Harry here, I'm getting ready to handicap and talk about what's missing from my point of view, but I've got to do a quick live radio thing for XM Radio... So please hang with me here a bit.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Russell Crowe - A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Sean Penn - I AM SAM
Will Smith - ALI
Denzel Washington - TRAINING DAY
Tom Wilkinson - IN THE BEDROOM
No Billy Bob Thornton for THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE or Ewan MacGregor for MOULIN ROUGE - CRIME!
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jim Broadbent - IRIS
Ethan Hawke - TRAINING DAY
Ben Kingsley - SEXY BEAST
Ian McKellen - LORD OF THE RINGS - FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Jon Voight - ALI
No Steve Buscemi for GHOST WORLD - CRIME!!!!
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Halle Berry - MONSTER'S BALL
Judi Dench - IRIS
Nicole Kidman - MOULIN ROUGE
Sissy Spacek - IN THE BEDROOM
Renée Zellweger - BRIDGET JONES' DIARY
No Naomi Watts for MULHOLLAND DRIVE - a crime!!!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Connelly - A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Helen Mirren - GOSFORD PARK
Maggie Smith - GOSFORD PARK
Marisa Tomei - IN THE BEDROOM
Kate Winslet - IRIS
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS
MONSTERS, INC.
SHREK
IDIOTS - The brain damaged heathens didn't nominate WAKING LIFE!!!! Kill!!!!!
ART DIRECTION
AMÉLIE - Aline Bonetto (Art Direction) -- Marie-Laure Valla (Set Decoration)
GOSFORD PARK - Stephen Altman (Art Direction) -- Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE - Stuart Craig (Art Direction) -- Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Grant Major (Art Direction) -- Dan Hennah (Set Decoration)
MOULIN ROUGE - Catherine Martin (Art Direction) -- Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMÉLIE - Bruno Delbonnel
BLACK HAWK DOWN - Slawomir Idziak
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Andrew Lesnie
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - Roger Deakins
MOULIN ROUGE - Donald M. McAlpine
COSTUME DESIGN
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE - Milena Canonero
GOSFORD PARK - Jenny Beavan
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE - Judianna Makovsky
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
DIRECTING
A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Ron Howard
BLACK HAWK DOWN - Ridley Scott
GOSFORD PARK - Robert Altman
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Peter Jackson
MULHOLLAND DRIVE - David Lynch
Notice that both Baz Luhrmann of MOULIN ROUGE and Todd Field of IN THE BEDROOM - two movies nominated for Best Picture are without Best Director nominations... this pretty much assures that they will not win Best Picture.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CHILDREN UNDERGROUND
LALEE'S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON
MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING
PROMISES
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
ARTISTS AND ORPHANS: A TRUE DRAMA
SING!
THOTH
FILM EDITING
A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
BLACK HAWK DOWN - Pietro Scalia
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - John Gilbert
MEMENTO - Dody Dorn
MOULIN ROUGE - Jill Bilcock
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AMÉLIE
ELLING
LAGAAN
NO MAN'S LAND
SON OF THE BRIDE
MAKEUP
A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Peter Owen and Richard Taylor
MOULIN ROUGE - Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti
Shockingly no nomination for Rick Baker for his amazing work on PLANET OF THE APES.
MUSIC (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
Notice that the winner of this category at both the AFI and GOLDEN GLOBES - MOULIN ROUGE was not even nominated due to the amount of pre-existing musical content in the score.
MUSIC (SONG)
KATE & LEOPOLD - "Until" Music and Lyric by Sting
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - "May It Be" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
MONSTERS, INC. - "If I Didn't Have You" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
PEARL HARBOR - "There You'll Be" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
VANILLA SKY - "Vanilla Sky"
Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney
Notice that "Come What May" from MOULIN ROUGE was not nominated, due to the song being written for Baz Luhrmann's ROMEO AND JULIET... Strange technicalities - same reason that "As Time Goes By" didn't win for CASABLANCA!
BEST PICTURE
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
GOSFORD PARK
IN THE BEDROOM
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
MOULIN ROUGE
SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
FIFTY PERCENT GREY
FOR THE BIRDS
GIVE UP YER AUL SINS
STRANGE INVADERS
STUBBLE TROUBLE
ATTENTION Butt Numb A Thoners... Notice, you saw FIFTY PERCENT GREY at BNAT 3!!!! Yippee!!! One of our geek films got in! Though PIXAR probably has this one wound up tight.
SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
THE ACCOUNTANT
COPY SHOP
GREGOR'S GREATEST INVENTION
A MAN THING (Meska Sprawa)
SPEED FOR THESPIANS
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
VISUAL EFFECTS
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston and Michael Lantieri
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson
PEARL HARBOR - Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh and Ben Snow
No Nomination for HARRY POTTER - though on many previous awards it was acknowledged as a contender. Oscar night you will see the glory that is Randy Cook's gleaming face as he does something insane. You'll see.
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Written by Akiva Goldsman
GHOST WORLD - Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
IN THE BEDROOM - Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
SHREK - Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
AMÉLIE - Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
GOSFORD PARK - Written by Julian Fellowes
MEMENTO - Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
MONSTER'S BALL - Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS - Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson
