Friday, March 8, 2002

Beat the critic!

Can you beat Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald's Oscar predictions? Print the ballot and give it a shot. Moira's picks are in gray.

BEST PICTURE
"A Beautiful Mind"
"Gosford Park"
"In the Bedroom"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"

ACTOR
Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"
Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"
Will Smith, "Ali"
Denzel Washington, "Training Day"
Tom Wilkinson, "In the Bedroom"

ACTRESS
Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"
Judi Dench, "Iris"
Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"
Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"
Renée Zellweger, "Bridget Jones's Diary"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent, "Iris"
Ethan Hawke, "Training Day"
Ben Kingsley, "Sexy Beast"
Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Jon Voight, "Ali"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"
Helen Mirren, "Gosford Park"
Maggie Smith, "Gosford Park"
Marisa Tomei, "In the Bedroom"
Kate Winslet, "Iris"

DIRECTOR
Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"
Ridley Scott, "Black Hawk Down"
Robert Altman, "Gosford Park"
Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
David Lynch, "Mulholland Drive"

ANIMATED FILM
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
"Monsters, Inc"
"Shrek"

FOREIGN FILM
"Amélie," France
"Elling," Norway
"Lagaan," India
"No Man's Land," Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Son of the Bride," Argentina.

SCREENPLAY (written based on material previously produced or published)
Akiva Goldsman, "A Beautiful Mind"
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, "Ghost World"
Rob Festinger and Todd Field, "In the Bedroom"
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman, "Shrek"

SCREENPLAY (written directly for the screen)
Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Amélie"
Julian Fellowes, "Gosford Park"
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, "Memento"
Milo Addica and Will Rokos, "Monster's Ball"
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, "The Royal Tenenbaums"

ART DIRECTION
"Amélie"
"Gosford Park"
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Amélie"
"Black Hawk Down"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"The Man Who Wasn't There"
"Moulin Rouge"

SOUND
"Amélie"
"Black Hawk Down"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"
"Pearl Harbor"

SOUND EDITING
"Monsters Inc"
"Pearl Harbor"

ORIGINAL SCORE
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence," John Williams
"A Beautiful Mind," James Horner
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," John Williams
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Howard Shore
"Monsters, Inc.," Randy Newman.

ORIGINAL SONG
"If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc.," Randy Newman
"May It Be" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
"There You'll Be" from "Pearl Harbor," Diane Warren
"Until" from "Kate & Leopold," Sting
"Vanilla Sky" from "Vanilla Sky," Paul McCartney.

COSTUME
"The Affair of the Necklace"
"Gosford Park"
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Children Underground"
"LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton"
"Murder on a Sunday Morning"
"Promises"
"War Photographer"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
"Artists and Orphans: A True Drama"
"Sing!"
"Thoth"

FILM EDITING
"A Beautiful Mind"
"Black Hawk Down"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Memento"
"Moulin Rouge"

MAKEUP
"A Beautiful Mind"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Moulin Rouge"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Fifty Percent Grey"
"For the Birds"
"Give Up Yer Aul Sins"
"Strange Invaders"
"Stubble Trouble"

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
"the accountant"
"Copy Shop"
"Gregor's Greatest Invention"
"A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)"
"Speed for Thespians"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Pearl Harbor"

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