Who’s gonna win a big kiss from me?
Pick who you think will win. Highest score gets the bragging rights! For fun, say why you think they’ll win and why it’s a horrible injustice.
BEST PICTURE
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
Traffic
BEST DIRECTOR
Steven Soderbergh for “Traffic”
Steven Soderbergh for “Erin Brockovich”
Ang Lee for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
Ridley Scott for “Gladiator”
Steven Daldry for “Billy Elliott”
BEST ACTOR
Russell Crowe for “Gladiator”
Tom Hanks for “Cast Away”
Geoffrey Rush for “Quills”
Ed Harris for “Pollock”
Javier Bardem for “Before Night Falls”
BEST ACTRESS
Julia Roberts for “Erin Brockovich”
Joan Allen for “The Contender”
Ellen Burstyn for “Requiem for a Dream”
Laura Linney for “You Can Count on Me”
Juliette Binoche for “Chocolat”
BEST SUPPOTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro for “Traffic”
Joaquin Phoenix for “Gladiator”
Willem Dafoe for “Shadow of the Vampire”
Jeff Bridges for “The Contender”
Albert Finney for “Erin Brockovich”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marcia Gay Harden for “Pollock”
Kate Hudson for “Almost Famous”
Judi Dench for “Chocolat”
Frances McDormand for “Almost Famous”
Julie Walters for “Billy Elliott”
BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)
Cameron Crowe for “Almost Famous”
Kenneth Lonergan for “You Can Count On Me”
Lee Hall for “Billy Elliott”
Susannah Grant for “Erin Brockovich”
David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson for “Gladiator”
BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)
Robert Nelson Jacobs for “Chocolat”
Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Steve Kloves for “Wonder Boys”
Stephen Gaghan for “Traffic”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Quills
Gladiator
102 Dalmatians
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Malena
The Patriot
BEST SONG
“A Love Before Time” from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
“My Funny Friend and Me” from The Emperor’s New Groove
“A Fool in Love” from Meet The Parents
“Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys
“I’ve Seen It All” from Dancer In The Dark
BEST FILM EDITING
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Traffic
Almost Famous
Wonder Boys
BEST MAKEUP
The Cell
Shadow of the Vampire
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Gladiator
Quills
102 Dalmatians
BEST ART AND SET DESIGN
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Quills
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Vatel
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gladiator
Hollow Man
The Perfect Storm
BEST SOUND
Gladiator
The Patriot
U-571
The Perfect Storm
Cast Away
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Space Cowboys
U-571
I left out the shorts and documentaries because nobody cares, and I left out Foreign Film because if one foreign film got nominated for Best Picture, it’s obviously going to win the Foreign Film award.