Nikolaj Frobenius & Erik Skjoldbjærg – Insomnia
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Steven Sinclair &
Phillipa Boyens – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
best original screenplay
Winner:
Pedro Almodovar – Talk To Her
Nominees:
Burr Steers – Igby Goes Down
Todd Haynes – Far From Heaven
Dylan Kidd – Roger Dodger
Alfonso & Carlos Cuaron – Y Tu Mama Tambien
best original dramatic score
Winner:
Terence Blanchard – 25th Hour
Nominees:
Peter Gabriel – Rabbit-Proof Fence
Philip Glass – The Hours
Alberto Iglesias – Talk To Her
Thomas Newman – Road To Perdition
Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
best original musical or comedy score
Winner:
Badly Drawn Boy – About a Boy
Nominees:
Mychael Danna – Monsoon Wedding
Charlie Mole – The Importance of Being Earnest
Rachel Portman – Nicholas Nickleby
John Williams – Catch Me If You Can
best song
Winner:
“Gollum’s Song” (Shore/Walsh) – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Nominees:
“Die Another Day” (Madonna/Ahmadzai) – Die Another Day
“The Hands That Built America” (U2) – Gangs of New York
“Lose Yourself” (Mathers/Bass/Resto) – 8 Mile
“Something To Talk About” (Bady Drawn Boy) – About a Boy
best foreign language film
Winner:
Monsoon Wedding – Mira Nair (India)
Talk To Her – Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
Nominees:
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)
Respiro (Italy)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)
best cinematography
Winner:
Bojan Bazelli – The Ring
Nominees:
Edward Lachman – Far From Heaven
Wally Pfister – Insomnia
Conrad W. Hall & Darius Khondji – Panic Room
Christopher Doyle – Rabbit-Proof Fence
Conrad L. Hall – Road To Perdition
best film editing
Winner:
Michael Kahn – Minority Report
Nominees:
Kurt Engfehr – Bowling For Columbine
Dody Dorn – Insomnia
Michael Horton – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Herve de Luze – The Pianist
Craig Wood – The Ring
best production design
Winner:
Allan Starski – The Pianist
Nominees:
Jeannine Oppewall – Catch Me If You Can
Dante Ferretti – Gangs of New York
Alex McDowell – Minority Report
Arthur Max – Panic Room
best costume design
Winner:
Sandy Powell – Far From Heaven
Nominees:
Julie Weiss – Frida
Sandy Powell – Gangs of New York
Ngila Dickson – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ruth Myers – Nicholas Nickleby
best sound design
Winner:
Signs
Nominees:
Gangs of New York
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Road To Perdition
best sound effects editing
Winner:
Minority Report
Nominees:
The Bourne Identity
Insomnia
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Mothman Prophecies
best makeup/hairstyling
Winner:
Elliot Jr/Figiel/Garber/Grayson – The Time Machine
Nominees:
Chin/D’Alba/Jackson/Mungle – Frida
Rochetti/Signoretti – Gangs of New York
Owen/King – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Baker/Black/Sturgeon – The Ring
best visual effects
Winner:
Rygiel/Letteri/Cook/Funke – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Nominees:
Gary Marshall – Adaptation.
Farrar/LaBounta/McGuiness/Lantieri – Minority Report
The team from – The Ring
Coleman/Helman/Knoll/Snow – Star Wars E2: Attack of the Clones
best australian film
Winner:
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Nominees:
Dirty Deeds
Walking on Water
The Tracker
best ensemble
Winner:
Far From Heaven
Nominees:
Chicago
The Hours
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Nicholas Nickleby
best breakthrough or debut
Winner:
Dylan Kidd (writer/director) – Roger Dodger
Nominees:
Rob Marshall (director) – Chicago
Andy Serkis (as Gollum) – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jesse Eisenberg (as Nick) – Roger Dodger
Tyler Hoechlin (as Michael Sullivan Jr) – Road To Perdition
Nicholas Hoult (as Marcus) – About a Boy
Everlyn Sampi (as Molly) – Rabbit-Proof Fence
best animated feature
Winner:
Miyazaki’s Spirited Away
Nominees:
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
best documentary
Bowling For Columbine
best opening titles
Winner:
Catch Me If You Can – Panic Room
Nominees:
Chicago
Die Another Day
Monsoon Wedding
Nicholas Nickleby
best poster
Frida
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (teaser)
The Mothman Prophecies (winner)
Roger Dodger
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (teaser)
best scene
Chicago – Cell-Block Tango
The Mothman Prophecies – John Klein receives a startling phone call from Indrid Cole
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Gandalf and the Balrog fall down the abyss
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Gollum & Smeagol. Smeagol & Gollum (winner)
25th Hour – “Fuck you!”
Minority Report – The robot spiders seek out John Anderton
Signs – Graham Hess confronts the alien locked in his pantry
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones – Yoda v Count Dooku
Road To Perdition – John Rooney meets his maker
Roger Dodger – – 0 Roger, Nick, Andrea and Sophie: “the first time”
tallies wins
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 4
Far From Heaven – 3
Talk To Her – 3
The Hours – 2
Minority Report – 2
25th Hour – 1
About a Boy – 1
Bowling For Columbine – 1
Catch Me If You Can – 1
Chicago – 1
Gangs of New York – 1
Monsoon Wedding – 1
The Mothman Prophecies – 1
Panic Room – 1
The Pianist – 1
Rabbit-Proof Fence – 1
The Ring – 1
Roger Dodger – 1
Signs – 1
Spirited Away – 1
The Time Machine – 1
Unfaithful – 1
multiple nominations
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 17
Far From Heaven – 8
25th Hour – 7
About a Boy – 7
Minority Report – 7
Roger Dodger – 7
The Hours – 6
Monsoon Wedding – 6
Road To Perdition – 6
Talk To Her – 6
Chicago – 5
Gangs of New York – 5
The Pianist – 5
Rabbit-Proof Fence – 5
Frida – 4
Insomnia – 4
The Mothman Prophecies – 4
Nicholas Nickleby – 4
The Ring – 4
Adaptation. – 3
Catch Me If You Can – 3
Panic Room – 3
Y Tu Mama Tambien – 3
Bowling For Columbine – 2
Die Another Day – 2
Signs – 2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – 2
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack fo the Clones – 2
Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.
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